IPL 2025, kkr vs rr: Kolkata Knight Riders have opened the victory account in the 18th season of IPL. Kolkata defeated Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets to win the first win of the season. Kolkata wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock played an unbeaten 97 -run innings against Rajasthan Royals.
Quinton de Kock scored 8 fours and 6 sixes during an unbeaten innings of 97 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders have returned to victory once again by winning against Rajasthan Royals. On the other hand, this is the second consecutive defeat of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025.
Kolkata Knight Riders won toss
Talk about the match, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and invited Rajasthan Royals to bat first. Batting first, Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the team a great start. Samson scored 13 runs off 11 balls which included two fours. Rajasthan also got the first blow as Samson. Sasamson was dismissed for 13 runs.
Captain Ryan Parag, who came to the crease after Samson, played some big shots but became the victim of Varun Chakraborty by scoring 25 runs. Jaiswal was dismissed by scoring 29 runs, Nitish Rana 8 runs, Vanindu Hasranga 4, Dhruv Jurle 33, Shubman Dubey 9, Hetmyer 7 and Jof 3 Archer 16 runs.
KKR bowlers performance
Rajasthan Royals scored 151 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 9 wickets. Kolkata got a target of 152 runs to win. On behalf of Kolkata Knight Riders, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Moin Ali and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets, while Spencer Johnson got a success.
Quinton de Kock played stormy innings
The Kolkata team got a target of 152 runs to win. Quinton de Kock and Moin Ali came to start the innings. Moin Ali was run out after scoring 5 runs but Quinton de Kock held the other end. Captain Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed for 18 runs off 15 balls. Quinton de Kock first completed his half -century, after which KKR along with Angkrish Raghuvanshi won by 8 wickets.
