New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders started IPL 2024 on a winning note by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 4 runs in a thrilling match. Star all-rounder Andre Russell and opener Phil Salt played brilliant innings. After this, KKR won the match due to the brilliant bowling of Harshit Rana. Even though Harshit Rana bowled amazingly in this match. But after the match they suffer huge losses.
Under IPL Code of Conduct Article 2.5, 60 percent of Harshit Rana’s match fee was deducted. In fact, Rana had angrily shown the way to the dugout after taking the wickets of Mayank Agarwal and Heinrich Klaasen. After which the umpire fined them 10 and 50 percent of the match fee respectively. The statement also said that the fast bowler has accepted his allegations.
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Due to the killer bowling of Harshit Rana in the last over, KKR snatched the victory from the jaws of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Hyderabad needed 13 runs in the last over to win but in this match which crossed all limits of thrill, Harshit gave 8 runs in his over. With this win, KKR opened its account in the points table.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad team, which came to chase the target of 209 runs, could score 204 runs for 7 wickets. For Hyderabad, Heinrich Klaasen scored 63 runs in 29 balls while Shahbaz Ahmed scored 16 runs in 5 balls. Openers Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma scored equal 32 runs. Rahul Tripathi was out after scoring 20 runs while Aiden Markram contributed 18 runs.
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Tags: IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 24, 2024, 10:45 IST