in a thrilling battle with Kolkata Knight Riders till the last ball.
A six off the last ball would have won Sunrisers, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar
was stumped by a shooter delivery from Varun Chakraborty. At least he could
not touch the bat if the shot mattered.
It is strange that Sunrisers could not score 9 runs in the last 6 balls in
this match when it was raining sixes in the last overs recently. Statistics
have made it clear that at least if Varuna gets in the way and stops the
match, Sunrisers will win. Sunrisers score was higher than DLS score at one
time. But Varuna settled for a shower.
The talent of Varun Chakraborty, who bowled the last over, must be
appreciated. The batsmen bowled unimaginably and confused.
Batting first in this match, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 171 runs for 9
wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In breaking the target, Sunrisers scored
only 166 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Captain Aiden Mar Krum was the top scorer with 41 runs in Sunrisers’
innings. In a way, he is the indirect cause of the defeat of the Hyderabad
team! He hit a bad shot at a crucial time and got out. The batsmen who came
after mar crum could not play hard.
Among Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers, Vaibhav Arora 2, Shardul Thakur 2,
Harshit Rana 1, Andre Russell 1, Kovin Roy 1, Varun Chakraborty took 1
wicket.
