With 38 wanted off the final 5 overs, Hyderabad have been clear favourites however an beneath assured batting order slipped up as soon as once more beneath strain as Kolkata clinched their fourth win of the season.
With the slender win, Kolkata additionally stored their playoffs hopes alive whereas Sunrisers slumped to their sixth defeat of the season.
Chasing a aggressive 172 for victory, Sunrisers received off to a torrid begin shedding 4 wickets within the first 7 overs. Skipper Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen then rose to the event and introduced the chase again on monitor with an vital 70-run fifth wicket partnership.
With not a lot to defend within the final 5 overs, Kolkata bowlers did not hand over and stored going arduous on the hosts batters, bowling tight overs and strangling the Sunrisers chase. Ace spinner Varun Chakaravarthy then efficiently defended 8 runs within the ultimate over for a vital win.
As It Happened
After Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh got here up with a fruitful 61-run partnership to assist Kolkata publish 171 for 9, their bowlers, particularly Shardul Thakur (2/23) and Vaibhav Arora (2/32), helped the two-time IPL champions restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 166 for eight in 20 overs.
The victory was hard-fought for KKR, provided that SRH’s South African pair of skipper Markram (41 off 40 balls) and Klaasen (36 off 20 balls) had at one time limit seemed to take the match away.
The duo produced innings of character however their dismissal in fast succession spelt doom for the house facet because the later-order batters could not get going.
The KKR pair of Rana and Rinku got here collectively on the crease at a time when the crew was struggling at 49 for 3 on the finish of powerplay.
But by the point Rana departed within the twelfth over, his 31-ball 42 studded with three fours and an equal variety of maximums had put the crew heading in the right direction to a preventing whole.
While wickets continued to fall on the different finish, with West Indians Andre Russell and Sunil Narine hardly making an affect, Rinku (46 off 35 balls) curbed his pure intuition and performed patiently to provide the facet a good whole to defend.
It was one other forgettable begin for KKR with opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz unable to recreate the magic of the earlier sport in opposition to Gujarat Titans.
The 21-year-old Afghanistan opener fell to a size ball from South African fast Marco Jansen off the primary supply of the second over as he tried flick it over mid-wicket however was a tad late and the highest edge flew to Harry Brook at mid-on.
Venkatesh Iyer departed 5 balls later, changing into Jansen’s second sufferer because the tall pacer despatched down the quick stuff that the KKR batter uncomfortably tried to hook, solely to pop it excessive up within the air for wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen to take a simple catch.
India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar stored it tight on the different finish, conceding simply 12 runs in his first two overs as the house crew endured one more poor begin.
After bowling two wides and a no-ball, the Uttar Pradesh cricketer received the massive wicket of England opener Jason Roy.
Roy’s premeditated cross-bat heave took an enormous edge and flew to quick third man as Mayank Agarwal took a easy catch.
SRH too have been off to a poor begin of their chase, with KKR tempo bowler Harshit Rana as soon as once more uncovered SRH opener Mayank Agarwal’s frailty whereas dealing with the short-pitched deliveries. While the opener was snug enjoying his strokes on each side of the wicket, Rana examined him with a supply touching 140kmph and angled into the physique on center and leg stump.
Mayank performed a defensive hook whereas attempting to get his head out of hurt’s manner and lobbed the ball for the keeper to take a simple catch.
Mayank’s smooth dismissals put the strain again on the delicate SRH top-order and eight runs later, SRH have been decreased to 37 for two within the fourth over after Abhishek Sharma too headed again to the dugout with Russell lunging ahead to take a catch at deep backward sq. off a Shardul supply.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com