Sports desk: In the 53rd match of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 1 run to register the fifth win of the season. With this victory, Kolkata's team has reached number six in the points table. Kolkata Knight Riders have won the hopes of qualifying in the playoffs by winning the final ball by 1 run.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat first. Kolkata did not start well while batting first. Narayan's wicket fell on a score of 13. Narayan was dismissed for 11 runs. Thereafter, for the second wicket, Gurbaz and Ajinkya Rahane were followed by a 56 -run partnership. Gurbaz was dismissed by 35 runs.

After that Rahane was supported by Angkrish Raghuvanshi. The two shared a 43 -run partnership. Rahane was dismissed for 30 runs. Russell's storm was seen from here again. Angkrish and Russell together added 61 runs for the fourth wicket. Angkrish was dismissed for 44 runs. Soon after, Russell completed his Pachasa.

Russell's stormy innings

Russell scored 57 runs facing 25 balls. During this, 4 fours and 6 sixes came out of his bat. In the end Rinku Singh scored 19 runs in 6 balls with the help of 2 sixes and a four and took the team to a score of 206. For Rajasthan, Jofra Archer took 1, Yudhveer Singh took 1, TITIA 1 and Ryan Parag took 1 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals did not start well

In response, the Rajasthan Royals started chasing this goal. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed for 4 runs. After that Kunal Rathore went back without scoring any runs. From here, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ryan Parag handled the innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 34 runs. After that Rajasthan immediately got two more shocks. Rajasthan lost its fifth wicket at a score of 71.

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Ryan Parag's defeat even after a quick innings

After this, Ryan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer together carried forward the innings and shared a partnership of about 100 runs. There was a 92 -run partnership between the two. During this, Ryan Parag scored his first half -century of this season. He hit 6 sixes off 6 balls in this match. He also became the first player to do so.

Rajasthan Royals lost by one run

Hetmyer was dismissed for 23 runs. After that Ryan Parag was also dismissed on a score of 94. It seemed from here that Rajasthan would now lose. To win in the final over, 22 runs were needed but Shubham Dubey could only score 21 runs and lost the match with 1 runs.