Skipper Sourav Ganguly's fighting half century went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders succumbed to their third consecutive loss, going down by 45 runs to Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League tie at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
The Royals were dealt an early blow when Graeme Smith 2 departed in the second over of the innings -- bowled by Ishant Sharma. But Swapnil Asnodkar 60 of 34 balls and Yousuf Pathan 55 of 33 balls slammed blazing fifties to guide Rajasthan Royals to 196 for seven. Later Ravinder Jadeja scored a quick 33 of just 19 balls.
Umar Gul picked up 3/31 in 4 overs.
Chasing 197 for victory, the Knight Riders were bundled out for 151 in 19.1 overs. The Knight Riders had poor running between the wickets to blame for their fall as three of their batsmen were run out in the match, which marked their third successive loss.
Skipper Ganguly scored 51 of 39 balls and David Hussey 42 of 30 balls. The other batsmen couln't do much.
For the Jaipur team, the trio of Shane Watson 2/22, Sohail Tanvir 2/30 and Siddharth Trivedi 2/31 never allowed the Kolkatans to settle down.
Swapnil Asnodkar was the Man Of The Match.
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