SRH vs KKR: Lockie Ferguson blocks it for Kolkata Knight Riders via Super Over | Cricket news

ABU DHABI: Fast and Furious Lockie ferguson produced one of the most incredible bowling performances of this IPL edition to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling Super Over victory Hyderabad sunrises on Sunday.
Ferguson proved himself the “Knight in Shining Armor” with his warehouse of variation when he fired David warner and Abdul Samad in the Super Over, leaving KKR with just a three-run goal to chase.
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This was after David Warner’s 47 and 18 undefeated runs in Andre Russell’s last over, where the Sunrisers leveled scores at 163 with KKR in the stipulated 20 overs.
Ferguson was superb through the 20 regulation overs, as his 3/15 in 4 overs had SRH in all sorts of trouble. He cast a first spell where he fired Kane Williamson with a short ball, got rid of Priyam Garg with a slower ball, and saw Manish Pandey’s back with a yorker.
Their five wickets in the game gave KKR the two much-needed points to bring their score to 10, while the Sunrisers are holding at 6 points and are in serious danger of missing the play-offs.

Formerly former captain Dinesh KarthikThe carefree approach was well complemented by skipper Eoin MorganKolkata Knight Riders grace posted a par 163 for five after being put at bat.
Karthik (29 not eliminated) and Morgan (34 of 23 balls) joined forces at 105 for four and added 58 runs in the final five overs after 150 looked tough on one stage.
Morgan’s innings had three fours and six in the middle of the wicket against Basil Thampi, while Karthik hit a pair of sixes and equal number of limits.
T Natarajan (2/40) was the most successful pitcher, but it was Vijay Shankar (1/20 in 4 overs) who was the most economical.

Rahul Tripathi (23 of 16 balls) gave the first charge in the Powerplay when he hit Natarajan for six in a row and a shot limit, while Shubman Gill (36 of 37 balls) struggled to time the ball, saving an over from Thampi when he landed three in a row . four.
Tripathi couldn’t keep up the momentum as an ugly cross punch from Natarajan only ended with the bails flying.
However, after that flurry of four, Gill found it difficult to raise the ante. Nitish Rana (29 of 20 balls) looked good after a few games.
He immediately took on the rival team’s best bowler, Rashid Khan, and placed him straight for a six and also found a couple of limits.
But Gill’s inability to rotate the blow put KKR at a point of annoyance when he attempted an inside-out shot from Rashid. Priyam Garg, running to his left from afar, took a brilliant catch to see the back of the starter.
Gill’s firing was followed by that of Rana, who missed a shot from Vijay Shankar and was caught again by Garg, who ran forward to take a well-timed catch.
Andre Russell’s season (9 of 11 balls) went from bad to worse when his shot from Natarajan’s slowest landed in Shankar’s hands at the middle limit of the wicket. From a steady 87-1 in the 12th over, KKR had dropped to 105-4 at the end of the 15th over.