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Kolkata Knight Riders scored 200 runs for 6 wickets with Venkatesh Iyer’s 29 balls while batting first. Rinku Singh scored an unbeaten 32 off 17 balls. Angkrish Raghuvanshi held Pachasa. KKR …Read more

This is Kolkata’s second win in four matches.
Highlights
- KKR has four points from 2 wins
- Kolkata forces Hyderabad to a third defeat
- Iyer, Raghuvanshi and Rinku showed amazing in batting
New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs in their home. After the batsmen in KKR’s victory, his bowlers played an important role. While Venkatesh Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi held half -century in batting, in bowling, the bowlers led by Pesar Vaibhav Arora spread their glow. This is KKR’s second win in 4 matches while Hyderabad scored a hat -trick of defeat. KKR has tasted his biggest defeat to Sunriers Hyderabad. With this victory, KKR’s team has risen from the last position to number five. After the defeat, the Hyderabad team slipped to number 10 in the points table.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team collapsed at 120 in 16.4 overs to chase the target. It was very bad. The impact, the Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, landed in the opening as everyone. The head was caught by Vaibhav Arora for 4 runs at the hands of Harshit Rana. Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 2 runs. Ishaan Kishan also returned to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. Hyderabad lost its 3 wickets of 9. Nitish Kumar Reddy returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 and Kamindu Mendis after 27 runs. Aniket Vama scored 6 runs. Henrich Klassen was dismissed for 33 runs. Cummins contributed 14 runs. Varun Chakraborty did not even let Simarjit Singh open the account.
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Venkatesh Ayya responded to critics
Earlier, the middle order of Kolkata Knight Riders finally returned to form. Venkatesh Iyer replied to his critics and scored a half -century in 25 balls. While Angkrish Raghuvanshi also hit Pachasa. On the basis of which the hosts scored 200 runs for 6 wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The struggle of KKR’s new salute pair continued. Quinton Dickock (one) and Sunil Narayan (seven) were dismissed cheaply. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl.
Raghuvanshi scored 50 runs
Captain Ajinkya Rahane (38 runs off 27 balls) and Raghuvanshi (50 runs in 32 balls) laid the foundation of a big score. Sunrisers bowled economically in the middle overs when Sri Lankan 26 -year -old Kamindu Mendis bowled with both hands in the same over for the first time in the history of ICC. He bowled Raghuvanshi with the left -handed spin and then spinned Khabu batsman Rinku Singh. There was no boundary for two overs, but Iyer and Rinku brought the innings on the way. Iyer scored 60 runs in 29 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes. Rinku scored an unbeaten 32 off 17 balls with four fours and a six.
KKR reached 200 in season for the first time
Rinku hit Harshal Patel for three consecutive fours while Iyer hit Simarjeet two consecutive fours. Iyer hit Cummins three fours and a six in the ninth over. KKR scored 200 runs for the first time in this session. In the last five overs, his batsmen took 78 runs. Earlier, Pat Cummins dismissed Quinton Dickock on a short ball in the third over while Shami caught Narayan behind the wicket on Yorker. After falling two wickets for 16 runs in the third over, Rahane and Raghuvanshi shared an 81 -run innings. Zeeshan Ansari broke this partnership by catching Rahane to Henrich Klassen.