Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Kolkata Knight Riders was the third match of the 17th edition of IPL. The game was high scoring match and we witnessed over 400 runs in the match. Kolkata Knight Riders were capable of registering 4 runs victory in the game. So let’s get into the article to check out the highlights of the really exciting game.
A look back to the match between Kolkata Knight Riders versus Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first and it was believed that the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad took a brilliant decision as Kolkata Knight Riders were in deep trouble situation but then the team rose up to glory.
The opener of Kolkata Knight Riders Phil Salt presented a brilliant innings in the middle by scoring 54 from just 40. While some crucial players like Sunil Narine went back for just 2 and Venkatesh Iyer just added seven runs in his account. The captain of the side Shreyas Iyer went back to the pavilion without scoring a single Run.
Nitish Rana also disappointed as he added only 9 to his account. Ramandeep Singh and Rinku Singh added 35 and 23 respectively. But the real firework was from Andre Russell as he smashed 64 from just 25 and the team finished at 208 after 20 overs with the loss of 7 wickets.
In the reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad started really well as the opening pair – Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma started really well as both scored 32 in their accounts. Rahul Tripathi added 20 and Aiden Markram scored 18 while Heinrich Klaasen presented an incredible innings by scoring 63 from just 29. Abdul Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed 15 as well as 16 respectively, but SRH was 4 runs short.
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