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.
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.
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.
After the early wickets, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen have taken charge for Hyderabad.
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.
Harshit Rana and Shardul Thakur with a wicket each so far inside the powerplay for KKR. SRH- 37/2 in 3.5 overs.
Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal have helped SRH off to brisk start in this run chase. Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora with the new ball in hand for KKR.
END OF INNINGS! KKR post 171/9 in their 20 overs. Rinku Singh top-scores with 46 off 35 balls, Nitish Rana scored 42 from 31 balls but it would be SRH who would be the happier side heading into the break as it seems by the way the compeutition has progressed so far.
This could well be the difference as Rinku Singh departs in 19.2, courtesy of a great catch by Abdul Samad. That is followed by a run out off the next ball as Harshit Rana departs for a duck. No runs off the first three balls.
KKR: 168/7 with 1 over to go. Rinku Singh the key here for KKR. Natarajan to bowl the final over.
WICKET! Another one down for KKR and SRH tighetening the screws now. Sunil Narine falls for 1, it is Bhuvneshwar Kumar who strikes. Kolkata- 130/6 in 15.3 Overs.
SRH Back on top again after Andre Russell falls for 24 off 15. Mayank Markande gets the big wicket to end this Russell-Rinku stand worth 31 (18). Before this Rana and Rinku had added 61 off 40 before the KKR skipper departed for 42 off 31, falling to Markram. KKR-127/5 in 14.2 overs.
Massive wicket for SRH as Jason Roy is removed by Kartik Tyagi. The England star falls for 20 off 19 deliveries. KKR- 35/3 in 4.4 Overs.
Jason Roy and Nitish Rana out in the middle for KKR at the moment.
Kolkata lose two early wickets after choosing to bat first. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer both fall to Marco Jansen. Gurbaz departed for a golden duck while Iyer got out after a 4-ball 7, both falling in the same over. KKR- 16/2 after 2 overs.
Team News
Playing XIs:
KKR: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (captain), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
SRH: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan
Hello and Welcome to our live coverage of the SRH vs KKR IPL 2023 fixture and the news from the centre is that KKR have won the toss and chosen to bat first.
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
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