Quinton de Kock breaking an 11-year-old IPL record for KKR by playing a run chase innings of 97 runs

Guwahati: After losing their first match, Kolkata Knight Riders registered an easy eight-wicket win against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati on Wednesday (March 27). Despite the absence of Sunil Narine, KKR’s spinners performed brilliantly and restricted Rajasthan to 151/9.

Varun Chakravarthy and Moeen Ali bowled tightly, both took two wickets for 17 and 23 runs respectively in their 4 overs. After this, Quinton de Kock scored an unbeaten 97 runs with the help of 8 fours and six sixes in 61 balls and KKR chased the target in 17.3 overs. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals’ fast bowler Jofra Archer was also stunned by de Kock’s batting.

Well, De Kock’s 97* is the second-highest score for RCB in a run chase against Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede in 2021 after Devdutt Padikkal’s 101*. At the same time, De Kock also made the highest individual score for KKR during a run chase. In this way, Manish Pandey’s record of 94 runs played in a run chase against Punjab Kings in 2014 was broken.

Highest individual score for KKR in run chases

• 97* – Quinton de Kock vs RR, Guwahati, 2025
• 94 – Manish Pandey vs PBKS, Bengaluru, 2014 Final
• 93* – Chris Lynn vs Gujarat Lions, Rajkot, 2017
• 92 – Manvinder Bisla vs CSK, Chennai, 2013
• 90* – Gautam Gambhir vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2016

KKR is doing wonders in run chases
Since IPL 2024, KKR has won each of the six completed matches chasing the target, all matches have been won with 7 or more wickets and 15 or more balls to spare. KKR also won the match in Guwahati with 8 wickets and 15 balls to spare.

Quinton de Kock is better than Archer
If seen, de Kock has been better than Jofra Archer on most occasions. In yesterday’s match (26 March), De Kock scored 28 runs in 8 balls, which included two fours and three sixes.