In one of tha most thrilling matches of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) edged out Rajasthan Royals (RR) by just one run at Eden Gardens, despite a stunning innings from RR skipper Riyan Parag. Chasing a daunting target of 207, Parag produced a sensational 95 off just 45 balls, laced with six fours and eight sixes at a blistering strike rate of 211.11—but it wasn’t enough as RR fell heartbreakingly short.
Walking in under immense pressure after RR’s top order collapsed against KKR’s sharp bowling, Parag led from the front with a captain’s knock full of composure, aggression, and confidence. His showdown truly lit up Eden Gardens, especially in the 13th over, bowled by Moeen Ali, where Parag launched a brutal attacking—hammering five consecutive sixes to bring up his half-century in tha best way possible. . That exploding over completely changed the momentum and injected belief into tha RR camp.
Riyan Parag got out to Harshit Rana eventually
But Parag wasn’t done yet. In tha very next over, he continued his attacking by backward-sweeping Varun Chakravarthy for another dense six—making it six sixes in six consecutive balls confronted, distrubuted across two overs. It was a jaw-unfastening display of daring hitting that left both fan and opponent stunned.
Despite his heroic efforts, Parag fell agonisingly short of a century. Trying to clean tha boundary once again, he misfired a slower smuggling from Harshit Rana and was caught by Vaibhav Arora at longue-off. That dismissal tilted tha game back in KKR’s favor at a crucial juncture.
Parag’s valiant knock not only conveyed RR back into tha clash but almost pulled off what would have been a gluey chase. His 95 will go down as one of tha standout individual performances of tha season, only though it came in a losing cause.
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