MS Dhoni comes to the crease as Ravichandran Ashwin got caught at the deep against Liam Livingstone. 

CSK are in big trouble, and they look like they're out of the game already. 

But, this is where the NRR would come handy and they would love to score as many as they can. 

Dayal pitched the ball a bit short, and Dube wanted to go for a big pull shot in the leg side. 

But he also managed to play the ball down on to the stumps. 

CSK 81/6

Yash Dayal gets the big wicket of Rachin Ravindra. 

The left handed batter wanted to play across to the lakeside and only managed an inner edge onto his pad, and then it went on to hit the stumps.

Ravindra goes after 41 from 31. 

CSK 75/5

CSK lose their fourth one. 

Full-length ball, pitching outside off stump, the off spinner from Livingstone and Sam Curran gets it off the toe end of the bat, finds Krunal Pandya at long-on

CSK 52/4 after 8.5 over.

Suyash Sharma comes in as an impact sub for RCB. 

CSK are already struggling and scored only 30 in the powerplay. 

Rachin Ravindra and Sam Curran are at the crease now. The require run rate now is over 11 and it is getting tough for the home team.

Top class DRS taken by captain Rajat Patidar!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets Deepak Hooda!

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Only 4 comes from Bhuvnewshar Kumar’s second over! 

He was tight against Deepak Hooda and it is a perfect start for the RCB bowlers!

CSK 13/2 after 3. 

What an excellent start from Josh Hazelwood! 

He first dismissed Rahul Tripathi and then, with a short ball, got rid of the inform Ruturaj Gaikwad in the final ball of the over.

 CSK 7/2  after the second over

Great finish for RCB!

19 comes from Sam Curran's final over. 

Tim David hits three huge sixes in the last over and gives the momentum RCB were looking for. 

They finished at 196/7. David finished with 22 from 8 balls.

That was an excellent over from the Sri Lankan pacer! 

Only two came from the over. 

He first dismissed Rajat Patidar and bowled two dot balls. 

Then, after a single, he dismissed Krunal Pandya in that over. 

Only two from the over. 

W, 0, 0, 1 WD, W, 0, 0

Khaleel Ahmed had a pivotal over, mixing runs with a key wicket! 

Khaleel started with Rajat Patidar, who brought up his fifty in style—upper-cutting a short ball for four with excellent timing and placement, a captain’s knock!

Patidar followed with a single to cover on the second, driving a full toss. Jitesh Sharma couldn’t get a short ball away on the third, stuck for a dot on a pull.

Khaleel struck on the fourth—Jitesh pulled a short ball straight to Ravindra Jadeja at deep midwicket, a big wicket!

New man Tim David got going right away, slicing a short ball to the third man fence for four on the fifth. Khaleel finished with a dot, beating David on a cover drive with a full ball, despite an appeal. Khaleel gave away runs but that wicket was crucial! 

9 runs and a wicket (4, 1, 0, W, 4, 0). RCB at 176/5 after the 18th.

Noor Ahmad had a mixed over, grabbing a wicket but conceding a big hit! 

Noor started with Rajat Patidar driving a good-length ball to long-off for a single. Liam Livingstone then smashed a full ball for a six, slog-sweeping it to deep forward square leg—a massive strike!

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But Noor struck back on the third—Livingstone went for a sweep off a full ball but was bowled, a big wicket for RCB! 

New man Jitesh Sharma got off the mark with a single to deep point on the fourth, cutting a good-length ball. Patidar finished with a single to long-off on the fifth, driving a full ball. Noor gave away runs but that wicket was crucial! 

9 runs and a wicket (1, 6, W, 1, 1). RCB at 147/4 after the 16th.

Ravindra Jadeja had a rocky start but pulled it back in that over! 

Jadeja started with a bang—Rajat Patidar slogged a full ball for a big six into the stands, a maximum to kick things off! Patidar kept going on the second, making room to chip a full ball over cover for four—10 runs off the first two balls, threatening a huge over! But Jadeja tightened up.

Patidar left a good-length ball on the third, and on the fourth, he was beaten on a lofted cover drive for a dot despite looking uncomfortable. Patidar got four more on the fifth, lofting a good-length ball for a boundary, but Jadeja bowled a wide on the sixth, a full ball too far outside off.

