Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) started their IPL 2021 campaign on a winning note and defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs to become the third team with at least 100 wins in IPL.
After being asked to bat first KKR posted 187 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Opener Nitish Rana (80 off 56) and Rahul Tripathi (53 off 29) gave the 2-time champions a good foundation before the team stuttered due to fall of few quick wickets.
Our Southpaw landed all his strikes in last night's bout 🥊@NitishRana_27 #KKRHaiTaiyaar #SRHvKKR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/Qjt3IAUVEm
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 12, 2021
However, experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik played a quickfire unbeaten knock of 22 (9 balls) to help KKR post a challenging target for the Sunrisers.
SRH lost their captain David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha inside 3 overs but a 92-run partnership flourished between Manish Pandey and Jonny Bairstow. But things went haywire after the departure of the latter.
Manish Pandey managed to hit only one boundary in the last 6 overs as KKR won the match by 10 runs.
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