IPL 2018, SRH vs KKR: 4 Reasons why Hyderabad lost against Kolkata 

#2 Excellent death bowling by KKR

Kolkata’s bowlers seemed to have an off day as Hyderabad’s top order plundered runs at the start of the innings. Andre Russell was smashed for 16 runs of his first over. Also, the spin of Piyush Chawla and Kuldeep Yadav did not trouble Hyderabad’s batsmen much. However, KKR’s bowlers staged a remarkable comeback after the 13th over.

Prasidh Krishna conceded just 5 runs off the 16th over and picked up the all-important wicket of Shikhar Dhawan. Krishna excelled in the last over of the innings as well, picking up 3 wickets and conceding just 4 runs.

Andre Russell too made a strong comeback by giving away just 7 runs and picking up the wicket of Carlos Braithwaite in the penultimate over. Just 44 runs came off the last 7 overs as Kolkata’s bowlers choked the middle order of Hyderabad.