The 2021 Indian Premier League is already starting to get thrilling. In a clash of two former champions, Kolkata Knight Riders trumped Sunrisers Hyderabad by ten runs in Match 3 at the MA Chidambaram (Chepauk) Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Meanwhile, we take a look at some of the records that were scripted.
Manish Pandey scripts a heart-breaking onePandey played a praiseworthy knock of an unbeaten 61 but ended up on the losing side. As a result, he has been involved in most unsuccessful IPL chases despite remaining not out while batting in the top five (4, along with David Miller).
KKR attains a landmark winThe win happened to be KKR's 100th win in the IPL. It is only the third team after Chennai Super Kings (106) and Mumbai Indians (120) to do so.
Match summaryWinning the toss, SRH skipper David Warner invited KKR to bat first, as Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi nailed the bowlers to post a respectable total of 1876. While the SRH batsmen, namely Pandey and Jonny Bairstow, did well, the KKR bowlers were too strong to give up, as SRH fell short by ten runs.Brief scores: KKR 1876 (Rana- 80, Tripathi- 53; Rashid- 224, Nabi- 232) beat SRH 1775 (Pandey 61*, Bairstow- 55; Krishna- 235) by ten runs.
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