IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 10 runs

Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathirsquos knocks of 80 and 53 were backed by a spirited bowling performance as Kolkata Knight Riders triumphed over SunRisers Hyderabad by 10 runs on Sunday here at the MA Chidambaram StadiumKKR first posted a total of 1876 in the allotted twenty overs and then the bowlers managed to restrict SRH to 1775 For Eoin Morganrsquos side Prasidh Krishna managed to take two wickets For SRH Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey played knocks of 55 and 61 respectivelyChasing 188 SRH got off to a bad start as the side lost its skipper David Warner 3 in the second over of the innings Prasidh Krishna provided the first breakthrough to KKR In the very next over Shakib Al Hasan clean bowled Wriddhiman Saha 7 reducing SRH to 102Pandey and Bairstow then got together at the crease and the duo revived SRHrsquos innings as both batters put on 92 runs for the third wicket The partnership between these two batters saw Bairstow registering a halfcentury However the introduction of Pat Cummins in the 13th over paid off as he got the prized scalp of Bairstow 55 with SRH still needing 86 runs for the winIn trying to hit big shots Mohammad Nabi 14 also ended up losing his wicket to Prasidh in the 16th over and hopes of an SRH win relied heavily on Pandey Vijay Shankar 11 also did not manage to stay at the crease for a long haul but Abdul Samad hit Pat Cummins for two sixes in the penultimate over to revive SRHrsquos hopes of a win However in the end KKR managed to hang on to gain a 10run victoryEarlier Rana and Tripathi played knocks of 80 and 53 respectively as Kolkata Knight Riders KKR posted a total of 1876 in the allotted twenty overs Asked to bat first KKR got off to a solid start as openers Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill put on 50 runs in the first six overs Rana took on the aggressive role and he dispatched all the SRH bowlers for regular boundaries while Gill played the second fiddleThe introduction of Rashid Khan paid off instantly as he clean bowled Gill 15 in the seventh over of the innings ending the 53run opening stand between Gill and Rana Rahul Tripathi next joined Rana in the middle and the duo kept on ticking the scoreboard along In the 10th over Rana dispatched a short ball bowled by Vijay Shankar and as a result he brought up his fiftyRana and Tripathi continued with their carnage and they started the onslaught from the 11th over of the innings Tripathi went on to register his halfcentury in the 15th over of the innings and KKR looked set for a big total after being 1451 at the end of the 15th over However in trying to further accelerate the innings Tripathi 53 ended up losing his wicket to Natarajan in the 16th over ending the 93run stand for the second wicketAndre Russell 5 failed to leave a mark with the bat as he was dismissed by Rashid Khan and in the very next over Rana 80 and Eoin Morgan 2 were sent back to the pavilion by Mohammed Nabi as SRH maintained a stranglehold over the KKR batters in the death overs In the final two overs Dinesh Karthik 22 and Shakib 3 managed to add a few crucial runs and KKRrsquos total got beyond the 185run markBrief scoresKolkata Knight Riders 1876 Nitish Rana 80 Rahul Tripathi 53 Rashid Khan 224 SunRisers Hyderabad 1775 Manish Pandey 61 Jonny Bairstow 55 Prasidh Krishna 235This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever