SunRisers Hyderabad score 174 for 7 in their innings against KKR
Kolkata, May 25 (IBNS): A 56-run partnership by peners Wriddhiman Saha ( 35) and Shikhar Dhawan (34) and a fine rearguard action by tailender Rashid Khan ( unbeaten 34 off 10 balls) guided SunRisers Hyderabad to a respectable total of 174 for 7 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs in the second qualifier against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens here on Friday night.
Hyderbad team’s total would have been shorter but for two chances missed by the hosts in the 3rd and 4th over when Sikhar Dhawan was dropped by Keeper Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana respectively..
Dhawan failed to make full use of the lives he got in the 3rd and fourth over off Shivam Mahi and Prasidh Krishna at his 9 and 14, as he made his exit after scoring 34 off 24 deliveries which included four bounderies and a sixer off Kuldip Yadav in the 7.5th over with the team's total reading 56.
Inspired with the early success , Kuldeep struck another blow in the same over, this time claiming skipper Kane Willimson who fell to his guile after scoring only 3. Kane failed to read Kuldeep correctly and edged it to keeper Karthik.
The exit of Williamson brought Shakib Al Hasan joined opener Wriddhiman Saha in the crease and both of them batted judiciously and looked set for a big partnership.
But that was not to be as Saha fell to the guile of spinner Piyush Chawla. Saha, who was promoted to the batting line up and opened the innings for the Hyderabad team and was holding on to one side, missed the line of the ball completely and alert Karthik took off his bell in a flash.
Saha made 35 from 27 deliveries and delighted a packed stadium with five hitting to the fence.
Sunrisers’ hope of reaching a reasonabley good total would have been dashoff but for unbeaten 34 off only only ten deliveries by Rashid Khan from Afghanistan , known for their fighting quality.
Coming to bat after the fall of Karlos Brathwaite, Rashid waged a lone battle towards the end to take the score to a fighting tota. In his ten-ball blitzkrieg Rashid hit four mighty over bounderies and two fours remaining unbeaten.
Earlier SRH lost four quick wickets , those of Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh, within 25 runs.
For KKR young Kuldeep yadav proved to be most successful claiming a couple of wickets while Sunil Naraine, Piyush Chawla and Mavi bagged a wicket and two other SRH batsmen became victims of run out.
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