IPL 2025 Updates: Brilliant KKR rout SRH by 80 runs

Thu, 03 April 2025

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23:00

SRH bundle out for 120

SRH 120 (16.4 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Andre Russell with his second over. He starts off with a wide and a single.

KKR need 81 off 22 balls.

A yorker and Harshal does well to defend it.

Out! Slower, back of a length delivery and Harshal plays it across the line and top-edges it and Russel accepts it gleefully.

SRH all out for 120 in 16.4 overs. A big win for KKR at their citadel.

22:54

SRH 9 down as skipper Cummins departs

SRH 117-9 (16 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Varun back into the attack. And he strikes with the first ball. Cummins is out.

caught by Harshit Rana. He goes after making 14 off 15.

Another wicket! Simarjeet Singh is out for a golden duck. Clean bowled!

Mohammed Shami is the new man in. Plays the hat-trick ball straight back to the bowler.

Two dot balls followed by a wide and a single. Varun finishes his quota with excellent figures of 3-22.

22:49

Klaasen departs after making 33 off 21

SRH 114-7 (15 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Narine bowling out. Klaasen on strike. Two back-to-back sixes, both over mid-wicket.

15 off Narine's final over. He finishes with 30 for 1.

Vaibhav with his final over. Klaasen smashes the first ball to fine leg four a boundary.

A single to deep backward point.

Cummins on strike. Drags one to mid-wicket and picks a single.

Klaasen departs. Vaibhav picks his third of the night. Pace off and into the surface, and Klaasen mistimes it and offers a simple catch to Moeen Ali. He goes after making 33 off 21 balls.

Harshal Patel is the new man in. He opens the account with single to deep mid-wicket. 8 off Vaibhav's successful over.

22:37

SRH need 110 off 42 balls

SRH 91-6 (13 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Narine continues. Cummins on strike. Just four off the over including two leg byes.

Harshit Rana with his third over. Klaasen on strike. Short delivery and Klaasen goes on his backfoot and pushes to deep cover for a single.

Two dots. Cummins top-edges the next one over the keeper's head and fetches a boundary. One run to third man. Seven off Rana's third over.

22:31

SRH stare down the barrel

SRH 80-6 (11 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Narine with his second over. Klassen on strike. A single to long-on.

Mendis flat-bats the next down the ground and picks two.

Narine pulls the length back and Kamindu pulls it timidly and ends up lobbing it to deep mid-wicket.

Mendis departs after making 27 off 20 balls.

Aniket Verma comes to the crease. A dot and a boundary. Short and wide of off, Aniket slices it toward backward point.

Varun continues. A wide and a single follow.

Aniket is out! He is caught by Venkatesh Iyer at mid-wicket. He departs after making 6 off 6.

Skipper Pat Cummins comes to the crease and hits a boundary straightaway. He shuffles and steers one down fine. 8 off Varun's over.

22:18

KKR bowlers strangle SRH

SRH 63-4 (9 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Sunil Narine into the attack. Klaasen and Mendis play it safe and rotate the strike. Just five runs off the over.

Varun continues. Flighted delivery and Klaasen works it down to long-on for a single.

A single followed by a boundary. Short delivery down leg and Klaasen drags it fine. Seven off Varun's second over.

22:08

Nitish Kumar Reddy back in the hut

SRH 51-4 (7 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Varun Chakravarthy into the attack. Slightly short of length and Reddy knocks it behind square for a couple of runs.

A dot and Reddy survives an LBW appeal. Just four runs off Varun's first over.

SRH's Powerplay woes continue.

Andre Russell into the attack and Mendis welcomes him with a maximum.

Short of length and Mendis smashes it over backward square leg.

Four runs to deep extra cover and 10 off Russell's first two balls.

A single and Reddy is out caught by Narine!

Heinrich Klaasen comes to the crease and is off the mark with a quick single.

A six by Mendis to fine leg! 18 off Russell's first over.

21:59

Head, Abhishek, Ishan fall cheaply

SRH 29-3 (5 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Harshit Rana continues. Nitish Reddy on strike. Two dots and a single in the first three balls.

Mendis pulls and misses. He is yet to open his account, playing six dot balls so far.

A brace through deep backward point and another double through deep mid-wicket.

