kkr innings highlights vs rcb today ipl 2025 match kolkata knight riders gave 175 runs target to royal challengers bengaluru

Kkr innings highlights: In the first match of the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders, batting first, have given Royal Challengers Bangalore a target of 175 runs to win. Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narayan shared a brilliant partnership of 103 runs and gave KKR a good start. But Krunal Pandya took 3 wickets and made RCB a good comeback and stopped KKR for 174 runs. KKR has scored at least 30-40 runs less than the initial start.

Just 67 runs scored in the last over

Kolkata Knight Riders scored 107 runs in the first 10 overs but in the last 10 overs, RCB bowlers made a good comeback. KKR was able to score only 67 runs in the last 10 overs, it is credited that RCB spinners and especially Krunal Pandya. Krunal took 3 important wickets including captain Rahane. When Rahane was out, KKR’s score was 109 runs in 10.3 overs. It was expected that the finisher would do well and the score would cross 200 but this could not happen.

Explosive batsmen like Venkatesh Iyer (6), Rinku Singh (12) and Andre Russell (4) flopped completely. Angrish Raghuvanshi scored 30 runs in 22 balls with the help of 1 six and 2 fours.

𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴’𝘂𝗻 done 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ⚡

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Shatak partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narayan

After Quinton Dickock’s first wicket fell for 4 runs, Ajinkya Rahane had a brilliant century partnership with Sunil Narayan. Rahane scored the first half -century of IPL 2025, for this he played only 25 balls. Rahane scored 56 runs in 31 balls, in which he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. He was dismissed by Krunal Pandya. Sunil Narayan scored 44 runs in 26 balls. In this innings, he hit 3 sixes and 5 fours. He was dismissed by Rasik Salaam.

Leading from the front and doing it in some style!#AJINKYARANE brings up his third-fastest fifty in the #TataiplOwning this battle of royalty with pure class!

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Krunal took 3 wickets, 2 wickets in Hazlewood’s name

Krunal Pandya took 3 important wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. He made Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh their victims. Josh Hazlewood took the first wicket of the innings as Quinton Dickock. He took 2 wickets for 22 runs in his 4 overs spell. Yash Dayal and Rasik Salam got 1-1 wickets. Suyash Sharma’s name was also 1 wicket.