NEW DELHI: An all-round display from Rashid Khan noticed Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders by way of 13 runs in the second one Qualifier of the Indian Premier League 2018 at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Chasing 175, KKR managed 161/9 in a see-saw affair in entrance of a packed stadium with SRH putting in place identify clash with Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
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SRH's win was once engineered by way of Rashid as he first blasted an unbeaten 34 off 10 deliveries to push his staff to a challenging overall and then in the middle overs, no longer only carried out breaks on the scoring rate but also picked up the prized scalps of Chris Lynn (48), Robin Uthappa (2) and Andre Russell (3). Besides that, he effected a run-out to do away with Nitish Rana (22) and in addition took two catches.
It was once Kolkata who, sponsored by way of a vociferous home crowd, blazed away in the chase with the opening pair of Sunil Narine (26) and Lynn scoring 40 in 3.1 overs. Siddarth Kaul equipped the first breakthrough with the wicket of Narine however Lynn endured to search out limitations at will and found an in a position ally in Rana.
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However, Rashid gave a very good example of his fielding abilities as his one-handed pick out up and throw caught Rana neatly in need of the crease at the striker's end. From 87/1, KKR slipped to 108/five and despite Shubman Gill smacking 30 off 20, the SRH spin pair of Rashid (3/19) and Shakib AL Hasan (1/16) had finished sufficient to carry the competition alive.
Earlier, Rashid's cameo helped SRH triumph over a wobbly start. KKR bowlers answered to Dinesh Karthik's choice to bowl first as they never allowed Sunrisers batsmen to attain freely. The spinners, led by way of Kuldeep Yadav (2/29), Narine (1/24) and Piyush Chawla (1/22) kept the top-order from exploding.
But Sunrisers snatched the momentum scoring 50 runs in the closing 3 overs with Rashid making the difference. Rashid stepped on the gas in Prasidh Krishna's final over with two sixes that yielded 24 runs. Having started off on an outstanding note, Krishna completed with deficient figures of 56 runs from his 4 overs to undo all the just right paintings finished by way of Kuldeep and Narine.
Though KKR bowlers did not get a wicket throughout the powerplay, their tempo battery of Shivam Mavi, Krishna and Russell bowled with velocity and accuracy to stymie Sunrisers run glide.
Drafted into the facet rather than Javon Searles, in a daring move by way of KKR to move in with 3 overseas avid gamers, Mavi troubled Wriddhiman Saha along with his tempo and movement off the seam en route to a fine spell of 1/33 from his complete quota.
Returning after five matches, Saha appeared awfully out of sorts with six runs from 12 balls and carried on with a dash of success after being dropped on five when Karthik grassed a skier. It didn't topic a lot in the scheme of things as KKR got 3 wickets in five overs after the powerplay with Kuldeep giving breakthroughs with a twin blow in the eight over.
In his first ball, Kuldeep trapped the dangerous Shikhar Dhawan (34) and rancid the fifth ball he deceived the Orange Cap holder Williamson (3) with a flawed'un.
Kuldeep flighted the ball and Williamson did not read it as he edged it to 'keeper Karthik who did the remaining. Saha's knock of 35 from 27 balls in any case came to an end after a brilliant stumping by way of Karthik. Shakib (28) and Deepak Hooda (19) attempted however couldn't boost up in the middle overs.
They had been moving in opposition to a below-par overall when Yusuf Pathan departed, leaving SRH at 138/7 ahead of Rashid equipped the of entirety.
The final is scheduled to be performed at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARD
SRH's win was once engineered by way of Rashid as he first blasted an unbeaten 34 off 10 deliveries to push his staff to a challenging overall and then in the middle overs, no longer only carried out breaks on the scoring rate but also picked up the prized scalps of Chris Lynn (48), Robin Uthappa (2) and Andre Russell (3). Besides that, he effected a run-out to do away with Nitish Rana (22) and in addition took two catches.
It was once Kolkata who, sponsored by way of a vociferous home crowd, blazed away in the chase with the opening pair of Sunil Narine (26) and Lynn scoring 40 in 3.1 overs. Siddarth Kaul equipped the first breakthrough with the wicket of Narine however Lynn endured to search out limitations at will and found an in a position ally in Rana.
ALSO READ: Rashid is international's easiest spinner in T20, says Tendulkar
However, Rashid gave a very good example of his fielding abilities as his one-handed pick out up and throw caught Rana neatly in need of the crease at the striker's end. From 87/1, KKR slipped to 108/five and despite Shubman Gill smacking 30 off 20, the SRH spin pair of Rashid (3/19) and Shakib AL Hasan (1/16) had finished sufficient to carry the competition alive.
Earlier, Rashid's cameo helped SRH triumph over a wobbly start. KKR bowlers answered to Dinesh Karthik's choice to bowl first as they never allowed Sunrisers batsmen to attain freely. The spinners, led by way of Kuldeep Yadav (2/29), Narine (1/24) and Piyush Chawla (1/22) kept the top-order from exploding.
But Sunrisers snatched the momentum scoring 50 runs in the closing 3 overs with Rashid making the difference. Rashid stepped on the gas in Prasidh Krishna's final over with two sixes that yielded 24 runs. Having started off on an outstanding note, Krishna completed with deficient figures of 56 runs from his 4 overs to undo all the just right paintings finished by way of Kuldeep and Narine.
Though KKR bowlers did not get a wicket throughout the powerplay, their tempo battery of Shivam Mavi, Krishna and Russell bowled with velocity and accuracy to stymie Sunrisers run glide.
Drafted into the facet rather than Javon Searles, in a daring move by way of KKR to move in with 3 overseas avid gamers, Mavi troubled Wriddhiman Saha along with his tempo and movement off the seam en route to a fine spell of 1/33 from his complete quota.
Returning after five matches, Saha appeared awfully out of sorts with six runs from 12 balls and carried on with a dash of success after being dropped on five when Karthik grassed a skier. It didn't topic a lot in the scheme of things as KKR got 3 wickets in five overs after the powerplay with Kuldeep giving breakthroughs with a twin blow in the eight over.
In his first ball, Kuldeep trapped the dangerous Shikhar Dhawan (34) and rancid the fifth ball he deceived the Orange Cap holder Williamson (3) with a flawed'un.
Kuldeep flighted the ball and Williamson did not read it as he edged it to 'keeper Karthik who did the remaining. Saha's knock of 35 from 27 balls in any case came to an end after a brilliant stumping by way of Karthik. Shakib (28) and Deepak Hooda (19) attempted however couldn't boost up in the middle overs.
They had been moving in opposition to a below-par overall when Yusuf Pathan departed, leaving SRH at 138/7 ahead of Rashid equipped the of entirety.
The final is scheduled to be performed at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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IPL: All-round Rashid stars as Sunrisers Hyderabad enter final
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