Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are prepared for 3rd Match of IPL 2024. Eden Garden, Kolkata is all set to give a thrilling competition between two best teams of IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders is led by Shreyas Iyer and Pat Cummins is leading Sunrisers Hyderabad team.
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Toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opt to bowl first.
Teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
1st Innings Highlights
Phillip Salt and Sunil Narien came to begun the inning for Kolkata Knight Riders. Bhuvneshwar Kumar started the first over. Philip Salt took strike. Bhuvneshwar gave only three runs from the over.
Philip Salt took Marco Jansen in second over of innings for granted and hit three consecutive SIXES to Jansen. He sent 3rd, 4th and 5th ball of the over to the stands. But on last ball of over, due to some misunderstanding KKR lost the wicket of Sunil Narien. Sunil Narien got run-out by Shahbaz Ahmed. Sunil Narien run-out (Shahbaz Ahmed) 2(4)
Venkatesh Iyer replaced Sunil Narien and join Philip Salt on crease. The inning of Venkatesh Iyer was not gone too long. In 4th over, T Natarajan took his wicket. He was caught by Marco Jansen. Venkatesh c Marco Jansen b T Natarajan 7(5) [4s-1]
In the same over on 5th ball T Natarajan dismissed skipper Shreyas Iyer. He was his 50th IPL wicket. A length ball of Natarajan found toe of Shreyas’s bat and gone in the hands of SRH captain Pat Cummins at mid-off. Shreyas c Cummins b Natarajan 0(2)
Nitish Rana replaced skipper Sheyas Iyer. He hit boundary in on 4th ball of 4th over to Pat Cummins over the square leg one bounced four.
After 5 overs, Kolkata Night Riders – 39/3
Mayank Markande damaged slow inning of Kolkata Knight Riders on 3rd ball of 7th over of inning. He dismissed Nitish Rana by making him caught by tripathi. Nitish tried to Switch hit on his ball but Tripathi caught the ball at Backward point. Nitish Rana c Tripathi b Markande 9(11) [4s-1]
Ramandeep Singh came on crease to join Philip Salt. Ramandeep hit the boundary on 2nd ball of 8th over bowled by Pat Cummins. A bounce by Pat touched the glove of Ramandeep and went to boundary over the helmet and over the keeper. Ramandeep concluded the over with a huge SIX on short ball of Pat Cummins over the deep square. Kolkata Knight Riders collected 13 runs from the over.
Ramandeep Singh sends Mayank Markande to Maximum on 4th ball of next over. Ramandeep punished Markande again to a very short ball over the wide long-on.
After 10 over, Kolkata Knight Riders – 77/4
Philip Salt and Ramandeep Singh took 11th over bowled by Marco Jansen on granted. Philip Salt scored a boundary on 1st ball of over by sending the length ball between long-off and sweeper cover. On the other hand, Ramandeep Singh sent the 4th ball outside the rope to SIX over the fine leg.
Ramandeep again hit the first ball of next over to a SIX to Shahbaz Ahmed which was a no-ball due to front foot was out of line. Next ball was a free-hit, but Shahbaz bowled it well there was no run on free hit. Philip Salt hit him to 4-runs on last ball of the over. This was a 14-run over for Kolkata Knight Riders. Mayank Markande caught Ramdeep Singh’s hard hit to the boundary on the first ball of 13th over bowled by Pat Cummins. Ramandeep departed by scoring quick 35-runs on 17 balls. He was the 5th wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders. Ramandeep Singh c Markande b Cummins 35(17) [4s-1, 6s-4]
Rinku Singh replaced Ramandeep Singh. Rinku hit the boundary of next ball of Cummins over the mid-wicket. Philip Salt completed his fifty on the 2nd ball of 14th over by hitting a boundary to Markande. He hit the ball to extra cover. But, in the same over Markande took his wicket on 5th Ball of the over. Marco Jansen took his catch by driving right to mid-wicket. He is the at 5th place scored highest as debutant for KKR. Philip Salt c Marco Jansen b Markande 54(40) [4s-3. 6s-3]
Andre Russell replaced Philip Salt and join Rinku Singh on the crease.
