Andre Russell bowls throughout a follow session in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, West Indies.
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Andre Russell sparkled with a 20-ball half-century and snatched two wickets as Kolkata Knight Riders earned a slender 4 run win in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad within the Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens. Despatched in to bat, KKR discovered themselves slumping at 51 for 4 within the eighth over earlier than recovering to publish 208 for 7 from their 20 overs, West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell blasting a Man-of-theMatch unbeaten 64 from 25 deliveries lashing three fours and 7 sixes.
Opener Phil Salt supported with 54 from 40 deliveries smacking three fours and three sixes for the fifth wicket with Ramandeep Singh who struck 35 from 17 balls. It continued when Russell impressed an 81-run, seventh-wicket stand with Rinku Singh (23).
Sunil Narine was an early casualty when he was run out on the finish of the second over and KKR misplaced wickets steadily with left-arm pacer Thangarasu Natarajan (3-32) placing twice.In reply, Sunrisers acquired a surprising 29-ball 63 from South African Heinrich Klaasen whereas Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal each scored 32 runs every.They required 13 from the ultimate over however new-ball seamer Harshit Rana (3-33) struck twice to set again Sunrisers.
Sunrisers’ chase began properly, Abhishek and Agarwal posting 60 off 33 balls for the primary wicket, Rahul Tripathi (20) and Aiden Markram (18) including an extra 36 for the third wicket and Klaasen and Abdul Samad (15) placing on 34 for the fifth wicket. Klaasen belted eight sixes, carving out one other 58 for the sixth wicket with Shahbaz Ahmed (16). Sunrisers lacked momentum within the last over, particularly after Klaasen perished to the penultimate ball of the chase.