Vaibhav Arora continues. Nitish Reddy on strike. Four through backward square leg.

A dot and another boundary, this time through deep square leg.

Sixer! Poor delivery onto the pads and Reddy flicks it over backward square leg for a maximum.

A dot and a single to end the over. 15 come off it.

21:53

Abhishek, Ishan fall cheaply

SRH 9-3 (3 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

Harshit Rana from the other end. Abhishek on strike. A dot and a single.

Ishan on strike and Harshit bowls a wide. Swing and a miss. Another dot.

Back of a length and Ishan cuts it to off-side for a single.

One more dot.

Out! Another one bites the dust! Abhishek's struggle continues as he goes after making 2 off 6.

Venkatesh Iyer takes a simple catch. A slower ball wide of off and Abhishek threw his hands at it but edges it and the ball goes straight to the cover fielder.

Nitish Kumar Reddy comes to the crease.

Vaibhav Arora continues. And he strikes again! Ishan Kishan is out!

A fuller delivery and Kishan drives it uppishly to covers and Rahane moves to left to take a tough catch. Ishan goes after making 2 off 5.

SRH in deep trouble.

Kamindu Mendis is the new man in. Four dots.

Dropped! Mendis is dropped by Russel at mid-on. A brilliant over from Arora.

21:38

Travis Head departs

SRH 6-1 (1 ovs) vs KKR 200-6 | Scorecard

The chase is on. Impact Sub Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma to open the innings for SRH.

Vaibhav Arora with the ball for KKR.

Four runs! What a start! Head bangs it to long-on for a boundary.

And he's out! Big wicket as Head falls cheaply. Brilliant catch by Harshit Rana at long off. Head lasts only two balls.

A bit fuller and shaping away from outside off, Head tries to drive but is undone by the late movement. He slices it and the ball goes up over mid-off. Harshit runs backwards and completes an excellent catch.

Ishan Kishan is the new man in. Two runs and two dot balls in the last four balls. Great start by Vaibhav.

21:21

SRH bowlers leak runs in final overs

KKR 200-6 (20 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Harshal Patel to bowl the final over of the innings. Sixer! Iyer is on a roll!

Slower length ball wide of off, and Iyer reaches out and steers it over long-on. Brilliant timing!

Four! High full toss well wide of off, Iyer reaches out and carves it over short third. The review for a no-ball is turned down.

And Iyer goes, caught by Aniket Verma at long-on. He goes after a quickfire 60 off 29 balls.

Andre Russell comes to the crease and takes a single.

Rinku on strike. A wide and a single follow. 200 up for KKR.

Swing and a miss and Russel runs himself out off the final ball.

KKR finish on 200 for the loss of six wickets.

21:07

KKR eye 200-plus score

KKR 187-4 (19 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Simarjeet Singh bowling out. Two runs off the first two balls.

Four! Short and wide outside off, Iyer flat-bats it through extra cover.

Back-to-back boundaries! This time through deep mid-wicket.

50-run partnership between Iyer and Rinku.

A single follow. Sixer! Rinku smokes a sixer off the final ball off the over through long-on. 17 runs come off it.

Cummins with his final over. Iyer hits a four off the first ball followed by a maximum over deep square leg.

Another four, this time through backward square leg! Turning out to be a big over as 14 have come off the first three balls.

Four again! Iyer chases the ball and drills it through backward point!

A single and a brace and Iyer completes his fifty. 50 off just 26 balls.

A leg bye to end the 21-run over.

20:59

Iyer, Rinku make quick runs

KKR 149-4 (17 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Shami is back into the attack. Rinku on the strike. Fuller on off, and Rinku knocks it to deep point to pick a single.

A dot ball followed by two runs to mid-wicket off a full delivery.

Four! Slower delivery outside off and Iyer sits back and guides it to third man boundary.

A single and another four! Rinku smashes it through sweeper cover. 12 off Shami's final over. He returns figures of 1-29. Decent effort by the veteran.

Harshal Patel with his third over. Iyer picks a single through deep backward point.

Rinku on strike. Four! He forces it to deep mid-wicket and picks a boundary.

Another four! Poor fielding and Rinku gets another boundary. Full toss and Rinku slices it to deep backward point. Aniket fails to stop it at the boundary line.

