KKR defeat RR by 1 run in IPL 2025 match© AFP
Kolkata Knight Riders registered an exciting one-run win over Rajasthan Royals of their IPL 2025 encounter on Sunday. With 22 runs to win from the ultimate over, RR discovered themselves in a superb place with two sixes and one 4 within the first 5 balls. Nonetheless, with 3 runs wanted within the closing ball, KKR clinched the win by a run-out. It was an enormous win for KKR because it stored them within the race for the IPL 2025 playoffs however it was unlucky for Riyan Parag whose 95-run knock went in useless.
Here is how the ultimate over unfolded –
19.1 – 2 runs. Jofra Archer slammed Vaibhav Arora however Rinku Singh pulled off a superb save to stop a sure-shot boundary.
19.2 – 1 run. A yorker from Vaibhav and Jofra may solely block the ball and take a single.
19.3 – 6 runs. A slower quick ball from Vaibhav and Shubham Dubey was within the good place to slam it for a mammoth six over deep backward sq. leg.
19.4 – 4 runs. A pace-on supply this time and Shubham Dubey as soon as once more makes no mistake in slamming it by way of sq. leg for a 4. Poor fielding effort from Andre Russell.
19.5 – 6 runs. Shubham Dubey remodeled the ball from Vaibhav right into a full-toss and it sailed over long-off for a six. At this level, RR wanted 3 runs to win from the ultimate supply.
19.6 – Run Out – A yorker from Vaibhav and Dubey couldn’t join correctly. The ball went to long-on the place Rinku Singh picked it up and the throw was ok for Vaibhav to finish the run-out.
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