KKR Win By Eight Wickets | RR vs KKR IPL 2025 Highlights: Quinton de Kock Shines, Varun Chakaravarthy Leads Stellar Bowling Effort as Defending Champions Clinch First Win

That's it! Quinton de Kock finishes it off with a six as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets! What a performance this has been from the defending champions who have bounced right back from the loss to RCB. Opting to bowl first, KKR restricted Rajasthan Royals to just 151/9 with the bowlers putting in an excellent effort. Varun Chakaravarthy took 2/17, Moeen Ali picked up 2/23 while Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora scalped two each as well as KKR bowlers did incredibly well, on a pitch that assisted the spinners. In the run chase, they never looked to be in any sort of trouble with Quinton de Kock showing why he was such a highly-rated T20 player. After not making much of an impact in the first game, he finishes off with 97* off 61 balls. He might not have scored a century but this innings will give him a lot of confidence heading into the upcoming matches. For Rajasthan Royals, it is a second consecutive loss and they will aim at bouncing back when they face Chennai Super Kings at the same venue on March 30. Meanwhile, KKR will be high on confidence when they take on Mumbai Indians on March 31.

KKR are in complete control here and with four overs to go and just 27 runs to get, they'll look to finish it off quickly. Rajasthan Royals have looked totally off-colour in all departments and they'll have some thinking to do before their next game.

KKR are in complete control here and with four overs to go and just 27 runs to get, they'll look to finish it off quickly. Rajasthan Royals have looked totally off-colour in all departments and they'll have some thinking to do before their next game.

Kolkata Knight Riders are inching closer to a win here. Quinton de Kock has led this run chase with a brilliant half-century and KKR will look to win as quickly as possible, which will improve their Net Run Rate (NRR). Rajasthan Royals look down and out and unless there's a miraculous turn of events, they are set to lose their second game.

Quinton de Kock and Angkrish Raghuvanshi are at the crease and the two will look to build a partnership for KKR. Not many runs are left to get and KKR will look to get them as quickly as they can with Net Run Rate (NRR) in mind.

FIFTY for Quinton de Kock! The left-hander has batted with positive intent right from the start and has scored his first half-century for KKR. He will now look to carry on and finish the game.

OUT! Wanindu Hasaranga has struck and he has taken the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane! The KKR captain attempted a slog sweep but top-edged the ball with Tushar Deshpande taking a good catch. RR have a wicket and this is a crucial phase of this match. Ajinkya Rahane c Tushar Deshpande b Wanindu Hasaranga 18(15)

KKR are 70 runs at the end of 10 overs. With Ajinkya Rahane and Quinton de Kock at the crease, both the batters are looking in control. But one or two good overs here can make the required run rate increase. Rajasthan Royals will be desperate for a wicket here.

KKR have gone past the 50-run mark with Quinton de Kock and Ajinkya Rahane at the crease. Both these batters will look to stitch a partnership and build a solid foundation before the big-hitters in Rinku Singh and company arrive.

OUT! KKR lose their first wicket and it is Moeen Ali who has to depart! The all-rounder took a single and wanted a second but failed to get back in time with Riyan Parag takes out the bails at the non-striker's end. Rajasthan Royals have  a wicket out of nowhere and will hope to build on this. Moeen Ali run out (Theekshana/Riyan Parag) 5(12)