Andre Russell delivered the final blow as KKR wrapped up a dominant victory at Eden Gardens. Harshal Patel attempted a wild heave across the line but only managed to send the ball straight up in the air. Russell calmly took the catch, sealing SRH’s crushing defeat.  

It was a one-sided affair, with KKR outclassing their opponents in every department. SRH’s batting lineup crumbled under relentless pressure, and their chase never gained any real momentum. The writing had been on the wall for quite some time.  

This emphatic win will be a massive boost for KKR, not just in points but also in net run rate. Meanwhile, SRH will have plenty to reflect on as they attempt to bounce back from this heavy defeat. KKR win by 80 runs.

Here’s the next part of the summary:

Varun Chakravarthy struck twice in the 16th over, tightening KKR’s grip on the match. Pat Cummins fell first, miscuing a slog straight to long on, leaving SRH reeling at eight down. Simarjeet Singh followed immediately, bowled through the gate by a stunning delivery that spun sharply back in.

With SRH down to their last wicket, Mohammed Shami walked in to join Harshal Patel. Chakravarthy nearly completed a hat-trick, but Shami survived. The required run rate had skyrocketed to 21 runs per over, making SRH’s task nearly impossible.

KKR’s disciplined bowling attack continued to strangle SRH, with Varun and Arora leading the charge. Every dot ball pushed SRH further into desperation, and their chase looked all but over.

Sunil Narine struck in the 10th over as Kamindu Mendis mistimed a pull shot straight to deep midwicket. Aniket Verma walked in and immediately made his presence felt with a classy boundary. However, with SRH needing 129 off the last 10 overs, the pressure was mounting.

Varun Chakravarthy joined the attack in the 11th over and removed Aniket Verma, who miscued a slog to deep midwicket. Pat Cummins arrived at the crease and got off the mark with a cheeky lap shot for four. Klaasen, at the other end, looked determined to take the game deep.

Klaasen took charge in the 14th over, smashing Narine for back-to-back sixes to keep SRH's hopes alive. However, KKR missed a chance to dismiss him when UltraEdge revealed a nick that went unnoticed. With the required run rate soaring past 15, SRH needed something special.

Vaibhav Arora delivered a crucial blow in the 15th over, dismissing Klaasen for 33 with a well-disguised slower bouncer. SRH’s chase took another hit, leaving Cummins and Harshal Patel with an uphill task. Despite some quick singles, the asking rate climbed to an almost impossible 17.4 runs per over.

KKR’s disciplined bowling attack, led by Arora and Narine, kept SRH in check. The fall of Klaasen all but sealed the game for KKR, with only tailenders left to chase an improbable 87 off 30 balls. Cummins and Harshal needed a miracle from there.

With the match slipping away, SRH’s batters struggled to find the boundary. KKR’s bowlers maintained tight lines, and the fielders backed them up with sharp work. As the equation worsened, KKR edged closer to sealing a convincing victory at Eden Gardens.

Kamindu Mendis takes on Russell with two massive sixes and a cracking four.  

Nitish Kumar Reddy throws his wicket away with a soft flick straight to Narine. He won’t believe how easily he gifted that.  

Klaasen joins Kamindu, keeping the strike moving.  

SRH in trouble at 51/4 after 7 overs.

Sunrisers only managed to get 33 from the powerplay and they are now falling far behind of total. 

Arora struck in the first ball as Ajinkya Rahane took a top catch to dismiss Ishan Kishan.

Arora could have had a double-wicket maiden if Russell had not missed Kamindu Mendis’s catch in the final ball.

SRH 9/3 after 3. 

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Harshit Rana gets Abhishek Sharma with a slower ball.

The left-hander did not read the slower ball and managed a loopy catch to slip. 

SRH 9/2 after 2.

The impact sub of KKR gets the impact sub of SRH! 

An excellent catch from Harshit Rana to get rid of the Aussie batter.

SRH 6/1 after 1. 

Venkatesh Iyer started with a six and four but was caught in the deep while going for another big shot.

He was dismissed on 60 from 29 balls. 

After that KKR were not able to get any boundaries. 

They finish at 200/6 in the first inning. 

Huge over in the context of the game. 

Three boundaries, one six, one double and a single, Venkatesh Iyer did all the damage.

He got to his fifty from 25 balls. 

21 runs over from Cummins. 

KKR 187/4 after 19. 

Venkatesh Iyer was able to hit two boundaries in the third and fourth balls of Simranjit’s over. 

Rinku then capped off with a huge six over long off against a slower ball from Simranjit. 

17 comes from the over. 

KKR 166/4 after 18.

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Big over for KKR. 

Rinku was able to hit three consecutive boundaries, helped by Aniket’s sloppy fielding! 

15 comes from Harshal’s over. 