Patidar couldn’t capitalize on the last, missing a lofted on drive for a dot. Jadeja took some stick early but finished strong! 

16 runs from the over (6, 4, 0, 4, 0, 1 WD, 0). RCB at 134/3 after the 14th.

Ravindra Jadeja kept things steady, but a dropped catch cost him! 

Jadeja started with Rajat Patidar driving a good-length ball to extra cover for a single. Virat Kohli followed with a single to short extra cover on the second, driving a good-length ball. Patidar got a life on the third—he mistimed a loft off a full ball, but Deepak Hooda dropped it at long-off, allowing a single.

Kohli then stepped down on the fourth, lofting a good-length ball for two to straight long-on. He drove a full ball to long-on for a single on the fifth, and Patidar finished with a single to deep point, cutting a good-length ball. Jadeja kept the runs in check, but that drop hurt! 

7 runs from the over (1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1). RCB at 116/2 after the 12th.

Matheesha Pathirana had a tough over as Kohli and Patidar turned it on! 

Pathirana started with Virat Kohli missing a short ball on a pull for a dot. Kohli responded on the second, pulling a short ball for a massive six over the ropes—what a shot from the King!

He followed with a lofted on drive for four on the third, and then another four on the fourth, driving a good-length ball for back-to-back boundaries! Kohli drove a full ball to long-on for a single on the fifth, and Rajat Patidar finished with a straight four on the last, driving a full ball like an arrow. Pathirana got hit hard—16 runs off the over! 

16 runs from the over (0, 6, 4, 4, 1, 1). RCB at 109/2 after the 11th.

Noor Ahmad had a decent over until Patidar finished with a bang! 

Noor started with Rajat Patidar, who, despite looking uncomfortable, lofted a full ball for a single on the first.

Virat Kohli followed with a square drive to deep forward point for a single on the second, and Patidar drove a full ball to wide long-off for another single on the third.

Kohli swept a full ball to deep midwicket for a single on the fourth, but Patidar couldn’t get a good-length ball away on the fifth, driving straight to extra cover for a dot. Then Patidar turned it on—smoking a full ball into the long-on stands for a big six to end the over, a maximum to cap 10 runs! Noor kept it tight early but that six hurt. 

10 runs from the over (1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 6). RCB at 93/2 after the 10th.

Matheesha Pathirana kept it tight in a low-scoring over! 

He started with Rajat Patidar getting a leg bye off a good-length ball, nudged to short midwicket.

Virat Kohli couldn’t connect on the second, beaten on a pull off a short ball. Kohli then pushed a short ball to deep square leg for a single on the third, and Patidar flicked a good-length ball to square fine leg for a single on the fourth. Pathirana bowled a wide on the fifth, a yorker too far down leg as Kohli left it.

Kohli followed with a single to deep square leg off a yorker, and Patidar finished with a single to deep third man, gliding a short ball. Pathirana kept the runs in check! 

6 runs from the over (1 LB, 0, 1, 1, 1 WD, 1, 1). RCB at 83/2 after the 9th.

Ashwin started with a wide to Devdutt Padikkal, a good-length ball that went astray.

Padikkal then nudged a single to deep midwicket on the first legal ball, pushing a good-length delivery.

Virat Kohli couldn’t get a good-length ball away on the second, stuck for a dot despite an aggressive cover drive, but pushed a yorker to wide long-on for a single on the third.

Padikkal lofted a full ball for two to deep cover on the fourth, but Ashwin struck on the fifth—Padikkal tried to clear cover again but didn’t get the elevation, and Ruturaj Gaikwad took a diving catch forward, a huge wicket! 

New man Rajat Patidar got off the mark with a single to long-on on the last, driving a full ball. Ashwin’s strike was the highlight! 

6 runs and a wicket (1 WD, 1, 0, 1, 2, W, 1). RCB at 77/2 after the 8th.

Devdutt Padikkal plays the whole over from Jadeja and he scores 15 against him. 

He swept the second ball for a four and repeated the same two balls later to get another boundary.

In the fifth ball, he stepped down the track to hit it for a six. Padikkal concluded the over with a single! 

0, 4, 0, 4, 6, 1 

RCB 71/1 after 7! 

Devdutt Padikkal hits Sam Curran for a huge six over square leg to make it a big over from Sam Curran!

1, 0, 2, 0, 6, 1wd, 1 

RCB finish the powerplay at 56/1 

Noor Ahmed starts from where he left off in the last match! 

After three singles in first three ball, Kohli hit the fourth one for a boundary, off a full toss ball. 

He took a single in the next ball. But, Noor won the battle by dismissing Phil Salt, out stumped in the next ball. 

MS Dhoni with a lightning-speed glove work. Salt goes after 32 from 16 balls. 

RCB 45/1

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Good start from Sam Curran! 

He started the over by coming around the wicket. 

Kohli took a couple in the second ball and played another dot. 

Curran went for a slower ball in the fifth ball and finished with a single. 

0, 2, 0, 1LB, 1, 1 

RCB 37/0 

Top class over from the left-arm pacer. 

He nearly got Virat Kohli LBW in the first ball. The on-field decision was not out and Gaikwad went upstairs but only to see the ball pitching outside leg stump. 

Third ball went for leg bye but Salt pulled the fourth one for a boundary. After a dot in the next ball, he finished with a couple in the last ball. 

0, 0, 1LB, 4, 0, 2 

7 from the third over. 32/0 after 3. 

Expensive over from the veteran spinner.

Salt pulled the first ball for a six and got another four in the next ball with a backfoot drive. 

After two singles, Salt finished the over with a sweep shot that gave him another boundary. 

6, 4, 1, 0, 1, 4 

RCB 25/0

Khaleel Ahmed did start well against Phil Salth but Salt swung his on the fourth ball and managed a top edge for the first boundary of the match.

In the fifth ball, Salt sliced over point to get another boundary.

He then finished with a single to get 9 from the over. 

0, 0, 0, 4, 4, 1 

RCB 9/0 after 1. 

RCB XI: P. Salt, V. Kohli, D. Padikkal, R. Patidar (c), L. Livingstone, J. Sharma (wk), T. David, K. Pandya, B. Kumar, J. Hazlewood, Y. Dayal.

CSK XI: R. Gaikwad (c), R. Ravindra, D. Hooda, R. Tripathi, R. Jadeja, S. Curran, MS. Dhoni (wk), R. Ashwin, N. Ahmad, M. Pathirana, K. Ahmed.

CSK win the toss, and they decide to bowl first

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Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Tournament: IPL 2025

Date: 28 March 2025

Time: 7:30 PM IST

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Ishan Kishan into the attack.

Miller lofts him over cover first ball to complete an easy win for Lucknow Super Giants, its first of the competition.

 A couple of singles brings down the equation to 2. 

LSG 189/5 after 16 overs.

Samad brings out another lofted shot down the ground, just beats the fielder at long on.

Another powerful hit down the ground, beats the fielder at the deep. 

3 needed off 25 balls.

LSG need 14 off 29 balls.

A touch short and wide from Harshal, Samad slaps it through cover for a boundary. 

Length ball outside off, lofted down the ground, just beats the fielder at long on. 

LSG 176/5 after 15 overs

Full toss on the body from Pant, edges his attempted swipe and is caught at short third. Umpires convene for a chat.

Hawkeye suggests the ball was below waist high and the skipper departs. 

Starts off with a wide full toss down leg side. 

Short and wide to Miller, crunches the cut through cover for a boundary.

Yorker length on the stumps, Pant stamps it down the ground for a single. 

Short ball from Shami, Pant flat bats it down the ground for a single. 

Excellent running catch from Harshal. Badoni looks to slog one after taking just five runs off the first five balls of the over.

Harshal hares in from midwicket and takes a stunning catch.

LSG 154/4 after 13 overs.

Wide outside off to Pant, punched to deep cover for a single. Over pitched on the stumps, Badoni drives to long on for a single. 

Short to Badoni, he pulls it behind square with a flick of the wrists to find the fence for four. 

Simarjeet with his second over. Full and straight, Rishabh bends down on one knee and sweeps the speedster over square leg for six.

Full and straight, Marsh tries to loft it straight down the ground, only finds the fielder at long on. 

Ayush Badoni in at 5. 

LSG 138/3 after 11 overs.

Attempts a slower bouncer but the umpire calls a wide. Four!! Short ball again, Marsh pulls it through square leg for a boundary. Fifty for Marsh!

