IPL 2025, RR vs KKR: Rajasthan Royals surrender in front

IPL 2025, RR vs KKR: Rajasthan Royals have once again faced defeat in IPL, on the other hand, defending champion Kolkata has opened its account in this season. In the match played in Guwahati, Kolkata defeated Rajasthan by 8 wickets. Batting first, Rajasthan’s team could score only 151 runs, in response, Kolkata did not have much difficulty in achieving the target. The hero of Kolkata’s victory was De Kock, who scored a half-century for Kolkata for the first time. De Kock played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs in 61 balls, he missed the century but De Kock’s innings is very special because the pitch of Guwahati was not easy for batting and he batted at the crease and gave KKR its first victory of the season.

RR vs KKR: De Kock alone overshadowed Rajasthan

Batting was not easy on the Guwahati pitch and Kolkata started slowly in the powerplay. KKR could score only 40 runs in the powerplay, its 50 runs were completed in 7.4 overs. Moeen Ali and Ajinkya Rahane looked in trouble but De Kock’s bat did not stop. He scored a half-century in 36 balls, which included 3 sixes and 5 fours. De Kock then shared a half-century partnership with Angkrish in just 30 balls and from here Rajasthan’s defeat was certain.

Disappointing performance of Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals lost the toss and from here its problems started. Samson and Jaiswal gave the team a fast start but in the fourth over Vaibhav Arora gave KKR the first success by taking a wicket. After Samson’s dismissal, Riyan Parag batted fast but during this Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 29 runs. Riyan Parag was also dismissed by Varun Chakraborty for 25 runs. Nitish Rana could also score only 8 runs. Hasaranga scored 4 runs. Dhruv Jurel somehow scored 33 runs and Rajasthan’s team crossed 150.

Kolkata’s spinners did wonders

Spinners were the heroes of Kolkata’s victory. Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets for just 17 runs in 4 overs. Moeen Ali also took 2 wickets for 23 runs. Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora took 2 wickets each.