Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 19th Match 14 April 2023

19th T20 • Eden Gardens • Kolkata

Sunrisers Hyderabad

228/4 (20)

Kolkata Knight Riders

205/7 (20)

SRH won by 23 runs

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Player of the Match Harry Brook

100(55)

SRH

KKR

Info

Sunrisers Hyderabad

228/4 (20)

Batters

Harry Brook

100

181.82

Not out

Mayank Agarwal

69.23

c V Chakravarthy b A Russell

Rahul Tripathi

225.00

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b A Russell

Aiden Markram

(C)

192.31

c A Russell b V Chakravarthy

Abhishek Sharma

188.24

c S Thakur b A Russell

Heinrich Klaasen

266.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 11)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 11.4)

228/4

Did not Bat

Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar

Bowlers

EXT

14.00

18.50

7.00

2.1

10.15

Varun Chakravarthy

10.25

Suyash Sharma

11.00

Shardul Thakur

0.5

16.80

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mayank Agarwal

c V Chakravarthy b A Russell

1-46

4.1

Rahul Tripathi

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b A Russell

2-57

4.6

Aiden Markram

c A Russell b V Chakravarthy

3-129

12.5

Abhishek Sharma

c S Thakur b A Russell

4-201

18.1

Kolkata Knight Riders

205/7 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

0.00

c U Malik b B Kumar

Narayan Jagadeesan

171.43

c (sub G Phillips) b M Markande

Venkatesh Iyer

90.91

c A Markram b M Jansen

Sunil Narine

0.00

c A Markram b M Jansen

Nitish Rana

(C)

182.93

c W Sundar b T Natarajan

Andre Russell

50.00

c M Jansen b M Markande

Rinku Singh *

187.10

Not out

Shardul Thakur

171.43

c W Sundar b U Malik

Umesh Yadav

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 2, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.25)

205/7

Did not Bat

Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

7.25

9.25

13.50

18.00

6.75

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c U Malik b B Kumar

1-0

0.3

Venkatesh Iyer

c A Markram b M Jansen

2-20

3.2

Sunil Narine

c A Markram b M Jansen

3-20

3.3

Narayan Jagadeesan

c (sub G Phillips) b M Markande

4-82

8.2

Andre Russell

c M Jansen b M Markande

5-96

10.1

Nitish Rana

c W Sundar b T Natarajan

6-165

16.3

Shardul Thakur

c W Sundar b U Malik

7-197

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

14 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Match

19th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Sadashiv Iyer (India), Nikhil Patwardhanstralia (India, TV)

Referee

Daniel Manohar (India)

Toss

Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bowl

Player of the Match Harry Brook

100(55)

Commentary

Right then, what a game we have witnessed! Over 400 runs being scored once again at Eden Gardens and this time, it's the Sunrisers Hyderabad who win this contest! They continue the recent trend of visiting sides winning contests. A special knock from Harry Brook and he has finally announced his arrival on the big stage. That's all we have for you then. It was a pleasure bringing to you this contest! Join us back tomorrow for Super Saturday as we have some cracking games lined-up! Until then, this is me, Maanas Upadhyay, alongside Pratyush Rohra, bidding you adieu! Good night!

Harry Brook (Player of the Match): Yeah it was a special night. Thankfully we got over the line and it's good to be on the winning side tonight. Yeah a lot of people say opening is the best position to bat. I'm open to bat anywhere - I've made my name batting at number 5. Unfortunate my Test knocks will be above this one. There was one ball where Chakravarthy was bowling to me and the crowd was going mental so it was good to see the crowd. I was putting pressure on myself. People on social media call you rubbish. But today I played with the carefree attitude. There will be a lot of Indian fans who will be praising me today who were slagging me off a few days ago - glad I could shut them up.

Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper): I suppose we'll take our second win from home. The total was never safe but hats off to the bowlers. At a venue like this, the pitch played well - you never really know but you back your batters out there who play with intent. Fortunate that we got off to a great start and it allows you to play with freedom. With the Impact Player, you bat deep and it allows you to play. It worked out well today (promoting Brook to the top) and giving a player like that more balls to play does well for a franchise. Kudos to him (Bhuvi) for keeping calm and giving his best. It's a great bunch of guys but there are a few areas where we can work on. It's nice for us to still be able to grow as a team.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad): First of all to start, we wanted to get wickets up front. That's the best way to stop any side. The way they scored in the sixth over, we took some blows. When you defend this kind of total, you take that and still try to defend the total. (Death bowling) It depends. I'm not a big gan of bowling too many slower balls. If you can execute your variations and bowl in the right areas, you can come out on top. You also have to keep it depending on the batters and the dimensions. (Advice to Umran in the final over) 32 runs are not easy to get in the last over. We wanted to back him to bowl the first two balls and he did that. We didn't want to confuse him too much. (Pitch) Great for the batters, not so much for the bowlers. Really good wicket, the batters can come hard, but if you can hit the right lengths, it's never easy to hit. Good to get the win. (Harry Brook) It was a top-class innings. We needed that kind of an innings for him. He wasn't in the runs in the last few matches so to have him score is great. We know his capabilities and that's why stuck with him at the top of the order. Very happy that he's got some runs under his belt.

Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders): The way we bowled, we didn't bowl to our plans. 230 was a huge total, so I feel like we could have planned and executed better in the bowling department. We know what Rinku did that day doesn't happy every day. The way we batted tonight, pretty happy. We spoke about taking the game deep because anything can happen. That was the mindset. Whatever I got in my arc, I took my changes. There is some home advantage but we know this is how the Eden Gardens surfaces will play. On a given day if your bowlers concede runs, it's okay. It happens on bad days. I know these will be the bowlers that win be the game next time.

Sunrisers Hyderabad 228/4 (20) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 205/7 (20) by 23 runs

Harry Brook 100*(55) | Aiden Markram 50(26) | Andre Russell 3-22(2.1)
Nitish Rana 75(41) | Rinku Singh 58*(31) | Mayank Markande 2-27(4)

Whew! What a game we have been treated to! An exhibition of some terrific batting and in the end, it is the Sunrisers Hyderabad who emerge on top by just 23 runs. Credit to the Knight Riders to go deep into the contest after losing three wickets in the power play itself - which is usually a recipe for failure as history has proven more often than not.

Chasing 229 runs was not going to be a mean feat by any means and the Knight Riders did not get off to the best of starts, losing three quick wickets in the power play as Bhuvneshwar and Jansen kept matters tight. However, their recovery started once skipper Nitish Rana made his way to the middle. The ace batter scored a scintillating 75 runs and despite losing a couple of partners, kept going.

Rinku Singh blasted his way to a half century but in the end, it proved to not be enough as the Knight Riders fell short by 23 runs. Some belligerent hitting on display right throughout the game and it just shows what a belter of a track was in store for us at Eden Gardens. And on that track, Mayank Markande and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's spells must be appreciated, with both of them conceding less than 30 runs in a 229 run chase. For the Knight Riders, they will have lots of positives to take from this contest while the Sunrisers collect their second win on the trot and move upwards in the points table!

overs

205 /7 score

runs

Rinku Singh *

58 (31)

Umesh Yadav

1 (1)

Umran Malik

1 /36

19.6 Umran Malik to Rinku Singh, SRH HOLD THEIR NERVE! At the back of a length outside the off-stump. Rinku flat-bats it dow not long-off and has to settle for a single. No victory springs for him tonight, because it's the Sunrisers Hyderabad who win by 23 runs!

19.5 Umran Malik to Rinku Singh, SIX! How's that gone all the way? Because it was delivered at 144.6kmph maybe. Dug in short and Rinku tried to take it on, getting a top edge that kept sailing over the fine leg boundary

19.4 Umran Malik to Rinku Singh, back of a length outside the off-stump. Rinku pulls it to deep square leg and doesn't take the single

That was bowled at 147.5 kph! He isn't resorting to any slower ones here! It's all about pace for Umran!

19.3 Umran Malik to Rinku Singh, at the back of a good length to angle it into Rinku. He shuffled across for an attempted scoop but didn't connect, no run

19.2 Umran Malik to Umesh Yadav, short of a length outside the off-stump. Umesh taps it towards point and brings Rinku back on strike, for what it's worth

Umesh Yadav, RHB, walks out to the middle
Umran Malik would've been under some massive pressure but his express pace gets Thakur's bat to turn and fetches him a wicket! That should be the game for SRH!

19.1 Umran Malik to Shardul Thakur, OUT! UMRAN HOLDS HIS NERVE! On the good length outside the off-stump and Thakur swung for the fences, miscuing a slice that ballooned to Sundar at short third, where he made no mistake. Not only is it a dot ball, it keeps Rinku off strike.

Right, 32 off the last over and it is Umran Malik (1-0-28-0) who is back into the attack. Here we go! Seems like a tough ask unless we have some no balls or wides here.

Oh poor! That's really poor by Glenn Phillips! Should have been pouched but the ball goes right through his hands! T Natarajan finishes with a spell that has been beyond expensive.

overs

197 /6 score

runs

Rinku Singh *

51 (27)

Shardul Thakur

12 (6)

T Natarajan

1 /54

18.6 T Natarajan to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Dropped and would you believe it? It's Glenn Phillips out of all people! It was short to angle it into Rinku and he took it on, pulling it straight towards deep mid-wicket where Phillips made a hash of the simplest of chances. Just took his eyes off the ball there. That brings up a half-century for Rinku Singh!

The KKR fans have settled down. There's an air of suspense throughout the stadium now.