(Cricket news) Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets. After losing their first two games SRH have bounced back with 3 back to back wins. Kane Williamson had won the toss and elected to bowl first as Hyderabad replaced the injured Washington Sundar with Jagdeesha Suchit. Kolkata on the other hand brought in Aaron Finch, Sheldon Jackson and Aman Khan in place of Ajinkya Rahane, Sam Billings and injured Rasikh Salam.

KKR scored 175/8 in the first innings thanks to Andre Russell and Nitish Rana. Kolkata were 31/3 in 4.3 overs when Rana walked to partner his captain Shreyas Iyer. He scored 54 off 36 balls including 6 fours and 2 sixes. Russell produced some late fireworks as hit an unbeaten 49 off just 29 balls. His innings was a classic Russell knock including 4 boundaries and 4 maximums. T Natarajan continued his great form as he picked up 3 wickets. Umran Malik once again displayed his incredible pace as he got two wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen and Jagadeesha Suchit got a scalp each.

SRH ended up chasing the total after losing just 3 wickets with 13 balls to spare. Rahul Tripathi was the anchor of the innings as he scored an incredible 71 against his former club. Tripathi's 37 ball innings consisted of 4 fours and 6 sixes. Aiden Markaram finally found form in the IPL as he scored an unbeaten 68 off 36 hitting 6 fours and a six. Andre Russell picked up 2 wickets while Pat Cummins got a scalp. KKR were extremely disappointing with the ball and were tormented by the partnership between Tripathi and Markaram. Varun Chakravarthy who was very impressive in the previous two seasons has been disappointing in this one so far. Chakravarthy's troubles continued as he conceded 45 runs in just 3 overs in the match.

The Sunrisers are now looking like a proper unit with a very balanced bowling attack. The batters are picking up form which is incredible news for them. KKR on the other hand might be looking to rethink the bowling lineup which looks fragile at the moment. All bowlers apart from Sunil Narine and Umesh Yadav have been conceding way too many runs this season.

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