Indian Premier League 2025, Match 1

Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Kolkata Knight Riders 174/8 20 ov
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 177/3 16.2 ov

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets

Venue
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date
Sat, 22 March 2025
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
Krunal Pandya

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Royal Challengers Bengaluru 53% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Kolkata Knight Riders win

Royal Challengers Bengaluru win

Kolkata Knight Riders batRoyal Challengers Bengaluru chase 175

Turning point −9 to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. 0.1, the chase: Vaibhav Arora to Phil Salt, 4 runs, 4/0, needing 171. Kolkata Knight Riders went from 36% to 27%.

Moved it most Vaibhav Arora −34.5 · Josh Hazlewood +19.5 · Phil Salt +19.3 · Krunal Pandya +17.1

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Quinton de Kockc JM Sharma b JR Hazlewood451080.0−10.1
Sunil Narinec JM Sharma b Rasikh Salam442653169.2+3.4
Ajinkya Rahanec Rasikh Salam b KH Pandya563164180.6+5.3
Venkatesh Iyerb KH Pandya671085.7−4.7
Angkrish Raghuvanshic JM Sharma b Yash Dayal302221136.4−3.5
Rinku Singhb KH Pandya121010120.0−4.1
Andre Russellb Suyash Sharma4310133.3−1.6
Ramandeep Singhnot out6*90066.7−4.8
Harshit Ranac JM Sharma b JR Hazlewood561083.3−5.4
Spencer Johnsonnot out1*100100.0−0.1
Extras lb 2, w 46
Total 20 ov, 8.70 an over174/8

Did not bat Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Fall of wickets 4-1 (de Kock, 0.5), 107-2 (Narine, 10), 109-3 (Rahane, 10.3), 125-4 (Iyer, 12.1), 145-5 (Singh, 15), 150-6 (Russell, 15.4), 168-7 (Raghuvanshi, 18.5), 173-8 (Rana, 19.5)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Josh Hazlewood402225.501600+19.5
Yash Dayal302518.33700+6.4
Rasikh Salam3035111.67920−9.3
Krunal Pandya402937.25810+17.1
Suyash Sharma4047111.75810−12.8
Liam Livingstone201407.00200+0.7

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