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Patna : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 6 wickets in 49th match of IPL at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, on October 3, 2021, late night, as opener Shubman Gill scored 57 runs in 51 balls with 10 fours and Nitish Rana scored 25 in 33 balls with 3 fours. Chasing a target of 116 runs, KKR scored 119/4 in 19.4 overs. SRH had won the toss and opted to bat. KKR have now 12 points from 13 games while SRH have 4 points from 12 games. Gill was named Player Of The Match.
KKR lost their first wicket that of opener Venkatesh Iyer with 23 runs on board. Iyer fell to all-rounder Jason Holder for 8 in 14 balls making it 23/1. Rahul Tripathi fell to spinner Rashid Khan for 7 and it was 38/2. Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana added 55 runs for the third wicket. Gill fell to fast medium bowler Siddharth Kaul for 57 making it 93/3. Nitish Rana fell to Holder for 25 and it was 106/4. Dinesh Karthik (wk) remained unbeaten on 18 in 12 balls hitting 3 fours. Captain Eoin Morgan remained 2 not out.
Batting first, SRH scored 115/8 in 20 overs with captain Kane Williamsson scoring 26 runs with 4 fours and Abdul Samad scoring 25 in 18 balls hitting 3 sixes.