KKR won by 54 runs against do or die Andre Russell became a star with both bat and ball

Kolkata Knight Riders kept their hopes of reaching the play-offs alive by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 54 runs in a do or die match of IPL 2022. Batting first after winning the toss, KKR scored 101 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. Andre Russell scored 49 runs in 28 balls. Sam Billings scored 34 runs.

In reply, SRH's team could score only 123 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Abhishek Sharma scored the highest 43 runs. Russell also took 3 wickets showing his power with the ball.

With this result, KKR have 12 points from 13 matches. To reach the play-offs, they will have to win their last match and pray for the results of other league matches in their favor. On the other hand SRH team is still in the race despite this defeat. He has 10 points from 12 matches. SRH will also need to win the last two matches and the results of the rest of the matches will need to come in their favour.

Varun got in form Abhishek's wicket

Abhishek Sharma got out in the 12th over of the innings. His wicket was taken by Varun Chakraborty. Sunil got the wicket of Nicholas Pooran. SRH's fifth wicket fell in the form of Aiden Markram. He scored 32 runs off 25 balls and was bowled by Umesh Yadav. Washington Sundar's wicket was taken by Andre Russell.

Russell gave double blows

Andre Russell gave Hyderabad two blows in his third over. He first sent Washington Sundar to the pavilion on the first ball of the over and then walked Marco Yansen off the fifth ball.

Markram out for 32

Aiden Markram looked in good form, but Umesh Yadav gave a big blow to Hyderabad by bowling him in the fourth ball of his last over. Markram scored 32 runs in 25 balls before being dismissed. Meanwhile, Hyderabad's 100 runs were also completed. Sunrisers Hyderabad score after 15 overs: 100/5, Washington Sundar (1*), Shashank Singh (1*)

13 runs in Chakraborty's over

In the third over of Varun Chakravarthy, Aiden Markram scored 13 runs with two sixes. Hyderabad need 87 runs in the last 36 balls to win. Sunrisers Hyderabad score after 14 overs: 91/4, Washington Sundar (1*), Aiden Markram (25*)

Abhishek misses half century

Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after batting brilliantly. He missed his half-century and was dismissed for 43 runs in 28 balls. Varun Chakraborty got Abhishek caught by Billings on the fifth ball of his second over.

KKR got off to a weak start

KKR did not start well. Opener Venkatesh Iyer was bowled by Marco Yansen after scoring 7 runs. Nitish Rana scored 26 runs and was caught by Shashank Singh off Umran Malik. He once again became the victim of a short ball. Umran also dismissed Ajinkya Rahane in the same over. Umran took the wicket of KKR captain Shreyas Iyer in his next over.

Rinku Singh could not take DRS

Rinku Singh gets out LBW off T. Natarajan. After the umpire was given out, Rinku was discussing with the other batsman Billings whether to take a review or not. By then 15 seconds had passed. Rinku had to return to the pavilion. There was a debate between the umpire and the two batsmen on this issue for some time. Sam Billings was dismissed for 34 runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Talking about the current position of both the teams in the league, SRH have played 11 matches and won 5 matches. A win in this match will strengthen the team's claim for the play-offs. On the other hand, if KKR lose today, they will be out of the last-4 race. KKR have won 5 matches so far by playing 12 matches and their net run rate is -0.057.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Kolkata: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Sam Billings, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee and Varun Chakraborty.

Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (Captain), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Yansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan and Umran Malik.