On Friday night, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) suffered a 14-run defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens (Kolkata) in the Qualifier 2 match of IPL 2018. With that result, KKR ended their journey in this IPL season while SRH advanced to the final and will play against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) on this Sunday.

KKR captain Dinesh Karthik decided to field first after winning the toss. Despite a good start, the next batsmen failed to make further continue progress in SRH innings. However, Rashid Khan superb blistering knock rescued the team at the end and SRH managed to put a good total on the board as they scored 174/7 in 20 overs.

In reply, KKR had a powerful start but their next batsmen fell cheaply and they were restricted to 160/9 at of 20 overs.

Now, we will briefly talk about some important reasons for KKR’s defeat in this game.

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All-rounder Rashid Khan

The Player of the Match award winner Rashid Khan provided an all-round performance in this game. When the team was under deep trouble as SRH was on 138/7 in 18.1 overs, the 19-year-old rescued them with a blistering unbeaten knock of 34-run off just 10 balls. With the 340 strike-rates, Rashid hit 2 fours and 4 sixes.

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After that, Rashid Khan again bowled an effective spell as his bowling figure was 4-0-19-3. At one stage, the target was easily achievable for KKR as they had a powerful start. But, Rashid Khan’s spell once again changed the game scenario largely.

But the most important one was the Nitish Rana’s run-out dismissal at the crucial stage which was the big game changer. Once again, Rashid Khan was the reason of that run-out as his superb throw helped the wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha to break the stump timely.