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Kolkaജta Knight Riders (KKR) defeated🌊 Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 61 of th🌼e ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 by 54 runs in Pune𓄧 on Saturday.
Chasing 178, the Sunrisers never really got the momentum as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The 2016 IPL winners only managed to re𒈔ach 123/8 in 20 overs, losing the contest by a big margin of 54 runs.
Opener Abhishek Sharma was the only batter who showed some fightback with 43 off 28 balls with the help of six boundaries before Varun Chakravarthy got rid of him. For the two-time champions, Andre Russell bagged three wickets f꧒or 22 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Earlier, the Knight Riders were in a spot of bother losing half tܫheir side for just 94 in 11.3 overs before Russell’s counter-attacking knock took🌊 his side to a competitive 177/6 in their allotted 20 overs.
Russell, along with Sam Billings, added 63 runs for the sixth wicket to stabilise the innings. The Caribbean giant smashed an unbeaten 49 runs off 28 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries, including four sixes. Similarly, Billings scored a crucial 34 off 29 bไalls, including three fours and a six.
For the Sunrisers, Umran Malik was the star with the ball, taking a briඣlliant three-w💧icket haul while conceding 33 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
. are chipping away here in Pune! 👏 👏
Tim Southee s𓄧calps his second wicket as capt✱ain completes the catch.
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Keep believing! 💜
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Andre Russell once again doing it🍨 for KKR. What a star𒁃 he is.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Sunrisers Hyderabad becomes the first team to have 5 consecutive win🅷s followed by 5 consecutive losses in IPL.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
In high pressure matches we may see teams batting fi🎃rst. Ch🦂asing is getting a bit tougher. Bad loss for SRH as their NRR is negative. Big next week coming up.
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
KKR win by 54 runs.
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
What a great catch . India has immense talent in fielding. So good t⛎o see young players throwing themselves on the field and taking tough catches.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
Andre Russell has scored 330 runs and took 17 wickets in IPL 2022 – The MVP, the beast is back.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
What a game for Andre Russell, 49* & 3🐷-22 as KKR win by 54 runs and stay alive in the playoff race
V🏅ery poor from SRH, so disappointed wi🐻th them this season
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
Andre Russell wins his 12th Man Of The Match Award i꧟n the IPL. One of the finest ever for KKR and a beast of the IPL.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
