Young Brook finally managed to crack the IPL code with SRH batting brilliantly at 228 for 4 in the allotted 20 overs. Their bowlers managed only 205 for 7 in 20 overs despite some beating from home captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh.
Brook, who was roped in after his exploits in Pakistan, finally announced his arrival in style when he hit four fours and two sixes in the first three overs to give SRH their best start of the season.
Bought at a hefty price by SRH 13.25 crore, Brook had managed only 29 runs in the first three matches, but found the momentum with a 55-ball 100, in which he hit 12 fours and three sixes. This was the first century of the 16th edition.
In reply, it was always going to be difficult for KKR to maintain a run-rate of 11 plus per over but skipper Rana (75 off 41 balls) smashed SRH bowlers for half a dozen sixes and was the ‘man of the moment’ . Rinku Singh (58 not out in 31 balls) shared a 69-run partnership in 6.2 overs for the company. This happened after KR were reduced to 96 for 5 in the first 10 overs.
Once T Natarajan got rid of Rana, Rinku was left to steal another as 57 were needed off the last three overs.
But Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/29 in 4 overs) conceded 10 runs in the 18th over while Natarajan (1/54 in 4 overs) conceded 16 runs in the last over.
With Rinku on strike and 32 needed off the last over, Umran Malik (1/36 in 2 overs) made a good comeback to dismiss Shardul Thakur on the first delivery and effectively seal the game as the right-hander scored first. Was stranded at the other end for two balls to go. , Rinku faced four balls, but Umran bowled fast and full and kept it under control, conceding only eight runs.
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Earlier, after being relieved on 45, Brook scored 50 off 32 balls when rookie leg-spinner Suyash Sharma gave him an easy chance off his own ball.
Brook also overturned Lockie Ferguson’s caught-back decision at the age of 61 as he hammered the Kiwi pacer with five fours in a single over on his way to his first century of the season, which came in the final I came on the ball of Umesh Yadav. Above.
Opted to bowl, KKR fielding was also a big let down
Skipper Aiden Markram also played an impressive innings in the middle as he brought up his half-century off 26 balls and the duo put on 72 off 47 balls.
After Markram’s departure, young left-handed batsman Abhishek Sharma (32; 17b) provided good support as the duo added 72 runs (33b) to trouble KKR.
Heinrich Klaasen then smashed an unbeaten six-ball 16 as SRH produced a brilliant batting display after KKR opted to bowl.
Caribbean, except for Sunil Narine (4-0-28-0) and Andre Russell (2.1-0-22-3), who pulled a muscle and could not complete his overs, none of the KKR bowlers failed to impress .
The day completely belonged to the English batsman, who carried his bat as he emulated his success in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), where he scored 264 runs in eight innings for Lahore Qalandars at a strike rate of 171.4 in 2022. A century was also included. version.
Brook has astonishing figures in Test matches as well and has scored 809 runs in 10 innings with the help of four centuries and three half-centuries.
KKR may have missed the start by giving him some easy pace bait as Brooke was happy to take Yadav to the cleaners while the fiery Ferguson was wayward, both conceding 14 runs in their opening overs.
Sunil Narine, 43 for no loss in three overs, managed to pull him in the fourth over, dealing a double blow to Andre Russell.
Bowling for the first time this season, the Jamaican dismissed Mayank Agarwal (9; 13b) in the straight before pulling a muscle.
Russell, however, managed to finish the over and took the in-form Rahul Tripathi off the last ball to give KKR a crucial opening.
But Brooke and skipper Markram batted sensibly, especially against Narine, hitting quickfire half-centuries to keep their run-rate close to the 10-run mark.
The SRH skipper provided a good support to Brook and interacted well in the middle overs in an entertaining partnership of 72 off just 47 balls.
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