IPL 2022: KKR score 175/8 against SRH

Kolkata Knight Riders made 175/8 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League here on Friday.

Nitish Rana top scored for KKR with 54 off 36 balls, while Andre Russell smashed an unbeaten 49 off 25 balls. T Natarajan was the stand out bowler for SRH with three wickets for 37 runs in four overs.

Brief scores:

KKR 175 for 8 in 20 overs (Nitish Rana 54, Andre Russell 49 not out; T Natarajan 3/37, Umran Malik 2/27).

Earlier today, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Brabourne Stadium.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Kane Williamson said the dew factor was the main reason for choosing to bowl first.

SRH made one change to the squad that beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets on April 11, with Jagadeesha Suchith replacing Washington Sundar in the XI.

KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer said he was happy to bat first. They made three changes, bringing in Aaron Finch, Aman Khan and Sheldon Jackson for Sam Billings, Ajinkya Rahane and Rasikh Salam.

Playing XIs:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Adien Markram, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripahti, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Marco Jansen.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Aaron Finch, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Aman Khan.