Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) started an average of an average for the tournament, but the night was completely different on Thursday, 03 April. Match number 15 IPL 2025 Against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the hosts were strong in all departments of the game, despite the toss going against their side. Knight Riders had to bat first, barely at the crowded Eden Gardens, and the beginning was not the most delightful.
Both openers Quinton de Koke and Sunil Narin depart from the third over, but this is where the middle-order extended the opportunity, KKR Post 200 helped for 6 for 6 at the end of 20 overs. Kamindu Mendis had the best figures for Sunrisers in the first innings. Sunrisers' response for clan was a frightening, as they never looked comfortable while chasing. Getting out for 120, visitors handed over 80 runs to Ajinkya Rahane -led side.
talking points
1. Raghuvanshi-Venkatesh provides very important nets
After losing the opener quickly, captain Ajinkya Rahane hit some soulful blasts. Before going back to the dressing room, the KKR captain scored 27 runs, including four powerful hits in the stand. Then post, all this was sent to the comfortable shores by his deputy Venkatesh Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi. A Rinku Singh cameo added the finishing touch, as SRH failed to live with the speed of the powerplay.
2. Abhishek-Trivis is easily removed
The dangerous opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head can endanger any opposition, but Vaibhav Arora Immediately hit the latter wicket easily. Abhishek left for Harshit Rana in the next over, courtesy of a peach. Ishaan Kishan could not contribute. Henrich Klassen played an entertaining knock, but it was only good for the crowd, as the wickets were tumbling at the other end. He was also rejected in the 15th over, which had only a formality.
3. The knights scored four points
After four games were played so far, Rahane & Co. faced criticism among all the talks around the house benefits. However, a clinical performance with both bat and ball meant that the SRH tie became his second win of the season. This victory was necessary for him, as he was not seen anywhere in the competition during the previous stability against Mumbai Indians in Wankhede.
who said what?
Pat Cummins, SRH captain, said
Not a great time. I think it was a goable, very good wicket. Many left in the field and then finally decreased well. We need to be realistic, three games in a line it has not come to us. We probably need to see if we can choose a better option. When they take the game, our batsmen are the best, but we look back and see that we could take different options. (What went wrong) It was mainly our fielding, overall bowling was not bad. We should have taken some catch and stopped them a little earlier. (Adam Zampa does not play) But we spinned only 3 overs, the ball was not even for us. So chose to go without him. (How to deal with this loss) I would probably pay attention to whether we can use different options, but do not want to pay much attention to it. We go back to a place that we now know well.
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said
This game was really important to us. It was important to win by a big margin. Even we wanted to bowl on this wicket. When we lose two initial wickets, wanted to consolidate for 6 overs – play with intentions but play cricket shots. And then when we have wickets in our hands, people under the order can get as many runs as possible. Happy with the batting unit. The last two sports were not even a mark for us. But we learned a lot from our mistakes. This is a great example for us as a batting unit. Rinku and Venkatesh – those people can play fantastic shots. Ramandip was sitting in the dugout, the drain (Russell) was sitting and Moane was also ready. It was about playing normal for 15 overs and taking it. Initially we thought that 170–180 in the surface would be good. She was holding slow balls. We had three quality spinners. Moeen, unfortunately, could not bowl tonight. Sunny and Varun really bowled well. Credit also goes to Vaibhav and Harshit.
Match player Vaibhav Arora said
I keep myself ready to come as sub. I assess what the pitch is doing from outside, whether there is swing there, is the ball caught. Yorker and cutters are important at fifth-sixth place because the ball does not swing until. We plan various batsmen in our meetings, which depends on who the batsman is, is there a possibility of charging.
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