Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad! Andre Russell takes the final wicket, as KKR defeat SRH by 80 runs.
Varun Chakaravarthy has two in two! Simarjeet Singh departs on a golden duck! KKR just one wicket away from a win.
Pat Cummins walks for 14 runs. SRH lose their eighth wicket of the day. KKR in complete control here! The score reads 114-8 now after 15.1 overs.
Vaibhav Arora takes another wicket! Heinrich Klaasen has handed an easy catch Moeen Ali. SRH now 112/7.
Pat Cummins and Heinrich Klaasen are standings strong on the crease. After 14 overs, the score reads 106/6.
Varun Chakaravarthy takes his first wicket of the day! Aniket Verma departs on a score six runs. SRH now 75-6.
Kamindu Mendis has departed on a score of 27 runs. The score reads 66-5 after 9.3 overs, Sunil Narine takes a big wicket, KKR now on their way to a win.
After 7 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad are in a very troubling position. The score reads 51-4, and Kamindu Mendis alongside Heinrich Klaasen will now hope to put in a good performance, aiming to chase down the target.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are three down now. Second wicket for Vaibahv Arora. Incredible catch from Rahane. Kishan departs for two. SRH are 9/3
Another one bites the dust. Abhishek Sharma departs. Harshit Rana sent the opener back to the dressing room. Incredible from KKR. SRH are 9/2 after two overs.
Vaibhav Arora picked up the prized wicket of Travis Head, who departed for four runs. Early blow for SRH.
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma will be opening the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Head comes in as the impact player for SRH. The run chase kicks off very soon.
Kolkata Knight Riders' late push of Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh has propelled the side to a total of 200 runs in the first innings. SRH will hope for a good performance with the bat if they are looking to get back to winning ways.
Venkatesh Iyer departs after a magnificent innings of 60 runs in 29 deliveries. KKR now 197-5, the side will hope to go past 200 now.
Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh look in excellent touch, their knocks in the back end of the innings have propelled KKR closer to a fighting total. After 19 overs, the score reads 187-4
After 15 overs, KKR's score reads 122-4. Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku will hope to accelerate and put in a good perofmrnace in the remainings five overs.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi departs after scoring 50 runs departs, handing a catch to Harshal Patel. KKR lose their fourth wicket of the game, the score reads 106-4.
Despite losing early wickets, Raghuvanshi has done an excellent job in stabilising the innings. The score reads 103-3 after 11.5 overs. Angkrish approaching his half century.
Ajinkya Rahane walks as Zeeshan Ansari takes his first wicket of the day. KKR lose their third, the score reads 97-3.
After 8 overs, KKR have scored 71-2. Rahane and Raghuvanshi look brilliant on the field, KKR looking set for a big total.
KKR are 53/2. The over ended with a classy pull-six from Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
Mohammed Shami strikes! Sunil Narine hands a catch to wicket keeper Heinrich Klaasen. KKR now 16-2.
Quinton de Kock departs! SRH have struck first blood, skipper Pat Cummins takes the wicket of the KKR opener. The hosts now 14-1.
Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine are out in the middle! The first innings is about to begin as KKR hope to post a big tota on the board. Mohammed Shami has the new ball in hand.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ramandeep Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Kamindu Mendis, Simarjeet Singh, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Zeeshan Ansari
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first.
"We had a couple of meetings. Talk was to keep things simple from a bowling point of view. When our bowlers are under the pump, sometimes they get carried away and try to do different things instead of just doing the basics and focusing on execution. Pretty much those sort of things. From a batting point of view, obviously we didn't have a great game. We just talked about things like shot selection, awareness in your batting. We just went back and spoke about the basics. It's the early stage of the tournament, not every team can get off to a flier. We've done some pretty good things until this period. The conditions are changing in Kolkata. Everyday it feels like it's getting five degrees hotter. Apart from that, wickets are staying the same. Pretty decent wickets," de Kock said.
The stage is set for game 15 of the IPL 2025. Kolkata Knight Riders host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Both teams have lost their previous matches, and now will hope to register a win, picking up form once more.
