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KRR 205/8 (Over 20): KKR hold their nerves and clinch a 1-run victory! The KKR players are elated and Rahane lets out a roar and keep their playoffs hope alive.
Over 19.5: Shubham Dubey makes real impact! RR need 3 off the final delivery!
And the game into the wire! 13 needed off 3 balls now.
RR 185/7 (Over 19): RR need 22 off the last over! It will need something spectacular from these two out there to take them over the line.
RR 174/7 (Over 18): Harshit Rana dismisses Riyan Parag! Concedes only five runs off the over to keep the game tight.
Stat: 92 runs partnership between Parag and Hetmyer is the highest for the sixth wicket or lower for RR in the IPL bettering 85* added by Steven Smith and Faulkner against RCB at Bengaluru in 2014.
RR 155/5 (Over 15): Strategic Timeout! RR need 52 runs off 30 balls! Can they pull off a win from hereon?
RR 140/5 (Over 13.1): Riyan Parag hits six sixes in a row! Becomes first batter to hit six successive sixes in IPL history.
RR 134/5 (Over 13): Five back-to-back sixes off Moeen Ali's over from Riyan Parag! RR are back into the game. RR need 73 off 42 now!
RR 109/5 (Over 12.2): Riyan Parag gets to his first 50 of IPL 2025 with a maximum off Moeen Ali's over.
RR 102/5 (Over 12): Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag help RR get back into the game with a crucial stand.
RR 72/5 (Over 8): Two wickets and six runs off the over of Varun Chakaravarthy and RR are now on the backfoot in the chase.
RR 59/2 (Over 6): After Vaibhav Arora gets rid of Suryavanshi, Moeen Ali outfoxes Kunal Rathore. Jaiswal is in fine form and hits Varun Chakaravarthy for back-to-back boundaries.
Stat Alert: RR have dropped 20 catches this season, which is the most by a team. Their catch success percentage of 67.7 is the lowest among all ten teams. KKR, on the other hand, is the best fielding side this season, they have dropped just 9 catches, which is the least by any team. Their catch success percentage of 82.6 was the highest among all ten teams.
RR 5/1 (Over 1): Vaibhav Arora gets youngster Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The teen registers another failure.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi are at the crease. Jaiswal is on strike. Vaibhav Arora will open the attack.
Welcome back for the run chase! The KKR players are gathered in a huddle and DJ Bravo gives them a pep-talk.
KKR 206/4 (Over 20): KKR finish with a powerful total. Russell muscle does it for the Knight Riders with his 57* off 25.
KKR 172/3 (Over 18): Russell power is back! Three back-to-back sixes; gets 23 runs from the 18th over off Mahesh Theekshana.
KKR 113/3 (Over 14): Strategic Timeout! Only 6 runs from the previous two overs. RR spinners are keeping things tight.
KKR 111/3 (Over 12.5): Parag strikes and Rahane departs! Andre Russell gets promoted and walks out at number four this time.
KKR 107/2 (Over 12): Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ajinkya Rahane take the KKR innings forward.
KKR 78/2 (Over 9): Strategic Timeout! A solid start for Kolkata Knight Riders even though Narine went early, Gurbaz and Rahane stitched a 50-plus stand for the second wicket and set it up. A score around 170-180 would be par.
KKR 69/2 (Over 7.3): Theeshana breaks the partnership! Gurbaz sits down and slogs over deep mid-wicket and gets a fielder in Shimron Hetmyer.
KKR 56/1 (Over 6): Ajinkya Rahane (18 off 8) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (24 off 19) takes KKR's inning forward as the side get to a decent powerplay score.
KKR 45/1 (Over 5.3): Kunal Rathore hurts his hand and seem to have split his webbing. And he walks off the field.
KKR 13/1 (Over 1.6): Yudhvir Singh cleans up Sunil Narine!
KKR 2/0 (Over 1): Jofra Archer bowls a fiery over of fast bowling, generates extra pace and bounce to keep the opponents tight.
Let's start the double-header Sunday! Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine walk out with the former taking the strike. Jofra Archer opens attack for RR.
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane wins the toss and decides to bat first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in the match 53rd of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
