In the 2025 IPL season, match number 15 was played between KKR and SRH on April 3, 2025, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
By batting first KKR scored 200 runs at the loss of 6 wickets but SRH was not able to chase the target. Thus KKR won the match by 80 runs.
Key Highlights
KKR won the match by 80 runs.
KKR's two bowlers - Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy took 3 wickets each.
SRH lost their 3rd match continuously.
Match Result Scorecard - KKR vs SRH
1st Inning
SRH won the toss and decided to bowl first.
KKR made 200 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets.
Batting first KKR openers were not able to give a good start to their team. Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine scored only 1 and 7 runs respectively.
As the opener's wickets fell off early, captain Ajinkya Rahane performed a good role. He scored 38 runs from 27 balls. He was out by Zeeshan Ansari.
Along with him, Angkrish Raghuvanshi made a good partnership. He scored a century in 32 balls. He was out by Kamindu Mendis.
Then Venkatesh Iyer comes in. Earlier he got a slow start but later he enlarged it. He scored 60 runs from 29 balls. He smashed seven boundaries and three sixes. He was out on the ball by Harshal Patel.
Rinku Singh also performed well. He was not out on 32 runs in 17 balls. He hit one sixer and four boundaries.
Andre Russell scored 1 run from 2 balls. He was run out on the last ball of the match.
Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins, Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, and Kamindu Mendis all took one wicket each. However, a catch was dropped by Nitesh Kumar Reddy in the over of Simarjeet Singh.
2nd Inning
Sunrisers got the target of 201 runs to win the match. But they fell short of it. SRH was all out in just 16.4 overs at 120 runs. Thus, they lost the match.
Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma scored only 4 and 2 runs in 2 and 6 balls respectively. Head was out on the ball by Vaibhav Arora and Sharma was out on the ball by Harshit Rana.
Ishan Kishan also scored only 2 runs from 5 balls. He was also out on the ball by Arora.
Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 19 runs from 15 balls and Kamindu Mendis scored 27 runs from 20 balls.
The highest run-scorer in this match for SRH was Heinrich Klaasen. He scored 33 runs from 21 balls. He hit two boundaries and two sixes. He was out on the ball by Vaibhav Arora.
Ankit Verma who has performed well in earlier matches, was able to score only 6 runs from 6 balls.
Pat Cummins, the captain made 14 runs from 15 balls. He smashed two boundaries.
Harshal Patel scored 3 runs from 5 balls. Simarjeet Singh was out on duck and Mohammed Shami was not out on 2 runs in four balls.
Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy both claimed 3 -3 wickets each. Andre Russell took 2 wickets. Harshit Rana and Sunil Narine took one wicket each.
SRH once again lost the match to KKR
As we all know, KKR and SRH were the two finalists of IPL 2024. Last year in the final, KKR won the match and SRH was not able to complete the overs. This time also, in 2025, when both teams played SRH was not even able to play all 20 overs. They were all out 16.4 overs.
Player of the Match
Vaibhav Arora was announced as the Player of the match. His stats are 3/29 (4).
Although Varun had also taken 3 wickets, Arora took the wickets of top batsmen. Vaibhav Arora took the wickets of opener Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, and Heinrich Klaasen. So, for his outstanding performance, he got this award. Kolkata Knight Riders, shared it on X,
From Impact Sub to Sabse Khaas 😍💜 pic.twitter.com/PrKm6qNGM9
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 3, 2025
Current Position in Points Table
Before this match, KKR was in the last spot i.e. position 10. Now, after winning this match KKR is on number 5 and SRH is on number 10 in the points table.
Till now KKR has won two matches out of four while SRH was able to win only the first match out of four matches. SRH has lost 3 matches continuously.
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