KKR 149/4 after 17.

KKR are finally getting a move. 

Iyer hit the fourth ball for a four and Rinku finished off with another one in the last ball. 

1 0 2 4 1 4 

KKR 134/4 after 16.

After a span of 18 balls where no boundary was hit, Venkatesh Iyer finally gets the boundary; it is a six over fine leg. 

With a double and single, nine came from the over.

KKR 122/4 after 15. 

Looks like Rinku and Venkatesh will take their time before launching their shots. 

Singles throughout the entire over and a dot made it 5 from the over. 

KKR 113/4 after 14. 

Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes right after making a solid 50 from 32 balls.

Kamindu bowled left-arm spin against right-handers and right-arm off-spin against the lefties.

Harshal Patel took a stunning catch to dismiss Raghuvanshi. 

Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh are at the crease.

KKR 108/4 after 12. 

After going for two sixes in his first over, 7 comes from his second over. 

Raghuvanshi still was able to hit him for a boundary after Nitish Kumar Reddy dropped him in the first ball of the over. 

KKR 104/3 after 12. 

After a dot in the first ball, Raghuvanshi took a double in the second ball. 

Raghuvanshi then stepped up to hit him over long off for a six. 

He then reverse-swept for a boundary. But Zeeshan made a comeback in the final ball as Rahane went for a reverse sweep and gave Klassen an easy catch! 

Rahane went after 38 from 26 balls. 

KKR 97/3 after 11. 

After missing a few in the first three balls of the over against Pat Cummins, Rahane hit the shirt ball for a six to finish the over well! 

9 comes from the over. 

KKR 84/2 after 10. 

Only four singles come from Zeeshan’a second over. 

Zeeshan was one and around the off stump and kept it tight so that none of the batters could free their arms. 

KKR 75/2 after 9. 

Harshal Patel went wide in the first ball and Raghuvanshi opened the face of his bat to get a boundary. 

After two singles in the next four balls, Raghuvanshi took advantage of a full toss in the final ball to get a four through the cover region!

KKR 71/2 after 8. 

On a wicket where we can expect a slow turn, SRH introduces spin in the 7th over. 

A couple came from the first ball and then Rahane punched one for a four, helped by a missed fielding by Nitish Kumar Reddy on the boundary line. 

Zeeshan bowled a tad short in that over but it was not coming not to the bat that great for Rahane to take charge. 

KKR 63/2 after 8 as we head into a break. 

It was a good power play for KKR after a poor start. 

Rahane welcomed Simranjit Singh with a six over deep mid-wicket, and then Angkrish Raghuvanshi hooked one for a six over deep fine leg to make it 15 from the over. 

Rahane and Raghuvanshi are looking good now for KKR. 

KKR 53/2 after 6. 

Raghuvanshi took a single in the first ball and after playing two dots, a desperate Rahane played a paddle to scoop Shami over deep square leg for a six. 

Raghuvanshi then hit a boundary in the final ball to make it a 12-run over for KKR! 

KKR 38/2 after 5! 

After Angkrish Raghuvanshi tried to come down the track against the pace and bounce of Cummins, he finally was able to rotate the strike. 

But it was Ajinkya Rahane who picked out a length ball to launch a six over deep mid-wicket. 

9 from the over and KKR are 26/2 after 4. 

KKR are now in early trouble. 

Shami gets it up there around the block hole, around the off-side!

Narine backed away and looked to slice the ball through the gully region! 

He only managed to get an edge to Klassen! 

KKR 17/2 after three overs! 

Pat Cummins gets the better off Quinton de Kock! 

Cummins pitched it short and knew the southpaw batter will go for the shot. 

Quinton made a good connection but it went straight to the only deep fielder on the leg side. 

Earlier Sunil Narine started the over well with a six over leg side but SRH ended the over on a happy note! 

KKR 14/1 after 2! 

Steady start from both sides! 

Four leg byes from Shami was the only poor thing we had in the over.

Shami is someone who knows this wicket and ground. 

Seven from the first over! 

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Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy

KKR subs: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss, and they will bowl first.

The story is almost the same for SRH, but they have a better NRR than KKR.

After winning their first match of the season, with nearly a record first inning total, SRH could not keep their momentum. They lost their second game at home against Lucknow Super Giants and then suffered a huge defeat against Delhi Captials in Visakhapatnam. 

1 win in 3 games and 2 defeats; the defending champions have not looked their best till now. They first faced a defeat in the opening match of the season at Eden Gardens. Then, they came back with a win over RR in Guwahati. However, the could not keep the momentum as they faced a huge defeat against Mumbai at Wankhede. 

After many rumours and speculations, we will see a dry pitch at Eden Gardens, which will surely help the spinners of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Ajinkya Rahane and company will surely look to take the "home advantage" to restrict the batting lineup of SRH. 

