Delhi: The 68th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is being played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KR) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Hyderabad captain Pet Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first and this decision proved to be completely correct. Hyderabad, batting first, scored a huge score of 278 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. The team’s star batsman Henrik Klassen hit a bang in just 37 balls.

First innings game

Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head gave the team a stormy start. Abhishek scored 32 runs in 16 balls, while Travis Head scored a brilliant innings of 76 off 40 balls which included 6 sixes and 6 fours. The partnership of these two put Kolkata bowlers under pressure from the beginning.

Middle order kach also remains intact

After Abhishek’s dismissal, Klassen took the front and scored fast. He completed the second century of his IPL career in just 37 balls and hit 7 fours and 9 sixes in the innings. Along with this, Ishan Kishan also played a useful innings of 29 runs with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Aniket Verma also strengthened the team’s score by scoring 14 runs.

Kolkata bowlers hard test

This match proved to be very difficult for the bowlers of Kolkata. His veteran spinner Sunil Narayan took two wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs, while Varun Chakraborty and other bowlers could not leave the impact. Vaibhav Arora took one wicket for 39 runs in 4 overs. The rest of the bowlers not only failed to take wickets, but their economy also remained above 10.

Big goal in front of Kolkata

Now Kolkata Knight Riders will have to achieve a huge target of 279 runs to win this match.

Playing XI of both teams