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Patna : Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 9 wickets in the 38th match of IPL-12 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on April 21, 2019, night, David Warner scoring 67 in 38 balls hitting 3 fours and 5 sixes and Jonny Bairstow (wk) scoring an unbeaten 80 in 43 balls with 7 fours and 4 sixes. Captain Kane Williamson remained unbeaten on 8 in 9 balls. Chasing a target of 160, SRH scored 161/1 in only 15 overs. Warner and Bairstow added 131 runs for the first wicket in 12.2 overs.
SRH had won the toss but opted to bowl. Batting first KKR scored 159/8 in 20 overs with openers Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine scoring 51 and 25 runs respectively. Rinku Singh scored 30 in 25 balls with 2 fours and a six while Andre Russel scored 15 in 9 balls hitting 2 sixes. Nitish Rana made 11 and Subham Gill 3. Captain Dinesh Karthik was run out for 6.
For SRH, K Khaleel Ahmad took 3/33 in 4 overs while Bhuvaneshwar Kumar took 2/35 in 4 overs. Sandeep Sharma and Rashid Khan took one wicket each. K Khaleel Ahmad was named Player of the Match.