Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c Harshit Rana b Ali	29	24	42	2	2	120.83

Sanju Samson	b Arora	13	11	19	2	0	118.18

Riyan Parag (c)	c †de Kock b Varun	25	15	18	0	3	166.66

Nitish Rana	b Ali	8	9	13	0	0	88.88

Wanindu Hasaranga	c Rahane b Varun	4	4	5	0	0	100.00

Dhruv Jurel †	b Harshit Rana	33	28	39	5	0	117.85

Shubham Dubey	c Russell b Arora	9	12	16	1	0	75.00

Shimron Hetmyer	c Raghuvanshi b Harshit Rana	7	8	21	1	0	87.50

Jofra Archer	b Johnson	16	7	9	0	2	228.57

Maheesh Theekshana	not out	1	1	5	0	0	100.00
Tushar Deshpande	not out	2	1	1	0	0	200.00
Extras	(w 4)	4
Total	20 Ov (RR: 7.55)	151/9
Did not bat Sandeep Sharma
Fall of wickets DRS 1-33 (Sanju Samson, 3.5 ov), 2-67 (Riyan Parag, 7.5 ov), 3-69 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 8.4 ov), 4-76 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 9.5 ov), 5-82 (Nitish Rana, 10.6 ov), 6-110 (Shubham Dubey, 14.6 ov), 7-131 (Dhruv Jurel, 18.1 ov), 8-138 (Shimron Hetmyer, 18.6 ov), 9-149 (Jofra Archer, 19.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Spencer Johnson	4	0	42	1	10.50	9	3	0
19.5 to JC Archer, and his off stump goes for a walk! 135.5kmh, excellent line and length to target top of off after pitching on middle, Archer swings across the line but misses this time, and the off stump goes cartwheeling. 149/9
Vaibhav Arora	4	0	33	2	8.25	9	1	0
3.5 to SV Samson, leg stump knocked back! Samson steps out and makes room towards leg to hit on the off side, yorks himself and that's the end of that.. 33/1 14.6 to SB Dubey, hands a catch straight to deep third! RR had just started to pick up pace against paced and they lose a wicket. Short and wide, pace off, Dubey goes for an aerial cut and he hands a simple catch to Dre Ress in the deep. 110/6 Photos
Harshit Rana	4	0	36	2	9.00	11	0	0
18.1 to DC Jurel, chops on off a full toss! The pressure catches up with Jurel after all those dot balls in the last over. He shuffles to off to slog on the leg side and only manages the inside half of the bat off the low full toss. 131/7 18.6 to SO Hetmyer, taken at long-on! Last ball of the over, not many runs of it, he goes down the ground off the length ball and doesn't get the distance he wants. A dolly taken by the tall Raghuvanshi. 138/8 Photos
Moeen Ali	4	0	23	2	5.75	5	0	0
8.4 to YBK Jaiswal, that's the end of Jaiswal, he hasn't got going at all today. He steps out to the offspinner, looking to clear the long-on boundary, doesn't hit it well, bat turns as he makes contact and he hits it straight to Rana on the boundary. Moeen is more than making up for Narine's absence so far. 69/3 10.6 to N Rana, hits top of middle stump! That was beautifully bowled not matter what format he bowled it in. Rana made room, Mooen replied by taking the pace off the ball and pitched it on middle, Rana waited for the turn to steer it to off by opening the face of the bat but the ball turned, kept him guessing and beat him to knock over middle. 82/5 Photos
Varun Chakravarthy	4	0	17	2	4.25	13	0	0
7.5 to R Parag, that's miles in the air! And when it comes down it lands mid-pitch and in QDK's gloves! Parag aimed down the ground for another six and miscued the delivery that moved away from him. QDK did well, pulling off his helmet and judging that high catch to perfection. 67/2 9.5 to PW Hasaranga, Hasaranga's promotion ends early. He cleared his front leg and slogged, and ended up spooning the skiddy delivery to mid-off. RR are sinking now. 76/4 Photos

Kolkata Knight Riders (T: 152 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Moeen Ali	run out (Theekshana/Parag)	5	12	27	0	0	41.66

Quinton de Kock †	not out	97	61	89	8	6	159.01
Ajinkya Rahane (c)	c Deshpande b Hasaranga	18	15	17	1	1	120.00

Angkrish Raghuvanshi	not out	22	17	32	2	0	129.41
Extras	(lb 2, w 9)	11
Total	17.3 Ov (RR: 8.74)	153/2
Did not bat Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana
Fall of wickets DRS 1-41 (Moeen Ali, 6.1 ov), 2-70 (Ajinkya Rahane, 10.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Jofra Archer	2.3	0	33	0	13.20	7	4	0
Maheesh Theekshana	4	0	32	0	8.00	11	1	0
Riyan Parag	4	0	25	0	6.25	7	0	0
Sandeep Sharma	2	0	11	0	5.50	4	0	0
Wanindu Hasaranga	3	0	34	1	11.33	2	0	0
10.1 to AM Rahane, and he strikes first ball of his second spell! He starts with a wrong'un which Rahane skies off his sweep, and Tushar Deshpande takes a good catch while running towards square leg where he settles under it nicely. 70/2 Photos
Nitish Rana	1	0	9	0	9.00	0	0	0
Tushar Deshpande	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	0	0

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Rajasthan Royals innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)

Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya and Kwena Maphaka

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy and Luvnith Sisodia

Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 1

Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 69/3 in 8.4 overs (N Rana 1)

Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Shubham Dubey for Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals innings, 10.6 ov)

Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 92/5 in 13.0 overs (DC Jurel 9, SB Dubey 3)

Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 1

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Sub: Angkrish Raghuvanshi for Varun Chakravarthy (Rajasthan Royals innings, 15.6 ov)

Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 4

Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 151/9 in 20.0 overs (M Theekshana 1, TU Deshpande 2)

Kolkata Knight Riders innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 0 wicket)

Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 2

Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 61/1 in 9.0 overs (Q de Kock 45, AM Rahane 9)

Over 9.1: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Pandit, Batter - AM Rahane (Struck down)

Over 9.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - R Pandit, Batter - Q de Kock (Upheld)

Q de Kock: 50 off 36 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)

Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 3

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Q de Kock 32, A Raghuvanshi 19, Ex 1)

Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 125/2 in 16.0 overs (Q de Kock 79, A Raghuvanshi 20)

Over 16.1: Rajasthan Royals opts for a ball change allowed under playing conditions (dew factor)

Over 16.3: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - Q de Kock (Struck down)

Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 11

Match Details

GroundBarsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first

Series

Indian Premier League

Season2025

Player Of The Match

Quinton de Kock

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 days26 March 2025 - night (20-over match)

KKR Player Replacement

Impact player:

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

in,

Varun Chakravarthy

out (1st innings, 15.6 ov)

RR Player Replacement

Impact player:

Shubham Dubey

in,

Sanju Samson

out (1st innings, 10.6 ov)

Umpires

Akshay Totre

DRS

Rohan Pandit

DRS

TV Umpire

Adrian Holdstock

Reserve Umpire

Keyur Kelkar

Match Referee

Shakti Singh

PointsKolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0

Win Probability

KKR 100%

RRKKR

100%50%100%

Over 18 • KKR 153/2

KKR won by 8 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

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