In Pics: Andre Russell, Harshit Rana help KKR stave off Heinrich Klaasen's late surge to beat SRH by 4 wickets

Andre Russell smashed 64 in 25 balls and then took two wickets but a 29-ball 63 from Heinrich Klaasen helped SRH almost the turn the tables on KKR

Published on: Mar 24, 2024 1:39 AM IST

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SRH needed 13 to win off the last over of their match against KKR at the Eden Gardens and pacer Harshit Rana ended up taking two wickets and conceding just eight runs to pull the hosts to victory in their first match of the 2024 season of the IPL.   (PTI)

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SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl first. Phil Salt got Kolkata Knight Riders off to a sensational start and then the Andre Russell show rolled into town. Salt got the hosts off to a flier with a hat-trick of sixes in the second over. Salt went on to score a half-century while standing by as KKR's top order fell apart. He scored 54 in 40 balls.  (PTI)

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KKR were tottering at 51/4 with Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana all going cheaply. Sunil Narine opened the innings with Salt but was run out in the second over. KKR's innings was revived by Ramandeep Singh alongwith Salt. Ramandeep smashed 35 in 17. Rinku Singh also provided an impetus after arriving at the crease.  (PTI)

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Salt fell soon after scoring a half-century and that brought in Andre Russell to bat with Rinku Singh. Russell ended up smashing seven sixes and three fours as he finished unbeaten on 64 off 25. He put up an 81-run stand with Rinku Singh that came in just 33 balls. Rinku himself scored 23 in 15 balls. (ANI )

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Russell contributed with the ball as well taking the wicket of SRH opener Abhishek Sharma who scored 32 in 19 balls and then Abdul Samad in the 17th over.  (PTI)

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SRH had however got off to a good start. This was derailed by the KKR spin attack led by Sunil Narine. Narine conceded just 19 runs in four overs and took the wicket of Rahul Tripathi.  (AP)

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Heinrich Klaasen and Shahbaz Ahmed brought SRH back from the dead. The pair smashed 58 runs in 16 balls and Klaasen scored 63 in 29 balls. Shahbaz faced just five balls but clobbered 16 runs.  (PTI)

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Harshit Rana then bowled a sensational last over. While Klaasen hit him for a six first ball, Rana went on to concede just two runs in the rest of the over and dismissed both Klaasen and Shahbaz.  (PTI)