Who Said What? What did Pat Cummins & Ajinkya Rahane say after KKR vs SRH, Match 68

Sunrisers Hyderabad bagged a 110-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 68th match of the IPL 2025 season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday, May 25.

Shifting our focus to the details of the game, SRH batted first after winning the toss. Travis Head went on to smash 76 runs in 40 balls with six fours and as many sixes. 

On the other hand, Heinrich Klaasen was the star of the show, smashing 105* runs in 39 balls with seven fours and nine sixes. Ultimately, SRH posted a daunting total of 278/3 in 20 overs. Sunil Narine scalped two wickets, conceding 42 runs in four overs.

In the chase, KKR got all out for 168 runs in 18.4 overs. Manish Pandey, who came down the order, was the top scorer with 37 runs in 23 balls. Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, and Harsh Dubey scalped three wickets apiece.

On that note, let’s take a look at who said what after KKR vs SRH, Match 68.

SRH captain Pat Cummins

“Amazing finish. The last few games of the season, lots of things clicked and it was scary to watch that kind of batting. With the calibre of the players we have, we can't play any worse than what we did earlier. With the players we have, we should be making the finals, this year we didn't.

We get wickets like here, we got to max out and get 250-260 and other ones where we need to graft and get to 170 which we didn't. Quite a few people got opportunities, we looked at each one of them when selecting a team, but couldn't fit them in. Really happy with the squad we have got, few players went with injuries back home, we used 20 players.”

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane

“I thought they batted really well. Yes, we made few errors while bowling, but the way they batted, they capitalised on all the loose balls and also hit all the good balls as well. Credit goes to SRH batters, their intent was really great. 

We did discuss bowling slower balls, bowling wider, bowling wide slower balls as well but sometimes if the bowlers don't execute the plan really well, then batters like Klaasen and all the SRH batters ... they batted really well. We were short on our execution part but also made a lot many errors throughout the innings as a bowling unit. 

Throughout the season, we had our moments, we had our chances, 2-3 close games which we thought we didn't play well as a team, as a unit. Apart from that, we tried our best, we gave our best. A format like this, you have to be switched on every time. 

This format is really tough, this IPL is really tough. As a team, we had those chances, we had those moments, we would have been probably number one or two in the table. But, no regrets, lots to learn from this season. All the players tried their best, gave their best. We'll come back really stronger next year.”

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