Dubai: Kolkata Knight Riders edged past Sunrisers Hyderabad sealing a six-wicket victory in a thriller of a game At the Dubai Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The win meant Kolkata still have the chance to qualify for the play-offs with a game in hand.
Hyderabad’s decision to bat first faltered as the bottom placed side struggled throughout the innings getting to 115/8 in 20 overs. SRH lost both their openers inside the powerplay overs. Infact skipper Kane Williamson(26) was the top scorer for his side. The two youngsters Abdul Samad(25) and Priyam Garg(21) added handy runs down the order against a KKR bowling that kept things right from start to finish. Varun Chakravarthy(2/26)had another steller outing while Tim Southee(2/26) and Shivam Mavi(2/29) also stood up to the expectations.
Chasing a mere 116, KKR could never have thought, that they would have struggle that match to get to the target. The disciplined SRH bowling unit made their life tougher at the middle with runs not coming up very well.
Chasing a mere 116, KKR could never have thought, that they would have struggle that match to get to the target. The disciplined SRH bowling unit made their life tougher at the middle with runs coming up very scratchily. Venkatesh Iyer and Rahul Tripathi, the two in-form batsmen went home on single digits while Nitish Rana had a outing to forget struggling with his timing as he scored just 25 off 33 which proved costly at that moment for his side.
However, youngster Subhman Gill(57) played a gem of a knock under pressure holding the anchor of the innings. For SRH Rashid Khan(2/23) bowled superb spell tightening things up while Jason Holder(2/32) and Siddarth Kaul(1/17) were also among the wickets. It was Kaul who packed the well set Gill for home with KKR still needing 23.With the game going to the wire, Dinesh Karthik added a quick fire 12 ball 18 to seal the deal for Knight Riders.
