Nitish Rana notched up his first IPL 2022 half-century to guide KKR to 175/8 against SRH on Friday.
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Nitish Rana (54) and Andre Russell (49 not out) played brilliant individual knocks to guide KKR to 175/8 in the IPL 2022 clash against SRH at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Friday.
Asked to bat, KKR lost their openers Venkatesh Iyer (6) and Aaron Finch (7), in quick succession.
Incoming batter and captain Shreyas Iyer (28), however, tried to stabalize the run scoring rate with his 25-ball knock which included three boundaries but failed to find enough support in floater batter Sunil Narine (6) who was sent packing early.
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Rana took seven innings to score his first IPL 2022 half-century. But his 36-ball knock came right in time to save KKR from the blushes. He forged an important partnership of 39 runs for the sixth wicket with West Indies power hitter Russell and hit six boundaries and two hits over the fence in his innings.
Wicket keeper-batter Sheldon Jackson (7) failed to get going with the bat as a mistimed shot saw him return back to the pavilion. But Russell ensured that he batted throughout the innings to guide KKR to a challenging total.
The all-rounder smashed four boundaries and as many sixes in his unbeaten knock of 25 deliveries.
India fast bowler T Nataraj bowled a tight length to do some early damage and pick up three wickets for 37 runs — the most by a SRH bowler — with Jammu & Kashmir express Umran Malik scalping two wickets.
