Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. Kolkata has scored a hat-trick of wins in IPL 2026, this is the same team which could not register a single win in the first 6 matches. Angkrish Raghuvanshi made a big contribution to Kolkata’s victory by playing an inning of 59 runs. Apart from him, captain Ajinkya Rahane missed scoring a half-century. Before this, Sunil Narine has created history by completing 200 wickets in IPL.
In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, Hyderabad team batted first and scored 165 runs. After a good start, SRH’s batting collapsed and lost its last 9 wickets in just 60 runs. In reply, the 84-run partnership between Rahane and Raghuvanshi played an important role in Kolkata’s victory.
Sunil Narine created history
Sunil Narine created history in this match against Kolkata Knight Riders. He took a total of 2 wickets in this match, making him the first foreign bowler to touch the mark of 200 wickets in the Indian Premier League. Narine now has a total of 201 wickets in his name in 197 matches. Only Bhuvneshwar Kumar (215) and Yuzvendra Chahal (228) are ahead of him in terms of taking the most wickets.
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SRH could not hit the ‘sixer’ of victory
Sunrisers Hyderabad had lost three out of the first 4 matches of the season. But after that SRH made a tremendous comeback and registered 5 consecutive wins. By defeating Kolkata today, it could have taken a step closer to the playoffs by hitting a ‘sixer’ of victory, but the Kolkata team played unitedly in bowling and batting and prevented Hyderabad from achieving its sixth consecutive win. In the last overs, Rinku Singh finished the match for Kolkata by playing a cameo inning of 22 runs in 11 balls.
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