Nitish Rana has always been a go-to man for KKR for the past few seasons now. In the ongoing game between KKR and SRH, he was drafted as an opener for the Kolkata team. Nitish played a brilliant knock of 80 runs of just 56 deliveries.

During the course of his innings, Rana celebrated his fifty in a unique style. As soon as he completed his fifty, Nitish raised his bat before showing the three-finger hand gesture. The fingers resembled the alphabet M. This celebration was made popular by the great German footballer Mezut Ozil in a tribute to his young niece Mira.

Meanwhile, KKR set a daunting target of 188 runs for SRH to chase with the help of some fine batting display from the Kolkata batsman. Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana gave a blitzkering start to KKR and added 53 runs for the first wicket in just seven overs.

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Though Gill fall cheaply to a brilliant delivery by Rashid Khan but Rahul Tripathi who came one down didn’t let the momentum slip away from KKR and scored a quickfire inning of 53 runs. He also added 93 runs for the second wicket with Nitish Rana during the course of his innings.

Earlier SRH won the toss and opted to field first. SRH went with the Afghan combo of Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi in their team. On the other hand, KKR went with veteran Harbhajan Singh in their lineup, and also they went with swashbuckling all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in their team.

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KKR this time is looking to end their drought of an IPL title. They haven’t won the elusive title for the past six years now. On the other hand, SRH is also looking quite a formidable side and might make it big this year. They have always been a good-looking bowling side but in this edition, they would be looking to do wonders with their batting also with the likes of Warner, Bairstow in their team.