SRH vs KKR Match 68 IPL 2025 Live Coverage: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Timeline, Analysis, Cricket Tips and Ball by Ball Prediction

11:16 PM: SRH wins by 110 runs!

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders and won their third game in a row. They have been the only undefeated team since the resumption of the IPL, along with Mumbai Indians, who will be playing their second game tomorrow. After being defeated by the Knight Riders comfortably earlier in the season, the Orange Army handed the defending champions an emphatic loss to move sixth on the points table.

11:04 PM: A fifty partnership for Rana and Pandey

Kolkata Knight Riders score 161/7 in 17 overs. Need 118 runs in 18 balls. Pandey: 37* (21), Harshit: 29* (14)

Manish Pandey and Harshit Rana, with their hitting in the last few balls, have ensured that the margin of defeat for the Knight Riders has reduced. Both batters in the middle have struck three sixes each in the last three overs. 

10:55 PM: Harshit Rana hits a few lusty blows

Kolkata Knight Riders score 130/7 in 15 overs. Need 149 runs in 36 balls. Pandey: 16* (16), Harshit: 20* (7)

Harshit Rana has given something for the KKR fans to cheer about. The right-handed batter struck a four and smashed two sixes back-to-back against Abhishek Sharma. 

10:52 PM: Dubey finishes his spell with a wicket

Kolkata Knight Riders score 111/7 in 14 overs. Need 168 runs in 36 balls. Pandey: 16* (16), Harshit: 1* (1)

Once again, Harsh Dubey, after being hit, made a comeback. Bowling his final over, the left-arm spinner was smashed for two back-to-back sixes by Ramandeep Singh. He responded strongly to the brutal attack and outdid the right-handed batter with a great delivery rattling his stumps. 

10:45 PM: Malinga picks up his second wicket

Kolkata Knight Riders score 97/6 in 13 overs. Need 182 runs in 42 balls. Pandey: 15* (14), Ramandeep: 1* (2)

Eshan Malinga came back into the attack to pick up his second wicket. The Sri Lankan pacer outfoxed Angkrish Raghuvanshi with a slower ball and has put KKR in even greater deal of trouble.

10:36 PM: Abhishek gets to bowl

Kolkata Knight Riders score 88/5 in 11 overs. Need 191 runs in 54 balls. Raghuvanshi: 12* (14), Pandey: 9* (8)

On a pitch where their bowlers conceded 279 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders have only hit a single boundary since Rinku Singh’s six at 7.4. Since then, they have scored only 18 runs in 14 balls while losing a couple of wickets.

10:29 PM: Nitish Reddy comes into the attack

Kolkata Knight Riders score 76/5 in 9 overs. Need 203 runs in 66 balls. Raghuvanshi: 8* (8), Pandey: 2* (2)

Given their stronghold in the clash, Pat Cummins introduced Nitish Kumar Reddy into the attack, replacing Eshan Malinga, who had picked up a wicket in his previous over. Reddy gave away only six runs in his over. KKR are looking at a huge defeat here.

10:23 PM: Harsh Dubey picks two wickets in his first over

Kolkata Knight Riders score 70/5 in 8 overs. Need 209 runs in 72 balls. Raghuvanshi: 5* (4)

Rinku Singh, after hitting a six, is dismissed while trying to repeat the same shot. Harsh Dubey, coming off as an impact sub in the previous over, struck with his fifth ball of the over to pick up KKR’s fourth wicket. Dubey dismissed Andre Russell on the final ball of the over to pick up his second wicket in a row.

10:17 PM: Eshan strikes in his first over

Kolkata Knight Riders score 62/3 in 7 overs. Need 217 runs in 78 balls. Raghuvanshi: 5* (4), Rinku: 1* (1)

Quinton de Kock was put out of his misery with a full toss from Eshan Malinga. The wicket keeper from South Africa was dismissed for a score of nine runs in only 13 balls. His knock capped off what proved to be a pretty disappointing season for the 32-year-old. There was a huge hold-up in play as the TV umpire took a lot of time to adjudicate the delivery’s legality. It ended up to be around 15 centimetres below de Kock’s waist. 

10:07 PM: Unadkat picks up his second wicket

Kolkata Knight Riders score 59/2 in 6 overs. Need 220 runs in 14 overs. De Kock: 8* (9), Raghuvanshi: 4* (3)

Ajinkya Rahane has been dismissed in the final over of the power play. The KKR skipper was outdone by a slower delivery from Jaydev Unadkat, who picked up his second wicket of the clash. Angkrish Raghuvanshi, batting at number four, opened his account with a four off the first delivery he faced.

9:53 PM: Unadkat gets the better of Narine

Kolkata Knight Riders score 39/1 in 4 overs. Need 240 runs in 16 overs. De Kock: 6* (6), Rahane: 1* (2)

Sunil Narine’s hard-hitting knock came to an end, courtesy of a slower ball at the stumps by Jaydev Unadkat. The left-arm pacer, after being hit for a four thanks to an outside edge, returned to an on-the-stumps line. Narine tried a swipe but missed the ball completely and had his stumps rattled. 

