Kolkata Knight Riders edge past Sunrisers in nail-biting finish

Kolkata Knight Riders held their nerve at a critical stage in the game to secure a thrilling come-from-behind win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, on Thursday – their fourth win of the season. Different players played their parts at different times to hand SRH their sixth loss of the season, in Hyderabad.

Brief scores:

Kolkata Knight Riders 171/9 in 20 overs (Rinku Singh 46, Nitish Rana 42; Marco Jansen 2-24, T Natarajan 2-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 166/8 in 20 overs (Aiden Markram 41, Heinrich Klaasen 36; Shardul Thakur 2-23, Vaibhav Arora 2-32) by 5 runs