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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights, IPL 2025: Virat Kohli's '1000-Run' Feat Helps RCB Drub Defending Champions KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights, IPL 2025: RCB beat reigning champions KKR by 7 wickets, reaching their target in just 16.2 overs.
KKR vs RCB, IPL 2025© BCCI
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights, IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) demolished reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by seven wickets in the opening game of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens on Saturday. KKR managed to post a total of just 174, which RCB chased down in just 16.2 overs. Krunal Pandya (3/29) and Josh Hazlewood (2/22) starred with the ball, before Phil Salt and Virat Kohli showed their class, smashing half-centuries en route to a dominant win. For KKR, captain Ajinkya Rahane's half-century was the only positive. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Virat Kohli on Saturday became the third player to complete 1000-plus runs against Kolkata Knight Rider. With this knock, the stalwart batter completed the 1,000-run mark against the three-time champions. The other two batters to achieve this landmark are former Australia opener David Warner (1093) and former Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma (1070).
IPL 2025 Highlights - Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Straight from the Eden Gardens in Kolkata:
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- 23:12 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: Thank you!That's a wrap for our coverage of the KKR vs RCB game, but the IPL 2025 festival has only just begun. We have a double-header tomorrow!Game 1: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (3:30 PM IST)Game 2: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (7:30 PM IST)Do join us on NDTV Sports tomorrow, as we bring you the live and latest of the festival of Indian cricket. Until then, thank you and goodbye.
- 23:08 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: Krunal Pandya wins 'Player of the Match'Well-deserved award for the all-rounder. The 33-year-old came in when Narine and Rahane were going berserk, and picked up three crucial wickets of Rahane, Venkatesh and Rinku. Turned the tide of the game. Continues to prove his worth year-after-year.
- 23:01 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: RCB break the big duckRCB had lost all four of their games against KKR in the last two editions of the IPL, so this will be a welcome win for them. It now reads 15-20, still in favour of the men in purple.The two teams play again in their very last league game, on May 17, so KKR will need to wait a while for revenge.
- 22:58 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: Who's next?KKR play again in four days' time, as they take on Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati, where RR's stand-in-captain Riyan Parag will feel right at home. KKR will need a much better performance on all aspects.For RCB, they have the big challenge of facing Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk stadium.
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- 22:56 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: Dominant.It could've all panned out so differently had KKR managed to build on their start. They were 107/1 in 9.5 overs, remember. There onwards, only one team dominated. Excellent work by Krunal Pandya and Josh Hazlewood, as KKR's middle order fell apart.With the bat, RCB left no doubts for their fans right from ball 1. Ex-KKR man Phil Salt started off with a bang, Virat Kohli was the anchor-par-excellence, and Rajat Patidar put the icing on the cake.
- 22:39 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: Patidar departs!Rajat Patidar has done his job! An excellent innings of 34 off 16 balls, but he departs. Rinku Singh takes the catch at deep mid-wicket. Patidar slammed five superb boundaries, and a six, but he won't see his team home.RCB need only 13 runs to win, with 27 balls left.RCB 162/3 (15.3)
- 22:36 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: 150 up for RCBRajat Patidar seems to be in a hurry to finish off this run chase. FOUR boundaries off Harshit Rana in the 15th over. RCB need just 18 more in five overs. This will be a statement victory by RCB, at the home of the reigning champions.RCB 157/2 (15)
- 22:33 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: Masterful run chaseVirat Kohli is set to guide his team to victory in another run chase. What a knock he's played. Attacked from ball 1, given the perfect support to Salt, and now leading his team home. The Orange Cap winner of 2024 will wear it from the first match in 2025.Meanwhile, two more boundaries for Patidar! Less than run-a-ball needed now.RCB 147/2 (14.3)
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- 22:16 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: 1,000 runs for Kohli vs KKR!Virat Kohli has now reached 1,000 runs vs KKR in IPL history, but the run almost went wrong! They were trying for two, and Devdutt Padikkal slipped. But the throw from the deep was poor. Padikkal pounced on his lifeline, and got 4 next ball!RCB 104/1 (10)
- 22:07 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: KKR need wickets!Sunil Narine bowls a clean first over, gives away just 5 runs. But this will not be enough. RCB's required run rate is only 7, and they'll cruise to victory at this rate. Still not a single wicket lost by them. KKR need wickets, KKR need an RCB collapse.RCB 91/0 (8)
- 21:57 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: Tough catch put down!Ramandeep Singh seems to be hurt. Mistimed by Kohli, Ramandeep dived to try and take a diving stunner. The ball ricochets off his hands, and he seems to be in a lot of pain here. Let's hope it is nothing serious for Ramandeep.RCB 79/0 (5.5)
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- 21:46 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: Salt goes after Varun!Phil Salt is in no mood to respect the opposition bowling! Clears the circle, good hit, 4 runs. Over mid-off. Next ball, hit even cleaner! 6 more, same area. 50 up for RCB in just 3.4 overs. The run chase is looking easy now.RCB 50/0 (3.4)
- 21:44 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: 20 off the over!Three boundaries and a six off Vaibhav Arora's second over. RCB are motoring along in fine pace here. Phil Salt the aggressor, but Virat Kohli has found the boundaries as well. Great start by the chasing team.Rahane has been forced into a change, and Varun Chakravarthy will come in to bowl now.RCB 37/0 (3)
- 21:39 (IST)IPL 2025 LIVE: Good over by JohnsonSpencer Johnson bowls a neat over. Tightens his line, not giving Salt the room to free his arms. Clever bowling by the Australian left-arm seamer. Just 5 runs off it. KKR need wickets, though. At least a couple in the powerplay to stand a chance.RCB 17/0 (2)
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- 21:30 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: Cracking start!BANG! Driven, hard, sweet crunch. Phil Salt starts off in style, with force, with power. RCB off to the best start. Next ball is very wide by Arora, and de Kock does brilliantly to grab it. Not an ideal start for the men in purple.RCB 5/0 (0.1)
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- 21:18 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: Exceptional bowlingKrunal Pandya picked up three huge wickets, getting Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh. His 3/29 helped RCB put the brakes on KKR in the middle overs. Fine spell by Hazlewood at the top and the death, ending with figures of 2/22.A big job in front of Varun Chakravarthy and co, if the reigning champs want to start their title defence on a winning note.
- 21:16 (IST)KKR vs RCB LIVE: Terrific fightback by RCBKKR were running away with it at 107/1 in 9.5 overs, led by Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine. But crucial wickets by Krunal Pandya and excellent death bowling by Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal has meant that they've managed only 174.KKR 174/8 (20 overs)RCB Target: 175
Topics mentioned in this article
Kolkata Knight Riders
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kohli
Ajinkya Rahane
Sunil Narine
Andre Russell