Four!! Short of a length, pulls it through midwicket for a boundary.

Marsh drives a full ball straight to mid off. 

Pant is off the mark with a single. Nine runs came in that over. 

Short ball and Marsh sweeps it fine for four. 

Cummins tests him with bouncers straight-up. 

LSG 120/2 in 9 overs

Pooran has been given LBW. Pooran has reviewed. Three reds and Pooran falls for 70 off 26 balls. Brilliant knock. 

Plenty of slower balls by Harshit. Pooran now gets one in the slot and slaps it towards midwicket for four. 

Short ball and Marsh pierces the gap between square leg and midwicket for four. 

Celebrates his fifty with another slog sweep for a six. Another four, cheekily hit past short fine leg.

Adam Zampa comes in as impact sub. 

Pooran continues his aggressive display as he takes out another slog sweep for a SIX. 

An 18-ball fifty for Nicholas Pooran. 

Now Pooran moves across and ramps over short fine leg for four. A quick single to end the over. 

Half volley and Pooran smacks it straight past the bowler for four. 

SIX! Huge slog sweep over midwicket. Terrific.

Follows it up with an even bigger slog sweep in the same region. 

That's 50-run partnership between Marsh and Pooran.

LSG 66/1 after 5 overs.

Abhishek is back. Marsh clears his front leg and slaps the ball towards midwicket for four. 

SIX! Now Marsh joins the party. Straight hit over the bowler’s head.

Another one! Same ball and same result in the same region. 

18 from the over. LSG 49/1 in 4 overs.

Pooran begins the over with a glorious cover drive for four.

Beautiful hit again for a six in the same region. Picked off the thigh pads. 17 runs from the over. 

Pooran cuts past point for four! Now Pooran gets one in his arc and slogs it over midwicket for a SIX!

Nicholas Pooran in at three. Five wides down the leg side. 

Four! Marsh picks the ball off the pads and lofts over midwicket for four. 

LSG 14/1 after 2 overs

Mohammed Shami from the other end.

OUT! Markram is gone. He drives straight to mid off fielder. Markram goes for 1 off 4 balls. 

Mitchell Marsh off the mark with a single. Markram takes a quick single and was gone had it been a direct hit. A very good over. 

LSG 3/0 after 1 over

Harshal looks to go down the ground against the full wide ball. Doesn’t get enough contact, and will get only a couple. 

Seven runs from the final over. 

Avesh with his final over. Harshal picks up a single off his first. Simarjeet looks to go big but mistimes one straight back at the bowler.

The ricochet helps him pick one. Blockhole delivery, hit down the ground for a single. 

Jams a full ball down the ground to get off the mark. In the blackhole outside off, Harshal edges to short third and scampers across for a single. 

Shami takes a swipe at a slower, wide one. Hits it straight to short extra cover. No fireworks from him tonight. 

Simarjeet Singh in at 11. 

He picks up a couple to wide mid off to get off the mark. 

SRH 180/8 after 18 overs

Cummins tries to open the face of the bat now. Guides the yorker length ball straight to short third. 

Yorker on the stumps, Harshal manages to jam it to midwicket for a single. 

Short and wide from Shardul, Cummins lofts it over deep point for six. 

Full toss outside off, Cummins obliges by tonking it down the ground for six more!

SRH 169/7 after 17 overs

Shardul back into the attack. Full and wide, Abhinav misses his booming drive.

Full and wide, Abhinav looks to carve it over the offside but hits it straight down the throat of third man. 

Back of a length ball, Aniket looks to pull over deep midwicket but hits it straight to the fielder in the deep. 

SRH 156/6 after 16 overs

Digvesh with his last over. Abhinav punches a length ball to long off for a single. Aniket looks to loft one off the backfoot through midwicket but doesn’t make contact.

Six!! This time he moves across and smacks a fuller ball over deep square leg for six! Six!! Length ball outside off, lofted straight back over long off for six more.

SIX! Aniket once again finds a slot ball and smashes it straight over the bowler’s head. Another SIX! Similar ball and same shot. 

Two in two for Aniket. 15 runs from the over. 

SRH 143/5 after 15 overs

Nitish tries to play across the line and misses his slog to get cleaned up. Nitish falls for 32 off 28 balls. 

Six runs from the over. 

