KKR vs SRH: SRH won the match against KKR. SRH won the match by 23 runs. The match was played on April 14 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Harry Brook became the Player of the Match for his outstanding hundred.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first. SRH set a huge total of 228 runs in the first inning. In the chase, KKR only scored 205 runs then SRH won the match against KKR by 23 runs.

First Inning Summary

For SRH, Harry Brook and Mayank Agarwal opened the inning. Mayank couldn’t do much and was out for 9 runs by Russell. Tripathi came in, scored 9 runs, and was also out by Russell.

For the third wicket, Brook and Captain Markram had a partnership of 72 runs. Skipper Markram scored a beautiful half-century. He scored 50 runs in 26 balls then Chakaravarthy took his wicket. He smashed 2 fours and 5 sixes in his inning. Then SRH was in 129 runs at 12.5 overs with a loss of 3 wickets.

Harry Brook was smashing runs from one end. Abhisekh Sharma came and he also smashed 32 runs in 17 balls. Again Russell strike and sent him back to the pavilion. Harry Brook scored a century for SRH. At last, Heinrich Klaasen also scored 16 runs not out in 6 balls. Then SRH sets the highest target of 229 runs in IPL 2023 with a loss of 4 wickets.

For KKR, Russell picked up 3 wickets. Chakaravarthy also took a wicket but other bowlers of KKR remained wicketless in the game.

Harry Brook’s First Hundred in IPL

Harry Brook scored his first hundred in IPL, which is also the first century of Tata IPL 2023. He remained not out in 100 runs off 55 balls. He smashed 12 fours and 3 sixes in his inning.

Second Innings Summary

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and N Jagadeesan opened the inning for KKR. Gurbaz went for a duck on the ball by Bhuvi in the 1st over. Venkatesh Iyer came in, scored 10 runs then he was also out by Marco Jansen. In the next ball, S Narine also went for a golden duck. The KKR lost their 3 wickets for 20 runs.

For the fourth wicket, Jagadeesan and Nitish Rana had a partnership of 62 runs. Jagadeesan scored 36 in 21 balls then Markande took his wicket. Markande strikes again and sends Russell back to the pavilion for 3 runs. Then KKR was in 96 runs at 10.1 overs with a loss of 5 wickets.

Previous match star better Rinku Singh came to bat at No. 7. Rana and Rinku had a partnership of 69 runs. Nitish Rana scored 79 runs in 41 balls then Natarajan sent him back to the pavilion. He smashed 5 fours and 6 sixes in his inning. Then KKR required 64 runs in 21 balls.

Shardul Thakur came in and scored 12 runs. He got out in the first ball of the last over by Umran Malik. They required 32 runs in the last 5 balls but they could only score 8 runs. Rinku Singh completed his half-century and remained not out in 58 runs in 31 balls. The KKR reached up to 205 runs and lost the match by 23 runs.