KKR won the match by 4 runs. KKR won their opening match of this Indian premier league season in front of their home Supporters at Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first. KKR’s middle order collapsed but Phil Salt’s 54 runs and Andre Russell’s 64* runs put a massive total of 208/7 on the scoreboard. T. Natarajan picked three wickets for SRH.
Heinrich Klassen played 63 runs inning for SRH and he almost turned the match around in the favor of the visitors. SRH scored 204/7 in 20 overs and KKR won the match by 4 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing Eleven
Phil Salt(WK), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(Captain), Nitish Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing Eleven
Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(WK), Abdul Samad, Shabaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T.Natrajan
Kolkata Knight Riders VS Sunrisers Hyderabad: KKR won the match by 4 runs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first. Sunil Narine and Phil Salt Came to open for KKR and Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a first over, in the 2nd over, Sunil Narine was run out by Shahbaz Ahmed with a direct hit. Sunil Narine scored 2 runs off 4 balls.
In the 4th over, T.Natrajan bowled outside of the off-stumps to Venkatesh Iyer who went to play front foot drive but the ball went straight into the hands of Marco Jansen at short covers. Venkatesh Iyer scored 7 runs off 5 balls. in the 4th over a fifth bowl, T.Natrajan bowled a good length delivery outside of the off-stumps to Shreyas Iyer who played a shot but due to mistiming in a shot ball went in the hands of Pat Cummins at mid-off. Shreyas Iyer scored 0 runs off 2 balls.
In the 8th over, Mayank Markande bowled a googly to Nitish Rana who tried to play a Switch hit Shot but his shot did not have elevation as he liked and Rahul Tripathi took a reverse Cup catch at Backward point. Nitish Rana scored 9 runs off 11 balls. Ramandeep Singh and Phil Salt had a 54-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
In the 13th over, Pat Cummins bowled hard length in the top of off-stumps to Ramandeep Singh who played a shot in a front foot but the ball made contact with the upper half of the bat and Mayank Markande took a flying catch at the cover. Ramandeep Singh scored 35 runs off 17 balls.
In the 14th over, Mayank Markande bowled short in leg stumps to Phil Salt who went on back foot to play a pull shot but his shot went in the air and Marco Jansen took a brilliant diving catch at deep mid-wicket. Phil Salt scored 54 runs off 40 balls. Rinku Singh and Andre Russell had an 81-run partnership for the seventh wicket.
In the 20th over, T.Natrajan bowled a short-length bowl to Rinku Singh who looked to go over the head of the bowler but his shot went in the air and Aiden Markram settled under it and took an easy catch at long-on. Rinku Singh scored 23 runs off 15 balls. Andre Russell scored 64* runs off 25 balls and Mitchell Starc scored 6* runs off 3 balls. KKR scored 208/7 in 20 overs.
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Abhishek Sharma came as an impact player in place of T.Natrajan. Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal came to bat for SRH and Mitchell Starc Had a first over for KKR. SRH had a solid start to their chase. Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal had a 60-run partnership for the first wicket.
In the 6th over, Harshit Rana bowled a short ball in the helmet to Mayank Agarwal who tried to play a shot but the ball ended up in the hands of Rinku Singh at deep Square leg. Mayank Agarwal scored 32 runs off 21 balls. in the 8th over, Andre Russell bowled a shorter length bowl to Abhishek Sharma who played a pull shot in a hurry and ball took the top edge of the bat and the ball went into the air, and Varun Chakravarthy took an easy catch at the backward point. Abhishek Sharam scored 32 runs off 19 balls.
Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram had a 36-run for the third wicket. in the 12th over, Varun Chakravarthy bowled full-on leg to Aiden Markram and played a swipe shot but Rinku Singh took a diving catch at deep mid-wicket. Aiden Markram scored 18 runs off 13 balls. in the 13th over, Sunil Narine bowled good length outside off to Rahul Tripathi who tried to play a slog sweep but Harshit Rana took a catch at deep Square leg. Rahul Tripathi scored 20 runs off 20 balls.
In the 17th over, Andre Russell bowled a full-toss delivery to Abdul Samad who played a shot but he did not get the elevation that he wanted and the ball went straight into the hands of Venkatesh Iyer at deep mid-wicket. Abdul Samad scored 15 runs off 11 balls.
In the 20th over, Harshit Rana bowled a slower delivery to Shahbaz Ahmed who played a shot straight to Shreyas Iyer at long-on he took it with ease. Shabaz Ahmed scored 16 runs off 5 balls. in the 5th ball of the 20th over, Harshit Rana bowled a fuller length delivery to Heinrich Klaasen who swung his bat so hard ball took the top edge of the bat and Suyash Sharma took a catch at the third man position. Heinrich Klaasen scored 63 runs off 29 balls.
Marco Jansen scored 1* run off 1 ball and Pat Cummins scored 0* runs off 1 ball. KKR won the match by 4 runs.