Kolkata Knight Riders kept its Indian Premier League campaign alive with a convincing win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last of the 13 ties at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium on Saturday night.
Riding on Andre Russell’s late charge following a resurrecting association of 63 runs for the sixth wicket with Sam Billings, the Knight Riders - in a must-win game to give itself an outside chance of making the Playoffs - posted a challenging total of 177 for six.
On a surface where the last six games had gone in favour of the side batting first and against a team that has been wobbly to say the least, that total turned out to be more than enough. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chase never really took off as the Knight Riders bowlers ensured the batters’ good work didn’t go waste to register a 54-run win.
