Sunrisers Hyderabad was hosting Kolkata Knight Riders with hopes to take revenge of their first game of this IPL season. SRH won the toss and asked KKR to bat first, who named several changes in their playing XI. Sunil Narine gave them a blazing start and 25 runs off just 8 balls but when he got out, Hyderabad bowlers made some serious inroad and reduced them to 73/4. Chris Lynn kept one end tight to put a 51-run partnership with Rinku Singh, but things were going too slow for them. Lynn departed after his fifty and there were no fireworks from Andre Russell this time around. In the end, KKR managed just 159/8 in 20 overs.

In their quest to chase the target down, SRH openers came with all guns blazing. David Warner blasted KKR bowlers in the powerplay to cash 72 runs for the team. Jonny Bairstow was complimenting him from the other end with fine stroke play. Both players shared 131 runs for the opening wicket in 12 overs before Warner got out. There were no further hiccups as Hyderabad raced to the total by nine wickets with five overs to go.

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Chris Lynn (KKR)

Explosive opener Chris Lynn played a slow innings according to his standards. He was holding one end tight when their wickets were falling from the other end. Lynn played according to the need of the situation to score his fifty. His got out to Khaleel Ahmed after scoring 51 runs in 47 balls, where he hit four fours and one six.

Khaleel Ahmed (SRH

Young fast-bowler shone against KKR in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. He dismissed dangerous looking Sunil Narine with a clever slower ball before managing Shubhman Gill’s wicket with the same bowling approach. Khaleel later returned into the attack to remove Chris Lynn as well. His final bowling figures were 3/33 in four overs.

David Warner (SRH)

Hyderabad’s explosive opener was in some mood to have fun. David Warner was looking good since the first ball and smashed regular boundaries during the powerplay. He scored yet another half-century to power SRH a blazing start. He got out after scoring 67 runs off 38 balls, where he hit three fours and five sixes.

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Jonny Bairstow (SRH)

The wicketkeeper-batsman was on song against Kolkata Knight Riders. He was hitting the ball well and didn’t found it hard to cope with KKR’s spinners. Though he was dropped by KC Cariappa when he was on one that was an abrasion. Bairstow remained unbeaten on 80 runs, which came off 43 balls featuring seven fours and four sixes.