*KKR beat Sunrisers by just 4 runs*
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Khabar Kolkata: The mini auction of IPL caused a storm with two Aussie pacers. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. Sunrisers Hyderabad set the record. They bought Cummins for 20.50 crores. After a while, left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc was bought by KKR for Tk 24.75 crore. But the expensive bowler failed to live up to expectations in the first match. Starc gave 22 runs in the first 2 overs of the spell. 27 runs in 3 overs.A lot of expectations from him in the death overs. Starc came to bowl in the 19th over. The first ball is a huge six-class. A wide, dot ball followed by a pair of sixes from Klassen. Last ball another six from Shahbaz Ahmed. The 24.75 crore pacer's figures are 4-0-53-0.
Huge score of 208 runs on the board. Kolkata Knight Riders had the advantage in the match. However, Heinrich Klaassen and Shahbaz's brilliant batting of late is again in trouble. Sunrisers' target of 39 runs in the last 2 overs. They were just 4 runs behind KKR at the end of 18 overs.The match could have gone either way. After Starc's over, it was all for Sunrisers. The color of the match changed again in the last over of Harshit Rana. Sunrisers needed 5 runs off the last ball.
Young pacer Harshit Rana became the hero of KKR on the stage of stars like Starc, Cummins. 12 runs had to be defended in the last over. Classen welcomed with a six. A single off the next ball. Shahbaz's wicket on the third ball changed the color of the match a bit. Klasenck struck with a single from Marko Jansen off the fourth ball.
5 runs from 2 balls is an easy target. But the ball hits the edge of the bat when trying to hit a big shot. A superb catch at short third man by KKR's impact player Suvash Sharma.
Last ball Harshit Rana vs Sunrisers Captain Cummins. Super over if you hit a boundary, win if you hit a six. Harshit Rana won KKR by just 4 runs with a dot ball. Andre Russell gave KKR confidence with the bat. Rinku Singh's excellent fielding after contributing to the batting as well. King Khan's presence, Gautam Gambhir's return.Knight Riders got off to a 'good' start despite a scary win. Harshit took 3 wickets with only 33 runs in 4 overs.
Pic :Sanjay Hazra (khabar kolkata).
Mar 24 2024, 09:56