The 61st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) was performed between Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune on Saturday, Might 14.
Kolkata Knight Riders received the match by 54 runs in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 to bag their sixth win of the season.
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Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders received the toss and opted to bat first. KKR as soon as once more made notable modifications to the taking part in XI as Umesh Yadav changed injured Pat Cummins and Sam Billings changed Sheldon Jackson.
Alternatively, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s key gamers T Natarajan and Washington Sundar had been again within the taking part in XI as they changed Kartik Tyagi and Jagadeesha Suchith. Additionally, Marco Jansen was added to the taking part in XI rather than Farooqi.
Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders openers Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane had been in a position so as to add solely 17 runs collectively as the previous was cleaned up by Marco Jansen within the second over. Nevertheless, Nitish Rana’s aggressive intent within the powerplay helped KKR rating 55/1.
Jammu and Kashmir specific pacer Umran Malik helped SRH make a comeback as he produced a double-wicket over within the eighth over by dismissing Nitish Rana and Ajinkya Rahane. Additionally, he dismissed KKR captain Shreyas Iyer within the tenth over.
Ultimately, Andre Russell’s good unbeaten 49 runs knock and Sam Billings’ good 35 runs innings helped Kolkata Knight Riders rating 177/6.
Chasing the goal, Kane Williamson as soon as once more performed an terrible knock and he was dismissed on the second ball of the sixth over by all-rounder Andre Russell he was in a position to rating simply 9 runs off 17 balls, together with one 4. Quickly Kiwi pacer Tim Southee was in a position to dismiss in-form batter Rahul Tripathi for 9.
SRH’s two of probably the most reliable batters Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram didn’t make any main contributions to the run chase as the previous obtained out for two and the latter scored 32 runs.
Ultimately, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowling unit stored doing an excellent job and so they had been in a position to prohibit Sunrisers Hyderabad at 123/8.
Right here’s How Twitter Reacted To IPL 2022 Match Between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
That is what large match winners do. @KKRiders desperately wanted a win and who else however #Russell rose to the event.
Bat ho ya ball
Sab Russell ka Khel!#RPSwing #SRHvsKKR— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) Might 14, 2022
Karbo larbo jeetbo… What a win for @KKRiders how good was large fella at this time with the bat and ball #AndreRussell .. essential 2 factors .. nonetheless alive within the competitors
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) Might 14, 2022
Large win this by KKR. Billings and Russell partnership was a sport changer.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) Might 14, 2022
KKR stays alive in IPL 2022 and make this season extra attention-grabbing.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) Might 14, 2022
SRH in first 2 matches: L,L
SRH in subsequent 5 matches: W,W,W,W, W
SRH in subsequent 5 matches: L,L,L,L,L— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) Might 14, 2022
KKR are nonetheless alive in IPL 2022 and so they've elevated their probability by greater than 20% for Playoffs.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) Might 14, 2022
It should simply be a matter of time earlier than we have now 10 Indian captains within the IPL. With Abroad captains you all the time run the danger of getting caught in case the participant shouldn’t be in kind. Nearly yearly we see that with somebody. #IPL
— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) Might 14, 2022
5 consecutive losses for Sunrisers now after 5 consecutive wins!#KKRvSRH #SRHvsKKR #IPL2022
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) Might 14, 2022
What a day with the ball for @KKRiders. The seniors and the children all contributing, good to see @chakaravarthy29 holding up an finish properly. Immense worth @Russell12A