ipl 2025 rr vs kkr kolkata knight riders beat rajasthan royals by 8 wickets quinton de cock

KKR has won 8 wickets in the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals played at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. In IPL 2025, KKR has finally registered its first win. After losing the toss, Rajasthan Royals batted first and scored a score of 152 runs. In response to this, KKR easily chased the loss of two wickets in 17.3 overs. At the same time, Quinton Dickock scored 97 not out of 61 balls with 8 fours and 6 sixes in 61 balls.

Chasing the target, Dickock scored runs at a fast pace. However, Moin Ali did not bat. Both partnered 41 runs for the first wicket. During this, Maine lost his wicket in the seventh over after scoring 5 runs in 12 balls. At the same time, captain Ajinkya Rahane got caught in the trap of Vanindu Hasranga in the 11th over. Rahane added 18 runs in 15 balls. After this Dickock took the front with Raghuvanshi. Both shared an unwavering partnership of 83 runs for the third wicket. KKR needed 17 runs in the last three overs. In such a situation, Dickock started the 18th over by Jofra Archer to cross the threshold of victory by hitting KKR with a four and two sixes in three balls. Archer threw a wide.

Earlier, Rajasthan Royals batted 151 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. The highest run for RR was scored by wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel. He scored 33 runs in 28 balls with the help of five fours. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal made a significant contribution of 29 runs in 24 balls, including two fours and the same sixes. Acting captain Ryan Parag scored 25 runs in 15 balls through three sixes. Jofra Arr 16 and Sanju Samson scored 13 runs. Nitish Rana (8), Vanindu Hasranga (4), Shubham Dubey 9 and Shimron Hetmyer were able to score 7 runs. For KKR, Varun Chakraborty, Moin Ali, Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora took two wickets each while Spencer Johnson got one wicket.