IPL 2025: Who won yesterday's game between SRH vs KKR?

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) suffered a humiliating 110-run defeat in their last match of the IPL 2025 campaign at the hands of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Delhi. SRH’s Heinrich Klaasen was awarded the Player of the Match award for smashing an unbeaten 105 off 39. 

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SRH skipper Pat Cummins opted to bat first after winning the toss, and they posted the third-highest total in IPL history—278/3 in 20 overs. Their opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head added 92 runs for the first wicket in 6.5 overs, as Abhishek got out for 32 off 16. 

Then, Klaasen came out to bat at number three and stitched 83 runs for the second wicket with Head before the Aussie opener got dismissed for 76 off 40. Klaasen continued smashing the KKR bowlers all around the park and added another 83 runs along with Ishan Kishan for the third wicket. 

In the end, he smashed the joint-third fastest IPL century (37 balls) and etched his name in the record books. Eventually, they ended up posting that mammoth total, and for KKR, only Sunil Narine bagged two wickets, while Vaibhav Arora took one.                  

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Let’s take a look at KKR’s Chase

In reply, KKR batters crumbled completely under pressure, and at one stage, they were 70/5 in eight overs. But courtesy of Sunil Narine’s 31 off 16, Manish Pandey’s 37 off 23, and Harshit Rana’s 34 off 21, KKR ultimately got bundled out for 168 in 18.4 overs. For SRH, Harsh Dubey, Eshan Malinga, and Jaydev Unadkat bagged three wickets each.

With this win, last season’s runners-up SRH finished their IPL 2025 campaign in sixth position with 13 points in 14 games and a net run rate of -0.241, while KKR finished in eighth spot with 12 points in 14 games and a net run rate of -0.305.

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Brief scores:

SRH won the toss and elected to bat first

SRH: 278/3 (20) 

Heinrich Klaasen 105* (39), Travis Head 76 (40), Sunil Narine 2/42, Vaibhav Arora 1/39

KKR: 168/10 (18.4)

Manish Pandey 37 (23), Harshit Rana 34 (21), Jaydev Unadkat 3/24, Eshan Malinga 3/31 

SRH won the match by 110 runs.

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