Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad were face-to-face in the second match of the day on Sunday, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) who had already crashed out of the playoff race but could definitely break Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) dream of making it to the playoffs. . Kolkata team has progressed towards the playoffs after beating Hyderabad by 6 wickets. Kolkata, who were already in fourth place due to their good run-rate, have 12 points for the team after winning this match, which is further cementing their place in the playoffs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s win in the opening match of the day on Sunday saw them advance to the playoffs, ahead of Bangalore having qualified Chennai and Delhi. Due to which now only one team is left in the playoffs and KKR are currently at number four, if they win all their upcoming matches then they will qualify.
How was the account of the match
Sunrisers captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat, but he failed to capitalize on it. He scored just 115 runs in his 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. KKR bowlers kept the Hyderabad bowlers in check from the start of the match, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets each while Shakib Al Hasan took 1 wicket for KKR.
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Chasing the target of 116 runs, the Kolkata team must have felt that the match was in their control, but Sunrisers bowlers proved them wrong, Hyderabad did not leave the match till the last over and the result of the match came out in the last over. For KKR, Shubman Gill played a fine innings of 57 runs in 51 balls which ensured the victory of KKR. Apart from Gill, Nitish Rana scored 25 runs and Karthik played small innings of 18 runs. Jason Holder took 2 wickets for Hyderabad and Rashid Khan, Siddharth Kaul took 1-1 wickets but he could not succeed in winning his team.
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