Lockie Ferguson bowled an exceptional Super Over to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in Abu Dhabi, UAE on Sunday. KKR scored 163 for five with Shubhman Gill top-scoring with his 36-run knock while T Natarajan took two wickets for SRH. The Hyderabad side ended at 163 for six with David Warner staying unbeaten on 47. Ferguson then took two wickets in the Super Over and conceded only 2 runs. KKR easily scored the required three runs to complete the win. (Scorecard | Points Table | News)
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders: 163 for 5 in 20 overs. (S Gill 36, E Morgan 34, D Karthik 29 not out; T Natarajan 2/40).
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Sunrisers Hyderabad: 163 for 6 in 20 overs. (D Warner 47 not out, J Bairstow 36, K Williamson 29; L Ferguson 3/15).
3:03 PM IST: David Warner wins the toss and Hyderabad will bowl first.
3:09 PM IST: A couple of changes for both sides. Basil Thampi and Abdul Samad in for Shahbaz Nadeem and Khaleel Ahmed in the SRH XI, while Kuldeep Yadav and Lockie Ferguson replaced Prasidh Krishna and Chris Green in KKR XI. Here are the playing XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi.
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Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy.
