RR vs KKR IPL 2025 Highlights: Quinton de Kock wins it for Kolkata by 8 wickets

QDK slams this over the ropes towards the long-on and KKR get their first win in their title defence. A comprehensive 8-wicket win for KKR.

KKR now having proper control on this. They need 17 from the final 18 balls with the well-set QDK out there.

QDK is doing a great work here. He is on 70 from 47 balls and has brought the required rate down pretty much. KKR need 43 from 36. This should be gettable.

Rahane looks to sweep this but does not connect. Hasaranga has hit first of the day, and what time to get? More pressure on KKR now.

We are halfway through the chase. KKR are at 70/1 after 10. They are still 82 behind and have 60 balls to play with.

Mooen Ali departed after scoring four runs off 11 balls. A slow knock came to an end following a run-out. KKR are 41/1 after 6.1 overs.

KKR are 35/0 after five overs. Moeen Ali is taking time to slow down while Quinton de Kock kept the scoreboard ticking.

Slow approach from KKR. End of the second over, they are 7/0

Quinton de Kock open the batting alongside Moeen Ali. Interesting call from KKR. Jofra Archer has been handed the new ball.

RR go past 150 on the last ball. They have 151/9 to play with. They will feel they are a bit short.

The last recognised batter falls for RR. Harshit Rana gets the big wicket. RR might end up way too short here.

Harshit Rana sends Dhruv Jurel packing. The keeper-batter departed after scoring 33 runs off 28 balls.

Kolkata Knight Riders have replaced Varun Chakravarthy with Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

Not much impact the impact sub has put. Vaibhav gets Shubham Dubey caught at deep backward point, where Andre Russell takes an easy one. RR six down, in comes Hetmyer.

Jurel is the key man here for RR. His team needs him to play through these overs and help them set a strong total. Meanwhile, RR get to their 100.

Moeen cleans up Nitish now. He saw him backing away and got this on the middle, turning away to get the Southpaw. It is getting worse for RR. They have called Shubham Dubey as Impact sub here.

Hasaranga was promoted up the order at No.5, the highest he has come to bat in IPL. However, he is gone for four as VC gets another.

A big wicket here. Moeen gets Jaiswal on his KKR debut. Jaiswal has holed this out to long-on. RR 3 down now

Chakravarthy strikes. After Parag hits him for a big six, VC gets Parag caught. It went high in the air as QDK judged this well to pouch it.

A crucial moment in the game. Varun Chakravarthy is in. He will be key for KKR, especially as the pitch was expected to be dry and help the spinners

Vaibhav Arora with the big wicket of Sanju Samson. The RR batters started to look good and were hitting boundaries. However, Vaibhav bowls a good yorker-length delivery as Samson charges down and is beaten.

Nine from the first over and five from the next. A fine start by the KKR bowlers. 

The game is live now. RR openers - Jaiswal and Samson - are in the middle. Spencer Johnson with the new ball in hand. Off we go

Dimensions - down the ground is 76m, square - it's equidistant - 64m. Spin will definitely play a bigger part. The surface is a little bit dry, not a lot of grass cover. The wicket will dry up and slow up a little bit. Dew factor might be significant.

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia.

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka.

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

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

Very proud, very humbled (to be leading RR). The middle-order really stepped up. A lot of positives with the ball as well. One change. Hasaranga comes in, Farooqi steps out.

We'll look to bowl first. The wicket looks good. Dew factor is huge here. It's about staying positive and playing fearlessly. We learnt a lot from the previous game. Sunil Narine misses out, he's not well. Moeen Ali comes in.

Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and he has opted to bowl first. Sunil Narine is not well, Moeen is in

Moeen Ali is making his KKR debut today

We are not far away from the toss. Both captains will be out soon for the coin toss. Batting second should be the choice. 

RR don't boast a strong record in Guwahati. They have two of the three games they played here, while one was washed out. RR will have their task cut out as they look to get a win.

Regular captain Sanju Samson will play as an Impact sub. The keeper-batter is completely fit and in his absence, Riyan Parag will lead the team against KKR in Guwahati. The toss is only 15 minutes away now.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 clash at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. Two teams that lost their respective openers, two teams that are looking for their first points, clash against each other in the sixth match of the tournament. Stay tuned for all the updates on this one.