Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Highlights: Shubman Gill, bowlers guide KKR to 6-wicket win over SRH, retain fourth place. Cricket News – Times of India

Dubai: Young Shubman Gill Kolkata Knight Riders registered a six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad to keep their IPL play-off hopes alive after a scintillating half-century from the bowlers.
KKR first produced a clinical bowling effort to put SRH down to 115 for eight and then went home comfortably on Gill’s 51-ball 57.
The win cemented KKR’s position at the fourth position in the standings with 12 points from 13 matches.

With three play-off berths already taken by Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, the race for the fourth and final spot is on between KKR, Rajasthan Royals and defending champions Mumbai Indians, while Punjab Kings are out of the tournament. Huh. .
Defending a small total, the SRH bowlers were right on their money as the KKR batsmen struggled to build up the pace of the innings.
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The opening pair of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jason Holder were accurate, while the raw pace of debutant Umran Malik troubled Gill and Nitish Rana (25) In the middle overs.
Rashid Khan It also created a lot of trouble for the KKR batsmen, while Siddharth Kaul was aggressive with his line and length, making it difficult for the opposition batsmen to open their arms.
Venkatesh Iyer (8) and Rahul Tripathi (7) fell at the hands of Holder and Rashid in quick succession after which it became difficult for Gill and Rana to rotate the strike as KKR reached 44 for 24 at the halfway point.
With Rana struggling to get the go-ahead, Gill braced himself to break the shackles and he brought down the equation to 53 runs off 42 balls, hitting Holder for two boundaries in the 12th over.
Gill continued his attacking instincts and struck Malik for back-to-back boundaries in the next over to ease the chase.

Gill and Rana looked to ease the chase before Kaul flicked Holder straight at long-on.
The match saw some tense moments when Rana got out in the 18th over but Dinesh Karthik (18 not out) and Eoin Morgan (2 not out) closed the chase with two balls to spare.

Earlier, SRH captain Kane Williamson’s decision to bat first had a reversal, as they lost wickets at regular intervals, failing to match KKR’s pace bowling, especially the spin duo of Tim Southee and the latter. Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narayan.
Already out of contention for a play-off spot, SRH saw a terrific start to their innings, losing Wriddhiman Saha for a duck on the second ball, LBW to Southee.
After this Jason Roy (10) was caught by Southee off Shivam Mavi in ​​the fourth over.
Captain Williamson (26 off 21) tried to revive the innings and was looking good before being run out by Shakib Al Hasan for 38 for three in 6.5 overs with the SRH scoreboard.

Once Williamson departed, it was a struggle for the SRH batsmen even as Priyam Garg (21) and Abdul Samad (25) tried to form partnerships.
Garg was dismissed at deep midwicket by Rahul Tripathi off Chakraborty, while Jason Holder (2) fell to the same bowler in his next over.
Samad tried his best to pick up the tempo with the help of three sixes in the last five overs but eventually lost in search of quick runs caught by Shubman Gill of Southee’s bowling.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (seven not out) and Siddharth Kaul (seven not out) remained unbeaten for the ninth wicket.
The spin pair of Shakib (1/20) and Narine was brilliant in the middle overs as the SRH batsmen were finding it difficult against them.
While Narine returned without a wicket, he was economical, finishing with impressive figures of 4-0-12-0.
Southee (2/26), Mavi (2/29) and Chakraborty (2/26) shared six wickets between them.