Sunrisers Hyderabad 176 for 3 (Tripathi 71, Markram 68*, Russell 2-20) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 175 for 8 (Rana 54, Russell 49*, Natarajan 3-37) by seven wickets
An enterprising 71 from Rahul Tripathi and an unbeaten 68 from Aiden Markram helped Sunrisers Hyderabad complete a hat-trick of wins in IPL 2022, this time beating Kolkata Knight Riders at the Brabourne Stadium, and join five more teams jostling for the second position on the points table with six points apiece.
Playing against his former side, Tripathi walked in when opener Abhishek Sharma was out for 3. He counterattacked while Kane Williamson struggled in the powerplay, and then took on Varun Chakravarthy in his opening spell. Tripathi smacked four fours and six sixes all around the field while Markram hammered six fours and four sixes. Markram began his partnership as the accumulator while Tripathi went berserk, but as the partnership grew, both batters began to attack.
Markram took the lead after Tripathi’s dismissal following their 94-run third-wicket stand and finished the game with 2.1 overs to spare by smacking Pat Cummins for 4, 6, 6. Such was his dominance after Tripathi’s wicket that Nicholas Pooran could score only five runs in a 43-run stand with Markram.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo