SRH vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2023: Knight Riders beat Sunrisers by five runs, Varun defends eight off last over

Varun trusted with the last over. Samad on strike. On length and just a single. Second ball, Varun slides it into the pads and SRH sneaks in a leg bye. Slightly short and Samad goes for the big one. It is not high enough and not long enough. Anukul Roy at deep mid wicket takes a safe catch. Seven needed of three balls. Good length ball against Markande, who goes for scoop shot, missing the ball altogether. Markande tries to go straight, but can only get a single. SIX NEEDED OF LAST BALL. BHUVI ON STRIKE!!

Last ball and it is a back of a length pacy one and Bhuvi can’t get bat on ball. KKR has pulled off a heist. They have won by five runs. How did that happen?

Vaibhav with the penultimate. He somehow manages to get it above the head of Jansen and it is a wide. Vaibhav responds with a yorker and Jansen gets a nick on it. Gurbaz dove to his left to complete a brilliant take. HUGE WICKET!! Bhuvi is the new batter and he lofts it over cover for a four. Vaibhav gets back with a dot ball. Bhuvi gets a single to bring Samad to strike. Vaibhav goes wide and Samad follows him to get it to the fence. AND IT IS A NO BALL!!! Swing and a miss for the freehit. Samad takes a single to keep strike. Nine needed of the last.

Varun against Jansen. Reverse hit attempted and SRH sneaks in a couple of leg byes. Jansen and Samad ekes in a double. But it is a good over for KKR. SRH can only manage five runs.

Vaibhav to Markram. Pitched up and on the off side and it is all too easy for Markram, who drives on the up and gathers four runs. Vaibhav goes for a slow bouncer and Markram can only slap bat it to long off. Another twist in the tale?

Varun Chakaravarthy with the 16th. Markram takes a single first ball. Samad returns the strike to his skipper. Varun offers some bounce and Markram’s shot lands just short of short cover. Brilliant over from the spinner. SRH can get only four runs from it.

Thakur is in and he strikes. Klaasen goes for a big one and holes out to long on. Russell is the catcher. BIG BLOW FOR SRH!!

Abdul Samad is the new batter. He brings Markram to strike, who smokes one for a four. Samad too gets a boundary, smashes it past extra cover.

Narine against Markram and the batter brings out the reverse sweep and it finds it way past a diving Russell to get to the boundary. Another good over for SRH in the chase.

Harshit Rana with his last over. Klaasen gets a single and that is the fifty run partnership. This duo has brought SRH back into this game. Last ball of the over and it is on the pads. Smacked away by Klaasen.

Varun Chakravarthy gets the ball. Markram finally gets going. Short from Varun and Markram crashes it ahead of point for a four. He repeats the shot and gets the same result. FOUR MORE!! A quickly run double gets them to the 100-run mark.

And finally we have a boundary. After nearly three overs. Anukul loops one up and Klaasen advances to loft it over long off for a six. He goes again. It is full and straight and Klaasen swings at it and it zooms past deep mid wicket for a huge six.

First over for Sunil Narine. Markram on strike and he starts with a single to the leg side. Klaasen takes a double and passes on the strike with a single. Another tight over from KKR. The required rate is climbing for SRH.

Anukul Roy continues. Markram continues to take it slow. Only two singles to start the over with. Anukul reels in three dot balls on the trot against Markram. Just three runs from the 9th over.

Shardul against Markram. Clips it to deep midwicket for a couple first ball. Dot ball next up. KKR piling on the pressure. Shardul attacks with a short one and Brook guides it for a single. Just five runs of the over.

First over of spin. Anukul Roy with the ball. Good length and Brook goes for a paddle scoop. It hits his pad and Anukul goes up in appeal. KKR goes for DRS and is rewarded. BROOK IS TRAPPED IN FRONT AND SRH IS FOUR DOWN!!Klaasen is the new batter for the home side. He gets a four as he cashes in on a short one from Anukul.

Russel starts against Tripathi. The batter makes room before thumping it above covers for a four. Oh wait, it is a no ball. Freehit and it is a full toss on the pads and it is lifted away for a six. More misery for Russell. Full on off and Tripathi makes room before driving on the up. FOUR MORE!! Tripathi shuffles across, trying to replicate his scoop on the leg side. But he can only find the deep fine leg fielder. ROLLERCOASTER OF AN OVER AND TRIPATHI IS GONE!!

Harshit gets his third. Starts with a dot against Tripathi. Single next ball and skipper Markram is on strike. He plays a dot ball. Impressive opening spell from Harshit. Four dot balls on the trot against Markram.