After 15 overs, Kolkata Knight Riders – 123/6
16th Over
The magic of Andre Russell saw in this over of Mayank Markande. He sent 1st, 4th and 5th balls of over to maximum. Russell sent first ball to SIX of 91m by slogsweep, 4th ball to 102 m maximum by slogsweep to deep mid-wicket, and 5th ball over the long on to SIX. The West Indian power took 18 runs from the over.
17th Over
Bhuvneshwar Kumar backed into attack in 17th over. Russell magic was still on. He sent 2nd ball of over to deep mid-wicket for a 82m SIX, and 3rd ball to 4-runs by pull shot. Rinku Singh hit last ball of over for FOUR by beating backward point. This over was off 18 runs agains.
18th Over
Russell hit 3rd ball of over to SIX over the deep mid wicket of 88m. These two batsman completed 50-run partnership with this SIX. Rinku Singh concluded this over with FOUR by getting under the ball and sending it to one bounce over the long-off. This was 15-runs over.
19th Over
Russell sent the overstepped first ball of Bhuvneshwar to FOUR runs. It was the no-ball and free hit for Russell. But, Russell did not utilize it and scored a single from it. On the third ball of over, Russell completed his fifty from 20 balls with a SIX over the fine leg. This over was a blizzard for Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers. He hit the maximum on the 5th ball of the over over sweeper cover, and concluded over with a four on extra cover. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 26 runs from the over. Andre Russell is now 9th player in IPL History with more than 200 Sixes in IPL.
20th Over
T Natarajan started the over with a wicket of Rinku Singh. Aden Markram took the catch of Rinku Singh at mid-wicket. 81-run partnership came to an end. Mitchell Starc replaced Rinku Singh and hit a FOUR on second delivery of the over. T Natarajan controlled Russell Muscle in the last over. He gave only 8 runs in last over. Kolkata finished the inning on 208/7. Kolkata Knight Riders collected 85 runs from last 5 overs.
20 Overs, Kolkata Knight Riders – 208/7. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 209 runs to win the match.
2nd Inning Highlights
Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma came to crease to chase down 209 runs. Mitchell Starc started the over from Kolkata Night Riders. Mayank hit a boundary on 5th ball of first over.
Harshit Rana has started second over. Mayank punished the second ball to FOUR, which was overpitched by Harshit, and Mayank drive the shot over the mid-off for one-bounce FOUR. Mayank again hit last ball of 3rd over to FOUR runs bowled by Mitchell Starc. Mayank drive the ball sweetly to mid-off. Mayank continued hitting Harshit Rana in 4th over and score a SIX on 4th ball of over and a FOUR on last ball of Fourth over of inning.
Abhishek Sharma measured a FOUR on second ball of the 3rd over of Mitchell Starc. Shreyas introduced spinner in 5th over of match. He gave ball to Varun Chakaravarthy for ball Fifith over of the inning. But, there is no chance in the intent of Abhishek Sharma, he scored a FOUR on second ball of over and a SIX on last ball of the over.
After five over, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 58/0
Sunriser Hyderabad need 151 more runs in 15 overs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad get breakthrough on third ball of 6th over. Rinku Singh caught the ball from Mayank Sharma’s bat on the third ball of 6th over of the inning bowled by Harshit Rana. Mayank c Rinku Singh b Harshit Rana 32(21) [4s-4, 6s-1]
Rahul Tripathi came on strike after Mayank Sharma to join Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek Sharma hit the boundary on the last ball of 6th over to backward point.
Sunil Narine started the 7th over of inning. It was a good over for Kolkata Knight Riders. Sunil gave only two runs from the over. Andre Russell begun the 8th over. After quick contribution from Bat, he came to support the team from Ball. Abhishek Sharma hit him boundary on first ball of the over. But, Abhishek Sharma got top edge on next ball which was delivered short by Russell. Varun Chakaravarthy did not make any mistake and caught dangerous Abhishek Sharma by running left to fine leg. Abhishek departs by contributing 32 runs for team in 19 balls. Russell magic was continued with ball too. Abhishek Sharma c Varun b Russell 32(19) [4s-4. 6s-2]
Aiden Markram took the strike after Abhishek. Markram started in style by hitting a boundary on 3rd ball of the 8th over of the inning to Russell. Shreyas gave ball to Suyash Sharma to bowl 10th over of the inning. Rahul Tripathi departed 2nd ball of the over to maximum over the long on. Markram hit the fourth ball to a FOUR. Sunrisers Hyderabad collected 14 runs from the 10th over of the inning.
