Kolkata : Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in IPL 2025 encounter.
KKR Batting first lost Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine early for 16 runs.
Vital knocks of skipper Ajinkya Rahane (38) & Angkrish Raghuvanshi (50) with 81(51) partnership brought KKR back on track. However, they yet again lost their way & slowed down after the pair was dismissed on 106 (12.4).
Venkatesh Iyer (60) & Rinku Singh (32*), playing his 50th IPL match for the franchise took matter in their hands. They smashed 78 runs in last 5 overs, along with 91(41) partnership, as KKR reached 200-6 (20).
Defending 201, Vaibhav Arora dismissed Travis Head & Ishan Kishan within powerplay, finishing with spell of 3/29.
Varun Chakaravarthy bagged 3-fer while Andre Russell picked 2. KKR constantly kept picking wickets and eventually bundled SRH for 120.
Arora was adjourned man of the match for his great spell.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
KKR : 200-6 (20)
Venkatesh Iyer : 60 (29)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi : 50 (32)
SRH :
Md Shami : 4-29-1
2nd Innings :
SRH : 120 (16.4)
Heinrich Klaasen : 33 (21)
KKR :
Varun Chakaravarthy : 4-22-3
Vaibhav Arora : 4-1-29-3
Result : KKR won by 80 Runs.
