KKR vs SRH | Violent Venky and precise bowling deny toothless SRH final revenge at Eden Gardens

Requested to bat first on a spicy Eden Gardens deck with substantial grass masking, Kolkata Knight Riders discovered going laborious within the powerplay earlier than Quinton de Kock succumbed after a six-ball battle to Pat Cummins within the second over. Sunil Narine adopted swimsuit 4 deliveries later to deliver Mumbaikars Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi collectively to the crease within the third over. The skipper injected life again into proceedings with three sixes in as many overs and the teenager took his lead so as to add a pair candy blows of his personal to take the powerplay rating to a wholesome 53/2. With the ball sticking within the pitch and not coming onto the bat correctly, the likes of Harshal Patel and Zeeshan Ansari tried to maintain a leash on the scoring charges however sloppy fielding mixed with the 2 batters’ capacity to pierce gaps meant the partnsership had grown to 68 by the midway stage. Raghuvanshi took the alternative to interrupt the shackles as he unished Zeeshan for a six and a 4 however the wristspinner recovered nicely to have Rahane nick behind on the final ball. Raghuvanshi practically made it two wickets in two, just for Nitish Kumar Reddy to drop a dolly with him on 43 and the batter capitalized to get to his half-century. Nonetheless, Kamindu Mendis made him chew the mud quickly after and with new batters Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh struggling, a rating of 122/4 after 15 overs appeared ominous for Kolkata. That’s till the 23 crore man found new gears and a way of timing as he pummelled Shami for 2 fours within the sixteenth, inspiring Rinku to go one higher in opposition to Harshal within the subsequent over, earlier than the 2 mixed to punish Simarjeet Singh for 17. Even so, the most effective was but to come back, as Venkatesh struck two sensible boundaries off yorkers in a 21-run Cummins over, and dealt some extra harm to Harshal within the final over previous to departing for a 29-ball 60 and serving to set a frightening goal of 201.

In response, Vaibhav Arora managed to extract some prodigous swing early on, and wanted simply two deliveries to dispatch Travis Head after being hit for a 4 first up. Harshit Rana took care of Abhishek Sharma at the opposite finish earlier than Arora returned to get rid of Ishan Kishan in a wicket maiden, and the Sunrisers abruptly discovered themselves reeling at 9/3 after three overs. Nitish tried to revitalize the workforce’s efforts with two boundaries and a most within the penultimate over of the powerplay, solely to fall sufferer to Andre Russell instantly after the fielding restrictions ended at the same time as Kamindu Mendis managed to extract 18 runs from the over. Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy gave the guests no room to show the momentum round, the previous utilizing the strain to have Kamindu holed oout whereas the latter returned Aniket Verma to the dugout. All of the onus for the chase thus fell on Heinrich Klaasen’s shoulders and albeit the Proteas stored them within the sport until the fifteenth over with 33 off simply 21 balls, his wicket triggered one final collapse because the workforce fell a mammoth 80 runs brief after being bowled out with 20 balls left within the innings. 

SRH misplaced the sport once they determined to bowl first, this can be a superb wicket, they should not be dropping by such a margin. #KKRvsSRH

— Ainkareswar (@kainkareswar) April 3, 2025