IPL 2019, SRH vs KKR: Sunrisers brush aside Knight Riders to move into top 4
Sports | Apr 21, 2019, 08:31 PM ISTSunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets to move into the top four of IPL 2019
Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets to move into the top four of IPL 2019
Chasing a target of 162, Royals won the game with five balls to spare as the former Australia captain anchored the innings with an unbeaten 59 off 48 balls.
In desperate need of a win to keep their slim playoff chances alive, Kohli took 58 balls to bring up his fifth ton of the IPL and first this season with the help of nine fours and four sixes.
Hardik and Krunal Pandya came up with an all-round show while Rahul Chahar returned with figures of 3/19 as Mumbai beat Delhi by 40 runs at the Kotla
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets to climb to No.5 in the IPL 2019 points table.
After this win, KXIP Punjab grabbed the fourth spot in the points table with 10 points to keep play-off hopes alive.
Mumbai needed 22 runs from the last two overs but Hardik took just six balls to hit the required runs, smashing left-arm spinner Pawan Negi for two boundaries and as many sixes to end the run chase.
Imran Tahir picked up 4/27 while Suresh Raina remained unbeaten on 58 as Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets in Kolkata.
Kohli (67) in the company of AB de Villiers (59 not out) scripted a superb run chase, sharing an 85-run stand to lay the foundation.
Buttler first conjured a 60-run opening stand with skipper Ajinkya Rahane (37 off 21 balls, 6x 4; 1x6) to lay the foundation and then added 87 runs for the second wicket with Sanju Samson (31 off 26 balls; 2x4, 1x6).
Shikhar Dhawan found form with a 63-ball 97 and powered Delhi Capitals to a seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here Friday, leaving two legends at the visiting dugout beaming.
MS Dhoni scored a match-winning 58 off 43 balls but also charged towards the umpire from the dugout after a no-ball was cancelled in the last over.
Pollard’s pyrotechnics stole the thunder from Kings XI openers KL Rahul who had carried his bat through with an unbeaten 100 in 64 balls
A clinical Chennai Super Kings maintained their unbeaten run at home with a seven-wicket thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.
Rahul (71*) and Agarwal (55) stitched 114 runs off 84 balls for the second wicket to take Kings XI close to the target.
Chasing 140 for a win, Narine (47) and Lynn (50) shared 91 runs for the opening stand in 8.3 overs to take the game away from Rajasthan Royals as KKR reached the target with 6.1 overs to spare.
Royal Challengers Bangalore made 149 for eight but could not defend the total with Delhi Capitals winning by four wickets.
Joseph made all the difference in the bowling department, ending with sensational figures of six for 12 in 3.4 overs
Needing 66 runs off 24 balls, KKR were up against it before Russell came in and smashed an unbeaten 48 off 13 balls to complete the job with five balls to spare.
The win took Sunrisers' overall head-to-head record against Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium to 4-1.
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