Indian Premier League 2025, Match 53

Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals

Kolkata Knight Riders 206/4 20 ov
Rajasthan Royals 205/8 20 ov

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run

Venue
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date
Sun, 4 May 2025
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat
Player of the match
Andre Russell

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Rajasthan Royals 59% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Kolkata Knight Riders win

Rajasthan Royals win

Kolkata Knight Riders batRajasthan Royals chase 207

Turning point +29 to Kolkata Knight Riders. 17.4, the chase: Harshit Rana to Riyan Parag, wicket, 173/7, needing 34. Kolkata Knight Riders went from 57% to 86%.

Moved it most Riyan Parag +35.9 · Harshit Rana +33.5 · Yashasvi Jaiswal −21.3 · Rinku Singh +18.8

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Rahmanullah Gurbazc SO Hetmyer b M Theekshana352541140.0−8.7
Sunil Narineb Yudhvir Singh11911122.2−4.1
Ajinkya Rahanec Dhruv Jurel b R Parag302412125.0−4.1
Angkrish Raghuvanshic Ashok Sharma (sub) b JC Archer443150141.9−2.6
Andre Russellnot out57*2546228.0+10.3
Rinku Singhnot out19*612316.7+4.2
Extras b 1, lb 2, w 710
Total 20 ov, 10.30 an over206/4

Did not bat Harshit Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Fall of wickets 13-1 (Narine, 2), 69-2 (Gurbaz, 7.3), 111-3 (Rahane, 12.4), 172-4 (Raghuvanshi, 18.1)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Jofra Archer403017.501110+7.6
Yudhvir Singh2026113.00610−1.8
Maheesh Theekshana4041110.25900+2.2
Akash Madhwal3050016.67430−12.5
Wanindu Hasaranga403508.75610−4.6
Riyan Parag302117.00310+6.5

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The balls that decided it