IPL 2025 points table after DC vs KKR match: Kolkata Knight Riders survive in the playoff race

Veteran off-spinner Sunil Narin took three important wickets in seven balls in space to help Kolkata Knight Riders by 14 runs and to help keep his playoff hopes alive in the IPL on Tuesday. Sent to BAT, KKR, who came into the game with three defeats in his last five matches, managed to post after 204, riding a blazing start by his top-order batsmen. Chasing the clan, DC was 62 for 3 in seven overs, but FAF Do Plessis (62) and Axar Patel (43) hired them with a 76 -run partnership for the fourth wicket.

However, Narendra (3/29) took three major wickets at a significant turn to derail DC Chase, as the hosts were limited to 190 in their 20 overs for their third loss in four domestic games at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

With this victory, defending champion KKR ruled the expectations of his playoffs, although he finished seventh with nine points. DC remained in the top four with 12 points.

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane’s gambling handed over the ball to Anukulu Roy as the spinner rejected Abhishek Porl (4) with his second delivery. Vaibhav Arora then implicated Karun Nair (15) LBW, which KL Rahul (7) was found less than his crease before a direct hit from Nerin, reduced DC to 3 for 3 in the seventh over.

Exer Patel, who left the ground in the 18th over due to an injury to his hand, returned to attend the opener du Plessis. The pair interacted well to the spinners, with 76 runs off 42 balls to keep DC in the competition.

Du Plessis broke Chakraborty for two fours and one six in the ninth before bringing fifty to fifty off 31 balls.

Exer then took charge, shut down three sixes and four borders in its 23-goals 43 to tick the scoreboard.

However, the return of women in the 14th over changed the game as she rejected Exer and Triston Stabs (1) in the same over, before Du Plessis was removed by Du Plessis to derail DC’s chase.

With the need of 59 off 30 balls, Impact Player Ashutosh Sharma deposited Harshit Rana for a long time, but Chakraborty returned to remove him and Mitchell Starc in constant delivery.

Vipraj Nigam tried to mount late charge with two sixes and three fours, but it was not enough.

Earlier, KKR left for a flying start as Narin (27) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (26), at the most early stand of the team’s season – 48 runs away from only 17 balls.

On a better batting surface compared to the previous game, Narin attacked Dushmanatha Chamera (1/46), broke it for 25 runs in an over, including two sixes-one of them one of them-one hand slogan on the midwick-and one four.

Gurbaz again took Mitchell on Starc, killing two borders and a six and finishing the stand before abandoning Abhishek Porl in the third over.

Skipar Rahane (26) carried out speed by hitting Stark for one six and one four, and then added two more borders to Mukesh Kumar to carry KKR up to 79/1 at the end of the powerplay.

However, DC spinners pulled back things. Vipraj Nigam (2/41) trapped before Narayan leg, before Exer Patel removed Rahen and Venkatesh Iyer (7) in quick succession, to 4 to 4 to 4 in 10 overs.

Young Angkrish Raghuvanshi (44) stabilized the innings with Rinku Singh (36), scoring 61 off 46 balls. Raghuvanshi hit two big sixes from Vipraj, while Rinku targeted Kuldeep Yadav, broke two borders and in a six runs in 17 runs, which helped KKR cross the 150 -run mark.

However, KKR lost speed again as both Raghuvanshi and Rinku moved into quick succession, respectively to Chanera and Vipraj, just when they were ready to accelerate.

Andre Russell broke two fours and one six to push KKR near a 200-mark, but visitors lost three wickets in several balls in the final, in which Stark dramatically picked up two.