Shardul Thakur with his first over. A double to start the over from Abhishek. New batter Rahul Tripathi starts with a scoop shot just past the short fine leg fielder for a four. Tripathi sneaks in a quick single next ball. Thakur pitches one on middle stump line and Abhishek can only pump it straight up. It stayed afloat for quite a while and Russell was there to complete a tough catch. KKR strikes again.

Harshit continues. Agarwal continues his aggressive approach. Steps out to his leg stump and crashes it over covers for another six. Harshit responds with a targetted bouncer and Agarwal can only awkwardly fend it to the keeper. FIRST WICKET DOWN FOR SRH.

Vaibhav Arora with the new ball. He gives away a no ball, which is driven to the fence by Mayank Agarwal. He escapes with the freehit, despite bowling a full toss. Agarwal can’t clear the infield. A couple of singles more in the over, before Agarwal guides one past short third man for a four.

Abhishek to face the first ball. Harshit goes wide and Abhishk slashes it and it flies away for a four. Next ball, on the pads and Abhishek clips it for a single. Harshit gifts a wide before Agarwal gets a double to get off the mark. Good start for SRH.

After 127 for four in 14 overs, the Sunrisers did a well enough job to restrict KKR to 171. Marco Jansen provided the early breakthroughs for the home team before Rana and Rinku stole the momentum back. Andre Russell hit a couple of his trademark big hits and promised to take off. Markande, however, prevented that. Rinku stood till the last over but failed to hit boundaries. Rana will need to marshall his bowlers to great effect to defend this total.

Natarajan to Rinku, no run. He drives to covers and denies a single. Natarajan to Rinku, OUT! He pulls a full toss and is caught at deep mid wicket. A brilliant catch diving forward by Samad. Natarajan to Harshit Rana, OUT! Rana is beaten by a well-disguised slower one. Quick relay from the keeper to the bowler as the batters try to steal a bye before Harshit reaches home. Natarajan hits the target. Natarajan to Anukul, no run. Natarajan to Anukul, one run. Natarajan to Vaibhav Arora, two runs. Arora is able to slap the ball wide of long off and complete a couple.

Kumar to Rinku, two runs. Kumar to Rinku, one run to deep mid wicket. Kumar to Anukul, FOUR! An outside edge flies past short third. Kumar to Anukul, FOUR! Pulls it through mid wicket . Kumar to Anukul, one run to long off. Kumar to Rinku, one run. Straight in the block hole and he can only manage to work it to deep mid wicket.

Natarajan to Rinku, two runs with a pull between mid wicket and long on. Natarajan to Rinku, one run. Misses on a full toss. The pull lacks timing and reaches deep mid wicket on a bounce. Natarajan to Shardul, OUT! Caught at deep covers. Shardul lofts a wide delivery but ends up slicing it. Natarajan to Anukul Roy, one run. Natarajan to Rinku, one run to long on. Natarajan to Anukul, two runs. Digs out a drive for a delivery in the block hole.

Markande to Rinku, one run. Clipped to deep mid wicket. Markande to Shardul, one run. Swept well but there is protection for that shot. Markande to Rinku, one run. Markande to Shardul, one run. Tossed and wide and Shardul tries to smash it. A mishit only allows one. Markande to Rinku, SIX! Straight and too full and gets the punishment. Markande to Rinku, one run.

Bhuveshwar Kumar back into the attack. Rinku Singh drives on the up to mid off. Kumar to Rinku, one run with a cut to deep point. Kumar to Narine, OUT! The batter is deceived by the slower delivery. He mistimes the drive and is caught at covers. Kumar to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Clipped behind square to get off the mark. Kumar to Shardul, Wide. Kumar to Shardul, two runs. Nearly gets him. The ball holds up after pitching and the drive ebds up in the air. Markram makes a chase for it but the ball just beats him. Kumar to Shardul, no run.

Markande to Russell, no run. Markand to Russell, OUT! He gets the big fish. Wide and tossed up delivery which lures Russell into a wild heave. He has no control on the shot. The ball turns away from him, takes an edge and is caught at point. Markande to Sunil Narine, one run to long off. Markande to Rinku, no run. Markande to Rinku, no run. Nearly caught and bowled. Markande to Rinku, one run with a cut to deep covers. Just two runs and a wicket off the over.

Natarajan to Russell, two runs. Slaps it to deep mid wicket. Natarajan to Russell, one run. This time through backward point. Natarajan to Rinku, Wide. Natarajan to Rinku, Wide again! Natarajan to Rinku, one run with a tap to mid on. Natarajan to Russell, two runs. Fired into the block hole and Russell uses the pace to work to deep mid wicket. Natarajan to Russell, FOUR! Width on offer. Russell slaps it over covers. Natarajan to Russell, one run to long off.

