- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Cummins breaks through early, and de Kock's hot and cold tournament continues! Bumper on the stumps and this seems to get a little big on de Kock. More than that, he gets cramped for room and cannot extend his arms fully. Cloths his pull and Ansari makes no mistake at deep mid wicket. de Kock is disappointed as he walks off; Cummins delighted, because his plan has come off. KKR rocked early! 14/12.3 nicked and gone! KKR lose their second in as many overs, and Shami is on the board as well now! Right up in the blockhole, just outside off. Narine backs away early and then tries to squeeze it out. Gets a thick outside edge and Klaasen gobbles it up to his left comfortably. Narine hangs around, perhaps hoping for some support from his captain, but then trudges off reluctantly. The bat hit the ground and the ball then hit the outside edge. Shami raises his right hand in celebration, and KKR are two down inside three overs! 16/210.6 Ansari celebrates, Klaasen celebrates and the finger goes up! Rahane perishes trying to do what Raghuvanshi did earlier in the over! Slower, shorter and hung up outside off. Drops on Rahane late and the ball is much shorter than he thinks it is. Cannot get purchase on the reverse and the ball pops up off the glove, held on easily by Klaasen. A feisty knock by the KKR skipper, and they now have a solid foundation to push for 200! 97/312.4 has Harshal grabbed that? Oh, that would be a world-class catch if he has! Dangles the carrot on a length outside off and Raghuvanshi bites. He looks to go inside-out but slices across it too much. Arrows it towards deep backward point, where Harshal runs in off the fence, slides forward and then swoops it up inches off the turf. Exceptional, exceptional fielding, and SRH have gotten rid of the set batter! 106/419.3 high into the night sky, and taken on the fence! That almost touched the moon and came back! Slower ball on a full length on middle and leg. Venkatesh, after shimmying his socks off, stands still in his normal stance and gets under it. Gets under it too much in the end, though, and does not get the adequate distance. Aniket settles himself at long on and does the rest! 197/519.6 dug into the track outside off and Russell cannot make the most of it. Swings at it wildly and only swats away a few flies. He also ventures out of his crease, trying to pinch a bye and is caught unawares as Klaasen hits the stumps at the batter's end. Russell dismissed, and KKR end with 200! 200/6Extras11 (lb 8, w 3)TOTAL200/6 (20 Overs, RR: 10)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Quinton de Kock, 1.5 ov), 2-16 (Sunil Narine, 2.3 ov), 3-97 (Ajinkya Rahane, 10.6 ov), 4-106 (Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 12.4 ov), 5-197 (Venkatesh Iyer, 19.3 ov), 6-200 (Andre Russell, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 29 1 7.25 11 3 1 1 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 44 1 11 11 3 4 0 0 Simarjeet Singh 4 0 47 0 11.75 7 3 4 0 0 Zeeshan Ansari 3 0 25 1 8.33 6 2 1 0 0 HV Patel 4 0 43 1 10.75 6 6 1 2 0 PHKD Mendis 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 goes a mile up and Rana takes a superb catch tumbling back! Head falls early, and Arora gets him for the second time in as many games! Full and swinging away outside off. Head looks to go over mid off but does not get enough on it. Gets more height than distance and Rana, back-pedaling, keeps his eyes on the ball the entire way. Clings onto the chance, and that is a massive moment early in the game! 4/11.6 Abhishek bites the dust too, and SRH's chase is spiraling early! Another off-pace ball, on a length outside off. Abhishek advances and tries to smash it into oblivion. Plays too early and only manages a thick outside edge that floats through to slip. The easiest of catches and Travishek have been sent packing inside two overs! 9/22.1 oh my days - stop the press and play that on loop and repeat all night long! Full outside off and Kishan's eyes light up. He looks to carve it through extra cover and absolutely smashes it. Rahane, though, is sharper. Much sharper, in fact. He takes a step to his left, snaps down and then grabs hold of it with both hands. Two in two for KKR, three in three overs, and SRH are in danger of flat-lining prematurely! 9/36.4 oh, what have you done, Nitish Kumar Reddy?! Slanted in on a length on middle and off. Reddy plants his front foot and almost half-heartedly, flicks it in the air. Picks out Narine to absolute perfection, almost like catching practice, and Reddy cannot believe what he has done. He did not keep that down, nor did he show enough conviction to go over that sweeper. Strange and soft dismissal, and SRH lurch further into crisis! 44/49.3 caught comfortably on the fence, and another SRH batter perishes! On the shorter side outside off and this grips in the surface, spinning away. Seems to stick in the surface too and Kamindu can generate no power on the pull. Simple catch to deep mid wicket, and SRH take another step back after threatening to take a step forward! 