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Kolkata Knight Riders kept alive their play-offs hopes as they clinched a 5 runs win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the TataIPL2023 encounter . SRH have only none but themselves to blame for the loss.
KKR Skipper Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh came up with a fruitful 61-run partnership to help KKR post 171 for 9
The KKR pair of Rana and Rinku came together at the crease at a time when the team was struggling at 49 for three at the end of powerplay.
But by the time Rana departed in the 12th over, his 31-ball 42 studded with three fours and an equal number of maximums had put the team on course to a fighting total.
While wickets continued to fall at the other end, with West Indians Andre Russell and Sunil Narine hardly making an impact, Rinku (46 off 35 balls) gave the innings the required momentum.
In reply, SRH too were off to a poor start in their chase, with KKR pace bowler Harshit Rana once again exposed SRH opener Mayank Agarwal’s frailty while facing the short-pitched deliveries.
SRH appeared to be firm control of the match with the South African pair of skipper Aiden Markram (41 off 40 balls) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 20 balls) looked to take the match away with their 70-run partnership.
SRH were at one stage 124/4 after 14 overs, needing 48 from six overs for victory. Yet the choked to gift KKR the match
KKR Impact Player: Anukul Roy replaces Jason Roy
SRH Impact Player: Rahul Tripathi replaces T Natarajan
Match: IPL 2023, 47th Match
Venue: Hyderabad | Date: May 04, 2023
