Shubman Gill scored a fluent half-century to information Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a snug victory over SunRisers Hyderabad on the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Chasing a goal of 143, KKR acquired off to a poor begin dropping the wickets of Sunil Narine (zero) and Nitish Rana (26) contained in the powerplay. KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik too misplaced his wicket for nought however Eoin Morgan stitched an vital 92-run partnership with Gill to information his aspect dwelling and register their first win in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
Gill remained unbeaten on 70 runs and his innings was stuffed with 5 boundaries and two maximums.
Morgan too discovered his contact as he remained not out on 42 and hit three boundaries and two sixes throughout his keep on the crease.
Earlier, SRH captain David Warner received the toss and opted to bat. The choice backfired as Pat Cummins cleaned up Jonny Bairstow within the fourth over.
Varun Chakravarthy, taking part in his second IPL sport, acquired the massive wicket of Warner because the Australian chipped one straight again to the bowler.
Manish Pandey fought a lone battle for SRH, scoring his 15th IPL half-century. Wriddhiman Saha tried to speed up however failed to seek out the center of his bat and struggled his strategy to a sluggish knock of 30 off 31 deliveries.
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For SRH, Rashid Khan was the decide of the bowlers who picked up a wicket and gave away simply 24 runs from his quota of 4 overs.
KKR’s subsequent league fixture is in opposition to Rajasthan Royals on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on September 30 whereas SRH will tackle table-toppers Delhi Capitals on September 29.
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