In a nail-biting thriller, Harshit Rana delivered a magical final over to defend 13 runs as KKR defeated SRH by 13 runs in the Match 3 of IPL 2024. Heinrich Klassen played a wonderful innings to take SRH to the boundary of victory, but Harshit Rana didn’t let them take the final step and KKR won their first game this season.
KKR’s Andre Russell slammed a explosive 50 and partnered well with Rinku Singh to take his team score beyond 200. Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers took some tough beating as they leaked tons of runs against the KKR all-rounders.
The Eden Gardens International Stadium, Kolkata is all decked up to witness the high-voltage clash of Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders and Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday.
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The players are going through some intense practice sessions ahead of the IPL 2024 match and will start the tournament on a strong note.
The match is expected to be a spicy affair as Pat Cummins has played for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) before and the inside inputs can work wonders for the team. On the other hand, KKR is strong with its new skipper Shreyas Iyer declared fit by the NCA and is expected to lead his team from the front.
KKR vs SRH Match: Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markhande and T Natarajan
- Yesterday’s KKR star, Fined for Misconduct
Kolkata Knight Riders star Harshit Rana has been handed a stringent penalty for breaching the Code of Conduct in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. The fine is said to have been imposed on the KKR pacer because of his send-offs to SRH stars Mayank Agarwal and Heinrich Klaasen.
The young Knight Riders seamer emerged as the match-winner against the Sunrisers, especially with his final over heroics. But, his conduct left many disappointed, with IPL deducting 60 percent of his match fee.
Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Harshit Rana may have emerged a hero with his brilliant final over in the four-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday, but his send-off to Mayank Agarwal has landed him in trouble.
Rana lost his cool as he dismissed the SRH opener earlier in the innings, blowing a flying kiss towards Mayank as he walked back towards the dressing room.
There were many on social media who weren’t too pleased with the send-off and BCCI, on Sunday, took note of the incident as it slapped a 60 per cent fine on the pacer. In a release following the game, the board confirmed that Harshit Rana has been imposed the punishment for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.
