Shubman Gill gives Kolkata Knight Riders first win

DUBAI: Kolkata Knight Riders registered their first win in the 13th edition of Indian Premier League as they outplayed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets by an all-round performance at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

After restricting the opponent at just 142, they lost Sunil Narine early but comfortably reached the target in 18 overs losing 3 wickets. Young opener Shubman Gill was the main attraction of the innings as the 21-year-old right hander remained unbeaten at 70 off 62 balls including 2 sixes. He put on 92 unbeaten runs with Eoin Morgan (42 off 29) for the fourth wicket. Nitish Rana added 26 while captain Dinesh Karthik failed to open his account.

Earlier, winning the toss Sunrisers Hyderabad could managed 142/4 in allotted overs.

Manish Pandey topscored for SRH with 51 off 38 balls, adding 62 runs for the third wicket with Wriddhiman Saha.

Captain David Warner got to spend more time in the middle than he did in the previous match in which he faced just six balls before being dismissed. On Saturday, he scored 36 off 30 balls but fell to spinner Varun Chakravarthy just as he was looking to shift gears.

His opening partner Jonny Bairstow successfully reviewed a caught behind decision that went against him off Pat Cummins only to be bowled the very next ball of the over. Wriddhiman Saha, who was included in the squad in place of the injured Vijay Shankar, never managed to get going and scored 30 off 31 balls.

KKR's record buy Pat Cummins followed up his underwhelming show in the first match with a masterful performance on Saturday, returning with figures of 1/19. Apart from Chakravarthy, Andre Russell was the third wicket taker for KKR, having accounted for the wicket of Manish Pandey.

Brief scores: SRH 142/4 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 51, David Warner 36; Andre Russell 1/16, Pat Cummins 1/19) lost to KKR 145/3 in 18 overs (Shubman Gill 70no, Eoin Morgan 42no, Nitish Rana 26, Rashid Khan 1/25). IANS

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