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SRH vs KKR highlights, IPL 2025: Heinrich Klaasen shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by 110 runs
With a cacophony of cheers for the Orange Army in the decent crowd, Heinrich Klaasen stole the show by smashing an unbeaten 105 off just 39 balls and propelled SRH to the third-highest score in IPL’s history. Klaasen’s astounding century came in just 37 balls- the joint-third fastest hundred in IPL history.
His amazing innings included seven fours and nine sixes, coming at a strike rate of 269.23. Klaasen made his promotion to number three count by unleashing his prowess in consistently playing shots straight down the ground while punishing anything short by pulling with immaculate ease.
While hitting his second IPL hundred, Klaasen received strong support from Travis Head, who hit a brilliant 76 off 40 balls—his third IPL 2025 fifty, including six fours and six sixes. Cameos from Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Aniket Verma further boosted SRH as they scored 74 runs in the last five overs.
KKR had to attack from the word go to have a crack at chasing 279. But three-fers from Eshan Malinga and Harsh Dubey, along with Jaydev Undakat’s early strikes, contributed to them getting bowled out for 168 in 18.4 overs, as SRH jumped to sixth place in the points table.
KKR’s disastrous evening began with a bowling performance which was utterly forgettable and inconsistent - their pacers and spinners were hammered by SRH’s aggressive batters, who plundered runs freely throughout the innings on wayward lengths, even in the middle overs.
Throughout the evening, their bowling was consistently too short or too full, a faulty strategy that significantly reduced their penetration with the ball, leaving SRH in a prime position to conclude their season with a big victory.
Chasing 279 was always going to be an uphill task, but Sunil Narine was off the blocks from the word go by smacking three sixes and a four off Pat Cummins' first two overs, while collecting two edgy boundaries off Jaydev Unadkat. But left-arm pacer Unadkat brought out a slower ball to go past Narine and hit his leg stump, as the batter fell for a 16-ball 31.
Ajinkya Rahane hit three boundaries before miscuing an off-cutter off Unadkat and was caught by cover. Two overs later, Quinton de Kock's struggle ended at a 13-ball nine as he holed out to deep mid-wicket off a full toss from Malinga.
With the Delhi pitch being traditionally better for spinners, left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey struck on back-to-back deliveries - Rinku Singh holed out to deep mid-wicket, while Andre Russell was trapped plumb lbw by a delivery which turned enough to beat his outside edge.
Despite some boundaries from Manish Pandey and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, KKR’s freefall continued as the latter pulled to deep square leg off Malinga, while Dubey foxed Ramandeep Singh with a quicker delivery spinning in to hit the stumps.
KKR were saved from suffering one of the worst defeats in IPL by some belligerent hitting from Pandey and Harshit Rana. While Rana hit three sixes in his first seven balls, Pandey brought out some clean-hitting strokes before falling to Unadkat, while Malinga took Rana’s catch on the second attempt to ensure SRH ended the season on a powerful note.
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, Fuller on middle, Manish Pandey drives it back to the bowler.
STRATEGIC BREAK! The writing is well and truly on the wall. At this point, it's about the margin of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s victory more than anything else. Kolkata Knight Riders had a decent start, but after Sunil Narine fell, the innings has completely unravelled. No batter has managed to inject any sort of momentum, and the wickets have tumbled one after another.
- Ramandeep Singh 1 (2)
- Manish Pandey 15 (14)
Eshan Malinga to Ramandeep Singh, Yorker on middle, Ramandeep Singh flicks it to short mid-wicket. Dot ball.
Eshan Malinga to Manish Pandey, Full toss, on middle, Manish Pandey flicks it to deep square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Manish Pandey, Bouncer, just outside off, Manish Pandey plays a smash, which goes on the bounce to mid off. No run.
Eshan Malinga to Ramandeep Singh, Back of a length on leg, Ramandeep Singh works it behind square to the deep fine leg fielder for one.
Ramandeep Singh is in next.
Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, OUT! CAUGHT! Eshan Malinga has his second! Off cutter on a length, on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes for the pull but he is deceived by the change of pace as he is already through the shot, and ends up hitting it straight to deep square leg where Nitish Kumar Reddy runs in front and takes a nice catch.
Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Length ball swinging in, just outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to cut it and gets beaten on the inside edge.
- Manish Pandey 14 (12)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi 14 (16)
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, Shorter and slower through the air, on off, Manish Pandey goes on the back foot and pushes it to short cover.
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Lofted over the bowler's head! Full and quick on middle, Manish Pandey lofts it downtown, as the ball goes one bounce over the ropes. No chance for long on to cut it off.
Harsh Dubey to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On the pads, on a nagging length, flicked to deep backward square leg for another single.
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, On a nagging length, on off, Manish Pandey steps out and pushes it past cover for one.
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, Pushed through, full and on middle, played back to the bowler.
Harsh Dubey to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Fuller on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi sweeps it behind square to the right of deep backward square leg for a single.
- Manish Pandey 9 (8)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi 12 (14)
Abhishek Sharma to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Short on leg, Manish Pandey makes some room and plays the pull. The ball goes one bounce over the ropes for four in the deep mid-wicket region.
Abhishek Sharma to Manish Pandey, Short on off, Manish Pandey punches it to short cover.
Abhishek Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Flatter and quicker on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi pushes it off the back foot, into the leg side and takes a single.
Abhishek Sharma to Manish Pandey, Short on leg, Manish Pandey rocks on the back foot to pull it and doesn't get any bat on it. The ball hits his front pad and goes behind the stumps. The short fine leg fielder cuts it off. Batters run a leg bye.
