KKR vs SRH, IPL 2024 Highlights: Klaasen’s fifty in vain as Kolkata beats Sunrisers by 4 runs in thriller

Harshit Rana to bowl the last over. Klaasen on strike. SIX! Klaasen can do everything! He pulls again to dispatch the ball over deep mid-wicket and now only seven is needed off the last five. Klaasen hits hard but gets an inside edge, just a single. Harshit to Ahmed, OUT! Length ball and Amhed miscued his pull and skipper Shreyas Iyer took a clean catch at long-on. The new batter Marco Jansen instantly gives Klaasen the strike. Harshit to Klaasen, OUT! An outside edge and Suyash Sharma runs backwards to complete a terrific catch. What a turnaround. Skipper Pat Cummins is out now. He needs to hit a maximum to win it for SRH. Five off one. Harshit to Cummins, SWING AND MISS! It was in the slot for Cummins but he missed to find a connection there. Harshit is elated and so are the KKR players. What a win for the two-time champions here at their home ground.

Mitchell Starc to bowl the penultimate over. Starc to Klaasen, SIX! He starts the over with a maximum over deep mid-wicket. SIX! Another maximum as he shuffles and comes into the line of the delivery and pulls the short ball for a big six. SIX! Another maximum, this time over extra cover to get to his fifty. Starc to Ahmed, SIX! That’s six number four of this over and 26 runs have come from it! What hitting, it is an SRH game to lose from here. Just 13 needed off 6 now.

Klaasen is in no mood to give up. He hit Varun Chakaravarthy for two SIXES before Shahbaz Ahmed added one more MAXIMUM as 21 runs come from the 18th over. 39 needed off 12 now.

Andre Russell comes back into the attack. SIX! Short and in the middle and smoked by Samad over deep mid-wicket. FOUR! Much-needed boundaries for Sunrisers here as Samad hits down the ground for a four. Russell to Samad, OUT! Another wicket as Samad is caught by Venkatesh Iyer while he was trying to go for another boundary. Shahbaz Ahmad gets off the mark with a FOUR!

Mitchell Starc comes back into the attack. An excellent over from the most expensive player of IPL 2024 as he leaks just five off it. 

Varun Chakaravarthy continues. SIX! Klassen is in his element. Just send the ball over the fence with a clean strike. SIX! This time a flat-batted maximum. 13 off this over. 

Suyash Sharma back into the attack. The Kolkata spinners are derailing Sunrisers chase. Just four from this over as the required run rate has jumped over 15. 

Sunil Narine to bowl his last over of the spell. Narine to Rahul Tripathi, OUT! Full and in the slot for Tripathi who sweeps it at deep square leg to Harshit Rana. Abdul Samad in at no. six. Another over with just three runs coming from it. 

Varun Chakaravarthy comes back into the attack. OUT! Markram holes out to Rinku Singh who completes a brilliant catch. Heinrich Klassen comes in at no. 5 and gets off the mark with a single off the last delivery. Just three runs from this over. 

Aiden Markram c Singh b Varun 18 (13b 2x4 0x6)

Sunil Narine continues. He keeps the line onto the middle and cramps batters throughout this over. Only five four singles and a double from this over. SRH goes past the 100-run mark meanwhile.

Suyash Sharma into the attack. Six!! Tripathi slogs sweeps him over midwicket fence for six. Four!! Slightly short outside off, Markram slaps it through extra cover for a boundary. 14 runs from the over. 

Suyash Sharma comes in as an impact sub. Narine to continue meanwhile. Tripathi guides to deep midwicket for a single. Dropped!! Chakravarthy drops it. Went straight up as Tripathi looked to slog. Should have been taken. Eight runs from the over. 

Russell into the attack. Four!! Slightly wide, Abhishek gets it behind backward point and it runs away to the fence for four. WICKET!! Short ball next up, Abhishek looks for a pull, only manages to find Varun at deep fine leg. 

Abhishek Sharma c Chakaravarthy b Russell 32(19)

Markram in at 4. Four!! Short ball, Markram nails the pull in front of square. 

Sunil Narine into the attack. Single to short fine for Tripathi. Tripathi looks to cut a ball not that short, wasn’t too far away from the stumps. Just two runs from the over. 

Mayank miscues his pull shot again, just beats the mid on fielder. The batters run two. WICKET!! Harshit gets the breakthrough! Short ball, Mayank pulls it straight into the hands of Rinku at deep square. 

Mayank c Rinku Singh b Harshit Rana 32(21)

Tripathi in at 3. Gets off the mark with a single. Four!! Shot and wide, Abhishek lofts it over offside for a boundary. End of the powerplay.

Varun Chakravarthy into the attack. Appeal for stumping first ball. Abhishek just about gets his foot back in before the bails come off. Chance and Four!! Outside edge as Abhishek looked to loft one down the ground, just beats the backtracking backward point fielder. Six!! This time he connects and sends it into the stands with a slog sweep. Six!! Full outside off and Abhishek lofts it over the fence for another six.

