Sunrisers Hyderabad locked horns with Kolkata Knight Riders in the 47th match of IPL 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Earlier in the game, KKR won the toss and chose to bat first.
KKR’s star batter Rinku Singh scored 46 off 35 balls with the help of 4 boundaries and a six at a strike rate of 131. On the other hand, KKR captain Nitish Rana chipped in with 42 off 31 balls including 3 fours and 3 sixes.
On the other side of the coin, the likes of T Natarajan and Marco Jansen took two wickets apiece for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the end, Kolkata Knight Riders posted a challenging total of 171/9 in their quota of 20 overs.
In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad performed pretty well in fragments but at the expense of losing too many wickets at regular intervals. However, the batters managed to take the game to the deep.
KKR beat SRH by 5 runs in Hyderabad
At one stage, Sunrisers Hyderabad were the clear favourites to win the game, courtesy of sensational batting from Heinrich Klaasen who delivered the goods for the team by scoring 36 off 20 balls including 1 four and three sixes during his stay at the crease.
Even after his dismissal, Abdul Samad ensured to score crucial runs by chipping in with 21 off 18 balls including three fours but he was dismissed at the wrong time. Varun Chakravarthy was the game-changer for KKR.
He ensured to take wickets when it mattered the most and kept the SRH batters in check. When SRH required 6 runs off the last ball, Varun Chakravarthy defended the target in the last over as KKR keep their hopes still alive after their 5-run win over SRH.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan
Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy you Beauty!
— sagar guru (@cricketstuff12) May 4, 2023
Not to forget ,he was the key factor behind beating #RCB both the times..
— movieman (@movieman777) May 4, 2023
Kavya Maran during the start of the match and end of the match pic.twitter.com/L7waSHwHda
— Cricket Crazy (@CrazyinCricket) May 4, 2023
What a match. What a over. Varun chakrabarty you beaty. 9 runs defended. This match will go to classic chokes of SRH . Fcking happy 💜
— Shakti Man 💥 (@IamShaktiMann) May 4, 2023
Wow !!!! Super happy for him … and teams trust to give the last over to spinner
— Viddu (@Vidharom) May 4, 2023
These are the matches which makes IPL so special 👏😍
— Ayush Anand (@crictopher014) May 4, 2023
@KKRiders well played, well bowled last over by Varun 🤞
— Dheeraj Singh (@Imdheeraj_singh) May 4, 2023
What a comeback by #KKR! #SRH lost a winning match! #IPL2023 #IPL23
— Cryptobetsports (@cryptobetsports) May 4, 2023
What a match
— SRK❤️ (@lazyyyyy27) May 4, 2023
Match winning spell, real architecture on the field on his duty 👍
— Dhanshai Ganda (@Gdhanshai) May 4, 2023
