Nitish Rana the stylish left hand batsman powers Kolkata Knight Riders to start their campaign with smiling faces as they beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The left hand batsman dominated in the match but missed his century. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders versus Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana came out to bat first as Hyderabad asked Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first in the match. The openers of Kolkata Knight Riders started confidently but Shubman Gill went back to the pavilion for just 15 runs. However, Nitish Rana continuously played good shots across the ground and he smashed 80 runs but could not able to get his century in the match. Rahul Tripathi was also in the attacking mode and he smashed 53 and Dinesh Kartik showcased fireworks in the middle and he scored 22 from just 9 deliveries which help Kolkata Knight Riders to finish the game at 187 runs with the loss of 6 wickets.
In the reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad was not able to start in a good fashion as the captain David Warner and W. Saha went back to the pavilion very cheaply but Manish Pandey and Jonny Bairstow took the responsibility and showcased amazing performance in the middle both scored 61 and 55 respectively, but that was not enough to reach the target.
Hyderabad finished at 177 runs with the loss of 5 wickets and the Kolkata Knight Riders registered 10 runs victory over their opponent. Nitish Rana was named as the player of the match for his sensational batting performance.
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