- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 Slog swept flat and straight to Hetmyer at deep midwicket. Theekshana gets Gurbaz for the fifth time. Was a length ball around fourth, Gurbaz got on one knee and timed it decently. No, square-on replay shows it came off the bottom of the bat 69/21.6 Trims the bails with an offcutter. Narine cleared the front leg and looked to launch the length ball over square leg. The arc of the bat was almost from point to square leg, so it was proper across the line. He played the wrong line and was into the shot too early. Ball tracking shows that deviated away a touch. Narine grimaces as he walks back, Yudhvir joins in hands and looks up in celebration 13/112.4 He's nicked it! Rahane goes for the sweep on this full ball on middle going across him and ends up getting a tickle and it's gobbled up. Finger goes up immediately 111/318.1 Holes out at deep square leg! This is a back of the hand slower ball on a length on leg. Raghuvanshi looks to help it over behind square leg but the lack of pace does him in. Easy grab for the substitute fielder Ashok Sharma 172/4Extras10 (b 1, lb 2, w 7)TOTAL206/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.3)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Sunil Narine, 1.6 ov), 2-69 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 7.3 ov), 3-111 (Ajinkya Rahane, 12.4 ov), 4-172 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JC Archer 4 0 30 1 7.5 11 2 2 1 0 Yudhvir Singh 2 0 26 1 13 6 3 2 1 0 M Theekshana 4 0 41 1 10.25 9 1 4 0 0 A Madhwal 3 0 50 0 16.66 4 4 4 3 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 35 0 8.75 6 5 0 1 0 R Parag 3 0 21 1 7 3 1 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 'Catch' is the call... taken at long-on. Moeen gets another left-hander. Rinku runs in, takes it low and slides nicely. Was a floaty 91ks full ball on fifth, Jaiswal crossed his feet, got low and looked to thrash it across. 66/30.4 Another two-ball innings for Suryavanshi, this ends with a great catch from Rahane. He ran back from midwicket, his body was facing the crowd and he was looking above his shoulder. He took the catch low in front and tumbled while holding on. Gets back up, raises his arms and charges as a dejected Suryavanshi has to walk back. Was a 127ks outswinger on a length around fifth, Suryavanshi top-edged the pull. 5/11.5 Taken at mid-on. No referral needed this time. Rathore reaches forward again and looks to launch it across the line. Looked to be too early on the fourth-stump length ball. Skied it to mid-on for a dolly 8/217.4 Parag holes out five short of a maiden T20 century! This is an offcutter on a length outside off and Parag looks to go down the ground. But he hits this flat and it goes straight to Vaibhav Arora who does the rest. A stunning knock, but he looks supremely disappointed 173/77.3 Spins in and knocks off into ground. First-baller for Jurel. He did not read the googly. 93ks on a length, landed around fifth and came back in sharply, Jurel tried to defend to cover, he then tried to jam the bat onto pad but it was too late by then. Varun leaps in delight 71/47.5 Another googly to deck off stump. Two in the over. Just 86ks, on a length, landed around fourth and zipped off the pitch. Turned a bit, not all that much, Hasaranga seemed to have played down the wrong line and was beaten on the inside edge as he tried to drive through cover. Our scorers think the opposite though, Ranjith says this turned more than Jurel's 71/515.5 And that's the breakthrough! The short ball does the trick! Banged in short on leg, Hetmyer looks to pull and gets a top edge that loops up to short third! Hetmyer, though has reviewed this! Did that hit him on the helmet? The bat was close to the helmet. But the UltraEdge does confirm that there was a spike as ball went past bat so Hettie has to go. A big blow just when Royals were the team with momentum behind them 163/619.6 Vaibhav nails the yorker, Dubey digs it out to long-off, can they get the second? NO! The throw is quick from Rinku, and Vaibhav takes the stumps off with Archer well short! KKR are very much alive in IPL 2025! Rinku Singh raced in from long-off and was sharp with his throw, and that seals the win in regular time for KKR! Rajasthan Royals almost pulled off a dramatic win for the ages. Sreshth says Rinku was swapped from long-on to long-off as a late call by Rahane! 205/8Extras6 (lb 1, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL205/8 (20 Overs, RR: 10.25)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 0.4 ov), 2-8 (Kunal Singh Rathore, 1.5 ov), 3-66 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 6.6 ov), 4-71 (Dhruv Jurel, 7.3 ov), 5-71 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 7.5 ov), 6-163 (Shimron Hetmyer, 15.5 ov), 7-173 (Riyan Parag, 17.4 ov), 8-205 (Jofra Archer, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 4 0 50 1 12.5 8 4 4 0 0 MM Ali 3 0 43 2 14.33 4 0 5 2 0 Harshit Rana 4 0 41 2 10.25 10 6 1 2 1 CV Varun 4 0 32 2 8 10 3 1 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 27 0 6.75 6 1 1 0 0 AD Russell 1 0 11 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.20, Second Session 17.20-18.50
Match days
04 May 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey and Luvnith Sisodia
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Kwena Maphaka, Kumar Kartikeya, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande and Ashok Sharma
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 32, AM Rahane 19, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 78/2 in 9.0 overs (AM Rahane 23, A Raghuvanshi 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 113/3 in 14.0 overs (A Raghuvanshi 29, AD Russell 1)
- Over 15.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Sahasrabudhe, Batter - A Raghuvanshi (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 7
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (A Raghuvanshi 16, AD Russell 39, Ex 0)
- AD Russell: 50 off 22 balls (3 x 4, 6 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 206/4 in 20.0 overs (AD Russell 57, RK Singh 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Sub: Harshit Rana in for Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 19.6 ov)
- Over 1.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Sahasrabudhe, Batter - KS Rathore (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (YBK Jaiswal 27, R Parag 22, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 75/5 in 9.0 overs (R Parag 32, SO Hetmyer 3)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- R Parag: 50 off 27 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (R Parag 32, SO Hetmyer 18, Ex 0)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 155/5 in 15.0 overs (R Parag 86, SO Hetmyer 28)
- Over 14.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Pandit, Batter - SO Hetmyer (Struck down)
- Over 15.5: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Sahasrabudhe, Batter - SO Hetmyer (Struck down)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Shubham Dubey in for Akash Madhwal (Rajasthan Royals innings, 15.5 ov)
- Rajasthan Royals: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKKR 'need to sharpen up' in the middle phase to stay in contention, says Rayudu
"It's that tiny bit around 'okay, how do we improve our intent through those middle overs'," says Katey Martin
Riyan Parag becomes first batter in IPL to hit six sixes off successive balls
Rajasthan Royals batter creates history during his 95 off 45 balls at Eden Gardens
Rinku under injury cloud after saving the day for KKR in the field
Despite not looking fully fit, he pulled off a superb piece of fielding to seal KKR's one-run win
Parag: Miscalculation from my side, I should have finished it
Parag made 95 before getting out in the 18th over as RR fell short in another tense chase
Russell, Rinku bring KKR alive at the death to post 206
Russell was promoted to No. 5 and he revived the innings after it had slowed down in the middle overs