IPL 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Highlights: KKR ‘stay alive’ on paper after 54-run win against SRH | Cricket News – Times of India

Pune: andre russellKi’s all-round talent theoretically put Kolkata Knight Riders in contention for a play-off berth as they registered a comprehensive 54-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an essential IPL match on Saturday.
It was Russell’s unbeaten 49 off 28 balls. KKR After being dismissed for 177 for six in 20 overs, he was dismissed for 94 for 5 wickets.
In reply, SRH He was never in the hunt as he scored 123 for 8 against a collective bowling effort and worked his way up. Shreyas IyerThe flamboyant Jamaican men finish with best figures of 3 for 22.

Umesh Yadav (1/19 in 4 overs), Tim Southee (2/23 in 4 overs), Varun Chakraborty (1/25 in 4 overs) and Sunil Narine (1/34 in 4 overs) – all at their respective jobs Game plan with almost perfect execution after the last over.
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KKR now have 12 points from 13 matches with a net run-rate of +0.160 and have moved up to the sixth position.

Rajasthan Royals (14 out of 12) and RCB (14 out of 13 matches) have a chance to advance, even a win is unlikely to be enough for the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise, who played his 13th ‘First XI’ combination in as many games.
For Sunrisers, 10 points from 12 matches with a disappointing NRR of -0.270 means two big wins and 14 points may not be enough even after five straight losses.
While he is a passionate favorite among Indian cricket lovers, the poor batting performance of SRH can be attributed to the captain Kane WilliamsonThis nightmare season which has scored only 208 runs in 12 matches at an average of less than 19 and strike-rate of 92.85.
Williamson (9 runs from 17 balls) has been SRH’s weakest link this season and his failure at the top of the order has been one of the biggest reasons for their slowdown.
It was a tough test for Williamson until Russell ended his misery with a delivery at the stumps. Rahul Tripathi (9 off 1 balls) also looked poor, while Abhishek Sharma (43 off 28 balls) hit Sunil Narine for two sixes.
It was a brilliant reflex return catch from Tim Southee that ended Tripathi’s innings.
In the halfway stage, SRH were not in a very comfortable position at 66 for two and even the figures of the chasing teams at the Gahunje Stadium (highest successful chase of 170) did not paint a completely rosy picture. .
Once Abhishek was dismissed by Varun Chakravarthy (1/25) and Narine took a fine return catch to dismiss SRH’s big hope Nicholas Pooran (2), there was not much resistance from the rest of the batsmen.
east, Umran Malik Rushing through KKR’s top order was back in his groove after a few forgettable outings, but Russell added 63 runs for the sixth wicket with Sam Billings (34 off 29 balls) to put KKR in trouble. After that, there was a feeling of total respect. At 94 for 5.
KKR added 58 runs in the last five overs, mainly because of Russell, as he hit three sixes off three full-tosses bowled by off-break bowler Washington Sundar (0/40 in four overs).

Malik (3/33 in four overs), who was dismissed for 120 in his last 10 overs (in three matches) and also without a wicket, came back to dismiss Nitish Rana, bowling fast and straight. Had gone. (26 off 16 balls), Ajinkya Rahane (28 runs in 23 balls) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (15 off 9 balls) outscored KKR in their first two overs.
He found good support from T Natarajan (1/43) who got rid of Rinku Singh (5) to complete the block-hole delivery.
Venkatesh Iyer’s “second season blues” continued as he cut one from Marco Jensen (1/30 in 4 overs) at the stumps.
As far as Rahane is concerned, he has come a long way past his IPL sales date and even three sixes could not hide the fact that he played a lot of dot balls and once he got cramped When started, it became even more difficult to rotate the strike. ,
He was out in the end when he worked hard on a wide rising delivery and Shashank Singh maintained perfect body balance to the side to take the catch over the sweeper cover fence.
Russell and Billings then attacked the opposition camp with some big blows after an early-stage clash.
While Jamaica had three fours and four sixes to its name, Billings hit three fours and a six.