WATCH: KKR vs SRH match highlights and analysis

Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off an exciting five-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2023 on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium right here on Thursday.

It all boiled all the way down to the final over when Sunrisers wanted 9 runs to win with Abdul Samad and Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the crease.

But Varun Chakravarthy bowled a splendid over, conceding simply three runs, in addition to dismissing the damaging Samad.

When captain Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen strung a partnership of 70 runs for the fifth wicket off 47 balls, Sunrisers appeared heading in the right direction. Both, nevertheless, departed in fast succession to make the rating learn 145 for six in 16.5 overs. Pressure was again on the house workforce.

It was a disciplined bowling effort within the slog overs which noticed Sunrisers rating solely 32 runs within the final 5 overs and lose three wickets. This ultimately proved to be pricey.

Earlier, Knight Riders, electing to bat, posted a good 171 for 9 in 20 overs because of helpful contributions from captain Nitish Rana, southpaw Rinku Singh and the big-hitting Andre Russell.

-V.V. Subrahmanyam

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