IPL 2022 Match 25: Aiden Markram and Rahul Tripathi’s brilliance stuns KKR

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 Sunrisers Hyderabad showed their spirit to register a comfortable victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in a high-scoring match played at Brabourne Stadium, CCI on Friday.

SRH captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to field first. Aaron Finch making his debut for KKR replacing Ajiyanka Rahane showed intent before Jansen dismissed taking the inside edge to Pooran. T Natarajan struck off his first ball getting rid of Venetaksh Iyer with a beauty. He then struck again dismissing Sunil Narine caught by Shashank Singh leaving KKR on the backfoot. At the end of the first six overs, KKR made 38 for 3.

After the field restrictions, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana steadied the ship with positive strokes. Kolkata Knight Riders ended the first timeout at 57 for 3. Umran Malik created big impact with his pace troubling the opposition batsmen. Malik produced a stunning yorker to dismiss KKR captain Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas and Nitish Rana added 39 runs for the 4th wicket. Nitish Rana kept the pressure on SRH bowlers while Sheldon Jackson was brilliantly caught by Natarajan at fine leg to leave KKR in trouble. Rana and Jackson added 33 runs for the 5th wicket.

Nitish Rana looked confident completing his fifty off 32 balls. Andre Russell made the batting look easy with some brutal shots. At the end of the second timeout, KKR scored 122 for 5.

Russell kept the momentum going on for KKR putting SRH bowlers under pressure. Natarajan dismissed Nitish Rana via review. The umpire gave not out but on review, it was overturned to out as there was an edge onto the bat. SRH bowlers kept it tight dismissing Pat Cummins and Aman Khan. Russell took Suchith to cleaners in the 20th over taking him for 19 runs. Thanks to his brilliance, KKR posted 175 for 8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 176 runs to win, it was not an ideal start for SRH as Abishek Sharma fell without any contributions dismissed by Cummins. Rahul Tripathi showed intent right from the word go maintain the momentum keeping pressure on KKR bowlers. Andre Russell got rid of Williamson making life tough for SRH. Markram and Tripathi ended the first six overs at 46 for 2.

Tripathi took the liking to Varun Chakravarthy taking him for 18 runs in his first over. Markram looked in decent touch keeping the scoreboard ticking. At the end of the first timeout, SRH scored 77 for 2.

Tripathi maintained the scoring reaching his fifty off 21 balls making life-tough KKR captain Shreyas Iyer. Both Tripathi and Markram never allowed KKR bowlers to settle. At the end of the second timeout, SRH ended at 113 for 2.

Russell got the breakthrough by dismissing Tripathi providing a simple catch to Venetaksh Iyer at long-on. Tripathi and Markram added 94 runs for the 3rd wicket. Pooran gave most of the strike to Markram. Markram took KKR bowlers apart with his brilliant hitting against spinners. He completed fifty off 31 balls and completed the job for SRH ending the match with a six. SRH won the match by 7 wickets. Markram and Pooran added unbeaten 43 runs for the 4th wicket.

SRH 176 for 3 in 17.5 overs (Tripathi 71, Markram 68*, Russell 2/20) beat KKR 175 for 8 in 20 overs (Rana 54, Russell 49*, T Natarajan 3/39, Malik 2/27) by 7 wickets.

For his 71 off 37 balls, Rahul Tripathi was named the man of the match award. With this win, SRH registered their 3rd successive win.



 






Rahul Tripathi's 71 off 37 helps SRH register 3rd successive win in IPL 2022 

 

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