Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in Guwahati today (March 26) - here's the updated IPL 2025 points table after match number six.
Playing at RR’s adopted homeground at the Barsapara stadium in Guwahati, KKR entered without their marquee all-rounder Sunil Narine. Instead, Moeen Ali played in his place, making an immediate impact with the ball. Moeen (2-23) and Varun Chakravarthy (2-17) stifled RR’s innings, conceding just 40 runs across their combined eight overs. Vaibhav Arora (2-33), Harshit Rana (2-36), and Spencer Johnson (1-42) further tightened the screws, restricting the hosts to 151-9.
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In Narine's absence, KKR promoted Moeen to open but the move didn’t pay off as he managed only five off 12 balls. It was Quinton de Kock, who spearheaded the run-chase with an unbeaten 61-ball 97. De Kock smashed Jofra Archer for a six over long on to seal off the chase in 17.3 overs with eight wickets in hand. He also hit five more sixes and eight fours.
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IPL 2025 points table: Team rankings after RR vs KKR match
The victory marked KKR’s first win of the season, lifting them to sixth place. Despite the win, the defending champions still have a negative net run-rate of -0.308. Meanwhile, RR remain rooted to the bottom of the table as the only team with consecutive losses so far.
