Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 1 run in the 53rd match
KKR Beats RR By 1 Runs In IPL 2025 Match 53: Last time, the winners, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have thrillingly defeated Rajasthan Royals by 1 run in the 53rd match of the ongoing IPL. With this, they have strengthened their hopes of entering the playoffs by winning their fifth game from eleven matches. On the other hand, Rajasthan, which has suffered its ninth defeat from twelve matches, has reached the threshold of being eliminated from the play-off race. The first match on Sunday was quite dramatic. Rajasthan were in deep trouble after losing 2 wickets for 8 runs after KKR set a target of 207 runs.
KKR batted first and scored 206 runs, in response to which Rajasthan’s team could only score 205 runs. In such a situation, Rajasthan needed 3 runs to win on the last ball, then Shubham Dubey was on strike and everyone expected that Rajasthan would win the match comfortably. But Vaibhav Arora was in front. In such a situation, the breathtaking match could go either way. On the last ball, Shubham played a stroke towards long on and ran fast to take the run. He completed one run quickly, but when he and Jofra Archer were running for the second run, Archer got run out. This made the KKR players celebrate, and KKR won the match by one run.
Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 206/4 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 57, Angakris Raghuvanshi 44, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 35, Ajinkya Rahane 30, Riyan Parag 1/21, Kitikvir Singh 1/26). Rajasthan Royals 205/8 in 20 overs (Ryan Parag 95, Yashasvi Jaiswal 34, Simran Hetmyer 29, Shubham Dubey 25, Varun Chakravarthy 2/32, Harshit Rana 2/41, Moeen Ali 2/43).
ALSO READ: Match List Of IPL 2025