Rana continues. Abhishek gets a single to third man first ball. Agarwal looks to guide a length ball to the leg side, was uppish, falls just short of Ramandeep Singh who made up a lot of ground running in. Six!! Slightly short, Mayank lofts it over the offside for six. Four!! Mayank mistimes his pull but gets just enough to beat mid on and the ball runs away for four. 

Starc continues. Mayank gets a single to third man. Dropped and four!! Wide outside off, Abhishek nicks behind but Salt drops it right in front of first slip. Ball runs away for four as well. Four!! Full outside off, Mayank drives it past mid off to the boundary for four.

Harshit Rana from the other end. Four!! Full on off stump, Mayank lofts it straight back over the bowler for a boundary. Huge appeal for LBW as Mayank plays across the line. The umpire takes his time and raises his finger. Review taken. Missing leg stump and Mayank survives. Close! Mayank gets an inside edge and the ball trickles just past the stumps. Five runs from the over. 

Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal to open the innings. Abhishek in as an impact player for T Natarajan. Starc with the new ball in hand. 

On the money first up, defended to point. Mayank goes for a lofted shot, is beaten on the outside edge. Starc goes short, too high, beats everyone and runs away for a boundary. Swinging in from the stumps, Mayank makes room and manages to get it to the leg side for a single. Four!! Starc goes wide, Mayank drives it rthrough the covers for a boundary. Twelve from the first over. 

Natarajan to bowl the last over. WICKET!! Rinku looks to pull a ball outside off, only manages to find Markram in the deep. Partnership broken.

Rinku Singh c Markram b T Natarajan 23(15)

Four!! Low full toss, Starc punches through the offside for four. Yorker to Russell, manages to get it down to long off for a single. Starc looks to go big, ball falls short of the long off fielder. Yorker again, Russell punches to long on and KKR finishes on 208.

Bhuvneshwar continues. Four!! Full toss on the pads, flicked through midwicket for a four. No ball called! Free hit! Just a single to deep cover. Perfect yorker, Rinku squeezes it out for a single. Six!! Bhuvneshwar goes short, Russell gets a top edge on his pull but the power on the short carries it well over the fence. 50 for Russell! Wide full toss, Russell gets a double to deep extra cover. Six!! Full and wide outside off, Russell lofts it over covers for another six. Four!! Outside off again, pummelled through covers for another four. 26 from the over!!

Natarajan with his third over. Slower short ball, Russell is early on his pull and gets a single to long off. Short to Rinku, guided to short third for a single. Six!! In the slot, Russell lofts it over long on for another six. 50-partnership up between the two. Four!! Full again, Rinku lofts it straight down the ground for a boundary. 

Bhuvi returns. Outside off, Rinku guides it straight to backward point for a single. Six!! Back of length in the hitting arc, Russell swings hard and connects. Four!! Similar length, pulled through deep midwicket for another four. Single to long off to follow. Four!! Low full toss wide outside off, Rinku guides it through the gap between short fine and point to the fence. 18 off the over.

Markande into the attack. Six!! In the slot, Russell moves his front leg across and lofts it over mid wicket for six. Wide outside off stump, wide given. Sunrisers take a review and get it overturned. Six!! Full again, muscled over the midwicket fence for the second six of the over. Six!! Third six of the over. 

Slightly wider, Russell goes straight down the ground this time and Markram dives forward to take the catch at long off. Check for fair catch underway. NOT OUT says the third umpire. 18 off the over. Time Out!

Cummins with this final over. A brilliant over from the SRH skipper who gives just four singles from his over. 

Mayank Markande bowls his third over. FOUR! Half-tracked from Markande and Salt cuts it with ultimate power over extra cover to get to his fifty! OUT! A couple of singles before Marco Jansen covers good ground and dives on his right to complete Salt’s catch. Salt departs just after reaching his fifty. Six runs from this over. Andre Russell comes in at no. 8. 

Phil Salt c Jansen b Markande 54 (40b 3x4 3x6)

Change of ends for Cummins. OUT! The change worked as the skipper removed the dangerous-looking Ramandeep, who holed out to Mayank Markande. Rinku Singh is the new man in at number seven. FOUR! This is some way to get off the mark. Rinku announces his arrival with a boundary. 8 from this over. 

Shahbaz Ahmed comes into the attack. SIX! What a shot, Clean timing and lofts it over extra cover for a maximum to start the over. Ahmed errors and it is a front foot no ball. Ramandeep could not get the most off the free hit. FOUR! Salt ends the over with a boundary. 

Marco Jansen comes back into the attack. He replaces skipper Cummins. Jansen to Salt, FOUR! Powerful shot from Salt, he gets into the line of the ball and places it for a boundary at long-off. SIX! Ramandeep pulls yet another and this one sails over fine leg as 14 come from this over. 

