Following an ignominious defeat to Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders bounced again emphatically to outplay Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs and report its second win within the Indian Premier League on the Eden Gardens right here on Thursday.
Inserted in to bat, KKR rode on Venkatesh Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s good half-centuries to attain 200 for six after which relied on Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy’s three-wicket hauls to limit a powerful SRH to 120 for a morale-boosting victory.
SRH despatched again KKR openers early with skipper Pat Cummins and Mohammed Shami scalping Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine respectively.
However, residence captain Ajinkya Rahane (38, 27b, 1×4, 4×6) maintained his composure to exhibit his clean-hitting expertise. He plundered sixes on the on-side whereas serving to KKR collect 53 within the first six overs.
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Raghuvanshi (50, 32b, 5×4, 2×6) utilized himself in a much-needed 51-ball 81-run partnership with Rahane. The youthful Mumbaikar not solely labored the ball round but in addition showcased some spectacular photographs, predominantly on the off-side.
KKR was in for a double blow as Rahane was caught behind whereas trying a reverse sweep off leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari, and Raghuvanshi, let off on 43, was spectacularly caught by Harshal Patel at deep backward level off Kamindu Mendis.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Simarjeet Singh is bowled by Varun Chakaravarthy of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the course of the IPL 2025 match on the Eden Gardens.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Simarjeet Singh is bowled by Varun Chakaravarthy of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the course of the IPL 2025 match on the Eden Gardens.
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SRH gained management briefly earlier than the southpaw duo of Venkatesh and Rinku Singh’s late cost propelled KKR to get 200 for the primary time within the season.
Venkatesh (60, 29b, 7×4, 3×6) caught to his energy whereas scoring his first fifty of the season, whereas Rinku (32 n.o., 17b, 4×4, 1×6) hammered some entertaining photographs to type an necessary 41-ball 91-run stand.
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On a tough observe, Venkatesh’s mixed innovation and typical stroke-play. He plundered 21 runs, together with three fours and a six, off the penultimate over by Cummins, to thrill the partially-filled Eden.
SRH’s reply was disastrous as KKR pacers executed their plans effectively and decreased the guests to 9 for 3.
Vaibhav struck in consecutive overs to take away danger-man Travis Head, who skied one to mid-off, and Ishan Kishan, beautifully caught by Rahane at cowl, whereas Harshit Rana claimed Abhishek Sharma.
SRH misplaced wickets recurrently to undergo its third straight loss.