Former Knights are giving tough competition to Kolkata Knight Riders this season. Kuldeep Yadav of Delhi Capitals ruined them after taking four wickets in the previous match, it was Rahul Tripathi Who laid the foundation for Sunrisers Hyderabad’s seven-wicket win over KKR at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.
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KKR’s top order all looked at sea trying to negotiate SRH’s fast bowlers when captain Kane Williamson asked to bat first on the green wicket, which offered both bounce and pace. However, some judicious batting Nitin Rana Big hits from (54 off 36) and Andre Russell (49 off 25) made KKR 175 for eight.
Their bowlers got off to the right start by picking in-form SRH openers Williamson and Abhishek Sharma inside the powerplay. But Tripathi stepped in and started playing his shots across the park. The Maharashtra batsman scored 18 runs including two consecutive sixes in the first over of Varun Chakraborty. It was a night to forget for Chakraborty, who conceded 45 runs in his three overs.
In keeping with SRH’s brand of cricket, it was again a partnership, this time with the third wicket stand of 94 off 54 balls between Tripathi and Aiden Markram giving the team a hat-trick of wins. While Tripathi, who scored his first 50 with KKR in 2021, went for a fine 71 off 37 balls, Markram finished it with a flourish to remain unbeaten on 68 off 36 balls.
Looking for a good start, KKR replaced Ajinkya Rahane with Aaron Finch, it didn’t help as the Australian T20 captain was caught off just five balls. Nicholas Pooran off marco jensen In the second over of the match.
T Natarajan hit two boundaries in his first over after coming on as the first change bowler in the fifth over. The left-arm pacer had made his first delivery through the gates of KKR’s other openers to crash into the back seam and stumps. Venkatesh Iyer, he got the next Sunil NarineBoosted up the order, a ball later when the left-hander cut a low full-toss straight to Shashank Singh at cover-point after hitting a six in the previous delivery.
but he was Umran Malik Who made a deep impression with some sensational fast bowling. The youngster, who matured with each game, provided a timely breakthrough by ending the 39-run fourth wicket stand between Shreyas Iyer and Shreyas Iyer. Nitish Rana With a crashing yorker that shattered the KKR skipper’s stumps.
Sheldon Jackson, who came for Sam Billings, hit Malik for a six, but the pacer reacted well and got the wicketkeeper-batsman brilliantly caught at fine leg by Natarajan in the very next ball. It’s not always that Russell fails to get his bat on the ball and the 22-year-old from Srinagar should be proud of the way he finished the big West Indies conceding just two runs in the 16th over. Two for 27 in his four overs, his best performance of IPL.