Match 2, KKR vs SRH: Russell cameo help KKR beat SRH by 6 wickets

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Warner made a stupendous comeback with a scintillating 85, helping his side reach a challenging 181/3.

 Sports News: In the Match 2 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Andre Russell smashed an explosive 49 to spoil David Warner's scintillating IPL comeback as Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at The Eden Gardens on Sunday. Needing 53 runs from last three overs, the powerful Jamaican changed the course of the match with his big-hitting against Siddharth Kaul, creaming off 19 runs from that over. He retained the strike by taking a smart single and continued his assault on Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who too bled 19 runs in the penultimate over as KKR sealed the 182-run chase with two balls to spare. Russell hammered four sixes and an equal number of boundaries in run sequence that read 6-6-1-4-1-4-6-4-0-6-1. Youngster Shubman Gill (18 not out) completed the formalities with two sixes off Shakib-Al-Hasan.

Promoted to open with Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana made full use of the opportunity and kept them in the hunt with a 47-ball 68.


But he departed shortly after a 12-minute interruption caused by tower lights failure.
The momentum slowly shifted in favour of SRH but Russell in a metter of minutes changed the complexion of the match.

Earlier, Warner made a stupendous comeback with a scintillating 85, helping his side reach a challenging 181/3.

Putting behind the embarrassing ball tampering scandal, that kept him out last year, the Aussie smashed three sixes and nine boundaries in his 53-ball knock.
India World Cup probable Vijay Shankar also made a...read more

News Source: BS / Business Standard

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