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Kolkata thumps Hyderabad by 80 runs in Indian Premier League AP News

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KOLKATA India AP Venkatesh Iyer made a 25ball halfcentury to propel defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders to a massive 80run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday in a rematch of last years Indian Premier League final The lefthander teed off in the final five overs to smash 60 off 29 balls as Kolkata cruised to 2006 after Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field at Eden Gardens Hyderabad couldnt recover from the loss of three wickets in space of first 13 balls before eventually getting bowled out for 120 in 164 overs to lose its third straight game Kolkatas big win lifted it from the bottom of the points table to No 5 with four points This game was really important for us and winning with margin that was really crucial Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane said Arora dampens Hyderabads chase Hyderabads batting powerhouse struggled to get going for the third straight game since amassing 286 runs in the season opener against Rajasthan Royals Impact player Vaibhav Arora 329 made an immediate impact when the fast bowler removed Travis Head off his second ball and Ishan Kishan was brilliantly snapped by a diving Rahane at short extra cover Arora should have got one more wicket but Andre Russell dropped a sitter from IPL debutant Kamindu Mendis before the Sri Lankan batter had scored And to make things worse for Hyderabad Abhishek Sharmas struggles continued when the lefthander sliced a catch in the slips off Harshit Ranas slower delivery before Arora returned and removed topscorer Heinrich Klaasen 33 to close out with brilliant figures Spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy squeezed the middleorder with their impeccable bowling in favorable home conditions as Hyderabad lost wickets in clusters Narine completed a haul of 200 wickets for Kolkata in the IPL when Mendis holed out at midwicket after scoring 27 Chakravarthy then ran through the lower order with 322 and was denied a hattrick after claiming the wickets of Cummins and Simarjeet Singh off successive balls in his final over Not a great night tonight Cummins said Less than two weeks ago we put on 280 Our batters are at our best taking it on but you have to think about if you could take different options Iyer delivers Angkrish Raghuvanshi made an impactful 50 off 32 balls upfront but Hyderabad had limited Kolkata at 1224 in 15 overs before leaking 78 runs off the final 30 balls Kolkata lost its lefthanded opening pair of Quinton de Kock 1 and Narine 7 cheaply inside the first four overs before Rahane and Raghuvanshi put on 81 runs for the thirdwicket stand and revived the innings However both batters got dismissed in space of three overs before Iyer and Rinku Singh 32 not out counterattacked Hyderabad pace in the final five overs Iyer took his time before unleashing seven boundaries and three sixes that included three fours and a six in the 19th over bowled by Cummins who finished with 144 Singh consumed just 16 balls and led the home teams acceleration with Iyer by contributing 91 runs for the fifthwicket stand off just 41 balls AP cricket httpsapnewscomhubcricket

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