Abhishek Sharma to Manish Pandey, Short and outside off, slower through the air, Manish Pandey looks to cut it and gets an under edge which goes to short third man.
Abhishek Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Full on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to defend it off the front foot. The ball takes the inside half of the bat and goes to the left of short fine leg. Single taken.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi 10 (12)
- Manish Pandey 5 (4)
Harsh Dubey to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Angkrish Raghuvanshi charges down the track, seeing that, Harsh Dubey fires it flat and short on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi flicks it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on and calls for two. But the second run isn't there as the fielder from the deep was quick enough to collect the ball and release it.
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, Slows it down, fuller and on off, Pandey eases it to long off for one more.
Harsh Dubey to Manish Pandey, On the fuller side, Manish Pandey gets on the front foot and crunches the drive to the left of cover for a brace.
Harsh Dubey to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Pushed through, short and on off, knocked to long on for one.
Harsh Dubey to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Turning away, short and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hangs back and keeps it out on the leg side.
Harsh Dubey to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A touch fuller, quicker orthodox delivery, on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi blocks it off the front foot.
STRATEGIC BREAK. Well, half of KKR's side is in the dugout and the chase is not even halfway through yet. Just shows how disciplined the bowlers of SRH have been, perfectly mirroring the dominance of the batters. With the big guns - Narine, Rahane, Russell, Rinku - gone without any sort of an impact, KKR's innings has derailed way too early than expected. SRH will aim to wrap this up as quickly as possible, but it is all about how long Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Manish Pandey can stretch this up. Harsh Dubey (1-0-8-2) to continue after the break.
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi 8 (8)
- Manish Pandey 2 (2)
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Length ball on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides it down to third man for a single to keep the strike.
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Manish Pandey, Full toss on middle, Manish Pandey flicks it down the ground to the right of long on. Single taken.
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Back of a length well outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi cuts this one in front of square to the left of deep extra cover for a single.
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Short and wide outside off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi leaves it alone. Wide given.
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Manish Pandey, Good length delivery around off, Manish Pandey drives it to mid off and calls for a quick single.
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Length ball angling into the right hander on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi steers it down to third man for a single.
Nitish Kumar Reddy to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Length ball well outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to cut it and gets beaten on the outside edge.
The vastly experienced Manish Pandey walks in to bat at 7 and will face the Hat Trick ball. Also, a change in bowling as Nitish Kumar Reddy is introduced into the attack.
- Andre Russell 0 (1)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi 5 (4)
Harsh Dubey to Andre Russell, OUT! Oh, the Kolkata Knight Riders are falling apart here! Beautiful bit of bowling from Harsh Dubey and he has the big wicket of Andre Russell! Quick, short and turning away. The ball pitches on middle and turns just a bit to beat the back foot defence of Andre Russell and hit his back pad. A loud appeal and the umpire's finger is up in a flash. Dubey will be on a hat-trick at the start of his next over.
Andre Russell walks to bat at 6.
Harsh Dubey to Rinku Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Harsh Dubey has his man and makes an impact for his side straightaway! Rinku Singh has found the fielder to perfection! Short and just outside off, Rinku Singh stands tall and middles the pull, but ends up hitting it flat, without getting adequate elevation for the ball to sail behind the fence. He ends up hitting it straight to deep mid-wicket, where Nitish Kumar Reddy takes an easy catch as he doesn't have to move a muscle in the deep. Another underwhelming outing for Rinku Singh as he goes for 9 (6).
Harsh Dubey to Rinku Singh, SIX! Full and in the slot, Rinku Singh clears his front foot and slog sweeps it over the deep square leg fence for a six.
Harsh Dubey to Rinku Singh, Short and outside off, angled across the left hander, Rinku Singh cuts it to backward point.
Harsh Dubey to Rinku Singh, Short and outside off, Rinku Singh this time cuts it well, as he hits it to the left of deep extra covers for two runs.
Harsh Dubey to Rinku Singh, Flatter, shorter and quicker, outside off. It is the arm ball. Rinku Singh looks to cut it and gets beaten on the outside edge.
- Rinku Singh 1 (1)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi 5 (4)
Eshan Malinga to Rinku Singh, Yorker on middle, Rinku Singh digs it out as he pushes it to short cover. Superb over from Eshan Malinga! Just three runs off it!
Rinku Singh walks in. SRH bring Harsh Dubey as their impact sub, replacing Travis Head.
Gone? Taken at deep mid-wicket, but Quinton de Kock has reviewed for height regarding a full toss. An anxious wait for QDK for the Ball Tracking graphics to load on the screen. Here it is, finally. It turns out that the ball is below the waist. Fair delivery!
Eshan Malinga to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT! Quinton de Kock's struggle comes to an end! Full toss on middle, Quinton de Kock goes for the pull and hits it straight down to the throat of the deep mid-wicket fielder, where Abhinav Manohar takes an easy catch. Quinton de Kock has reviewed it for NO BALL, as he feels the ball was over waist height. The third umpire is summoned. There it is. The technology shows that at the point of contact, the ball was below de Kock's waist height. QDK departs for 9 (13) and KKR slip down to 61/3.
Eshan Malinga to Quinton de Kock, Slower short ball on middle, Quinton de Kock is again deceived by the change of pace, as he misses out on the pull.
Eshan Malinga to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Full toss on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi drives it down to long on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Quinton de Kock, Pace off delivery, on a length, outside off, Quinton de Kock looks to pull it and is deceived by the change of pace. The ball hits the bottom off the bat and goes to short cover. Single taken.
