Match Details
- Date: 25 May 2025
- Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Toss: SRH ne toss jeeta aur batting choose ki
- Context: IPL 2025 ka 68th match, dono teams ka last league game tha. SRH aur KKR points table pe 7th aur 8th number pe the, toh playoffs ka koi pressure nahi tha – bas ek achhi ending chahiye thi season ki.
Team Lineups
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Unchanged XI)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Travis Head
- Ishan Kishan (wk)
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Aniket Verma
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Abhinav Manohar
- Pat Cummins (c)
- Harshal Patel
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Eshan Malinga
Impact Players: Mohammed Shami, Sachin Baby, Zeeshan Ansari, Simarjeet Singh, Kamindu Mendis
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Quinton de Kock (wk)
- Sunil Narine
- Ajinkya Rahane (c)
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Rinku Singh
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Andre Russell
- Ramandeep Singh
- Harshit Rana
- Varun Chakaravarthy
- Anrich Nortje
Impact Players: Mohammad Shami, Harsh Dubey, Sachin Baby, Zeeshan Ansari, Simarjeet Singh
Key Team Change
KKR ne Quinton de Kock ko Rahmanullah Gurbaz ki jagah khilaya – thoda top order ko strong karne ke liye. De Kock ka experience use karne ka time tha, jab pressure kam tha. Gurbaz ko rest diya gaya – bhai is season zyada chance mila bhi nahi usko.
Match Highlights
- SRH ki Batting: Travis Head ne phir se jalwa dikhaya – 76 runs maare sirf 40 balls me. Narine ne unko out kiya, Russell ne catch liya – score tha 175/2, sirf 12.4 overs me!
- Klaasen ne to aur bhi tezi se khela – sirf 17 balls me half-century! SRH 15th over me hi 204/2 tak pahuch gaya – full tyaar dikh rahe the 300 banana ke liye!
- Pitch Conditions: Delhi ka pitch solid batting pitch tha – isi wajah se Cummins ne pehle batting choose ki. SRH ne bhi batting ka pura fayda uthaya.
- KKR Bowling: Sirf Narine ko thoda success mila – baaki bowlers SRH ke aage hil gaye. Klaasen aur Head ka combo full fire mode me tha.
Match Outlook
- SRH ne full attacking mindset ke saath khela – Head aur Klaasen ne batting ka masterclass diya.
- KKR ko thoda struggle hua, but unki umeed thi Narine aur Chakaravarthy jaise bowlers pe – agar wo thoda control karte, to match close ho sakta tha.
- Dono teams playoffs se already bahar thi, to yeh match future strategies test karne ka mauka tha. Ek achha finish dena tha season ko, taaki next year ke liye confidence mile.