66/514.4 miscued and taken at square leg! Arora proves his worth yet again, and that might be that for SRH tonight! Slower bumper outside off, asking Klaasen to fetch it to the leg side. He takes up the challenge but comes up second-best. No timing at all and the ball spoons up for Moeen, stood right on the ring. SRH's hopes dashed further, and KKR can sense a win now! 112/710.4 Aniket falls trying to increase the scoring rate, and this is looking like KKR's evening now! Angled in on a length on middle and leg. Aniket has a mow across the line and shanks it completely. Off the inside half of the bat and Venkatesh, despite losing it in the lights for a bit, makes no mistake at deep mid wicket. Rahane gambled with Chakravarthy's third over, and that gamble has paid off! 75/615.1 clothed to long on, and after a brief pause, the procession is back on track! Given a bit of air on a length just outside off. That entices Cummins into the slog but he is not close enough to the pitch of the ball. Miscues it terribly and Rana, stationed well inside the long on fence, snares the chance with minimal fuss. SRH eight down, and staring down the barrel! 114/816.4 goes a mle up, and that is all over, Red Rover! The Kolkata Knight Riders have rocked up at the Eden Gardens and they have handed their fellow finalists from last year and absolute thrashing! Off-pace and into the track just outside off. Harshal has an ungainly swipe across the line and gets no distance whatsoever. Russell is the only person in the vicinity and he settles under it to consign SRH to a fate that seemed in the making for the past hour. A proper pasting, and SRH will have plenty to dissect and gulp down from this! 120/1015.2 hot knife through butter, and that is an absolute peach! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. Simarjeet goes searching for it but has no clue this is the ball that will spin into him. Leaves a massive gap between bat and pad, and the ball bursts through the gate to smash into the stumps. Chakravarthy has three, KKR have nine, and SRH on the brink! 114/9Extras8 (lb 3, w 5)TOTAL120 all out (16.4 Overs, RR: 7.2)Did not bat: Zeeshan AnsariFall of wickets: 1-4 (Travis Head, 0.2 ov), 2-9 (Abhishek Sharma, 1.6 ov), 3-9 (Ishan Kishan, 2.1 ov), 4-44 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 6.4 ov), 5-66 (Kamindu Mendis, 9.3 ov), 6-75 (Aniket Verma, 10.4 ov), 7-112 (Heinrich Klaasen, 14.4 ov), 8-114 (Pat Cummins, 15.1 ov), 9-114 (Simarjeet Singh, 15.2 ov), 10-120 (Harshal Patel, 16.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VG Arora 4 1 29 3 7.25 12 4 1 0 0 Harshit Rana 3 0 15 1 5 9 1 0 1 0 CV Varun 4 0 22 3 5.5 11 2 0 2 0 AD Russell 1.4 0 21 2 12.6 3 1 2 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 30 1 7.5 9 1 2 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad , 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
03 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy and Luvnith Sisodia
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Subs: Jaydev Unadkat, Wiaan Mulder, Abhinav Manohar, Travis Head and Rahul Chahar
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 61/2 in 7.0 overs (AM Rahane 28, A Raghuvanshi 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (AM Rahane 27, A Raghuvanshi 22, Ex 1)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 8
- A Raghuvanshi: 50 off 30 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 122/4 in 15.0 overs (VR Iyer 11, RK Singh 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 9
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (VR Iyer 27, RK Singh 25, Ex 1)
- VR Iyer: 50 off 25 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 19.2: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - VR Iyer (Struck down)
- Over 19.4: Review by Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - RK Singh (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 200/6 in 20.0 overs (RK Singh 32)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Sub: Travis Head in for Zeeshan Ansari (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 19.6 ov)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Sub: Vaibhav Arora in for Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Kolkata Knight Riders innings, 19.6 ov)
- Over 5.3: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Totre, Batter - K Nitish Kumar Reddy (Struck down)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 63/4 in 9.0 overs (PHKD Mendis 25, H Klaasen 10)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 106/6 in 14.0 overs (H Klaasen 28, PJ Cummins 12)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSwing while you're winning - KKR 'bowl a touch fuller' to thwart Travishek
The KKR seamers pitched the ball "a touch fuller, which maybe allows for just a little bit of extra swing, which was their [SRH's] undoing," says Boucher
Venkatesh and Arora consign SRH to their biggest-ever defeat
KKR's batters built steam gradually to post a challenging 200 for 6 before Arora led a new-ball effort that demolished SRH's top three in 13 balls
Rahane: Batting unit needs to learn from this game and take it forward
The KKR captain also heaped praise on Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana, especially in the powerplay
KKR vs SRH: Kamindu Mendis bowls with both hands in the same over
Ambidextrous Sri Lankan allrounder bowls one over on IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad
KKR vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad bowl first, Moeen in for Kolkata Knight Riders
SRH handed an IPL debut to Sri Lankan spin allrounder Kamindu Mendis