Russell Blitz After Salt Fifty Propels KKR To 208/7 – News18

Kolkata, Mar 23: Andre Russell unleashed his fury with an unbeaten 25-ball 64 after Phil Salt’s stable fifty as Kolkata Knight Riders overcame a sedate begin to put up an imposing 208 for 7 in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match right here on Saturday.

Salt, who went unsold on the public sale solely to be named as a substitute for Jason Roy, obtained to his third IPL fifty in simply 38 balls earlier than being dismissed by Mayank Markande (3/39) whereas attempting to speed up. The Englishman made 54 off 40.

Russell teed off in opposition to Markande when he launched the SRH leg-spinner deep into the stands — three sixes in 5 balls.

Markande for a second thought that he had the final snigger when Aiden Markram took a blinder at lengthy-on however replays confirmed he grounded the ahead diving catch, giving Russell a breather on 20.

The warning indicators have been on for SRH and the Jamaican went ballistic in Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s penultimate over hitting him for 2 fours and two sixes that finally yielded 26 runs.

Rinku Singh, on the different finish, made a 15-ball 23 because the duo put collectively 81 runs from 33 balls as KKR scored 85 runs within the final 5 overs.

Left-arm seamer T Natarajan dismissed each Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer and together with veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar conceded simply 16 runs in 4 overs to stifle KKR contained in the powerplay.

Bhuvneshwar bowled a peach of a gap over when he swung the ball each methods to Salt and Sunil Narine, cramping them for room and gave away simply three runs.

The world No. 2 T20I batter picked Marco Jansen to free his arms, smacking the lanky South African pacer for 3 consecutive sixes within the off-aspect hall.

But KKR misplaced Narine out of the blue following a mixture-up and after yet one more tidy over by Bhuvneshwar, Cummins introduced in Natarajan in a sensible captaincy transfer.

It labored wonders as he dismissed Venkatesh and comeback skipper Shreyas in three balls, each falling to lofted photographs.

Natarajan altered his size to deceive Venkatesh, whereas Shreyas, who missed the final season due to a again harm, obtained out for a two-ball duck with Cummins taking a blinder at lengthy-off.

Markande additionally obtained into the act in his first over when he foxed Nitish Rana with a googly because the KKR vice-captain gave a easy catch to Rahul Tripathi at backward level that decreased KKR to 51/4 inside eight overs.

But Salt remained agency as he obtained helpful help from debutant Ramandeep Singh who rapidly ran off the blocks in an entertaining 54-run partnership.

Ramandeep slammed Cummins for a boundary after which pulled a brief one for a six.

He additionally hit Markande and Jansen and Shahbaz Ahmed for 3 extra sixes in his 17-ball 35 earlier than being dismissed by Cummins.

The partnership set the tone for the ultimate assault by Russell and Rinku. PTI TAP UNG

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