KKR vs SRH IPL 2025: Award Winners, Player of the Match, Stats, Post-Match Presentation

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KKR vs SRH Awards List: Kolkata Knight Riders registered an emphatic victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens on Thursday (April 3).

In an important IPL 2025 encounter, the Knight Riders won the match by 80 runs against the last year's runners-up outfit, who slumped to their third consecutive defeat in the season.

KKR vs SRH IPL 2025 - As It Happened

After being put in to bat by SRH, KKR posted a formidable total of 200/6 in their allotted 20 overs. The innings was anchored by Venkatesh Iyer, who delivered a blistering 60 off 29 balls, marking his third consecutive fifty against SRH. Youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi also impressed with a solid 50 off 32 balls. Captain Ajinkya Rahane contributed 38 runs, while Rinku Singh provided a late surge with an unbeaten 36 off 18 balls. For SRH, Mohammed Shami, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, and Kamindu Mendis each claimed a wicket. ​

Chasing a target of 201, SRH's innings faltered early. Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan were dismissed within first 13 deliveries of the innings as they were left tottering in the powerplay.

They found themselves struggling at 72/5 at the halfway mark. Heinrich Klaasen attempted to revive the innings with a quick 33 off 21 balls, but consistent breakthroughs by KKR's bowlers kept SRH in check. Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine were particularly effective, with Chakaravarthy taking key wickets, including that of Pat Cummins. Ultimately, SRH fell short, handing KKR a convincing win at the Eden Gardens.

KKR vs SRH Awards List: Complete List of Award Winners

• Curvv Super Striker of the Match: Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) - SR: 206.9
• My11Circle Fantasy King of the Match: Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) - 140 Fantasy Points
• Angel One Most Sixes: Ajinkya Rahane (KKR) - 4 Sixes
• Rupay On the Go Most Fours: Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) - 7 Fours
• TATA IPL Green Dot Balls of the Match: Vaibhav Arora (KKR) - 12 Dot Balls
• Player of the Match: Vaibhav Arora

KKR vs SRH Match Stats and Facts

• Sunil Narine picked up 200 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders, and thus became the 2nd bowler to do so in T20 cricket history for a single team.
• KKR have now won 4 matches in a row against SRH since last season.
• Kamindu Mendis became the 4th debutant in IPL 2025 to get a wicket in his very first over. The other players are Vignesh Puthur, Ashwani Kumar, and Zeeshan Ansari.

KKR vs SRH IPL 2025 - Captains' Comments

Pat Cummins (SRH Captain): Not a great night tonight. In the mid-innings break, we thought it was gettable. It was a pretty good wicket. Gave away few too many in the field and obviously fell short (with the bat). You have to be realistic - three games in a row, it has not come off for us. Less than two weeks ago, we put on 280. Our batters are at our best taking it on, but you have to think about if you could take different options. Probably more (disappointed) with our fielding - a couple of catches, and a few misfields that we have to tidy up. Overall bowling was not bad, they batted well towards the end. We only bowled three overs of spin - did not think there was a lot of spin. Cutters were gripping (for the pacers), so went down that path.

Ajinkya Rahane (KKR Captain): This game was really important for us. WInning by big margin was crucial. Even we wanted to bowl on this wicket. When we lost two early wickets, wanted to consolidate till 6 overs - play with intent but play cricketing shots. And then when we have wickets in hand, guys down the order can get as many runs as possible. Happy with the batting unit. Last two games were not upto the mark for us. But we learned a lot from our mistakes. This is a great example for us as a batting unit. Rinku and Venkatesh - those guys can play brilliant shots. Ramandeep was sitting in the dugout, Dre was sitting and Moeen was also ready.