IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a resounding 80-run victory against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 15th match of IPL 2025 on Thursday (April 3) at Eden Gardens. As a result, the defending champions jumped to the fifth position in the points table, while SRH slipped to the bottom.
After being asked to bat first, KKR notched up a massive total of 200/6 in 20 overs on the back of contributions from Venkatesh Iyer (60), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (50), Ajinkya Rahane (38), and Rinku Singh (32). Five bowlers picked up one wicket each for SRH in the bowling department.
In reply, the SRH batting unit crumbled under the pressure of a steep chase as they were bowled out for 120 in 16.4 overs and lost the match convincingly by 80 runs. Heinrich Klaasen (33), Kamindu Mendis (27), Nitish Kumar Reddy (19), and Pat Cummins (14) were the only players to score in double digits for the SunRisers on a forgettable day. Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakaravarthy picked up three wickets apiece for KKR with the ball.
Thursday’s IPL 2025 encounter between KKR and SRH entertained the fans, who conveyed their reactions by posting hilarious memes on social media platforms.
Here are some of the best memes related to the contest:
Kavya Maran be like #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/oJaNry1Gyz
— जितेंद्र (@iamjitendra101) April 3, 2025
KKR may have 100 problems but owning SRH is not one of them..🔥#KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/fCJs6rUd2A
— आदिtya. (@jabweleft) April 3, 2025
300 banane ke sapne dekhe the.
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) April 3, 2025
200 bhi nahi ban rahe.
SRH is turning into a hit or miss kind of team. pic.twitter.com/p6BlaDDNCr
Scenes from Dressing room of SRH #KKRvsSRH #KKRvSRH pic.twitter.com/95od1PhzTh
— Dogesh (@dogesh_bhai) April 3, 2025
SRH after first game.. #KKRvSRH #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/pIStGu9Oom
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 3, 2025
KKR everytime they face SRH. pic.twitter.com/EbAnCKrfO8
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) April 3, 2025
KKR was at the bottom of the points table, then they met Rohit Sharma, some KKR players took his bat, some KKR players took tips and KKR captain and coach took some ideas and today KKR reached directly to the 5th position in the points table.
— Jyran (@Jyran45) April 3, 2025
You are a magician ! @ImRo45 💜🪄 pic.twitter.com/JCQuVkEIqV
Travis Head
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) April 3, 2025
Abhishek Sharma
Ishan kishan #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/vJ5vUtYdUP
Sunil Narine celebrating his wicket 🤣😭 #KKRvsSRH pic.twitter.com/qsxNr4OITd
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) April 3, 2025
Abhishek Sharma hype vs performance 🤣 #SRHvsKKR pic.twitter.com/6WCkP1Cf51
— maithun (@Being_Humor) April 3, 2025
“Winning by a big margin was crucial for us”- KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane after beating SRH in IPL 2025 match in Kolkata
“This game was really important for us. Winning by a big margin was crucial for us. We wanted to bowl first. The toss did not go our way, we lost early wickets too. But then, the discussion was to steady it till the 11th-12th over. The last two games did not go our way but we learnt a lot from them. When Rinku and Venkatesh were batting.”
Rahane added:
“We wanted to get another 50-60 runs in the last 30 balls. Those guys can play some really good shots. We had Moeen, Ramandeep and Russell waiting in the wings too. The ball gripped a bit. We had three quality spinners too. Moeen unfortunately did not get the chance to bowl. Vaibhav and Harshit set the tone up top.”
LSG will host MI at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday (April 4) in the next match of IPL 2025.