However, SRH also has someone like Adam Zampa in their ranks, who can be lethal on this wicket as well, 

KKR has dominated the team from South India in the IPL so far. In the 28 games between the teams so far, KKR has won 19 and SRH, in the meantime, were victorious only 9 times. 

Moreover, currently, KKR has a 4 games winning streak over SRH in IPL. 

Fans can watch the KKR vs SRH match LIVE on Star Sports Channels on television. Moreover, they can stream the match LIVE on JioHotstar app and website as well.

Match: KKR vs SRH, IPL 2025, Match No. 15

Date: 3rd April 2025

Time: 7.30 am IST

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Russell to Sky, four, pulls this over midwicket, no protection in the deep. 

Four more, a bouncer but Sky ramps this over short third. He whips the third to deep midwicket.

A single for Rickelton to point.

Suryakumar Yadav ends this with a Supla, way high into the night sky before dropping into the stands.

Mumbai Indians wins by 8 wickets.

Narine to continue. 

Four for Sky. A sweep shot that is too fast for deep square leg to cut. Another sweep on the next delivery, gets only a single to fine leg now.

Eight runs from this over.

Suryakumar Yadav at No. 4.

Sky gets the Supla out, from well outside the off stump he picks this over fine leg.

Rahane has pulled off a blinder! Jacks has to walk back. Jacks drives this on the up but Rahane crouches low to pouch this inches above the ground at short cover.

Another maximum, picks it off the length and heaves it wide of long on. He works the fourth delivery to long on to pocket a run.

Jacks pushes the fifth with soft hands between long on and deep midwicket, runs two. A clip off his pads to deep midwicket gets Jacks a single.

Narine to Jacks, pulls it over cow corner for a six.

Fifty for Rickelton in 33 deliveries. 

Varun for his third over.

Rickelton goes after this wide delivery which turns further away from him, misses. A single to long on on the second delivery.

Jacks sweeps from outside off to to fine leg, single taken. Varun again takes the delivery away from Rickelton, beating him on the drive.

Rickelton punches the fifth to deep cover. A leg-spinner to Jacks to finish the over, just misses the edge.

Jacks goes on the front foot looking to run this to long on, misses the line by some margin and is caught on the pad.

The turn ensures the ball just about clips the leg stump and the umpire’s call saves Jacks on that occassion.

Mumbai 70/1 in 8 overs.

Varun to Jacks. The third delivery gets him the first run, full and outside off, driven to long off.

Rickelton gets a leading edge while trying to work the second delivery through the on side, goes well wide of the bowler and gets him a run.

Jacks goes back into his crease, clips off his pad for one run. Full and outside off, Rickelton goes for a reverse sweep and beats backward point.

Will Jacks in at three. Off the mark with a single. SIX! Jacks pulls over fine leg. 

Andre Russell into the attack.

Rohit is gone. Tries slap the ball over mid off but is caught. He goes for 13 off 12 balls.

Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack.

Two singles in the over so far, one more ball left. A dot off the last ball. 

Harshit comes into attack.

Too full and Rickelton smacks it straight past the bowler for four.

Pulls it away way over the square leg region. Low full toss and Rickelton places it past mid off for four! 

Johnson comes to bowl. Rickelton gets a thick outside edge over backward point and gets a double.

Now he slogs and the ball runs away for four behind square leg.

Rickelton once again swings hard, gets an outside edge that goes over deep third boundary. 13 runs came in that over. 

Harshit Rana from the other end. Rohit is beaten on the inside edge. Terrific inswinger! Looks to slog off the second delivery, is beaten again.

He takes a single off the third ball. Rickelton is off the mark with a single.

Yorker, Rohit times well towards midwicket and gets a double; it’s a no ball as well.

Full toss and Rohit slaps it straight for six. This time Rohit cuts, and gets a double towards point. 

Takes a single off the first ball. Rickelton is beaten on three consecutive deliveries: both inside and outside edges in play. Another play and a miss.

Mumbai 1/0 in 1 over.

Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton open the innings. Spencer Johnson with the new ball. 

A sweet homecoming so far for Mumbai Indians!

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Santner for his last over.

Half tracker and Ramandeep goes over long on for a six.

He gets a thick outside edge straight to short third.

KKR is all out for 116 in 16.2 overs.

Eight runs from the over. 

Rohit Sharma subbed in for Vignesh Puthur. 

Boult is back. Ramandeep steals a double. Had Boult collected the ball cleanly, it would have been a run out.

Ramandeep goes over midwicket. Much needed boundary for KKR. 

Kolkata Knight Riders 102/9 in 15 overs

Harshit is gone. He slog sweeps straight to deep midwicket. Wonderful bowling display by MI today. 

Santner into the attack.

Terrific delivery, squares up Harshit who gets an outside edge and runs three. Just four runs from the over. 

Harshit Rana at the crease. End of another good over, just six off it. 

Russell is gone as well.

Tries to slog, misses and ball crashes into the stumps. Sensational stuff from the debutant. 

Terrific bowling this, Russell yet to put bat behind the ball. 

Santner continues. Russell is given LBW off the first ball! He reviewed it though. 

Wickets missing! Russell survives. 

Pandey is gone. Cleaned him up. 

Pandey was stuck at his crease and missed a length ball. 

Kolkata 80/7 in 11 overs.

Ashwani takes Rinku Singh.

Rinku is gone. Once again charges down the track, gets a thick outside edge straight to deep extra cover. 

Rinku falls for 17 off 14 balls.

Mitchell Santner into the attack. Rinku tries to cut the first between short third man and point but fails to pick the gap, no run.

The second grips and turns sharply into the leftie, gets his bat in the way and runs one.

Pandey facing Santner, drives to deep cover, one run. Daring! Rinku reverse sweeps but just about clears the point fielder, one run as deep cover stops this.

 Manish punches the final delivery to deep cover to make it four singles from the over.

Hardik to Pandey, one run to deep cover with a punch. Rinku blocks this outside off and picks a single through covers.

Pandey square drives to point, no run. A bouncer to follow from Hardik, Pandey ducks.

Backs his pull shot on this bouncer, breaches the fence with perfect placement wide of deep midwicket.

Hardik Pandya to bowl his first over. Angkrish on strike. 

Angkrish takes on the bouncer but finds the fielder at deep midwicket. A promising innings cut short.

Kolkata 45/5 in 7 overs.

Not very often that he’s taking guard in the PowerPlay.

Another bouncer at the bodyline from Chahar, Rinku ducks away from this.

Kolkata 41/4 in 6 overs.

Chahar has his second. Another one hugging the bodyline, Iyer wants to ramp this over the keeper but it comes to him too fast, leading to an edge which Rickelton collects.

Boult to Angkrish, a hint of movement away, takes the outside of the bat and gets him a single in front of point.

Boult to Iyer, defends, this delivery comes straight into him. No run, angling into the pads, Iyer blocks it to midwicket.

Iyer punches the fourth from outside off, fielded by covers. Two runs on the fifth, Iyer heaves this over point, does not middle it, but gets enough to clear the circle. PUT DOWN! Iyer slices the last straight to Ashwani at short third who spills it.

Another short ball dispatched over fine leg. Angkrish picks his first maximum. He punches the final delivery to third man for one.

Ashwani nips it back into the leftie, beats him.

Chance, Iyer steps down the track for a heave, the bat turns in his hand bringing the point fielder into the mix to catch that. Mitchell Santner turns back and tries for it but cannot.

Ashwani Kumar to Rahane, That’s a dream debut for Ashwani.

This is wide outside off and Rahane slices this, holes out to Tilak Varma at third man. He fumbles the ball at first but gathers it on the second try.

Boult to Raghuvanshi, charges down to which Boult pulls his length back, guided to short third for a single.

A bouncer to Rahane who hooks this behind square. Rahane drives the third to mid off for another single.

Angkrish pulls, but there is a deep square leg in place which keeps this shot down to two.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets the first delivery on his pads, whips it away through square leg. 

Angkrish gets on top of the bounce and punches through point. He defends the fourth and the pair completes a quick single.

Chahar to Rahane now. Four to end the over, too full and Rahane picks it and sends it through mid on.

Another away swinging delivery to the leftie, Narine makes room but cannot get his bat down in time to this full delivery. Narine gone scoring 0(2).

In the second over, De Kock has picked the mid off fielder, this was slightly wide but there for hitting, he drives from slightly outside the line and perishes. De Kock gone scoring 1 (3).

Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Impact subs - Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia.

Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur.

Impact subs - Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju.

Mumbai Indians has won the toss and opts to bowl. 

Two changes for MI, Will Jacks comes back, Ashwani Kumar makes his debut.

KKR makes one change, Sunil Narine replaces Moeen Ali.

The weather of Mumbai has always been unpredictable. Talking about yesterday’s match between MI and KKR, the clouds will be there in the morning and day time, but the weather is expected to be clear during match hours.

The iconic Wankhede Stadium is known for its batting friendly surface where we usually see high scoring clashes. However, it also provides a great bounce that is favourable for the fast bowlers.

Out of 116 IPL matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 54 times while the chasing team came out victorious on 62 occasions. The average score at Wankhede Stadium while batting first in around 170 runs.

The live telecast of the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 9 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

The live streaming will be available on the JioHostar App and website.

• Match: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders 
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 12
• Date: 31 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai