Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in the 19th match IPL 2023 on Friday. In this match played at KKR’s home ground, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Team SRH won by 23 runs. Electing to bat first after losing the toss, Sunrisers scored 228/4 in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Knight Riders manage to reach 205/7 during the chase.
Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a promising start as their opener Rahmanullah Gurbaj was back in the hut very quickly, without scoring a single run. N. Jagdishan handled the innings before being dismissed for 26 runs. Venkatesh Iyer contributed just 10 runs. However, KKR skipper Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh registered an impressive partnership. Where Rana ended his innings by scoring 75 runs, on the other hand Rinku scored 58 runs. Andre Russell, who performed brilliantly with the ball, was dismissed after scoring just 3 runs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Marco Jason took 1 wicket and Marco Jason took 2 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Apart from him, Mayank Markande scalped 2 wickets and ended with impressive figures of 27-4.
Sunrisers Hyderabad also did not have a good start as their opener Mayank Agarwal Got out after scoring 9 runs. After this Rahul Tripathi got out after scoring 9 runs. But Harry Brook stabilized the SRH innings and stitched a partnership with aiden markram Who scored 50 runs. Brook registered his first century of the season and completed his century by scoring 100 runs in just 55 balls. Apart from him, Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 32 runs. Heinrich Klaasen At the same time, contributed 16 runs.
KKR bowlers were seen struggling during the first innings of the game. While Andre Russell took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 2.1 overs, Varun Chakraborty was successful in taking 1 wicket.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (C), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil NarenShardul Thakur, Umesh YadavSuyyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakraborty