Kolkata, April 2 Heinrich Klaasen scored a brilliant fifty as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs in their IPL match here on Thursday.
Sent in to bat, Travis Head (46) and Abhishek Sharma (48) put on an opening stand of 82 runs off 34 balls to set the stage, while Klaasen (52) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (39) provided a late flourish as SRH posted a challenging total of 226 for 8.
In reply, KKR were all out for 161 in 16 overs, with Angkrish Raghuvanshi scoring a fine 52 off 29 balls.
For KKR, Blessing Muzarabani (4/41), Vaibhav Arora (2/47), Kartik Tyagi (1/48), and Anukul Roy (1/16) took the wickets.
For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat (3/21) took three wickets, while Nitish Kumar Reddy (2/17) and Eshan Malinga (2/14) each took two wickets.
Brief Scores:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 226/8 in 20 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 52; Blessing Muzarabani 4/41).
Kolkata Knight Riders: 161 all out in 16 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 52; Jaydev Unadkat 3/21, Nitish Kumar Reddy 2/17, Eshan Malinga 2/14).