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Patna : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 7 wickets in the 8th match of IPL 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on September 26, 2020, night, as opener Subhman Gill scored an unbeaten 70 in 62 balls hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes and Eoin Morgan scoring an unbeaten 42 in 29 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Gill and Mrgan added 92 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 4th wicket. It was KKR’s first win in two matches. Gill was declared Player Of the Match.
KKR Captain Dinesh Karthik fell to spinner Rashid Khan without scoring while opener Sunil Narine fell to fast bowler K Khaleel Ahmad for zero.Nitish Rana fell to fast bowler T Natrajan for 26 in 13 balls hitting 6 fours including three consecutive fours in Khaleel Ahmad’s second over. Set a target of 143 runs, KKR scored 145/3 18 overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad had won the toss and opted to bat.
Electing to bat, SRH scored 142/4 in 20 overs with opener David Warner (captain) scoring 36 in 30 balls hitting 2 fours and 1 six while Manish Pandey scored 51 in 38 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Wriddhiman Saha (wk) scored 30 in 31 balls with one six and a four. Warner fell to spinner Varun Chakravarty while his opening partner Jonny Bairstow fell to fast bowler Pat Cummins for 5. Manish Pandey fell to all-rounder Andre Russel.