KKR vs SRH, IPL 2023 Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Hyderabad by 5 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 runs. KKR defended 9 runs in the final over. 

Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Abdul Samad with SRH needing 7 off 4 balls.  

Rahmanullah Gurbaz took a brilliant catch behind the stumps to dismiss Marco Jansen for 1 off 4 balls. SRH 152/7 in 18.1 Overs.

Vaibhav Arora dismissed Aiden Markram for 41 off 40 balls. SRH 145/6 in 16.5 Overs.

Shardul Thakur dismissed Heinrich Klaasen for 36 off 20 balls. SRH 124/5 in 14.1 Overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 53/3 in 6 overs. Aiden Markram and Harry Brook are in the middle. 

Anukul Roy dismissed Harry Brook for a duck. SRH 54/4 in 6.2 overs. 

Shardul Thakur dismissed Abhishek Sharma for 9 off 10 balls. SRH 37/2 in 3.5 Overs.

Mayank Agarwal has been dismissed by Harshit Rana for 18 off 11 balls. SRH 29/1 in 2.5 overs. 

Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal opened the batting for Hyderabad. Harshit Rana took the new ball for Kolkata.

The Kolkata Knight Riders could manage just 171 runs in their quota of 20 overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad will need 172 runs to win this contest against the two time IPL champions

Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Sunil Narine for 1 off 2 balls. KKR 130/6 in 15.3 Overs.

Mayank Markande dismissed Andre Russell for 24 off 15 balls. KKR 127/5 in 14.2 Overs.

Nitish Rana has been dismissed by Aiden Markram for 41 off 31 balls. KKR 96/4 in 11.2 Overs.

Rinku Singh smashed two back-to-back boundaries off Aiden Markram's bowling. KKR 73/3 in 9 overs. 

Kolkata Knight Riders scored 48 for the loss of three wickets in six overs. 

Kartik Tyagi dismissed Jason Roy for 20 off 19 balls. Rinku Singh joins his captain in the middle. KKR 35/3 in 4.4 Overs.

Marco Jansen dismissed Venkatesh Iyer for 7 off 4 balls. KKR 16/2 in 1.6 Overs.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been dismissed for a duck by Marco Jansen. Kolkata 8/1 in 1.1 overs. 

Jason Roy smashed the first boundary for Kolkata Knight Riders. He hit back-to-back fours in the opening over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. 

Jason Roy and Rahmanullah Guzbaz will open the batting for KKR. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take the new ball. 

KKR Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Narayan Jagadeesan, Lockie Ferguson, Kulwant Khejroliya.

SRH Impact Subs: Rahul Tripathi, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (w), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 47 of IPL 2023. 

The toss at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will take place a few minutes from now. 

Since Litton Das left the KKR compound over family issues, wicketkeeper-batsman Johnson Charles would come in as a replacement.

So far Andre Russell has got some starts in the tournament but hasn't been able to capitalise. Will today be the day when Dre Russ will bring out his best?

Both KKR and SRH will look to keep their playoff hopes alive in tonight's game. They will be eager to win the match and secure 2 crucial points. 

The MI vs PBKS match of wednesday broke the string of low-scoring games. However, will KKR vs SRH game carryforward the entertainment? The match will start at 7:30 PM.

• Wicketkeeper: Heinrich Klaasen(wk)
• Batters: R. Gurbaz, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi,  Aiden Markram (c)
• All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma
• Bowlers:  Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, CV Varun,

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(wk), Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Akeal Hosein, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik

Kolkata Knight Riders: R. Gurbaz, N. Jagadeeshan (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, CV Varun, Harshit Rana

• Kolkata Knight Riders: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Jason Roy, and Suyash Sharma
• Sunrisers Hyderabad: M Jansen, Nitish Reddy, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, T Natarajan

Both the teams are sitting adjecent to each other on the IPL Points Table. But the spots are not ideal. KKR is at 8 and SRH is 9th. Thus, who will come out as the winner in this battle where nothing separates the two.

Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Kolkata Knight Riders today at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. The match is scheduled for a 7:30 PM start.

The teams have collided 24 times in the eminent league. And among the contests on 15 occasions Kolkata reigned supreme, whereas the remaining matches have been won by the SRH.

Today in the IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams are at a dire position in the league, however, on the basis of some extricate mathematics both are alive in the tournament. But with that being the case neither team can afford another loss. Thus, the situation makes up for an enthralling encounter. What do you think, who will prevail today? 

Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh.

Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Jason Roy, Aarya Desai.