Captain Eoin Morgan and big-money signing Pat Cummins came up with stellar performances to keep Kolkata Knight Riders’ playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League with a resounding 60-run victory over Rajasthan Royals on Sunday in Dubai.
With the win, KKR moved into fourth on the table. But the team could not assure a place in the playoffs as Royals went past the 112-run mark in the run-chase.
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On a day when it mattered, Morgan owned the stage with a power-packed 68 not out off 35 balls with a half a dozen of sixes apart from five boundaries in KKR’s 191/7.
Then it was the turn of Cummins (4/29) to produce a deadly opening spell that rattled the Royals and they…