Nail-biting victory for Kolkata Knight Riders today
againstSunridsers Hyderabad. In the super over KKR beat mighty SRH and get much
neededtwo points.KKR was 163/5 after 20 over. Shubman Gill (36) and
RahulTripathi (23) started well for KKR. Later on Nitish Rana (29), Eion Morgan
(34)and Former Skipper Dinesh Karthik (29) joins the party with strong
batting.T Natarajan took 2-wickets for SRH. Basil Thampi, Rashid Khanand Vijay
Shankar shares one wicket each.Having such a strong batting line-up this target
was never so big forSRH and they started well.
But Lockie Ferguson who played his first match forKKR in this IPL
made the difference. He changed the game totally with hisbowling. He took 3
wickets. For the Orange army, Kane Williamson scored 29-runs.Another opener
Jonny Bairstow scored 36. David Warner batted at no 4 in thismatch and was
unbeaten till the last ball. He scored 47. But that was notenough to win as the
match progresses into super over.Lockie Ferguson again shows his quality by
taking two wickets inpower play and sealed the match in favor of KKR
Shhszg
May 04, 2021 18:23 [IST]