SRH vs KKR, IPL 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: Kolkata Stay Alive In Race To Playoffs, Beat Hyderabad By 5 Runs
SRH vs KKR HIGHLIGHTS: KKR now have 8 points from 10 matches.
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Background
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be up against each other in an Indian Premier League (IPL) face off at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday (May 4). Both the teams find themselves in the latter half of the points table in the competition.
As things stand, both teams have 3 wins but while SRH have 3 wins from 8 matches, KKR have played a match extra. Having said that KKR have a better net run rate (NRR) of -0.147 compared to that of the Orange Army who have a NRR of -0.577.
Harry Brook scored a hundred against the same opposition in the reverse fixture when he came out to open the batting at the Eden Gardens but other than that both teams have struggled to arrive at a settled opening pair that gives then the perfect start.
KKR need to win every game for the rest of the season to get to 16 points which has historically been considered a safe place to keep one's qualification desitiny in one's own hands and SRH have the advantage of having a game in their hand plus playing in home conditions in this fixture.
Jason Roy is likely to return for the KKR which would be a big boost for the Knight Riders. For SRH, Abhishek Sharma did well at the top of the order and is expected to continue there at least for this match against KKR on May 4.
All in all, this looks set to be a great game of cricket between two closely matches sides.
Probable XIs:
SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (captain), Harry Brook, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik
KKR: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (captain), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma
SRH vs KKR LIVE SCORE
KKR WIN BY 5 runs! What a victory this for KKR. At one stage SRH needed 26 runs from 18 balls and a win looked sealed for them but wickets at crucial stages meant they ended up on the losing side. In the end, they needed 9 to win off 6 balls but mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy defended that successfully to hand Kolkata a much-needed win.
SRH vs KKR LIVE SCORE
Big moment in the game. Shardul Thakur gets rid of Klaasen. Russell takes an easy catch at deep midwicket. SRH- 124/5 in 14.1 Overs. They need 48 runs in 35 balls.
SRH vs KKR LIVE SCORE
After the early wickets, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen have taken charge for Hyderabad.
SRH vs KKR LIVE SCORE
Wickets continue to tumble for SRH. Following the dismissal of the openers, Rahul Tripathi and Harry Brook have also gone back to the pavilion. Andre Russell and Anuku Roy amongst the wickets for KKR. SRH- 54/4 in 6.2 overs.
SRH vs KKR LIVE SCORE
Harshit Rana and Shardul Thakur with a wicket each so far inside the powerplay for KKR. SRH- 37/2 in 3.5 overs.