SRH 128/4 after 14 overs

Prince will bowl out now. Very good bowling, plenty of yorker attempts. Terrific spell this, can he finish it off well. 

Hard Luck Heinrich Klaasen!

What an unfortunate way to get out!

Prince Yadav gets him out at the bowler's end!

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Nitish steals a double. Was a direct hit from the deep but Nitish was in the crease. Another brilliant double by Nitish; helped by an overthrow.

SIX! Aniket Verma gets one in the slot and goes over the sight screen. 

SRH 122/4 after 13 overs

Nitish hits it straight and the ball hits Prince’s hand and crashes into the non strikers’ stumps when Klaasen was out of the crease.

Prince has hurt his hand though. Klaasen falls for 26 off 17 balls. 

SRH 110/4 after 12 overs

SRH hasn’t found a lot of boundaries lately. Isn’t the flattest pitch in Hyderabad.

Half volley outside off, Klaasen plays a lofted drive and umpires will check whether it’s a six or a four. 

Four it is. 

Bishnoi is back. Reddy goes for a reverse sweep, gets beaten and hit on the pad.

A huge appeal, but umpires give it not out. Lucknow reviews. Wicket umpires call, Nitish survives.

Half tracker, Klaasen slaps the ball straight for four. Seven runs from the over. 

Prince again. He’s bowling well, keeping it full and straight; mixing his pace as well.

Two wides in a row now: first a bouncer and then too wide outside off. Terrific over, just seven runs off it. 

Digvesh comes again. Klaasen goes on one knee, clears his leg and slog sweeps way over the midwicket boundary for a six. Another nine-run over for SRH. 

He’s off the mark with a double. Full toss but he only gets a single towards long on. 

SRH 80/3 after 8 overs

Head is gone. Full and straight, Head goes for a slog and misses it. Both off and middle stump are uprooted. Big fish is gone for 47 off 28 balls. 

He’s welcomed with a four by Nitish. Flicked off the thigh pad towards square leg. 

Digvesh comes. Sloppy fielding leads to three runs off the first ball. Misfield by short fine leg fielder and then an overthrow.

Head cuts away behind point for four. Digvesh bowls another pretty good over, concedes nine runs. 

Bishnoi might have hurt his finger and he’s getting a quick treatment.

Another missed chance! Head smacks the ball straight, Bishnoi stretches his right hand but couldn’t grab it. Eight runs from the over. 

SRH 62/2 in 6 overs

Ravi Bishnoi into the attack. Head is dropped!!! Tries to slog sweep, top edges it towards long on and Pooran there in the deep drops it.

Half tracker now and Head smacks it over off side boundary for a six. 

Avesh comes with his second over. Six!! Not too full, but the perfect length for Head to loft over wide mid on for six! Full and wide yorker, jammed to cover for a single.

Back of a length to Nitish, clubbed down the ground. Not the best timing and he’ll only get a single. Six!! Full and wide, lofted over cover for another six!

Four!! Length ball, but too wide, Head happily lofts it over the infield for another four. 

Shardul goes short, Abhishek pulls it through the legside but finds the fielder at deep square leg. 

Can you believe it! Kishan nicks one down legside first ball!

Two dot balls to follow. Abhishek slashes hard at one, falls short of the man at deep third.

Yorker length outside off, Head gets an underage that trickles through to the keeper. Four!! Short ball outside off, pulled past mid on for a boundary. 

Avesh with the second over. Four!! Back of a length outside off, guided past short third man for a boundary by Abhishek.

Low full toss, cut straight to backward point. Another full toss, carved to deep point for a single. Short and wide, swatted to cover for a single. 

Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma walk out into the middle. Shardul Thakur with the new ball in hand. 

Full and wide of off, Head creams the cover drive but can’t clear the man in the infield. Full, but straighter this time, punched to mid on.

Four!! Full again, lofted over Shardul’s head for the first boundary of the game. 

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(WK), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(C), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami.

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(WK/C), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

LSG wins the toss and opts to bowl first. 

Avesh Khan replaces Shahbaz Ahmed for LSG.

