IPL 2025: KKR defeated SRH by 80 runs thanks to Venkatesh Iyer's quick turn

Kolkata, April 3 (IANS). Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty bowled after Venkatesh Iyer’s fast 60 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), scored a big 80 -run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). KKR scored 200/6 while batting first. After that, the SRH began to chase the target of 201 runs. The team lost its first three wickets within nine runs in 2.1 overs. After this, the team did not get the chance to recover. Wickets constantly fall at intervals. Wicketkeeper Henrik Klassen, 33, scored the highest run for the team. In addition to him, Kamindu Mendis was able to record in 27 (20 balls), Nitish Kumar Reddy 19 (15 balls) and captain Pat Cummins 14 (15 balls) in double -digit. Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty took three wickets from KKR. Andre Russell got two and Sunil Narayan and Harshit Rana each had one success. Earlier, KKR started batting first after losing the throw was nothing special. The team lost their first two wickets when wicketkeeper Quinton Dickock (1) and Sunil Narayan (7) for just 16 runs. After this, Captain Ajinkya Rahane 38 (27 balls) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi 50 (32 balls), who batted at number third and fourth respectively, respectively. Venkatesh Iyer, who was at number five, played an important role in bringing the team’s score to 200. In the end, Rinku Singh also played an important innings of 32 runs (17 balls) unbeaten. KKR scored 200 runs at the loss of six wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and SRH gave a target for 201 runs to win. At the same time, Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins, Jishan Ansari, Harshal Patel and Kamindu Mendis achieved one success of SRH. -Ians Sch/Ekd Share this story Tags