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Quinton de Kock answered all his critics on Wednesday when he slammed a blistering 97 in his second match for the Kolkata Knight Riders, condemning Rajasthan Royals to their second defeat on the trot in the 2025 Indian Premier League season, The Indian Express reported. de Kock, who failed to fire in his debut at the Eden Gardens against RCB, showed his true class, finishing the 151-run chase off in style with a massive six.

Rajasthan Royals managed 151/9 in 20 overs after being asked to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Indian Premier League 2025 match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday. Spinners Varun Chakaravarthy and Moeen Ali shared four wickets in the middle overs, limiting RR to under 160. Pacers Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora also picked two wickets each, according to The Indian Express.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders had won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Rajasthan Royals. Both teams made a change each with spinner Wanindu Hasaranga coming in for Fazalhaq Farooqi in the Royals lineup while Moeen Ali was handed his debut cap for Kolkata in place of an injured Sunil Narire.

Shreyas Iyer shone with an unbeaten 97 as Punjab Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 11 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.

Chasing 244 to win, Gujarat Titans fought hard to make 232 for 5 but the target proved to be beyond their batters despite Sai Sudharsan making 74, Shubman Gill hitting a quick 33 and Jos Buttler scoring 54.

Sherfane Rutherford also played a quick knock of 46 but his effort was not enough.

Earlier in the first innings, Shreyas Iyer missed out on a maiden IPL century but his 97 not out off 42 balls (9 sixes, 5 fours) and Shashank Singh’s 44 not out off 16 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) helped Punjab Kings post 243 for 5.

Sai Kishore was the pick of the bowlers for Gujarat Titans with 3/40 but the home team bowlers generally struggled to keep the run flow in check.

At the top, young Priyansh Arya struck seven fours and two sixes to make 47 off 23 balls.

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France football great Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss appeals court, two and a half years after they were first acquitted of the offences, Alzajeera reported.

The pair, once among the most prominent men in global football, were exonerated of fraud on Tuesday by the Swiss Criminal Court's Extraordinary Appeals Chamber in Muttenz, near Basel.
The hearing was held after Swiss federal prosecutors filed an appeal against the two men's 2022 acquittal in a lower court. Blatter and Platini had refuted the charges.

The final round of qualifiers for the AFC Asian Cup 2027, set to be held in Saudi Arabia, begins today. Teams outside Asia's top 18 rankings will compete for the tournament's final six slots.This is the third and last round of Asian Cup qualifications, with 24 teams split into six groups of four.
Nepal is also competing at this stage, starting its qualification campaign today against Malaysia.
The Group F match between Nepal and Malaysia will begin at 7:45 PM Nepal time at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, Malaysia.​​​​​​​
Malaysia is regarded as a stronger team than Nepal, as it ranks far better in the FIFA rankings—132nd, versus 175th. Furthermore, Nepal has never defeated Malaysia in previous matches.Nepal, on the other hand, enters the match with confidence after winning its last two games, whereas Malaysia has only lost two of its last eleven games.