Kkr vs srh
Sunrisers Hyderabad unilaterally defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 110 runs in the 68th match of IPL 2025 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. In this match, the Hyderabad team batting first scored 278 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Kolkata Knight Riders team was all out after scoring 168 runs in 18.4 overs. This is the biggest defeat for Kolkata in the history of IPL. Earlier, KKR was defeated by Mumbai Indians by 102 runs in 2018.
Henrich Klassen and Travis Head batted brilliantly for SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head made the team a stormy start. Both added 92 runs in 6.5 overs. The team’s first wicket fell as Abhishek Sharma, who was dismissed by 32 runs at a strike rate of 200. After this, Travis Head and Heinrich Klassen took the front. Both of them batted stormy and washed the KKR bowlers fiercely. The two shared an 83 -run partnership for the second wicket. Head was dismissed for 76 runs in 40 balls but Klassen continued to beat from the other end. He completed a century in 37 balls. He returned unbeaten after scoring 105 runs in 39 balls. Apart from him, Ishaan Kishan contributed 29 in 20 balls and Aniket Verma contributed 12 runs in 6 balls. Sunil Naren took the most 2 wickets from KKR.
KKR batsmen shattered under pressure
Kolkata’s team, chasing the target of 279 runs, appeared under pressure from the beginning of the team. Sunil Naren definitely got a good start but he could not convert it into a big innings and was dismissed by 31 runs in 16 balls. D Cock also flopped in this match and scored 9 runs in 13 balls. After this, no batsman of the team was able to play at the crease. Captain Rahane (15) Angakrish Raghuvanshi (14) kept running Rinku Singh (9), while Andre Russell could not even open his account. In the end, Manish Pandey (37) and Harshit Rana (34) reduced the difference of victory by putting some big shots. For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishaan Malinga and Harsh Dubey took 3-3 wickets and played a key role in the team’s victory.
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