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04/03 12:49 CDT Kolkata thumps Hyderabad by 80 runs in Indian Premier League
Kolkata thumps Hyderabad by 80 runs in Indian Premier League
KOLKATA, India (AP) --- Venkatesh Iyer made a 25-ball half-century to propel
defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders to a massive 80-run victory over
Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday in a rematch of last year's Indian Premier
League final.
The left-hander teed off in the final five overs to smash 60 off 29 balls as
Kolkata cruised to 200-6 after Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and
elected to field at Eden Gardens.
Hyderabad couldn't recover from the loss of three wickets in space of first 13
balls before eventually getting bowled out for 120 in 16.4 overs to lose its
third straight game.
Kolkata's big win lifted it from the bottom of the points table to No. 5 with
four points.
Impact player Vaibhav Arora (3-29) removed Travis Head off his second ball and
Ishan Kishan was brilliantly snapped by captain Ajinkya Rahane before the fast
bowler closed out a brilliant spell by dismissing top-scorer Heinrich Klaasen
for 33.
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy then ran through the lower order with 3-22 and was
denied a hat-trick after claiming the wickets of Cummins and Simarjeet Singh of
successive balls in the final over.
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