Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match
Regular Season 2025 · T20 · · Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining) (Kolkata Knight Riders 174/8, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 177/3).
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 174/8 (20 ov)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 177/3 (16.2 ov)
Match report
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) faced Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the 1st Match of Regular Season 2025, a T20 match, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Play began on Saturday, 22 March 2025 at 14:00 UTC. Each side bats for up to 20 overs, so a full match takes about three hours.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and chose to bowl. The on-field umpires were Abhijit Bengeri and Vinod Seshan, with Prakash Bhatt as match referee.
Kolkata Knight Riders made 174/8 in 20 overs, with Ajinkya Rahane top-scoring on 56 from 31 balls. Krunal Pandya was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 29. Royal Challengers Bengaluru made 177/3 in 16.2 overs, with Virat Kohli top-scoring on 59 not out from 36 balls. Sunil Narine was the pick of the bowlers with 1 for 27.
Result: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining). Krunal Pandya was named player of the match.
The full scorecard, fall of wickets and every ball of the commentary are on the Scorecard and Commentary tabs, and the Crease Cam replays each delivery as an animation.
Kolkata Knight Riders · 1st innings: 174/8 (20 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton de Kock | c Jitesh Sharma b Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Sunil Narine | c Jitesh Sharma b Rasikh Salam Dar | 44 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 169.23 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Rasikh Salam Dar b Krunal Pandya | 56 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 180.65 |
| Venkatesh Iyer | b Krunal Pandya | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | c Jitesh Sharma b Yash Dayal | 30 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 136.36 |
| Rinku Singh | b Krunal Pandya | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| Andre Russell | b Suyash Sharma | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Ramandeep Singh | not out | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Harshit Rana | c Jitesh Sharma b Josh Hazlewood | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Spencer Johnson | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Extras: 6 · Did not bat: Varun Chakaravarthy
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.5 |
| Yash Dayal | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 |
| Rasikh Salam Dar | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.67 |
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7.25 |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 |
| Liam Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru · 1st innings: 177/3 (16.2 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Salt | c Spencer Johnson b Varun Chakaravarthy | 56 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 180.65 |
| Virat Kohli | not out | 59 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 163.89 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | c Ramandeep Singh b Sunil Narine | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Rajat Patidar | c Rinku Singh b Vaibhav Arora | 34 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 212.5 |
| Liam Livingstone | not out | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 300 |
Extras: 3 · Did not bat: Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam Dar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaibhav Arora | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 14 |
| Spencer Johnson | 2.2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 13.29 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 |
| Harshit Rana | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.67 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
Latest overs
- Over 17 (RCB, Spencer Johnson): 10 runs, 175/3 – 4 6
- Over 16 (RCB, Vaibhav Arora): 10 runs, 165/3 – 1 • 4 W 4 1
- Over 15 (RCB, Harshit Rana): 19 runs, 155/2 – 4 4 2 4 4 1
- Over 14 (RCB, Sunil Narine): 11 runs, 136/2 – 1 1 1 1 6 1
- Over 13 (RCB, Harshit Rana): 8 runs, 125/2 – 1 4 1 2 • •
- Over 12 (RCB, Sunil Narine): 4 runs, 117/2 – 1 • W 1 1 1