RR vs KKR, IPL 2025: De Kock hits smoking 97, takes Kolkata to 8-wicket win over Rajasthan

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: On the basis of Quinton de Kock's unbeaten innings of 97 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets in the sixth match of IPL 2025. Chasing the target of 152 runs given by Rajasthan, Kolkata got the first setback in the form of Moeen Ali, who was dismissed after scoring just 5 runs.

While captain Ajinkya Rahane could score only 18 runs. But de Kock held one end and played a match-winning innings to give the team two important points.

Hasranga got the only success for Rajasthan

Rajasthan Royals, who lost the toss and came to bat first, scored 151 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan's batting faltered in this match. The highest run-scorer for Rajasthan in this match was Dhruv Jurel, who was dismissed after scoring 33 runs.

KKR vs RR Scorecard

Apart from him, Jaiswal scored 29, Riyan Parag scored 25 runs. Rajasthan sent Hasranga to bat before Jurel and Hetmyer and this decision of the management was shocking. Vaibhav, Harshit, Varun and Moin got 2-2 wickets for Kolkata.

Both the teams came out with this playing XI

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI- Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.

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