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| Credit : KKR |
Andre Russell has done the impossible and out of nowhere won the opening encounter of the Indian Premier League for Kolkata Knight Riders against SunRisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens.
The Eden Gardens faithful went into a frenzy as Russell completely destroyed the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling to chase down 53 in the last three overs, the highest that has ever been successfully chased in the last three overs of an IPL match and This innings of Russell also spoiled a glorious comeback for David Warner - a year to the day his career and his life changed irrevocably because of the ball-tampering scandal. Warner scored 85 off 53 to take Sunrisers to that total on a difficult pitch.
Batting first SRH scored a good total of 181 and with one of the best bowling lineup, they are on the right track. Everything went their way till 17th over when Russell launched butchery attack on SRH and snached a unlikely win for KKR.
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| Credit : KKR |
Russell also picked up two crucial wickets of David Warner and Yusuf Pathan late in the innings for KKR, which slowed down SRH and they were unable to push past 200.
SRH - 181/3 (20 Overs)
KKR - 183/4 (19.4 Overs)
KKR - 183/4 (19.4 Overs)
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