Planning ✅ Execution ⏳ pic.twitter.com/u3RMZndfS7

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Skip is Matchday ready🔥

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— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 27, 2025

Today's match: SRH v LSG! 💥

Check out the highest partnership run rates in IPL history (min 500 runs)! Abhishek & Travis Head leading the charge with an astonishing 13.50! 🏏💨#PartnershipPower #IPLRecords #AbhishekSharma #travishead #gamechangers pic.twitter.com/DKO7g32yx2

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) March 27, 2025

The weather looks good in Hyderabad for the SRH vs LSG IPL 2025 clash. As per the weather forecast, there are no chances of rain with 37% humidity on match day. 

The surface of the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad provides great bounce and batters love to score on this venue. Last year, many high scoring clashes were held at this ground.

Mostly pacers take more wickets at this ground but spinners also turn out to be economical. As it will be a day-night match, the spinners are likely to get more help during the first innings and the team winning toss will prefer to chase.

Out of these 78 IPL matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 35 times while the team bowling first won 43 times. The average first innings score at this ground is 163 runs.

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• Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants 
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 7
• Date: 27 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad 

de Kock begins the over with a four! Short ball pulled in front of square. 

SIX! That’s a monstrous hit picked back of the length over fine leg. Two wides in a row. 

SIX!! de Kock finishes it off with a brilliant hit over long on. 

Wide down the leg and the keeper misses it as well; five wides. 

de Kock tries to reverse sweep, gets hit on the pad, and a huge appeal follows. Umpire gives it not out but Rajasthan has reviewed. Impact outside off, not out. 

Tushar Deshpande for his first over. de Kock slices the first ball for four. Seven runs came in that over. 

de Kock, Raghuvanshi continue taking singles. Half tracker and Raghuvanshi smacks it straight for four! Nine runs from the over. 

Kolkata 119/2 in 15 overs

Sandeep is back. de Kock tries to reverse ramp, gets a top edge over keeper for a single. Wasn’t in control of it at all. No risk needed at the moment for the two batters. 

Hasaranga comes into attack. Raghuvanshi goes on backfoot and pulls the ball towards midwicket for four.

Now de Kock gets a half volley and smashes straight for four. Kolkata gets the hold over the game again in the last two or three overs. 

Parag to complete his quota now. SIX! Half tracker and de Kock goes on backfoot to smashes over midwicket region.

Raghuvanshi plays a very nice sweep towards midwicket but only gets a single. 10 runs from the over. 

SIX! On the pads and de Kock slog sweeps it over midwicket boundary. Gets to his fifty off 36 balls. 

Off the mark with a single. Kolkata might feel it is slowly losing the grip over the game. 

Sandeep is back. Rahane is gone. He tries to slog sweep but gets a top edge. Short fine leg completes the formalities. Rahane goes for 18 off 15 balls. 

De Kock has been given leg before. He goes up for a review straight away. This looked like going down leg to the naked eye.

De Kock misses his pull and this hits him above the knee roll. The ball tracker shows this to be missing the leg stump and de Kock survives.

Theekshana back to bowl his third. Loud appeal for leg before against Rahane. RR goes up.

Rahane square cuts for one. De Kock punches the fifth to long on off his backfoot, gets one. Rahane drives to long off for another run.

Slightly short, de Kock cuts through extra covers, just one run. Another short ball, cut away to sweeper cover for one.

The third is at good length, on the pads, de Kock works it away for a single. 

Wanindu Hasaranga with his wily leg spin now. FOUR! De Kock gets a gift first up, a half-tracker, swivels across to get in line and pulls this past square leg.

De Kock pulls the second delivery too, goes to cow corner at one bounce. Rahane punches the fourth to deep cover off his backfoot. A punch to the on side from de Kock with soft hands, gets him a single.

FOUR! Rahane reads the turn, makes room for himself and chips this pver covers.

That’s come out of nowhere. Moeen drills this to deep covers and gets a single, but he tries to sneak a second.

De Kock sends him back but he is too casual in turning back in. Riyan gets the ball and takes the bails off, and the third umpire confirms Moeen is short.

Kolkata 44/1 in 7 overs

Sandeep Sharma to Moeen, starts with a slower, Moeen knocks it down to long on for one.

FOUR! On the pads from over the wicket, de Kock laps it up with a clip past midwicket.

Riyan Parag gets himself into the attack. FOUR! De Kock steps out, gets to the pitch of the ball and scoops this over mid on.

