Sunil Narine 3-26

Sunil Narine’s 3-26 and Yusuf Pathan’s 52 steers KKR win

Yusuf Pathan 52 not out
Yusuf Pathan 52 not out
Sunil Narine 3-26
Sunil Narine 3-26

Indian Premier League, 55th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, May 22, 2016

Kolkata Knight Riders 171/6 (20/20 ov) MK Pandey 48 off 30, 2 fours, 3 sixes, YK Pathan 52 not out off 34, 3 fours, 2 sixes, RV Uttappa 25 off 17, 4 fours, B Kumar 31-2, BB Sran 31-1, DJ Hooda 16-2. Mustafizur Rahan 32-1

Sunrisers Hyderabad 149/8 (20/20 ov) S Dhawan 51 off 30, 4 fours, 3 sixes, DA Warner 18 off 16, 1 four, 1 six, Yuvraj Singh 19 off 12, 1 four, 2 sixes, Shakib Al Hasan 34-1, AS Rajpoot 21-1, SP Narine 26-3, Kuldeep Yadav 28-2.

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 22 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field. KKR posted 171 for 6 aided by brilliant batting by Uttappa 25, MK Pandey 48 and Yusuf Pathan 52. Although Dhawan 51 gave good start for the Sunrisers chase, in the end they were strangled to 149 for 8 by excellent spin bowing by Sunil Narine who took 3 -36 in four overs .