Kolkata Knight Riders quick bowler Harshit Rana gave a brutal send-off to Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Mayank Agarwal after dismissing him throughout their IPL 2024 match in Kolkata on Saturday. Mayank seemed in nice contact however on the third ball of the sixth over, he tried to drag a bouncer from Rana and ended up gifting a catch to the fielder at deep backward sq. leg. Rana was ecstatic at taking his first wicket of this version and he celebrated by blowing a flying kiss in the direction of the batter. Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar was not impressed as he had his say in regards to the matter on commentary.

“He should not have done that. Did the batsman do anything to him when he was hitting him for sixes? Cricket can be played without these antics. It’s the age of television. I understand that. Celebrate with your teammates but no need for such antics for the opposition,” he mentioned on commentary.

Harshit Rana’s resilience within the closing over and Andre Russel’s muscling fifty helped Kolkata Knight Riders survive Heinrich Klaasen‘s six-hitting spree and rating an exhilarating four-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad of their IPL 2024 match.

Klaasen virtually turned the match on its head with a 29-ball 63 during which he moussed eight sixes and not using a single 4.

Sealed with a kiss

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But SRH bravely chased KKR’s imposing 208/7, which was constructed round Russell’s (64, 25b) and Phil Salt‘s 54 (40b), however may solely make 204 for seven.

The South African took IPL’s costliest purchase Mitchell Starc to cleaners smashing him for 3 sixes, whereas Bengal cricketer Shahbaz Ahmed ended the Aussie left-arm fast’s over with one other six.

That 26-run over meant Starc, who joined the Knight Riders for a file Rs 24.75 crore, completed with woeful figures of 4-0-53-0.

Needing 13 off the final over, KKR gambled with rookie pacer Rana as he was hammered for seven runs off the primary two balls.

But first he dismissed Shahbaz after which Klaasen off his penultimate supply, which got here by way of an outstanding backward diving catch by Suyash Sharma, to offer the native facet a incredible win.

The Hyderabad outfit wanted 5 runs off the final ball however skipper Pat Cummins failed to attach the ball, as Rana completed with wonderful figures (3/33).

(With PTI inputs)