KKR vs SRH, IPL 2023 Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 23 runs in high-scoring thriller

Nitish Rana successfully fends off the delivery from Jansen. A brilliant over comes to an end.

KKR 22/3 after four overs. Target 229

Marco Jansen on a hat-trick! The Sunil Narine experiment fails as he departs on the first delivery.

Wicket no.2 and KKR are in trouble! Venkatesh Iyer departs for 10!

Full outside off from Bhuvi for the first ball of the third and Jagadeesan throws his bat at it. It just about evades Rahul Tripathi's outstretched had at backward point and goes to the boundary. KKR 8/1 off 2.1 overs

Mishit and Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets it straight to deep third man. Exactly the kind of start SRH would have dreamed of.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz c Umran Malik b Kumar 0 (3), KKR 0/1 in 0.3 overs

“I’ve had a bit of trouble with spin, but I wanted to use the powerplay to my advantage. So middle overs wanted to rotate strike and let the other boys do the hitting. It is a belter of a pitch, we need to bowl our lengths rightly and take wickets. We still got a job to do. My girlfriend is here but the rest of my family have just left, I’m sure they’ll all be very happy for me.”

And breath. What an innings this was from the SRH batters led by the young Harry Brook. He has been scoring centuries for fun in Test cricket and set the PSL on fire accross the border. Now he has come and shown what he can do to in the IPL. He smashed an unbeaten 100 off 55 balls but the fact that it was still not a one-man show is what has propelled SRH to this giant score. Captain Aiden Markram smacked 50 off 26 balls in the middle overs when most players hunker down and try to tick off the singles and doubles. Then Abhishek Sharma kept the spinners away from Brook and scored runs off them to make 32 off 17 and then Heinrich Klaasen smashing an unbeaten 16 off 6 balls. SRH were relentless and KKR will have to break the record for the highest succesfull run chase of all time in the IPL to win this match. After what they did in the last match though, they would be thinking that they can do anything so SRH have their task cut out in the first 10 overs.

Umesh had tricked Klaasen with a slow full toss outside off for the fourth ball. He repeated that delivery and this time Klaasen stands his ground and sends it over the bowler's head for another six. They get to 226, which is the highest total by any team this year.  

Two doubles off the first two balls and a single off the third does the trick for the young English man. What a way to announce your arrival at the IPL, a century in 55 balls and that takes SRH past 220. 

Heinrich Klaasen now ends the second last over with two fours. That one wicket that has fallen doesn't seem to mean much now. 15 runs off the over. 

Thakur goes full down the leg, Brook moves accross and hits to point.

Wow, Russell's cramps doesn't allow him to even walk off the field without help. This has been happening almost every season for the last 4-5 years now. One has to wonder if Russell really is fit to play any more.

It's Andre Russell again who strikes, Abhishek smashes it but doesn't get off the middle of the bat. This time Shardul Thakur completes the catch. But Andre Russell is down as well! This doesn't look good for KKR.

Sharma c Thakur b Russell 32 (17), KKR 201/4 in 18.1 overs

And 200 up for SRH. Short outside off from Chakravarthy, Brook pulls it to deep square leg. He is on 90 off 50, Abhishek on 32 off 16.

Oh that ball has gone into the clouds and come back down. Abhishek Sharma is on 24 off 13, Brook is on 84 off 47.

This time it is Abhishek so runs from both ends here. Suyash at the receiving end now. It seems Abhishek is taking on spin and Brook is taking on the pacers.

Short ball from Ferguson to end the over and Brook punishes it past point. He has raced to 77 off 43, SRH 157/3 in 15 overs.

Full outside off from Ferguson for the free hit delivery, Brook moves accross and sends it between the keeper and short third.

And the second of those fours has come off a no-ball! Harry Brook is all over Lockie Ferguson here. First the umpire gives out caught behind off the second ball but Brook sucessfully reverses that. Then Brook smashes the New Zealand pacer for back to back fours and the second of those have come off a delivery in which Ferguson has overstepped! 

Slow from Ferguson for the first ball of the 15th, outside off, Brook smacks it over long off. Oh what a shot that was.

Brook is 55 off 36, Abhishek Sharma on 3 off five. Shardul Thakur had sensationally dropped Abhishek off the second ball of the previous over. SRH will be looking to get a move on from here on.

One hit too many maybe but Markram has made a giant dent in these middle overs. He holes out at the midwicket boundary.

Markram c Russell b Varun 50 (26), SRH 129/3 in 12.5 overs

That's fifty for Markram. What a blinder he has played here, 50 in just 25 balls. Varun Chakravarthy is the man bearing the brunt of his assault now. 

Second six of the 12th, Makram is targetting the inexperienced Suyash. He goes rocks back and launches it over midwicket for a maximum.