Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram’s effortless batting performance as well as scintillating performances by the fast bowlers laid the foundation for Sunrisers Hyderabad’s easy seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match here on Friday. The SRH pace unit comprising the likes of T Natarajan (3/37), Umran Malik (2/27), Marko Janssen (1/26) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/37) restricted KKR to 175 for 8.
Tripathi, who scored 71 off 37, and Aiden Markram (68 not out of 36) made a hostile knock to guide SRH to their third consecutive win with 13 balls to spare, For KKR, Nitish Rana scored 54, While Andre Russell remained unbeaten on 49.
SRH now have three wins from five matches while this was the third loss for KKR in six matches.
The green pitch did not help the spinners, with Sunrisers’ Tripathi clearing KKR’s spin-heavy bowling unit.
Playing against his previous franchise, Tripathi hit Varun Chakraborty for four and two consecutive sixes in the eighth over, scoring 18 runs. He completed his maiden fifty this season in just 21 balls.
Tripathi found a capable ally in Markram, who hit six fours and four sixes and held himself responsible for keeping his side over the line when the former got out.
Earlier, South Africa’s Jensen used bounce and swing to get off the ground and did really well to draw first blood as he sent back Aaron Finch (7) in the second over, his first of the season. were playing matches. Natarajan then bowled a sensational fifth over, taking two wickets.
Natarajan bowled a superb length first, pitching outside the account of Venkatesh Iyer (6) who looked shaky during his stay, flamboyant Sunil Narine (6) a couple of balls later after his teammate gave KKR 3 Dropped for 31 runs on the wicket. ,
Kane Williamson opened the spin but left-armer Jagdish Suchit (1/32) looked rusty and struggled with his line.
After this, young Malik hit a double in the 10th over, taking the wickets of Shreyas Iyer (28) and Sheldon Jackson (7).
Seeing Iyer, who seemed uncomfortable facing Malik’s raw pace, the 22-year-old fired a quick 148.8 kmph yorker into the blockhole to cut short the Knight Riders captain’s innings.
However, Rana kept the score board in check with his 36-ball knock hitting singles and fours.
Rana hit six fours and two sixes. He was involved in a 39-run stand with Captain Iyer and Russell each.
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However, in the 18th over, Natarajan stopped him in the middle as SRH broke a potentially dangerous partnership.
Russell, who had four fours and as many sixes in his 25-ball knock, which included two in the final over. West Indies helped KKR add 55 runs in the last five overs.
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