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<br>MUMBAI, India (AP) - Rajasthan Royals pushed Kolkata Knight Riders to the bottom of the Indian Premier League table after a six-wicket victory on Saturday.<br> <br>Rajasthan´s multimillion dollar signing, Chris Morris, grabbed 4-23 to restrict Kolkata to 133-9.<br> <br>Captain Sanju Samson then anchored Rajasthan to 134-4 with seven balls to spare by compiling a nearly run-a-ball unbeaten 42.<br> <br>"We could see in Morris´ eyes that we wanted the competition to get big batsmen out," Samson said.<br><br>"I just love to keep enjoying my batting, but nowadays I play according to a situation and try to win games for my team."<br> <br>Although Rajasthan´s problems in the batting powerplay continued, Samson kept his team on track with able support from David Miller, 24 not out, and Shivam Dube, 22.<br> <br>Jos Buttler´s struggle at the top continued when he was trapped leg before wicket for 5 by legspinner Varun Chakarvarthy off his second ball.<br> <br>Yashasvi Jaiswal hit five boundaries in his 17-ball knock of 22, before he holed out in the deep as Rajasthan lost both openers within the first five overs.<br> <br>But Samson added 45 runs with Dube, and Miller twice survived lbw appeals against Shivam Mavi.<br> <br>Earlier, Rajasthan´s left-arm fast bowlers Mustafizur Rahman (1-22) and Jaydev Unadkat (1-25) bowled impressively up front.<br> <br>Shubman Gill (11) and captain Eoin Morgan (0) struggled for their fifth successive game before they were run out.<br> <br>Unadkat removed power-hitter Sunil Narine cheaply for  [https://seth-c.com/dimensionswiki/index.php?title=User:JVLLucienne seth-c.com] 6 in the 10th over and top-scorer Rahul Tripathi, with 36, was deceived by Rahman´s slower delivery to get caught in the deep just when it looked the batsman had settled down.<br> <br>Morris chipped in with four late wickets in his last two overs.<br><br>They included dangerman Andre Russell, who was caught on the edge of the boundary by Miller.<br> <br>"The batting was the letdown and we lacked a lot of intent throughout the whole innings," Morgan said after his side lost a fourth successive game. "Possibly, we were 40 (runs) short, which is a lot in a T20 game (and) the bowlers had too much to do."<br> <br>___<br> <br>More AP sports: website and website