KKR vs SRH Highlights: In this match played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the defending champions who lost the toss and came out to bat first scored 200 runs in 20 overs for the loss of six wickets. In reply, Hyderabad was all out for 120 runs in 16.4 overs. In this way KKR won this match by 80 runs.
Deadly Bowling by Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty
On the strength of deadly bowling by Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) stopped Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at 120 and won the match by 80 runs. This is Hyderabad’s biggest defeat in IPL. The reigning champions, who lost the toss and were put out to bat first, amassed 200 runs in 20 overs for six wickets in their encounter on Thursday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Hyderabad was dismissed in 16.4 overs as a response. Thus, KKR triumphed against Hyderabad once more. Earlier, Kolkata defeated Hyderabad to win the IPL 2024 title.
The team led by Pat Cummins started this season with a win. They defeated Rajasthan Royals by 44 runs in their first match. After this, they had to face defeat in three consecutive matches. After the defeat to Kolkata, Sunrisers reached the 10th position in the points table. Their net run rate became -1.612. At the same time KKR reached the fifth position with two wins in four matches. They have four points in their account and net run rate has become 0.070.
KKR vs SRH: Hyderabad batsmen performed disappointingly
Hyderabad batsmen who came out to chase the target of 201 runs, performed disappointingly. For them, Heinrich Klaasen played the highest innings of 33 runs. Apart from him, Kamindu Mendis scored 27, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 19 and Pat Cummins scored 14 runs. At the same time, six batsmen could not even touch the double digit figure. For Kolkata, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty took three wickets each while Andre Russell took two wickets. Apart from this, Harshit Rana and Sunil Narine got one success each.