De Kock makes room and drives to long off for a single. The last is dragged down onto the pads to Moeen, one run to deep midwicket.

Theekshana to de Kock, plays for the turn but this delivery goes straight and nearly passes through the gate, an inside edge prevents it though.

SIX! De Kock sweeps this over deep square. The third delivery sticks into the surface, de Kock is looking to work it away through the on side but gets a leading edge, lands safe. Three singles off the final three deliveries.

This is not even too short, just back of a length, de Kock pulls this over the fence for a maximum. A single to finish the over to third man.

De Kock cuts the first delivery, not too wide of the point fielder. He rides the bounce on the second, punches to deep third and runs a single.

EDGE! Moeen pulls but gets a top edge, but the ball lands in no man’s land, one run.

Maheesh Theekshana to de Kock, blocked to the on side. FOUR! Short and angling into de Kock, pulls it between third man and square leg.

The third delivery turns away from de Kock and beats his outside edge. A single to long on on the fifth delivery.

A fantastic display of outswing from Jofra Archer. Moeen Ali takes strike and is not able to get bat onto the ball. 

The two runs come in wides. Moeen is able to drive the last ball but only as far mid of.

Moeen Ali and Quinton de Kock open the innings for KKR.

Jofra Archer to bowl the first over.

Nine down Rajasthan with one ball left. 

Tushar Deshpande to face the last ball.

Full toss and Archer smacks the ball over midwicket boundary for a SIX! Archer once again smacks towards midwicket and this time gets a double. Archer takes a single off the third ball. 

Hetmyer hits the ball straight to long on. Hetmyer scores seven off eight balls. 

Rajasthan 138/8 in 19 overs

A six off the first ball! Width on offer outside off, Archer upper cuts over point boundary.

Gives Hetmyer the strike with two balls left in the over. Slow ball, Hetmyer tries to slog and gets beaten. 

Low full toss, Jurel tries to slog it but gets an inside edge onto the stumps. Jurel goes for 33 off 28 balls. 

Jurel gets a slot ball, drives it straight but hits Hetmyer instead. 

Rajasthan 130/6 in 18 overs

Hetmyer slaps the ball towards long off, Venkatesh Iyer dives to take the catch, doesn’t grab it and the ball goes towards the ropes for four. 

Starts the over with two back-to-back wides.

Jurel flicks off his pads but a good fielding at the deep square leg cuts it down to just two.

Now Jurel cover drives for four! Brilliant shot. 

FOUR! Jurel ramps over fine leg for a much-needed boundary. 

Hetmyer takes a single off his third ball to get off the mark. Just two runs from the over. 

Varun for his final over. Not a lot of turn for Varun unlike Moeen. Hetmyer defends his first ball. 

Short and wide outside off, Dubey cannot resist a slash at it, ends up holing out to deep point who was moved in just before this delivery.

Rajasthan 110/6 in 15 overs

Vaibhav Arora to Jurel, pulls to deep square for a single.

The third is again outside off, Jurel gets on his front foot, defends this to backward point and runs one.

Beaten, Dubey tries to ramp but is beaten bym the sheer pace of it. Dubey pulls the fifth to deep square leg, it was out of the middle of the bat but gets him only one.

Harshit rolls his fingers over the last ball, Jurel punches to long on, one run.

A back-of-a-length ball, nips in and jumps onto Jurel, he was set in his late cut, goes for it but just beats de Kock by a whisker.

FOUR again! Nearly chops on this time, goes for a pull and gets an edge past the left of de Kock now. 

Moeen to bowl out. Dubey on strike. A single to midwicket on the first. Jurel steps out but checks his shot and pushes to deep midwicket when the ball lands short.

Dubey picks another single to deep midwicket. FOUR! Slightly short, good use of the crease from Jurel, pulls this away. A single to deep covers on the final delivery.

A single to long off on the fourth, plays it on the up to account for the turn, punches to lonng off. 

Jurel flicks the first to deep square, this one was quick and onto his pads, gets him one.

The second is at length, turning away from Dubey, defends it. Full and on the pads, Dubey clips to midwicket, no run.

RR uses an Impact Player. Shubham Dubey comes in for Sanju Samson.

Moeen castles Nitish and RR is falling like nine pins here.

Nitish makes room, possibly to go inside out over covers, but the turn does him and the beats his bat.