Markande to Russell, no run. Markande to Russell, SIX! In the slot and he tonks it over long on. Markande to Russell, no run. Markande to Russell, one run with a tap to short cover. Markande to Rinku, no run. Markande to Rinku, FOUR! Short and Rinku uses the crease to pull the ball wide off long on.

Markram gives himself one more over and he is instantly rewarded with it. Bowls one on good length and Rana decides to slog sweeps it and he has skied it. It has gone a long way up and Markram chases it. AND IT IS A BRILLIANT CATCH!!! Rana has to make his way back.

Out comes Russel and he launches the second ball he faces into the fence.

Mayank Markande introduced into the attack. He has had a successful season so far. He offers nothing for the KKR batters. Just five singles from the over as Rana and Rinku opts to play his over out.

Kartik Tyagi back into the attack and Rana wades into him. First he gets a four with a nudhe to third man fence. Then he lofts a length ball to the backward square leg fence for a six. There is more. Tyagi goes short and Rana brings out the pull shot and it flies to the stands. That is the fifty partnership too. These two have given life to KKR’s innings. Tyagi hasn’t found his rhythm in this game.

Skipper Markram continues. Rana dabs one to the leg side for a single. Rinku too takes a single to rotate the strike. Markram pitches one full on the off side and Rana tucks it for a single. Then Rinku takes on the offie. First he advances down the track for an inside out drive for a four. Markram pulls his length back and Rinku rocks back to clatter it for another four. Momentum for KKR.

T Natarajan with his first over. Nitish Rana welcomes with a six. Wristy shot, on the pads and flicked away. Natarajan corrects his line, holding Rana down for three back-to-back dot balls. Last ball of the over, an inswinging yorker and Rana digs it out to long on for a single.

Aidem Markram to Rana. One run with a drive to long off. Markram to Rinku, one run. Full and on the stumps. Rinku pushes it to long on off his back foot. Markram to Rana, one run. Markram to Rinku, one run with a flick to deep mid wicket. Markram to Rana, no run. Markram to Rana, one run. Flicked to short fine leg.

Jansen to Rana, FOUR! On the pads and Rana flicks it past short fine. Jansen to Rana, one run. Jansen to Rinku, one run. Short and on off stump and Rinku uses the pace to work it to third man. Jansen to Rana, one run with a late cut to third man. Jansen to Rinku, one run. A full toss and Rinku’s drive lacks power. Fielded inside the circle. Jansen to Rana, one run. Rana had no idea where that went. A bouncer and Rana fends at it. An edge goes through the backward point region.

Kartik Tyagi to Roy. Starts with a wide. A no ball to follow. FREE HIT coming up. Roy swings his arms at a short delivery but gets a top edge. Klaasen takes the catch and the batter run two. Tyagi to Roy, no run. Tyagi to Roy, FOUR! Roy gets width and he slashes hard. The edge flies over the slip cordon and runs to the fence. Tyagi to Roy, OUT! Tyagi has the revenge. Another short delivery on which Roy opts for a pull. Beaten by the pace, gets a leading edge and short third man collects the catch. Tyagi to Rinku Singh, no run. Moves a hint away after pitching. Tyagi to Rinku, WIDE. Tyagi to Roy, FOUR! Off the textbook. Full and outside off and Rinku puts to display his technical brilliance with a straight drive.

Jansen to Rana, FOUR. Off the mark in style. That’s a no ball too. Misses the line on the yorker and Rana clips it through deep square. Jansen to Rana, no run. Rana throws the kitchen sink at the FREE HIT. Fails to get a connection. Jansen to Rana, one run to mid wicket. Jansen to Roy, one run. Short and on the pads and Roy taps it on the on side. Fielded by deep mid wicket. Jansen to Rana,, no run. A perfect bouncer. Jansen to Rana, no run. Full and on the stumps and Rana flicks it to mid on. Jansen to Rana, no run. Jaffa! Pitches on off and just shapes away. Rana is lucky to not edge that one.

Kumar to Roy, no run. Beaten on a delivery that climbs at him. Kumar to Roy, no run. Square drive but the point fielder stops the ball. Kumar to Roy, FOUR runs. Short and wide and Roy slaps it through extra covers. Kumar to Roy, no run. Kumar to Roy, no run. Roy taps it to point and wants to take a single. Sent back by the skipper. Kumar to Roy, no run. Just four off the over.

