Sunrisers Hyderabad hammered Kolkata Knight Riders by 110 runs in their final match of the season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. This is the defending champion's biggest defeat in IPL history.
KKR, set a massive target of 279 runs, kept losing wickets at regular intervals as the innings never took off. Even though Sunil Narine got off to a great start with 31 runs off 16 balls, his dismissal in the fourth over opened the gats for SRH. The middle order collapsed as none of the batters could cross even 20. However, it was Manish Pandey and Harshit Rana's eighth wicket partnership that gave some respect to the innings. Pandey scored 37 runs off 23 balls, while Rana managed to hit 34 runs in 21 balls.
For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat, Harsh Dubey and Eshan Malinga picked up three wickets, while there was one run out.
Earlier, Heinrich Klaasen smashed a 37-ball century against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. The batter's innings powered SRH to 278/3 in 20 overs, which is the third highest score in the history of the tournament. The South African batter ended with un unbeaten 105 off 39 balls, including seven fours and nine sixes.
Opting to bat first, SRH got off to a flying start as Travis Head smashed 76 runs off 40 balls, including six fours and as many sixes. His opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, also scored 32 runs in quick time as the duo added 92 runs for the first wicket. Klaasen, batting at 3 today, continued the carnage and registered the joint third-fastest century in IPL history.
He got to the three-figure mark in 37 deliveries to tie the record by Yusuf Pathan in 2010 against Mumbai Indians. This was Klaasen’s second century in the IPL.
It was a tough day for Kolkata bowlers as every bowler leaking over 10 an over, with Varun Chakravarthy and Anrich Nortje even leaking more than 50 runs each.
KKR and SRH, last year's finalists end their disappointing seasons placed eighth and sixth , respectively.
KKR, set a massive target of 279 runs, kept losing wickets at regular intervals as the innings never took off. Even though Sunil Narine got off to a great start with 31 runs off 16 balls, his dismissal in the fourth over opened the gats for SRH. The middle order collapsed as none of the batters could cross even 20. However, it was Manish Pandey and Harshit Rana's eighth wicket partnership that gave some respect to the innings. Pandey scored 37 runs off 23 balls, while Rana managed to hit 34 runs in 21 balls.
For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat, Harsh Dubey and Eshan Malinga picked up three wickets, while there was one run out.
Earlier, Heinrich Klaasen smashed a 37-ball century against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. The batter's innings powered SRH to 278/3 in 20 overs, which is the third highest score in the history of the tournament. The South African batter ended with un unbeaten 105 off 39 balls, including seven fours and nine sixes.
Opting to bat first, SRH got off to a flying start as Travis Head smashed 76 runs off 40 balls, including six fours and as many sixes. His opening partner, Abhishek Sharma, also scored 32 runs in quick time as the duo added 92 runs for the first wicket. Klaasen, batting at 3 today, continued the carnage and registered the joint third-fastest century in IPL history.
He got to the three-figure mark in 37 deliveries to tie the record by Yusuf Pathan in 2010 against Mumbai Indians. This was Klaasen’s second century in the IPL.
It was a tough day for Kolkata bowlers as every bowler leaking over 10 an over, with Varun Chakravarthy and Anrich Nortje even leaking more than 50 runs each.
KKR and SRH, last year's finalists end their disappointing seasons placed eighth and sixth , respectively.
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