After 10 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 99/2
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 109 runs in 10 overs.
Varun Chakaravarthy picked up the wicket of Aiden Markram on the fourth ball of the 12th over of the inning. Rinku Singh caught him diving forward by running from deep mid-wicket. Varun bowled a good successful over. He took one wicket and gave only three runs. It made the pressure on opposite side. Markram c Rinku Singh b Varun 18(13) [4s-2]
Heinrich Klassen joined Rahul Tripathi after Markram. Sunil Narine took Tripathi on 5th ball of thirteenth over. Tripathi gave easy catch in the hands of Harshit Rana at deep square leg. Narine finished a fabulous spell without getting even a single boundary. He gave 19 runs in the spell with one wicket of Rahul Tripathi. Tripathi c Harshit Rana b Narine 20(20) [6s-1]
Abdul Samad came on crease to join Klassen. Klassen hit Varun Chakaravarthy two maximum hits in 15th over of the inning. The SIX on 2nd ball of the over hit the sightscreen over the bowler’s head. The maximum on 4th ball of the over passes the boundary line over the long-off. He tried to release the pressure from the Sunrisers Hyderabad and taking score close to the target.
After 15 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 128/4
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 81 runs off 30 balls to win the match.
16th Over
Mitchell Starch bowled a good over. He gave only 5 runs from the over. Now, Sunrisers Hyderabad need 77 runs from 24 balls.
17th Over
Andre Russell started the over. Abdul Samad welcome him with a SIX by sending half volley over the deep mid-wicket. On next ball, he hit the ball to boundary to the long-on. But, in pressure, Samad was caught on deep mid-wicket by Venkatesh Iyer on the 5th ball of this over. He tried to send full toss delivery out of the boundary but was missed and Venkatesh caught him. Shahbaz Ahmed joined Klassen on the crease and started with a boundary on short ball of Russell. 16-run from the over. Sunrisers Hyderabad still need 61 runs from 18 balls. Abdul Samad c Venkatesh Iyer b Russell 15(11) [4s-1, 6s-1]
18th Over
This was huge over Klassen hit two maximum on Varun Chakaravarthy and Shahbaz Ahmed hit a six in this over. Klassen sent 1st ball of Varun straight out of boundary to SIX. He hit another SIX on third ball over the long-on. While Shahbaz cleared the rope on 5th ball of the over. Shahbaz sent the ball to crowd over the long on. Chakaravarthy gave 21-run from the over. Now, Sunrisers Hyderabad need 40 runs in 12 balls.
19th Over
Mitchell Starc came with his last over of spell. This was again a huge over for Sunrisers Hyderabad. They collected 26-run from the over. Klassen hit 3-SIX, while Shahbaz Ahmed hit the maximum on the last ball of the inning. Klassen hit a SIX on the first ball of the over by sending it over the deep mid-wicket. He sent third ball of over to a SIX again to deep mid-wicket. On next ball, he completed his 25-balls fifty by hitting a SIX over the extra cover. Shahbaz Ahmed finished the over with a SIX over the deep square leg. Now, just 13 runs needed from last over to win. It was one of the amazing overs in IPL history.
20th Over
Harshit Rana came in last over for Kolkata Knight Rider. Klassen hit him a SIX over deep backward square leg. 7 runs in 5 balls seemed easy for Sunrisers Hyderabad. But, another turnaround was seen on the ground when Harshit Rana took Shahbaz Ahmed on 3rd delivery and Klassen on 5th delivery of the over. Shreyas Iyer took Shahbaz’s catch, and Suyash Sharma caught Klassen on 5th ball of the over. These two wicket took match in the lap of Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders won this match by 4 runs.
Shahbaz Ahmed c Shreyas Iyer b Harshit Rana 16(5) [4s-1, 6s-2]
Klassen c Suyash Sharma b Harshit Rana 63(29) [6s-8]
Result
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 runs
Player of the Match
Andre Russell
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