Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are currently facing Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their IPL 2024 opener at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Asked to bat first, KKR piled up a massive 208/7 in 20 overs on the back of Andre Russell (64* off 25 balls) and Philip Salt (54 off 40 balls). T Natarajan was the pick of the bowlers for SRH, returning with three wickets by conceding 32 runs in his four overs.
In reply, SRH got off to a quickfire start as the duo of Mayank Agarwal and Abhishek Sharma added 60 runs for the opening wicket in double quick time.
Harshit Rana drew the first blood for KKR by dismissing Agarwal on 32 off 21 balls. After claiming the prized scalp, the right-arm pacer gave a flying kiss to Agarwal when the latter was making his way back to the pavilion.
Mayank Agarwal was not one bit pleased with the send-off as he stared at Harshit Rana for a few seconds before walking towards the dressing room
Here’s the video:
At time of writing this article, Sunrisers Hyderabad were 77/2 after 8 overs, needing 132 more runs in the remaining 12 overs with eight wickets in hand. Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram were the new batters for SRH in the middle.
