Based on their all-round performance, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 110 runs. With this win, Hyderabad concluded the season. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, Hyderabad won the toss batted first, and scored 278 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. This is the third-highest score of IPL. In reply, Kolkata was all out for 168 runs in 18.4 overs. Jaydev Unadkat, Ishan Malinga, and Harsh Dubey took three wickets each for Sunrisers.

The journey of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025 ended with this match. Hyderabad finished sixth with six wins and seven losses out of 14. At the same time, KKR finished eighth with five wins and seven losses. Hyderabad registered their second-biggest win by defeating KKR by 110 runs. Earlier, the team defeated RCB in Hyderabad in 2019 by a margin of 118 runs.

Chasing the target, Kolkata's batsmen could not show anything special. Manish Pandey scored the highest 37 runs for them. Apart from this, Harshit Rana was dismissed after scoring 34 and Sunil Narine 31 runs. At the same time, batsmen like Quinton de Kock (9), Ajinkya Rahane (15), Rinku Singh (9), and Andre Russell (0) looked helpless in front of Hyderabad bowlers. In this match, Ramandeep Singh scored 13 runs while Vaibhav Arora could not even open the account. At the same time, Anrich Nortje remained unbeaten without opening the account.

Earlier, Hyderabad, who won the toss and came to bat first, scored 278 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. For them, right-handed batsman Klaasen played the highest unbeaten innings of 105 runs. At the same time, Travis Head was dismissed after scoring 76 runs in 40 balls. Sunil Narine took two wickets and Vaibhav Arora took one wicket for KKR.

In this match, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head gave Sunrisers Hyderabad a great start. There was a partnership of 92 runs for the first wicket between the two. Sunil Narine made Abhishek his victim. He was dismissed after scoring 32 runs in 16 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. After this, Narine showed Travis Head the way to the pavilion. He was dismissed after scoring 76 runs with the help of six fours and as many sixes. He completed his half-century in 26 balls.

In this match being played against Kolkata, Heinrich Klaasen was seen in a different color. He completed a brilliant century in just 37 balls and achieved a big achievement. He became the joint third batsman to score the fastest century in IPL. In this case, he equaled Yusuf Pathan, who scored a century in 37 balls in 2010. Due to this brilliant innings, Hyderabad made the third-highest total in the history of IPL. Earlier, the team had scored 286 runs for the loss of six wickets in its first match of the league stage against Rajasthan. In this match, Ishan Kishan scored 29 runs while Aniket Verma remained unbeaten after scoring 12 runs.

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