Yuvraj Singh scored 44 runs off 30 balls as Sunrisers Hyderabad knocked out Kolkata Knight Riders after beating them in the IPL eliminator at New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen kept getting out at regular intervals while chasing Hyderabad’s score of 162/8.
The 46-run partnership between Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav in the middle overs kept Kolkata in the game but once the partnership was broken, Hyderabad took control of the match.
Earlier, the Hyderabad captain David Warner and Moises Henriques strung an important partnership of 59 runs at the top of the order.
But Warner and Henriques fell in quick succession in the tenth over which brought back the balance in the match.
Then Yuvraj Singh’s innings propelled Hyderabad to a decent score of 162/8.
Here’s a look at the match through pictures.
Morne Morkel got Sunrisers Hyderabad off to a fantastic start after getting Shikhar Dhawan bowled for just ten runs. Hyderabad were 12/1 after two overs.
Then David Warner (28) and Moises Henriques (31) took control of the match with their 59-run partnership.
Kolkata Knight Riders were back into the match after Warner and Henriques fell to Kuldeep Yadav in quick succession.
Yuvraj Singh (44) and Deepak Hooda (21) put together a partnership of 49 runs but once Hooda was run out, the Hyderabad lower order collapsed like a pack of cards. The Sunrisers ended their 20 overs at 162/8.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Reply
Robin Uthappa fell to Barinder Sran in the second over of the innings after scoring only eleven runs. KKR were 15/1 after 1.5 overs.
Gautam Gambhir and Colin Munro got the situation under control with a 38-run partnership. But after Yuvraj got Munro run out, Gambhir fell shortly after Munro’s departure for 28 to Ben Cutting. KKR were reduced to 63/3 after 9.1 overs.
After Henriques dismissed Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey (36) and Suryakumar Yadav (23) looked like taking away the match from Hyderabad. They put together 46 runs in five overs.
Then Henriques and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the wickets of Yadav and Pandey in quick succession which tilted the match in Hyderabad’s favour. Kumar picked up two more wickets (Rajagopal Sathish and Jason Holder) and eventually Kolkata lost the match by 22 runs.
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