Four more! Full and outside off, Rinku smashes it through extra cover.

Two singles to end the over. 15 off it.

20:47

KKR lose fourth wicket

KKR 122-4 (15 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Harshal Patel with his second over. Rinku Singh is the new man in.

Venkatesh Iyer takes a single off the first ball, nudging a hard length delivery to long-on.

A single and a wide follow.

Rinku Singh on strike and he opens his account with a single through point. A dot and two singles to end the over. 5 come off it.

Simarjeet is back into the attack with his third over. He starts off with a dot.

Rinku Singh picks up a brace by tucking it down to backward square leg. Another dot followed by a single through deep square leg.

Sixer! Full delivery and Venkatesh Iyer smoke it over fine leg!

Nine runs off Simarjeet's third over.

20:37

KKR lose fourth wicket

KKR 108-4 (13 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Simarjeet Singh with his second over. Venkatesh Iyer is the new man in.

Two runs and a dot in the first three balls.

Four! Slower ball and Raghuvanshi times it perfectly and drives through the gap at extra cover.

A single and a dot to end the over. 7 come off it.

Sri Lankan Kamindu Mendis, who is making his IPL debut, into the attack.

Raghuvanshi takes a single off the full delivery and brings up his fifty. His second in the IPL. Great knock!

Venkatesh Iyer opens his account with a single to long-on.

Out! Raghuvanshi is out, caught brilliantly by Harshal. Raghuvanshi tries to loft it over extra cover but ends up slicing it off the outside half.

He departs immediately after completing his fifty. Mendis strikes in his first over in IPL. Four runs and a wicket in that over.

20:28

Rahane departs after a good knock

KKR 97-3 (11 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Cummins with his third over. Just three runs off his first five balls.

Rahane is on strike. Sixer! Straight out of the middle. Slower short ball and Rahane sits back and smokes it over deep mid-wicket. Cummins concedes nine in his third over.

Zeeshan Ansari is back. Starts with a dot and a brace.

Sixer! Too full and Raghuvanshi launches it down the ground for the maximum.

Four! Raghuvanshi sweeps the full delivery around off and runs it down to backward point. He takes a single to hand strike to Rahane.

Out! Rahane is out, caught by Klassen. He attempts the reverse-sweep but gets an edge and the keeper takes an easy catch. Rahane goes after making 38 off 27. Big wicket!

20:19

KKR go steady

KKR 76-2 (9 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Timeout is over. Harshal Patel comes into the attack.

Raghuvanshi is on strike. Full and wide and Raghuvanshi guides it through deep backward point for a four!

A dot and a single follow. 50-run stand between Rahane and Raghuvanshi.

Another four! Raghuvanshi punches the full-toss to the right of cover and picks up a boundary. A poor fielding effort by the man at cover. 10 off Harshal's first over.

Zeeshan Ansari continues. He maintains a tight length, conceding four singles.

KKR's run-rate is at 8.38 after nine overs.

20:09

Rahane, Raghuvanshi counterattack

KKR 61-2 (7 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Simarjeet Singh into the attack. He starts off with good length delivery outside off. No run.

Sixer! A tad short from Simarjeet and Rahane picks the length early and pulls it through short leg.

Two singles and a leg bye.

Another six. This time by the young Raghuvanshi over long leg boundary. Too short and Raghuvanshi makes full use of the pace and pulls it elegantly as the ball soars over the ropes for another maximum.

Zeeshan Ansari introduced into the attack. Two runs off his first. ball

No stopping Rahane! A bit short and Rahane punches it to deep backward point for a boundary. Nitish Reddy fails to stop the ball despite putting in a dive.

Two singles and two dot balls to end the 8-run over.

Powerplay is done and KKR make a good comeback after losing both openers cheaply.

19:59

Rahane counterattacks

KKR 38-2 (5 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Cummins with his second over.

A single, two dots and a brace in the first four deliveries.

Sixer! Short of good length and Rahane stays on the front-foot and pulls it over the square leg. Excellent shot!

A dot to end the over.

Shami continues. Raghuvanshi on strike. Short of length and Raghuvanshi carves it to deep point to pick a single.

Two dot balls. Another six from Rahane, this time through backward square leg. A tad short and Rahane waits for it and sent it over the stands.

