Both teams had to win to keep the dream of playing in the play-offs alive. Kolkata Knight Riders have kept their hopes alive by saying goodbye to Rajasthan Royals in such an important match.
Eoin Morgan's side won the toss and elected to field.
With that, Kolkata has risen to the top four in the list with 14 points in 14 matches. However, Sunrisers Hyderabad is breathing down their necks. They are five with 12 points in 13 matches. KKR will now have to look at the last two matches of the group stage to play in the play-offs.
Kolkata lost the toss and elected to bat at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday (November 1). In addition, opener Ovman Gill's 36, Rahul Tripathi's 39, Andre Russell's 25 and Cummins' 15 helped KKR to a big collection.
In reply to the target of 192 runs, Rajasthan's innings stopped at 131 runs for 9 wickets. Joss Butler scored the highest 35 runs for the team. Besides, 31 runs came from Rahul Tewatia's bat. Earlier, he also took maximum 3 wickets for the team.
Cummins has tested the Rajasthan batsmen. The Aussie fast bowler took 4 wickets with 34 runs in 4 overs. Among them were three of Rajasthan's top-order batsmen, Robin Uthappa (6), Ben Stokes (18) and Steven Smith (4). Cummins later gave Ryan Pollen a postal gift.