Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a 5-run win in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in match quantity 47 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday (May 4).
While KKR posted 171/9 of their 20 overs after opting to bat first driving on wholesome contributions from Rinku Singh (46 off 35) and captain Nitish Rana (42 off 31), of their run-chase regardless of an early stumble have been just about alive within the run-chase.
Aiden Markram (41 off 40) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 20) have been the highest run-getters within the SRH innings however wickets at essential moments within the recreation allowed the match to go manner deeper for his or her liking with the equation studying 9 wanted to win for six balls for the chasing facet which Varun Chakaravarthy defended efficiently.
Chakravarthy was one of many stars of the match for the profitable workforce in an innings the place the opposition required 8.6 runs an over from the outset however he ended up conceding simply 20 runs in his 4 overs whereas additionally choosing up a wicket. Shardul Thakur (2/23) and Vaibhav (*47*) (2/32) have been the opposite bowlers who impressed with Harshit Rana, Andre Russell and Anukul Roy additionally choosing up a wicket every.
For Hyderabad too their bowlers had performed a fairly good job with T Nataraj and Marco Jansen ending because the choose of the bowlers returning with overs of two for 30 and a couple of for twenty-four respectively however because it turned out it wasn’t sufficient as their batters as soon as once more did not get previous that complete.
As a results of Kolkata’s win they now have 10 factors from 8 matches and are alive within the race to the Playoffs. SRH, in the meantime, stay at 8 factors however they’ve performed 9 matches. Both KKR and SRH proceed to stay on the eighth and the ninth place within the ten-team desk respectively.
While the Nitish Rana-led facet will face PBKS of their subsequent encounter on May 8, SRH will lock horns in opposition to RR on May 7.