Mayank Markande continues. Two doubles and a single fetch five from the first three deliveries before Ramandeep dispatched the short ball over wide long-on for a SIX! 11 from this over. 

Skipper Pat Cummins returns to the attack. FOUR! Bouncer from Cummins and pulled by Ramandeep, who was not in control but gloves it as the ball races over the keeper for a boundary. SIX! Ramandeep hits maximum, this time with full control and authority as he swivel-pull another half-tracker over deep square. 

Mayank Markande comes into the attack. Nitish takes a single from the first delivery as Kolkata gets to the 50-run mark in the eighth over. Salt returns Rana the strike with a single. Markande to Nitish, OUT! Poor shot from Nitsh who tries to clear the 30-yard circle with a reverse sweep but only manages to offer a regulation catch to Rahul Tripathi. Ramandeep Singh gets off the mark with a single but there was a run-out scare but the review showed Salt made ground just in time. Four runs and a wicket from this over. 

Nitish Rana c Tripathi b Markande 9 (11b 1x4 0x6)

Marco Jansen with his second over. Salt drives straight to get a couple of runs from the second delivery. Jansen to Nitish, CHANCE! Rana rocks back and tries to clear the infield and it is Abdul Samad who leaps but can only hand the ball. Six runs off this over, KKR 49 for three. 

A tight over from Natarajan, just three singles and a wide fetch KKR four off it. 

Cummins into the attack. Back of a length, Salt defends off the back foot. An easy single to deep cover next ball. Four!! Short on the stumps, Nitish swivel pulls it away through the legside for a boundary. Short again, pulled to mid on for a double.

Natarajan replaces Jansen. Slightly short, Salt pulls to mid on but some good fielding restricts it to one. Four!! Full on the stumps, Venkatesh picks it up over short fine to get a boundary. WICKET!! Full and wide from Natarajan, Venkatesh drives it straight down the throat of Jansen at cover. 

Venkatesh Iyer c Marco Jansen b T Natarajan 7(5)

Shreyas Iyer in at 4. WICKET!! A second ball duck for the captain. Iyer tries to loft a length ball over mid off, Cummins takes a good catch. 

Shreyas Iyer c Cummins b T Natarajan 0(2)

Nitish Rana in at 5.

Venkatesh Iyer in at 3. Gets off strike first ball with a flick to short fine leg. Bhuvneshwar bowling an immaculate line, manages to beat Salt and Venkatesh on the outside edge. On the pads, flicked to deep fine for a couple to end the over. 

Marco Jansen with the second over. Full to Narine, gets a single to mid on. On the pads, Salt misses his flick. Six!! Wide from Jansen, Salt lofts it over the offside and its flies over the fence for six. Six!! Similar ball, similar shot, similar result. Two in two for Salt. Six!! This time he lofts it over mid off for another maximum. OUT!! Sunil Narine is stranded after being sent back by Salt. Was a short ball, Salt managed to defend to point. There was no run there but Narine was half way down the pitch before being sent back. Gave up on getting back and the fielder scores a direct hit.

Narine run out (Shahbaz Ahmed) 2(4)

Where have we seen this before? Sunil Narine opening the innings for KKR! Phil Salt his opening partner. Bhuvneshwar Kumar entering his 10th season with SRH with the new ball in hand.

Length outside off, finds Salt’s edge as it flies to third man for a single. Yorker on the stumps to Narine, manages to dig it out to the offside. Bhuvi keeping it extremely full, Narine gets a single to mid off. Beats Salt with a outswinger to round off the over. 

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Matches played: 81

KKR wins: 47

KKR losses: 34

Last result: LSG beat KKR by 1 run (2023)

KKR highest score: 232/2 (20) vs MI (2019)

KKR lowest score: 108 (18.1) vs MI (2018)

SRH: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

KKR: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad wins toss and elects to bowl first. 

Matches played: 25

Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 15

Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 9

Tied: 1

Last result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs (Hyderabad; 2023)

WICKET KEEPERS

Heinrich Klaasen, Phil Salt

BATTERS

Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Abhishek Sharma

ALL-ROUNDERS

Andre Russell, Aiden Markram

BOWLERS

Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma

Team Composition: KKR 6-5 SRH | Credits Left: 10

KKR: Shreyas Iyer (c), Srikar Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh , Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sakib Hussain, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Philip Salt

SRH: Jaydev Unadkat, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Pat Cummins (c), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Abdul Samad, Akash Maharaj Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga

The return of two fine leaders, skipper Shreyas Iyer and mentor Gautam Gambhir, and the incentive of beginning its campaign at home after four editions should motivate Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to give its best against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday.

Seeking balance, KKR’s quest for its elusive third title began from the auction stage.

The side’s expensive purchase of eminent Aussie left-armer Mitchell Starc will lead the pace department and is expected to play a crucial role in PowerPlay and death overs.

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