IPL 2025: Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 8 wickets in IPL-18 today. At the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Kolkata spent the target of 152 runs losing 2 wickets in 17.3 overs. Quinton de Kock returned unbeaten after scoring 97 runs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored an unbeaten 22 runs.
After losing the toss, the Rajasthan team scored the first betting and scored 151 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Dhruv Jurael scored the highest 33 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 29 and captain Ryan Parag scored 25 runs. At the same time, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Moin Ali and Varun Chakraborty from Kolkata took 2-2 wickets.
Playing-11 of both teams
Rajasthan Royals: Ryan Parag (Captain), Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmire, Jofra Archer, Mahish Tishta, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma and Vanindu Hasranga. Impact: Shubham Dubey.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Moin Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Vakravarti, Spencer Johnson and Vaibhav Arora. Impact: Angkrish Raghuvanshi.