KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Highlights
Kolkata’s winning start defeated Hyderabad by 4 runs in a thrilling match.
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 4 runs in the third match of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) on Saturday. In this exciting match played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders, batting first, scored 208 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Andre Russell (64) hit a stormy half-century. In reply, Hyderabad’s team could only score 204 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen tried his best, but he could not make his team win.
Hyderabad got a good start
Chasing the target of 209 runs, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a very good start. Openers Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma added 60 runs for the first wicket. Harshit Rana broke this partnership. He got Mayank caught out along with Rinku Singh. Mayank scored 32 runs off 21 balls. During this, 4 fours and 1 six came off his bat. SRH got the second blow at the score of 71. Abhishek Sharma played an innings of 32 runs off 19 balls. Andre Russell hunted him down.
Markram scored 18 runs
There was a partnership of 36 runs for the third wicket between Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram. Varun Chakraborty took Markram’s wicket in the 12th over. He scored 18 runs off 13 balls. In the very next over, Sunil Narine sent Rahul Tripathi to the pavilion. Tripathi scored 20 runs off 20 balls with the help of 1 six. Hyderabad lost their 5th wicket in the 17th over. Abdul Samad scored 15 runs off 11 balls.
Klassen’s stormy innings
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 23, 2024
Shahbaz Ahmed and Heinrich Klaasen shared a 58-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Ahmed returned to the pavilion in the last over. He scored 16 runs off 5 balls. Wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen also lost his wicket in the same over. Klaasen, who was leading Hyderabad to victory, played an innings of 63 runs off 29 balls. During this, Klaasen hit 8 sixes. For Kolkata, Harshit Rana got 3 wickets, Andre Russell got 2 wickets and Varun Chakraborty-Sunil Narine got 1-1 wickets.
KKR had scored 208 runs
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had scored 208 runs. Andre Russell remained unbeaten after scoring 64 runs off 25 balls. In his innings, he hit 3 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from him, Philip Salt (54) also scored a half-century. Ramandeep Singh scored 35 and Rinku Singh scored 23 runs. For Hyderabad, T Natarajan got 3 wickets and Mayank Markande got 2 wickets. Apart from them, captain Pat Cummins got 1 wicket.