After losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in the last thrilling match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, SunRisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins backed his team and said they performed very well in the game . Andre Russell’s explosive half-century helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by four runs in the IPL 2024 at the Eden Gardens on Saturday ). Heinrich Klaasen’s 29-ball 63 was in vain as he took SRH close to victory but failed to cross the finish line.
Russell scored an unbeaten 64 runs in just 25 balls with the help of 7 big sixes and 3 boundaries. He also picked two wickets in the match, bowled two overs and conceded 25 runs.
The right-arm pacer claimed it was a good game of cricket and unfortunately we ended up losing.
“It was a close game at the end, great cricket. Unfortunately, we didn’t get it. I think, for the most part, I’m very happy with the way we pitched the ball. Obviously, Dray Rus did that at the end What Dre Rus did, he worked really hard to contain it. Overall, I thought we did a good job. You do your plan, you try to execute your best, but a tough guy to throw the ball to , bowled some good shots, a couple of balls maybe we could have bowled a little bit different and the toughest job in cricket is to end up bowling to guys like that,” Cummins said in his post-match speech.
The World Cup-winning player further praised wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klassen from South Africa, who almost bowled out the match for SRH.
“It was one of those things where, no matter what, Klas (Klassen) and Shahbaz did a great job getting us back into the game and getting us into that position. Who would have thought we would be that close. Unfortunately, It was a little bit too much. In a game where we didn’t really give it our all and we were still competing almost on their home court against a really good team, there’s a lot to be encouraged about, a lot of players who performed well, A few things to improve on but also happy with the results of the toss,” the Australian cricketer added.
The match started with SRH batting first and KKR reduced to 51/4 in 7.3 overs. However, Phil Salt’s half-century (54 off 40 balls with three fours and three sixes) and Ramandeep Singh’s explosive knock (35 off 17 balls, four and four sixes) maintained the team’s run rate well but they still struggled at 119/6 in 13.5 overs.
Next up, Andre Russell (64 off 25 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes) and Rinku Singh (23 off 15 balls with 3 fours) )’s explosive 67-run partnership took KKR to 208/7 in 20 overs.
T Natrajan (3/32) and Mayank Markande (2/32) are SRH’s top bowlers.
Chasing 209 runs, SRH got off to a good start with Mayank Agarwal (32 off 21 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) and Abhishek Sharma (32 off 19 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) A good start. The team lost its way and were soon at 145/5 in 16.5 overs.
However, Heinrich Klaasen (63 off 29 balls including 8 sixes) and Shahbaz Ahmed (16 off 5 balls including 4 and 2 Sixes) failed to unleash a string of sixes towards the end to beat pacers by over Rs 24. Mitchell Starc scored 26 runs in his over as he scored 26 runs in KKR’s The first figure ended with 0/53 in four overs. 13 runs were needed in the final over, but Harshit Rana (3/33) controlled his nerves, took two wickets and defended the remaining runs.
Andre Russell was awarded the Man of the Match award for his half-century and figures of 2/25.
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