A single. And Raghuvanshi finishes the over with a boundary through deep backward point. He charges down and slogs it with might.

19:51

Narine departs

KKR 17-2 (3 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Shami continues. Narine picks a single through long on.

Rahane is on strike. A good length delivery and Rahane plays an on-drive, to the right of mid-on and Cummins cuts it off. Another single.

Out! Narine goes. Full and wide of and Narine tries to play it onto the off-side, but the ball takes an inside edge and lands in Klaasen glove behind the stumps. He goes after making 7 off 7.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi joins skipper Rahane in the middle. Two dot balls as Shami completes a successful over. Three runs and a wicket from it.

19:44

De Kock falls cheaply

KKR 14-1 (2 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard

Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine to open the innings for KKR.

Mohammed Shami to begin the proceedings with the ball for SRH.

De Kock on strike. A big wide down the leg side.

Straight on the pads, De Kock tries to flick it but misses. Four leg-byes.

De Kock nudges one past square leg for a single.

Another leg bye and three dots. Seven off Shami's first over.

Pat Cummins into the attack from the other end.

Sunil Narine on strike. Sixer! Back of length outside off. Narine swings hard and middles it well as the ball sails over the mid-wicket!

Two dots. Good comeback by Cummins.

A quick single, called as a leg-bye.

Out! De Kock is out caught by Zeeshan Ansari. The South African fails to middle the pull and the ball goes high up in the air towards deep mid-wicket. He departs after making 1 off six balls.

Skipper Ajinkya Rahane is the new man in.

19:20

SRH win toss, opt to field first

SRH skipper Pat Cummins has won the toss and decided to bowl first against KKR.

KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane says he was also looking to bowl first.

KKR make one change, Moeen Ali comes in place of Spencer Johnson.

For SRH, Kamindu Mendis makes his IPL debut and Simarjeet Singh returns to the playing XI.

Playing XIs

KKR: Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ramandeep Singh.

Impact Subs: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell Luvnith Sisodia.

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Heinrich Klaasen, Kamindu Mendis, Simarjeet Singh, Pat Cummins (Captain), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Zeeshan Ansari.

Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Jaydev Unadkat, Travis Head, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder.

18:52

Last year's finalists look to reignite campaign

Welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League 2025 match No. 15 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Last season's finalists KKR and SRH have had a mixed run thus far, blowing hot and cold, across three matches.

Both teams have two points, winning one and losing two. While SRH are at seventh spot on the points table, KKR are languishing at the bottom by virtue of an inferior net-run rate.

KKR kicked off the new season with a heavy defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the season opener, before making a remarkable comeback by winning the next fixture against Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets.

In the third match, however, Mumbai Indians crushed them by eight wickets and snapped their winning momentum.

SRH, on the other hand, began their campaign in style, notching up the second-highest score - 286-6 - in IPL history against Rajasthan Royals and winning the match handsomely by 44 runs.

However, they lost the next two matches, against Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals, and struggled to breach the 200-run mark on both occasions.

The two teams have met 28 times in the IPL so far and KKR have won 19 of them, including a Super Over win.

At the Eden Gardens, KKR have won seven out of the ten matches against SRH.

When the two teams renew their rivalry on the spin-friendly Eden Garden surface, it is expected to be a battle between KKR's exceptional spin bowling attack and SRHs explosive batting line-up.

In Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, KKR have two of the world's best T20 bowlers in their ranks whereas SRH's top-order features hard-hitters like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klassen.

KKR's middle order has been a point of concern, with experienced players like Manish Pandey and Ajinkya Rahane not performing at their peak, putting pressure on Rinku Singh to anchor the innings.

They also sorely miss the experience of their former skippers, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana, in the middle-order.

They also lack a truly experienced pace bowling spearhead as Anrich Nortje is not fully fit to play.

On the other hand, SRH's batting, particularly the reliance on a few explosive top-order batsmen, is being criticised as one-dimensional because they struggle when those players fail to perform, leaving the team vulnerable.

Against LSG and DC, they missed a batter with the ability to anchor the innings as the top and middle-order kept attacking even as wickets fell in a heap.

As both KKR and SRH are desperate to revive their campaigns, a thrilling contest is on the cards.

IPL 2025 Updates: Brilliant KKR rout SRH by 80 runs

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