In match no.45, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) hosted the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. It was a reverse fixture as SRH won the last time these two sides met at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. However, this time, Ajinkya Rahane's side had the better of the Orange Army as they won by 7 wickets.
SRH won the toss and elected to bat first. The home side made a couple of changes, Harshal Patel and Smaran Ravichandran, and for them, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harsh Dubey made way. KKR also made two changes, with Tim Seifert and Ramandeep Singh making way for Finn Allen and Manish Pandey.
The openers of SRH, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, were off to a flying start, with the former being dismissed by Kartik Tyagi on 15 runs. But Head went on with his carnage batting and scored 61 off 28 deliveries. While he and Ishan Kishan were batting, SRH were flying in the game.
However, the former was dismissed, and then it was a flurry of wickets as the KKR spinners, Varun Chakravarthy, picked three wickets in his last two overs, providing just 7 runs, and changed the course of the game.
Sunil Narine picked two wickets in his final overs, with one being the dangerous Ishan Kishan, who was back after scoring 42 runs. After the wicket, the SRH batting order crumbled as they lost 8 wickets for just 60 runs. KKR bowlers made a comeback and bundled out SRH for the first time this IPL for 165 runs.
KKR makes a hat-trick of wins
Coming out to chase, it was Finn Allen who gave KKR a blistering start in power play, scoring 29 off 13 deliveries, smashing 22 runs against Pat Cummins. After that, Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi stitched a fifty partnership between the two in just 32 balls and kept the runs ticking, as the latter scored his fifty in 39 balls.
The skipper was dismissed on the score of 43 runs, and then Raghuvanshi, also trying to finish the game early, was back after scoring 59 runs, and then Rinku Singh’s small innings of 22 off 11 deliveries helped Ajinkya Rahane’s side to a hat-trick of wins in the IPL as they finished the game with 10 balls to spare.
The way we came back with the ball- Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane, after the win, said, "Very good game. The way we came back with the ball. Looked like they will get 190-200. It was a good wicket to bat on. 190-200 would've been challenging to chase. But credit to our bowling unit, especially the spinners. They kept taking wickets. Those small moments are really important, really happy with the win."
"The bowling unit has been doing really well last 5-6 games. Credit to our bowling coaches - Bravo and Southee. During practice sessions, lot of talking, lot of planning, different oppositions, different grounds. It's all about planning and executing."
Ajinkya Rahane concluded saying, "Here and there you will go for runs, but as long as you're clear in your head, that's important. That win was important going into the break. Had 2-3 practice sessions. It's all about being mentally fresh.
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