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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SR🐷🥂H) in Match 61 of the ongoing Indi🌸an Premier League (IPL) 2022 by 🌳54 runs in Pune 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 reach 123/8 in 20 overs, losing the contest by a big margin of 54 run💧s.
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 for 22 ru♉ns in his quota of 4 overs.
Earlier, the Knight Riders were in a spot of bother losing half their side for just 94 in 11.3 overs before Russell’s counter-attacking knock toꦬok his side to a competitive 177/6 in their allo꧅tted 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 rꦺuns off 28 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries, including four sixes. Similarly, Billings scored a crucial 34 off 29 ba🐼lls, including three fours and a six.
For the Sunrisers, Umran Malik was the star with the ball, taking a brilliant three-wicket haul while conceding 33 ru🌃ns in his quota of 4 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
. are chipping away here in Pune! 👏 👏
Tim Southee scalps his second w🍃icket as captain completes the catch.
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Keep believing! 💜
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Andre Russell once again doing it for KKR. What a star he is꧃.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Su🌼nrisers Hyderabad become𝄹s the first team to have 5 consecutive wins followed by 5 consecutive losses in IPL.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
In high pressure matches we may see teams batting first. Chasing is getting a bit tougher. Bad lo🥀ss for SRH as th🦋eir 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 to see young players throwing themselves on the field and taking t꧋ough 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 Russell𓆏, 49* & 3-22 as KKR win by 54 runs and stay alive in the playoffꦰ race
Very poor from SR🔯H, so disapp🦹ointed with them this season
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
Andre Russell wins his 12t🥂h Man Of The Match Award in the IPL. One o🍸f the finest ever for KKR and a beast of the IPL.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
