- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 De Kock can't cash in on the reprieve. He is out of here two balls later. Sharp back of a length ball shaping into de Kock. He is on the move looking to punch this through covers. Is too close to the ball, and can only manage a thick inside-edge to the right of the keeper who takes a lovely catch low. 4/19.6 Finally, finally a wicket for Rasikh and he lets Narine know! Sharp back of a length ball at 132kph outside off. He throws his bat at it, gets a thick outside edge, and Jitesh does the rest. 107/210.3 Pulled straight to deep-backward square leg, that's Rahane falling into the trap. Looked like he wanted to clear the boundary but couldn't generate enough power on the 98ks length ball on the pads. Shot was on, he went deep in the crease, and tried to lift it from down to up while on one knee. Just ended up finding the man. Two quick wickets for RCB 109/312.1 RCB continue to fight back, Krunal's pace outdoes Venkatesh. 101ks, on a length, angling away from around the wicket through fourth stump. Venkatesh was upright for a while, then one foot went up as he tried to force a flick through midwicket. Inside edged it onto middle. Krunal pumps his fists with ferocity 125/418.5 Sound as ball passes bat, yes, there's a feather as Raghuvanshi pulled. 134ks scramble-seam ball on a shortish length lands around off and angles away. The batter tried to whack it square from the top of the bounce. 168/714.6 Stump-to-stump does it again. Krunal completes his spell by knocking top of off, he's ensured KKR couldn't run away with the game in the middle overs after a flier. No turn on that, didn't look that short. Rinku went for the pull but that skidded through, went below the bat 145/515.4 Suyash gets Russell with a googly, just 87ks. Landed on fourth, may have drifted away a touch. Spun back sharply, Russell committed to the shot and got nothing on it. Middle stump and leg stump form a V. 107 for 1 has turned into 150 for 6. 150/619.5 Another pull, this is sliced though. Skied and the keeper runs to the left, gets in line with the ball and takes it while reaching forward. 173/8Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL174/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.7)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Quinton de Kock, 0.5 ov), 2-107 (Sunil Narine, 9.6 ov), 3-109 (Ajinkya Rahane, 10.3 ov), 4-125 (Venkatesh Iyer, 12.1 ov), 5-145 (Rinku Singh, 14.6 ov), 6-150 (Andre Russell, 15.4 ov), 7-168 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 18.5 ov), 8-173 (Harshit Rana, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JR Hazlewood 4 0 22 2 5.5 16 3 1 0 0 Yash Dayal 3 0 25 1 8.33 7 3 1 0 0 Rasikh Salam 3 0 35 1 11.66 9 3 3 2 0 KH Pandya 4 0 29 3 7.25 8 2 1 1 0 Suyash Sharma 4 0 47 1 11.75 8 6 2 1 0 LS Livingstone 2 0 14 0 7 2 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.3 Thick outside edge and Johnson hangs on at short third. A much needed breakthrough for KKR. Legspinner well outside off. Salt throws his bat at it, gets the thick edge, and Johnson moves well to his left 95/111.4 Padikkal perishes trying to take Narine on, holes out to deep midwicket but Kohli gives him a fist bump on the way out. He danced down the wicket and tried to whip the length ball on the up, bat-face turned inside upon impact. Went straight to the fielder. 118/215.3 Pulled, timing's not bad but he finds deep midwicket. Great innings nonetheless, just 13 now needed off 27. Was a length ball around off, another languid bat swing, Rinku ran in and took it on the move 162/3Extras3 (lb 2, w 1)TOTAL177/3 (16.2 Overs, RR: 10.83)Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Phil Salt, 8.3 ov), 2-118 (Devdutt Padikkal, 11.4 ov), 3-162 (Rajat Patidar, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 3 0 42 1 14 4 7 1 1 0 SH Johnson 2.2 0 31 0 13.28 7 3 3 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 43 1 10.75 7 5 2 0 0 Harshit Rana 3 0 32 0 10.66 4 5 0 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 27 1 6.75 5 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
22 March 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 60 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Anrich Nortje and Vaibhav Arora
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh and Abhinandan Singh
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (SP Narine 17, AM Rahane 34, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 60/1 in 6.0 overs (SP Narine 17, AM Rahane 39)
- AM Rahane: 50 off 25 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 54 balls (SP Narine 44, AM Rahane 55, Ex 4)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 150/6 in 15.4 overs (A Raghuvanshi 19)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Sub: Devdutt Padikkal in for Suyash Sharma (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 15.6 ov)
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 174/8 in 20.0 overs (Ramandeep Singh 6, SH Johnson 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Sub: Vaibhav Arora in for Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 19.6 ov)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 3.4 overs (22 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (PD Salt 36, V Kohli 12, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 80/0 in 6.0 overs (PD Salt 49, V Kohli 29)
- PD Salt: 50 off 25 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 3
- V Kohli: 50 off 30 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 162/3 in 15.3 overs (V Kohli 59)
Match Coverage
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The RCB seamer bowled a stifling spell in his side's thumping win over KKR
Krunal restricts KKR to 174 despite blazing knocks from Rahane and Narine
The left-arm spinner picked up 3 for 29 from his four overs in the opening game of IPL 2025
RCB opt to bowl vs KKR in IPL 2025 opener; de Kock, Johnson debut for KKR
Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a minor injury for RCB, who picked Yash Dayal, and handed caps to Phil Salt and Tim David