Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Kolkata today (24).
Chasing the target of 182, Kolkata managed to reach the target for the loss of only four wickets. Shakib Gul took the total to take Kolkata to victory in the final over of Shakib Al Hasan’s 13, and two sixes in two deliveries.
André Russell was unbeaten on 49 off 14 balls with four fours and four sixes.
Opening batsman Nietzsche Ranah scored 68 runs off just 47 balls with eight sixes and eight fours. Rana wins the match with Robin Utappa for 80 runs in 58 balls.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Earlier, opener David Warner scored 85 runs in 53 balls with 3 sixes and 9 fours.
Johnny Beacrest (39) put on 118 runs for the first wicket in 77 balls. Pius Chawla’s bat was unbeaten on the wicket to reach the stumps when Bayes rooked 35 off 36 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Vijay Shanker top scored with 24 off 24 balls with 24 fours and 2 sixes. He hit 40 not out by Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 181 for 3 wickets in 20 overs
(David Warner 85, Johnny Beastro 39, Wije Shankar 40)
Kolkata Nitrigaries scored 183 for 4 wickets in 19.4 overs
(Nithish Rahna 68, Rob Uthappa 35, Andrew Rusell 49 not out, Shuhman Gull 18 not out)
