Nitish Rana removes Umran Malik for 28 runs in one over (Picture Credit: Sportzpix)
Umran Malik failed to get his line and length right as Nitish Rana dismissed him for 28 in his first over of the match.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana clean bowled Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Umran Malik in their Indian Premier League match at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Rana ripped Umran to shreds at the end of the powerplay and smashed it all around the park to collect 28 runs from the over.
Umran starts the over with a short ball and Rana pulls it but manages to get an edge which is enough for a boundary. The Jammu and Kashmir pacer continued to bowl short and Rana was up for it as he edged the second ball over mid-wicket.
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Umran didn’t learn from his mistakes and continued to bowl short as Rana hit the next short ball for boundaries. While the last ball which traveled at 149.1 kmph, flew over backward point for a six.
It was a poor over from Umran as Rana chased down his team after losing the first three wickets of Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine in a mammoth chase of 229.
It was a horror start for KKR as they lost Gurbaz for a golden duck off the very first ball as he fell victim to Bhuvneshwar Kumar. While Marco Jansen dismissed Venkatesh Iyer (10) and Sunil Narine (0) to set up KKR’s chase.
Fans reacted on Twitter after Rana’s onslaught against Malik at the Eden Gardens.
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Earlier, SRH opener Harry Brook became the first centurion of IPL 2023 as he tore apart the KKR bowlers and helped the visitors post a massive 228/4 in 20 overs.
Bought by SRH for Rs 13.25 crore, Brook had managed only 29 runs in the first three games but found his rhythm with a 55-ball 100 as he hit 12 fours and three sixes. After being relieved on 45, the Englishman scored 50 off 32 balls when rookie leg-spinner Suyash Sharma gave him a simple chance off his own ball.
Brook also overturned Lockie Ferguson’s caught-back decision at the age of 61 as he hammered the Kiwi pacer with five fours in a single over on his way to his first century of the season, which came in the final I came on the ball of Umesh Yadav. Above.
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