IPL 2018 Flashback: KKR vs SRH

The 12th edition of IPL is just a couple of days away. The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai at 8 PM IST.

The second match of the tournament will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens Kolkata on March 24 at 4 PM IST. In IPL 2018, SRH were the runners-up while KKR finished at third position.

KKR and SRH have met each other in IPL 15 times. KKR have won 9 of them while SRH have managed to win 6. While KKR have won the title twice, SRH have lifted the trophy once.

This year, key players for KKR would be Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav, Sunil Narine and Andre Russel. On the other hand, the return of David Warner is a big boost for SRH, and their bowling department is safe in the hands of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan.

On that note, let us look back at the played between these two teams, in the 2018 season of the IPL.

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#1. Match No:10 - KKR vs SRH - Leg 1

Billy Stanlake

The first match between KKR and SRH, in IPL 2018, was played at Kolkata on April 14, 2018. SRH won the toss and elected to field first.

Batting first, KKR lost Uthappa in the third over. Lynn continued to keep the scoreboard ticking, but there was not enough support from other batsmen. He scored 49 from 34 balls. The other batsmen who got into double digits were Nitish Rana (18 from 16 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (29 from 27 balls). SRH bowlers restricted KKR to 138/8. Among the bowlers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked 3 for 26 and Billy Stanlake and Shakib Al Hasan picked 2 each for 21.

SRH lost Dhawan early in the chase. But they approached the target steadily with Williamson scoring a 50 from 44 balls and Saha scoring 24. SRH chased down the target in 19 overs with the contributions from Shakib (27 from 21 balls) and Yusuf Pathan (17 from 7 balls). For KKR, Narine picked 2 wickets for 17 runs.

Stanlake was named Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 4-0-21-2.

#2. Match No:54 - KKR vs SRH - Leg 2

Chris Lynn

The second match between KKR and SRH, in IPL 2018, was played at Hyderabad on May 19, 2018. SRH won the toss and elected to bat first.

Shikhar Dhawan and Shreevats Goswami opened the batting for SRH and the pair scored 79 runs for the first wicket. After Goswami got out for 35, the duo of Williamson and Dhawan continued to maintain the scoring rate. Dhawan got out for 50 and Williamson scored 36 from 17 balls. Manish Pandey scored 25 runs. No one else in the middle order was able to capitalise on the good start and excellent death bowling by Prasidh Krishna restricted SRH to 172/9. Krishna picked up 4 wickets for KKR.

KKR, in reply, started with Lynn and Narine scoring 52 for the first wicket partnership from just 22 balls. Lynn made 55 from 43 balls and Uthappa who joined him at No. 3, scored 45 from 34 balls. Dinesh Karthik at No. 4 ensured his presence till the end and KKR comfortably chased down the target in 19.4 overs.

Lynn was named Man of the Match for his 55 runs off 43 balls.

#3. Match No:54 - KKR vs SRH - Qualifier

Rashid Khan

The second Qualifier of the IPL 2018 was played between KKR and SRH at Kolkata on May 25, 2018. KKR won the toss and elected to field first.

SRH started decently with the bat with both openers, Dhawan and Saha, scoring in mid 30's each. But KKR picked wickets in regular intervals and chocked down the middle order. At the end of 18 overs, SRH were 138/7. But a cameo from Rashid Khan, who scored 34 from 10 balls, made sure that SRH finished at 174/7.

In reply, KKR made a good start with Lynn scoring 48 and Narine scoring 26 from 13 balls. At the end of 10 overs, KKR were 92/2. However, they collapsed to 108/5 and never recovered from that. Shubman Gill scored 30 from 20 balls but that was not enough, and KKR were 14 short of the target. Rashid Khan picked 3 wickets and Carlos Brathwaite picked 2 wickets.

Rashid Khan was named Man of the Match for his 34 runs and the bowling figures of 4-0-19-3.