Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Young Gill Shines in KKR’s Seven-Field Victory Over SRH | Cricket news

ABU DHABI: Young Shubman gill he drove, shot and cut with authority on an undefeated 62 ball 70 as Kolkata Knight Riders overwhelmed Hyderabad sunrises through seven windows in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
Gill and Eoin Morgan (42 not on 29 balls) complemented a disciplined bowling effort, helping the Knight Riders open their account with a convincing victory.
The 21-year-old starter anchored the chase perfectly when Morgan fought back to seal the problem in KKR’s favor with two overs to spare after his opening game debacle.
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Opting to hit, Sunrisers Hyderabad never went ahead Pat cummins (1/19) and rookie spinner Varun Chakravarthy (1/25) eliminated Jonny Bairstow’s starting pair and David warner respectively, and were capped at 142/4 below par.
After an explosive start from KKR, the SRH bowling made some progress with Khaleel Ahmed and T Natarajan firing Sunil Narine (0) and Nitish Rana (26 of 13).

Rashid Khan jumped into action immediately, catching the KKR captain Dinesh Karthik for a duck.
But a calm and collected Gill was in complete control of his entrances and made brilliant progress on the way to his fifth. IPL fifty.
Reigning World Cup winning captain Morgan played the perfect supporting role before joining the party by hitting Bhuvneshwar Kumar by six huge at 15 to tip the match in favor of KKR.

Before, KKR seemed more attentive and aggressive with his approach, having brought Narine and Cummins to the front with the new ball.
Having come in for criticism for bowling against the Mumbai Indians, Cummins, the IPL’s most expensive overseas purchase, cleverly modified his length and launched Jonny Bairstow with an absolute heartbreaking to give KKR the first breakthrough.
In his second coming, the architect-turned-spinner Chakravarthy fired a well-established Warner (36 of 30) in a soft way for his first IPL wicket, giving KKR the breakthrough.
The Australian southpaw, who came off cheap against Royal Challengers Bangalore, looked to make a mark with some clean shots, but a lapse in concentration overcame him and he gave Chakravarthy a simple catch.
The two wickets meant SRH couldn’t build momentum and at the halfway point, at 61 for two, the run rate was just above six.
Manish Pandey returned to form at No. 3 with a 51 of 38 balls and along with Wriddhiman Saha (30 of 31 balls), tried to repair the damage but the duo were fired to death and SRH lacked the finishing touch to settle. with a total seemingly below average.
In hindsight, sending Saha ahead of Mohammad Nabi seemed like a tactical mistake as the Indian goalkeeper wasted a lot of deliveries by making 30 of 31.