Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by four runs in what was the first thriller of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Chasing 209 to win, the Sunrisers managed to reach 204/7 in their 20 overs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, March 23.
Heinrich Klaasen was the man that got the Hyderabad side in the mix as he along with Shahbaz Ahmed hit 47 off 12 when the team needed 60 off the last three overs. However, Harshit Rana turned out to be the hero as he sent both those batters packing in the final over, defending 13 runs, even as he was hit for a six on the very first ball.
Earlier Kolkata posted 208/7 in their 20 overs after being asked to bat first. Andre Russell with his 64 off 25 balls and Phil Salt with his 54 at the top were the main scorers for the Knight Riders while T Natarajan took 3/32 in his four overs for the Hyderabad side. SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bowl.
IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11
SRH Playing 11: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma.
KKR Playing 11: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Check latest news on Indian Premier League 2024 here Shreyas Iyer, captain, Kolkata Knight Riders. Photo: PTI
KKR vs SRH head-to-head Total matches played: 25
Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 09
Kolkata Knight Riders won: 16
Squads
Sunrisers Hyderabad full squad
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins (c), Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Kolkata Knight Riders full squad
Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy (ENG), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell (WI), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (WI), Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc (AUS), Gus Atkinson (ENG), Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG).
Which teams will lock horns in the first match of the Indian Premier League 2024?
Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 3 of IPL 2024.
At what time will the KKR vs SRH live toss take place on Saturday (March 23)?
In IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH live toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST.
At what time will the KKR vs SRH live match start on March 22?
The Hyderabad vs Kolkata live match will begin at 7:30 PM IST on March 23 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Which TV Channels will live telecast the KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 match in India?
Star Sports has the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League. The live commentary in English will be available on Star Sports 1 HD/SD and with Hindi commentary on Star Sports Hindi HD/SD. The Star Sports channel will provide live commentary in Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil among others.
How to watch the live streaming of KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 match in India?
Jio Cinemas will live stream KKR vs SRH IPL match in India for free.
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