Royals beat Knight Riders by 22 runs

Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 22 runs in an Indian Premier League match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Sunday.

Knight Riders were 142 all out in reply to Royals' 164 for five.

Manoj Tiwary made 59 for the Knight Riders while Kevon Cooper took three wickets for 28.

Earlier, Brad Hodge was the top scorer for the Royals with 44 runs while compatriot Brett Lee was the pick of the Kolkata bowlers, taking two wickets for 29.

Teams:

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid (captain), Johan Botha, Ashok Menaria, Brad Hodge, Ankeet Chavan, Owais Shah, Shreevats Goswami, Kevon Cooper, Amit Singh, Siddharth Trivedi.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Brendon McCullum, Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Iqbal Abdulla, Debabrata Das, Sunil Narine.