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    "title": "Kolkata Knight Riders Register A Clinical 54 Run Win Against SRH To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>KKR vs SRH IPL 2022 -<\/strong> Kolkata Knight Riders made an easy job out of the target defence of 178 and defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 54 runs in a crucial match.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For Kolkata, all 5 bowlers - Andre Russell picked up 3 wickets &amp; Tim Southee picked up 2, while the other KKR bowlers - Umesh Yadav,&nbsp;Sunil Narine &amp; Varun Chakaravarthy chipped in with 1 wicket each to halt Sunrisers Hyderabad to 123\/8 in 20 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Young opener Abhishek Sharma was the top scorer for Hyderabad with 43 runs in 28 deliveries, smacking 4 fours &amp; 2 sixes. Aiden Markram also scored 32 runs off 25 balls with 3 sixes but was dismissed in the 15th over by Umesh Yadav.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With this win, KKR have moved to the 6th spots on the points table with a good boost to net run rate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the first innings, Umran Malik finally regained his form as he helped Sunrisers Hyderabad restrict Kolkata Knight Riders to 177\/6 in 20 overs.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After going for plenty of runs in the last 3 matches, Umran Malik dominated the KKR batters and picked up important wickets of Ajinkya Rahane (28), Nitish Rana (26) and captain Shreyas Iyer (15).&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, Umran gave away 33 runs and was taken to the boundary multiple times by Nitish Rana and Andre Russell. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen &amp; T Natarajan also chipped in with 1 wicket each.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For Kolkata Knight Riders, Andre Russell was the top scorer with an unbeaten 49 runs in 28 balls with 3 fours &amp; 4 sixes. Sam Billings also contributed with 34 runs in 29 balls with 3 fours &amp; a six as he etched a partnership of 63 runs in 44 balls for the 6th wickets after a few quick wickets.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KKR Beat SRH By 54 Runs!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IPL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IPL2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IPL2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KKRvSRH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KKRvSRH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndreRussell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndreRussell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iazWjpv3A6\">pic.twitter.com\/iazWjpv3A6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cricketnmore\/status\/1525533346683834368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">IPL 2022 - Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss &amp; opted to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 61st match of IPL 2022.&nbsp;This match was played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"background:#eeeeee; border:1px solid #cccccc; padding:5px 10px\">Brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/scorecard\/13071977427\/indian-premier-league-1\">Score<\/a>:<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px;\"><strong>Kolkata Knight Riders - 177\/6<\/strong> (Russell - 49*(28), Malik - 3\/33)<\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px;\"><strong>Sunrisers Hyderabad - 123\/8&nbsp;<\/strong>(Abhishek - 43(28), Russell - 3\/22)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n",
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