IPL 2020: Kolkata beat Hyderabad in Super Over
- The 35th match of the Indian Premier League is played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The 35th match of the Indian Premier League is played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi and Kolkata Knight Riders were invited to bat first. Kolkata scored 163 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Hyderabad's new opening pair of Williamson and Bairstow gave a great start. Both scored 57 runs in the power play. However, in the next ball after the power play, Williamson dismissed Loki Ferguson.
Williamson was dismissed for 29. Ferguson then bowled Priyam Garg for 4 to give KKR another victory. In the 10th over, Hyderabad felt the third tweak of Johnny Bairstow getting out. Bairstow was dismissed for 36 by Varun Chakraborty. Captain Warner then shared a 27-run stand with Vijay Shankar but Cummins gave Kolkata their fifth victory in the 16th over. Vijay Shankar was out for 7.
Kolkata batting
Earlier, Kolkata got off to a good start with Rahul Tripathi and Shubhaman Gill. The duo combined for 48 in the power play, but the final ball of the sixth over was bowled by Tripathi. He bowled Natarajan for 23. Kolkata completed their 50 runs in 6.5 overs. Kolkata were then taken over by Gill and Nitish Rana, both scoring 77 in the first 10 overs.
Shubhaman Gill could not take advantage of surviving on more wickets and in the 12th over he had to gather the pavilion in Rashid Khan's over. Gill scored 36 off 37 balls. Then Nitish Rana also lost his temper and caught Rashid Khan while playing a big shot. Nitish was dismissed for 29. Andre Russell also flopped once again and was dismissed for 9. Karthik and skipper Morgan then shared a half-century off just 27 balls to give Kolkata a good score. Dinesh Karthik hit an unbeaten 29 off 14 balls. Oyan Marg scored 34 off 23 balls. The two shared 58 off 30 balls.
Hyderabad in Super Over
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11 - Rahul Tripathi, Shubhaman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik, Oyan Morgan, Andhra Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Loki Ferguson and Varun Chakraborty. Manish Pandey, Ken Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan and Basil Thampi.