Match No. 45 of IPL 2025 was played between SRH and KKR at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, where SRH lost by 7 wickets. SRH set a target of 166 runs for KKR after batting first, and KKR chased it down in just 18.2 overs to win the match.
SRH was on a five-match winning streak, but KKR put an end to their run, while KKR also secured their third consecutive victory.
SRH has played a total of 10 matches so far this season, in which they have won 6 matches (against KKR, RR, CSK, DC, RR, and MI) and lost 4 matches (against RCB, LSG, Punjab Kings, and KKR).
KKR has played 9 matches in this season so far, in which they have won only their last 3 matches (against RR, LSG, and SRH), while they have lost 5 matches (against MI, SRH, LSG, CSK, and GT), and 1 match against the Punjab Kings was washed out due to rain with no result.
In this match, SRH, which is known for strong performances, could not deliver as the team was all out for just 165 runs, with only two players making a good contribution to the team’s score.
In this match, the best batting performance for the team came from Travis Head, who scored 61 runs off 28 balls, including 9 fours and 3 sixes, and Ishan Kishan, who scored 42 runs off 29 balls, including 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Photo: @BCCI
The rest of the players did not perform well and contributed only a few runs.
Their scores were as follows….
- Abhishek Sharma – 15 (10 balls), 1 four, 1 six
- Heinrich Klaasen – 11 (8 balls), 1 four, 1 six
- Ravichandran Smaran – 4 (4 balls), 1 four, 0 sixes
- Aniket Verma – 6 (8 balls), 1 four, 0 sixes
- Salil Arora – 2 (6 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Pat Cummins – 10 (8 balls), 0 fours, 1 six
- Shivang Kumar – 1 (2 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Harshal Patel – 6 (5 balls), 1 four, 0 sixes
- Eshan Malinga – 2 (6 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
KKR, after losing their first 6 matches, made a strong comeback by winning 3 consecutive games. In today’s match, good batting was seen from KKR, with the highest score coming from Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who scored 59 runs off 47 balls, including 5 fours and 2 sixes, followed by captain Ajinkya Rahane, who scored 43 runs off 36 balls, including 4 fours and 1 six.
Photo: @AP
The other players also contributed useful runs for the team, and their scores were as follows.
- Finn Allen – 29 (13 balls), 3 fours, 2 sixes
- Rinku Singh – 22 (11 balls), 2 fours, 1 six
- Cameron Green – 3 (3 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy
