IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs
Rahul Tripathi scored a 29-ball 53 to help KKR get a total of 187/6.
CHENNAI:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their first successful win in the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League, winning the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs.
The nail-biting match went down the wire to the very last over of the innings.
Nitesh Rana's 80 runs off 56 balls, and Manish Pandey's unbeaten 61 off 44 were the highlight of the match.
Rana slammed his 12th IPL fifty and top-scored with 80 off 56, including 4 sixes and 9 boundaries.
Rahul Tripathi scored a 29-ball 53 to help KKR get a total of 187/6.
In reply, SRH were restricted to 177 for 5. Prasidh Krishna returned with the figures of 2/35 while Shakib Al Hasan, Pat Cummins and Andre Russell picked up a wicket each.
(Edited by Shankar Kumar Turha)
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