Marco Jansen to Gurbaz. OUT! A golden duck for the Afghan. Gurbaz steps out and wants to pull the short delivery. Gets a top edge and Brook collects it at mid on. Early blow for KKR. Jansen to Venkatesh Iyer, no run. Pitched on full length and the batter blocks. Jansen to Iyer, FOUR! An edge flies wide of the first slip and runs to the fence. Iyer was gone had there been a second slip. Jansen to Iyer, three runs. A couple of steps down the wicket and clipped to deep square. Jansen to Roy, one run to deep mid wicket. Jansen to Iyer, OUT! That’s the second wicket of the over. A bouncer at 147 kmph and Iyer’s pull is not good enough. Gets a glove and Klaasen collects the catch.

Kumar to Roy, no run. Leaves the first delivery outside off. Kumar to Roy, no run. This time Roy pushes at the delivery. Beaten. Kumar to Roy, FOUR. Driven, and the ball lands goes through the extra cover fielder’s hands. Kumar to Roy, FOUR again. This time Roy charges down and puts it past mid wicket. Kumar to Roy, no run. This one swung in and Roy plays it to mid on. Kumar to Roy, no run. Another in swinger which thuds into the pads as Roy was stepping out of his crease.

The umpires are walking to the middle. Jason Roy and Rahmanullah Gurbaz will open the innings for KKR.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the first over.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan

Impact Subs: Rahul Tripathi, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Lockie Ferguson, Kulwant Khejroliya

Rana: We will bat first. Looks like a good wicket. Will hope to put a good total. We need to focus on the match on the day and not look too far ahead. We faced injuries but it is good that everyone is back and fit. We will try to save those 15 runs and hope that makes the difference.

Markram: We would have batted as well. We tend to do well when we bat first. It is the time when you want to play good, consistent cricket. Tonight is an opportunity to do that. Mostly with the batting we need to improve.

Darren Ganga: A typical Hyderabad pitch. There has been rain over the past two days and it could be a bit slow. Spin could be critical tonight with the pitch expected to turn. KKR’s spin trio would love bowling. As a bowler, you need to stay in that good length area and us variations and slow down the pace. Toss might not be a critical factor though.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 23 wickets in 21 innings

Andre Russell - 16 wickets in 14 innings

Rashid Khan - 12 wickets in 12 innings

David Warner - 691 runs in 14 innings

Nitish Rana - 441 runs in 12 innings

Robin Uthappa - 426 in 14 innings

KKR predicted XI (batting first): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.

KKR predicted XI (bowling first): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (capt), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Impact Player options: N Jagadeesan, Lockie Ferguson, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Jason Roy

SRH predicted XI (batting first): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik

SRH predicted XI (bowling first): Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.

Impact Player options: T Natarajan, Glenn Phillips, Adil Rashid, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi

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KKR highest individual score vs SRH: Gautam Gambhir 90*(60) - Hyderabad 2016

KKR best bowling figures vs SRH: Prasidh Krishna 4/30 (4) - Hyderabad 2018

SRH highest individual score vs KKR: David Warner 126 (59) - Hyderabad 2017

SRH best bowling figures vs KKR: Karn Sharma 4/38 (4) - Kolkata 2014

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Glenn Phillips, Samarth Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Vivrant Sharma

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana

Wicketkeeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Heinrich Klaasen

Batters: Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Abhishek Sharma

All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur

Bowlers: Umran Malik, Varun Chakaravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Team Composition: SRH: 5 | KKR: 6

Credits used: 87.5 | Credits left: 12.5

KKR highest score vs SRH: 205/7 (20); Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 23 runs - Kolkata 2023

KKR lowest score vs SRH: 130/7 (20); Sunrisers Hyderabad won by five wickets - Hyderabad 2013

SRH highest score vs KKR: 228/4 (20); Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 23 runs - Kolkata 2023

SRH lowest score vs KKR: 115/8 (20); Kolkata Knight Riders won by six wickets - Dubai 2021

Played: 6

SRH: 3

KKR: 3

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Played: 24

SRH: 9

KKR: 14

Tied: 1

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders playing on Star Wars Day.

When will the IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders be played?

The IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders will be held on May 4, Thursday.

Where will the IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders be played?

The IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

What time will the IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders be played?

The IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders will begin at 7:30 PM IST.

Which TV channels will broadcast Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2023 match?

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.

How can one watch the live streaming of the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2023 match?

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders match will be streamed live on the JioCinema app.

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders clash in a league match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Wednesday night with the specific objective of finding the desired consistency in all departments of the game.

The home team should be better off in terms of confidence after scoring an impressive win against Delhi Capitals in the last away game while Kolkata should be sulking in the face of a seven-wicket defeat against Gujarat Titans at home in its last match.

It will be interesting to see whether the Sunrisers’ think-tank sticks to southpaw Abhishek Sharma, after his breezy half-century against Delhi, as an opener.

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