Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by eight wickets based on an all-round performance and achieved their first victory in the tournament. In the match played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday, Rajasthan Royals, who lost the toss and came to bat first, scored 151 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 153 runs for the loss of two wickets in 17.3 overs and won the match.

KKR reaches sixth position

With this victory, Kolkata has achieved the sixth position in the table with seven points. It has two points in its account and the net run rate has become -0.308. At the same time, Rajasthan has reached the bottom position after losing two consecutive matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad is at the top with two points and a net run rate of 2.200.

Current status of IPL 2025 points table
Team                         Matches           Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1                1         0        2      2.200
Royal Challengers Bangalore 1 1 0 2 2.137
Punjab Kings 1 1 0 2 0.550
Chennai Super Kings 1 1 0 2 0.493
Delhi Capitals 1 1 0 2 0.371
Kolkata Knight Riders 2 1 1 2 -0.308
Lucknow Super Giants 1 0 1 0 -0.371
Mumbai Indians 1 0 1 0 -0.493
Gujarat Titans 1 0 1 0 -0.550
Rajasthan Royals 2 0 2 0 -1.882

Great start to KKR's innings
Chased the target of 152 runs Moeen Ali and Quinton de Kock gave KKR a great start. There was a partnership of 41 runs for the first wicket between the two. Ali was run out by Mahish Teekshana. After this, de Kock got the support of captain Ajinkya Rahane. Both added 29 runs in 24 balls.

De Kock made a splash.

Rahane was caught by Tushar Deshpande on the first ball of the 11th over by Wanindu Hasranga. He was out after scoring 18 runs in 15 balls. After this, wicketkeeper-batsman de Kock got the support of Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who came as an impact player. Both led the team to victory with an unbeaten partnership of 83 runs. De Kock remained unbeaten on 97 and Raghuvanshi on 22 in this match. Apart from Hasranga, no bowler had any success for Rajasthan.

Rajasthan batsmen could not maintain a good start
Rajasthan had a great start in this match. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson shared a 33-run partnership for the first wicket. Vaibhav Arora bowled wicketkeeper-batsman Samson in the fourth over. He was dismissed after scoring 13 runs off 11 balls. After this, Riyan Parag and Jaiswal took over the front. Both added 34 runs for the second wicket. Captain Parag was able to score 25 runs. Dhruv Jurel scored the highest 33 runs for Rajasthan. Apart from him, Nitish Rana scored eight, Wanindu Hasaranga scored four, Shubham Dubey scored nine, and Jofra Archer scored 16. At the same time, Mahesh Teekshna and Tushar Deshpande remained unbeaten after scoring one and two runs respectively. Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Moeen Ali, and Varun Chakraborty took two wickets each for KKR. At the same time, Spencer Johnson got a breakthrough in the form of Jofra Archer in the last over.