SRH vs KKR, Match Highlights: Hyderabad Register 3rd Consecutive Victory As They Defeat Kolkata By 7 Wickets
IPL 2022, SRH vs KKR: Tripathi and Markram stitched a partnership of 94 runs for the third wicket. After losing Tripathi, Markram finished the job with Pooran alongside. Read full Match Report below.
After losing the first two matches of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL 2022), the Sunrisers made a strong comeback by registering a hat-trick of wins. They defeat Kolkata by 7 wickets with 2.1 overs still to be bowled, while chasing a score of 176.
Rahul Tripathi (71 in 37 balls) and Aiden Markram (68 in 36 balls) were the two architects of the chase for SRH.
After winning the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) put Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) into bat first at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. After the first 10 overs, KKR were 70/4 with half their batsmen back in the hut. Umran Malik, T Natarajan, and Marco Jansen were the pick of the bowlers at the beginning of the KKR innings.
In the second half of the KKR innings, Nitish Rana and Andre Russell helped Kolkata reach 175 in their 20 overs. Natarajan picked three wickets while Umran Malik took two wickets.
When SRH came into bat, they had a poor start in the powerplay overs. Abhishek Sharma, the hero of the previous match got out for 3 in 10 balls. The score at the end of the powerplay was 46/2. Tripathi and Markram stitched a partnership of 94 runs for the third wicket. After losing Tripathi, Markram finished the job with Pooran alongside.
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It was a clinical performance in the end for the SRH boys. Tripathi was adjudged Man of the Match who said that being with KKR previously helped his batting today as he preempted certain deliveries by his ex-teammates.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 176-3 (Rahul Tripathi 71, Aiden Markram 68*, Andre Russell 2-20) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 175-8 (Nitish Rana 54, Andre Russell 49*; T Natarajan 3-37) by 7 wickets.
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