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All-inclusive KKR vs RR match analysis
Today, 26 March 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, the 6th match of Tata IPL 2025 won by KKR with not out 97*(61) runs of Quinton de Kock to reach 151 runs target. KKR bowlers have splendid team performances while Moeen Ali, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarti and Vaibhav Arora each of them 2 wickets. Varun bowled 13 dot balls in the RR’s inning and he also won the TATA IPL Green Dot Balls of the Match award. Rajasthan Royals lacked a team performance in both batting and bowling performance, batters failed to stay longer at the pitch and score big runs, while bowlers went for runs through the KKR innings.
RR scored 151-9 in 20 overs with contributions of 33(28), Riyan Parag 25(15), Archer 16(7) and Yashasvi Jaiswal 29(24). The pitch looked hard to bat in the first inning and the ball was not coming well on the bat. Varun Chakaravarthy took 2 wickets important wickets of Riyan Parag and Wanindu Hasaranga. In the RR inning, Hasaranga 4(4) sent up the order before Shimron Hetmyer 7(8) and both of them failed to remark. Vaibhav Arora also took 2 wickets with Harshit Rana 36-2 in his 4 overs.
KKR missed out on Sunil Narayan who was not fit for the match. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played as an impact substitute for KKR and RR played, Shubham Dubey as the impact player, who could not make an effective performance and got out for just 9(12). Moeen Ali played in Place of Sunil Narayan and he also succeeded in taking 2-23 in his 4 overs but he failed as an opener and got out 5(12).
Man Of the Match QDK
Quinton de Kock 97*(61) leads the KKR innings to win their first game in this Tata IPL 2025. Quinton de Kock also won the My11Circle Fantasy King of the Match, Angel One Super Sixes of the Match and Rupay on the Go 4s awards apart from the Man of the Match prize.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 22*(17) and captain Ajinkya Rahane 18(15) also contributed to KKR in securing a win against RR. The bowler failed to give a tough fight and both Sri Lankan spinners Maheesh Teekshana and Hasaranga failed to make a difference. While pitch looks good for batting in the second inning. Except for Hasaranga, no RR bowler got a wicket and KKR secured a victory 153-2 in 17.3 overs with 2.3 overs left which improved the KKR’s run rate.
In this KKR vs RR encounter, KKR looked a better side on both paper and pitch which performed well in each department. KKR bowled well with a strong spin attack of Varun Chakravarty and pacer Harshit Rana, Spencer and Arora. While in the batting KKR was very clinical with their consistent performance of Quinton de Kock to finish the game as a match winner.
Strategic analysis of KKR vs RR
This was a strategic loss of RR which was also shown by the captaincy of Riyan Parag to get the game deeper while having a low score of 151-9 which sounded 20-25 runs short for this ground. On the other hand, Ajinkya Rahane was proactive in captaincy and held the attack when RR was consistently losing the wickets. Rahane made a better execution of their plans and players performed better than in the last match on this ground.
RR need a more proactive approach and the team is missing the captaincy of regular captain Sanju Samson. The team is out of balance in both batting and bowling and more specifically the bowling change and batting order look poor in their first two lost matches.
Stay tuned with us for the upcoming matches SRH vs LSG tomorrow!
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