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Heinrich Klaasen struck a fluent half-century as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs in their IPL match in Kolkata on Thursday. Sent in to bat, Travis Head (46) and Abhishek Sharma (48) shared an opening stand of 82 runs off 34 balls to lay the foundation, while Klaasen (52) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (39) provided the late charge as SRH posted a challenging 226 for 8.
After the defeat, KKR remained in ninth place on the points table, while Sunrisers climbed to sixth.
In reply, KKR were bowled out for 161 in 16 overs, with Angkrish Raghuvanshi top-scoring with a 29-ball 52.
For KKR, Blessing Muzarabani (4/41), Vaibhav Arora (2/47), Kartik Tyagi (1/48) and Anukul Roy (1/16) shared the wickets.
For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat (3/21) claimed three wickets, while Nitish Kumar Reddy (2/17) and Eshan Malinga (2/14) picked up two wickets each.
Brief Scores:
Sunrisers Hyderabad 226 for 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).