9:48 PM: Narine once again goes big against Cummins

Kolkata Knight Riders score 32/0 in 3 overs. Need 247 runs in 17 overs. De Kock: 4* (4), Narine: 27* (10)

Jaydev Unadkat bowled a decent first over and gave away only seven runs in the over. Pat Cummins came on to bowl the second over and was clarted for another six by Narine. The over from the SRH skipper ended with a four by Narine.

9:38 PM: Narine gets going with two sixes

Kolkata Knight Riders score 13/0 in 1 over. Need 266 runs in 19 overs. De Kock: 1* (1), Narine: 6* (5)

Sunil Narine started his innings with a couple of big sixes in the first over against Pat Cummins. It is a better start than how SRH did in the first innings, who scored only two runs in the first over.

9:17 PM: KKR needs 279 runs to win!

Sunrisers Hyderabad were once again at their best with power hitting. It was Travis Head who put on a show early on in the power play. However, the showstopper turned out to be Heinrich Klaasen, who scored his second century in the IPL. The South African batter was handed a promotion in the batting order and walked in to bat at number three. His knock of 105 runs powered SRH to a score of 278 runs.

9:00 PM: Klaasen nearing a solid century

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 237/2 after 17 overs. Klaasen: 87* (32), Kishan: 20* (14)

Heinrich Klaasen has put on a show on how to bat against spinners. Facing Varun Chakravarthy, who has bowled the most dot balls by a spinner, the right-handed batter smashed a couple of sixes in the 17th over. He is nearing a century, which will be his first in the Indian Premier League.

8:50 PM: Klaasen keeps on going ultra-aggressive

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 204/2 after 15 overs. Klaasen: 70* (26), Kishan: 8* (8)

After a few balls which did not go to the boundary fence, Klaasen has managed to get the runs flowing again. He smashed a couple of sixes in a row against Sunil Narine, who was bowling his final over.

8:37 PM: Narine breaks the stand

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 175/2 after 13 overs. Klaasen: 53* (20), Kishan: 0* (2)

Finally, some respite for the Knight Riders as Sunil Narine picks up his second wicket. The mystery spinner from Trinidad dismissed Travis Head after giving away only a single run in the first three balls. He bowled a solid over and ended up conceding only a single while picking up a wicket.

8:32 PM: Klaasen gets to a 17-ball fifty

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 174/1 after 12 overs. Head: 76* (37), Klaasen: 52* (19)

The spinners were taken off the attack after their first over proved to be highly expensive. However, even with Andre Russell and Harshit Rana coming back into the attack, there was no respite for KKR. Klaasen took off against both the pacers and smashed a six in the ninth over before he took Rana to the cleaners in the 12th over. He smashed a four and a couple of sixes on the trot and reached a 17-ball half-century. It is his fastest fifty in T20s.

8:22 PM: KKR spinners finding it pretty difficult to stop the Sunrisers

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 139/1 after 10 overs. Head: 65* (32), Klaasen: 28* (12)

The two spinners for the Knight Riders have not been able to provide any kind of stoppage to the flow of runs. In spite of picking up a wicket in his first over, Narine conceded 10 runs in his second. Varun Chakravarthy, on the other hand, conceded 16 runs in his first over and 20 in his second. 

8:11 PM: Head gets to his fifty in only 26 balls

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 109/1 after 8 overs. Head: 55* (28), Klaasen: 9* (4)

Travis Head has scored a solid half-century and has reached the milestone with a six in only 26 balls. It is his quickest fifty in IPL 2025. Varun Chakravarthy, bowling his first over, was struck for another six in the same over by Heinrich Klaasen.

8:06 PM: Narine picks Abhishek after a couple of sixes

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 93/1 after 7 overs. Head: 48* (25), Klaasen: 1* (1)

Sunil Narine was introduced into the attack right after the power play. The veteran spinner was smashed for two sixes in a row by Abhishek Sharma. It was his 100th and 101st sixes in the Indian Premier League. However, Narine made a strong comeback and dismissed the Indian batter on the very next ball after being hit for two sixes.

7:56 PM: KKR bowlers looking toothless

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 66/0 after 5 overs. Abhishek: 19* (12), Head: 39* (18)

The KKR bowlers seem to have no answers for the opening pair of the Sunrisers. After Head gave them a smacking, Abhishek Sharma has also arrived at the party. The Indian southpaw struck a couple of fours on the trot in the fifth over against Anrich Nortje.

7:44 PM: A great start for the Orange Army and Head

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 41/0 after 3 overs. Abhishek: 9* (7), Head: 25* (11)

Travis Head, after a long time, has provided the Sunrisers Hyderabad with a great start. The Aussie batter has already scored 26 runs in only 11 balls in the first three overs, having hit three sixes and a four. 

7:01: SRH vs KKR Toss Update

SRH won the toss and elected to bat first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakaravarthy

SRH vs KKR Predicted Playing XIIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad are coming into this clash after a great win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. They would be predicted to line up similarly. The only change could be a pacer sitting out for a spin bowler, given how the pitch has behaved at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. For the Kolkata Knight Riders, it has been a long time since they have played a game. The defending champions will be expected to have a lineup similar to their clash against Chennai Super Kings. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XII

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XII

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje