New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday excluded Rajasthan Royals by a solitary run in a thrilling Indian Premier League 2025 encounter, leaving their play-off hopes. Chasing the rigorous target of 207, Rajasthan Royals finished 205 at 205 in their 20 overs at 205.
RR captain Ryan Parag led the front with 45-gends 95, while Yashsvi Jaiswal clung to 34 and Shimron Hetmier added 29. Despite the brave efforts, the Royals could not cross the line.
KKR’s bowling unit delivered under pressure, 2 figures for 32 with Varun Chakraborty, Moin Ali caught 2 for 43, Harshit Rana caught 2 for 41, and Vaibhav Arora raised 1 for 50.
Earlier, 25-Gund 57 Not Out from Andre Russell operated KKR a formidable for 4 to 4. The contribution from Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (35), and captain Ajinkya Rahane (30) helped build the foundation.
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For Rajasthan, Jofra Archer (1/30), Yudhvi Singh Charak (1/26), Mahesh Thekshana (1/41), and Ryan Parag (1/21) took one wicket.
Andre Russell was named Player of the Match for his explosive finishing act.
Russell said after the match, “We all know the importance of this game, we had four games to go and it was like four finals, was happy with our performance and victory. I had time to go, so I was not worried about the dot balls that I faced,” Russell said after the match.
“It was a difficult wicket that began to go out and hit, happy that I was hitting the boundaries in the end and Rinku also got some distance away. The scoreboard is the best sign, you have to evaluate the situations you can see the bowlers, which the bowlers you can target,” he said.
While Jeet breathes life in KKR’s play-off chase, RR is already out of controversy.