Rajasthan 82/5 in 11 overs

Moeen to Nitish, one run to long, steps down but again the bat turns at contact. Dhruv Jurel off the mark with a flick to deep square leg.

On the pads to Nitish, taps it away on the on side and picks a run. EDGE! Jurel attempts a slog sweep, top edges this to the edge of the circle at mid on, one run. Nitish gets two off the next

Hasaranga’s promotion does not end well for RR. He clears his front foot and wants to slog through the on side, he’s too cramped to extend his arms and hit this, hands a simple catch to Rahane at extra covers.

Rajasthan 76/4 n 10 overs

Varun to Nitish, short and coming into the midrif, Nitish nudges this away to fine leg.

Wanindu Hasaranga is the new man in. A begins with a single to long on. Nitish clips through midwicket for one run.

Rajasthan 71/3 in 9 overs.

Moeen to Jaiswal, Jaiswal’s hoist over long on picks the fielder, the bat turns in his hand which leads to the miscue. 

Rana starts with a front-foot defence. 

Rajasthan 67/2 in 8 overs

Riyan Parag tries another heave through the on side, the ball holds up a touch leading him to edge this high into the night sky. A good catch by de Kock to complete the wicket. 

Riyan with a push to long on, gets one run. Slightly short and wide to Jaiswal, cuts to deep point and gets one.

SIX! Short, no run, and Parag just waits for it before absolutely smoking it over deep midwicket.

Riyan works the first delivery through midwicket for a single. The second is angling towards leg stump, Jaiswal goes for a sweep but misses, an appeal for a leg before but its denied.

Jaiswal steps down the wicket and lofts this through midwicket, it’s a miscue and gets him just one. 

A single for Riyan on the fourth, punches to long on off his backfoot.

One run again for Jaiswal, sweeps this length ball but there’s a fielder to stop that shot. Riyan again uses the crease to work this through the on side and pick one.

Rajasthan 59/1 in 7 overs

Full toss now and Jaiswal hits the ball over mid off for a SIX! Nice way to end the PowerPlay. 

SIX! Parag launches the ball straight down the ground. Beautiful shot. Plenty of yorkers by Vaibhav across his three overs. 

Kolkata bowlers have been pretty decent so far, haven’t allowed the batters to score freely.

Jaiswal hits the ball straight back to Harshit but he isn’t able to grab it. Seven runs from the over. 

Rajasthan 41/1 in 5 overs

SIX! Parag picks the ball towards square leg - a one-hand shot! 

Riyan Parag at three. Takes a single off the first ball. 

Rajasthan 34/1 in 4 overs

Comes down the track, Vaibhav yorks him and uproots the leg stump. Samson falls for 13 off 11 balls. 

Johnson continues. Four! Jaiswal smacks the ball straight past the bowler and beats the mid off fielder.

Now Jaiswal tries to cut but is beaten. On the pads and Jaiswal picks the ball way over the midwicket boundary for SIX! 

Samson goes over the mid on fielder, hasn’t timed the ball well but enough to get a double.

Samson takes off for a quick single, would’ve been close had the throw hit the stumps. Just five runs from the over. 

Vaibhav Arora from the other end. He’s getting the ball to swing into the right hander. 

Johnson to Jaiswal, short ball, Jaiswal gets a top edge over the keeper for four. Beats Jaiswal’s outside edge off the second delivery.

Jaiswal takes a quick single off the third ball. Samson plays a dot ball. Four! Wide yorker, Samson opens the blade and places it past point. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.

Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Kolkata Knight Riders wins the toss and opts to bowl against Rajasthan Royals.

Sunil Narine not in the playing eleven. Moeen Ali comes in for him. For Rajasthan, Fazalhaq Farooqi makes place for Wanindu Hasaranga.

The weather looks good ahead of the RR vs KKR IPL 2025 clash in Guwahati. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 34 degrees with no chances for the rain. The humidity is expected to be around 42%.

The surface of the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati suits best for the batters and we are expected to get a high–scoring encounter. Along with this, the pitch also provides a perfect bounce which also becomes beneficial for the fast bowlers.

Total four IPL games have been scheduled at this ground, out of which the team batting first won two times while the chasing team won once.

The live telecast of the Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 6 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

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

• Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders 
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 6
• Date: 26 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati