IPL 2018, RR vs KXIP: 5 talking points

#2 Royals lose their way in the death overs

Andrew Tye continued his impressive bowling in the death overs and picked up 4 wickets

Jos Buttler gave Rajasthan Royals an excellent start in the powerplay overs and carried forward the good work by building up a solid partnership along with Sanju Samson for the third wicket.

While the latter started out slowly, he got into his groove with a boundary and six off a Ravichandran Ashwin but just when the Royals' fans would have hoped him to carry on and stepped up the run-rate, he fell off the very next over, which came after the strategic timeout.

That brought the 53-run stand for the third wicket to an end and with it a shift in momentum as Royals struggled to get the big shots that would have edged them closer to the 170-180 run mark.

Buttler departed soon after and Ben Stokes disappointing IPL campaign continued as he struggled to get the big shots in and ultimately Royals ended up well short of the target they would have had in mind after their explosive start to the innings.