4,6,4,4,4,6… Hardly anyone would have thought that India's most stormy fast bowler i.e. Umran Malik would be in such a condition. But, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana worsened Umran's condition in just 6 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 19th match of the IPL. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad had given a target of 229 runs to KKR. This was the biggest score of the 16th season of IPL. Nitish Rana completed his 50 runs in just 25 balls.
Chasing this target, Kolkata Knight Riders had a very poor start. Within 20 runs, 3 batsmen had returned to the pavilion. After this Captain Nitish Rana took charge. KKR had lost 3 wickets in the powerplay itself. The team's score was 34 runs in 5 overs. Umran Malik came to bowl the last over of the powerplay for Sunrisers Hyderabad. KKR captain Nitish Rana was on strike. Umran bowled the first ball bouncer. Nitish Rana tried to pull. The ball did not come completely on his bat and the ball went over a short fine leg for a four.
Umran Malik bowled the second ball too short. The speed of this ball was 144 km per hour. But, this time the ball came on Nitish Rana's bat and he hit a six over midwicket. After this, Umran bowled the next 3 balls too short of length and Nitish Rana hit all three for fours. In this way, Nitish had scored 22 runs in just 5 balls. Nitish hit a six on the last ball of Umran's over. In this way, Nitish scored a total of 28 runs in one over of Umran and KKR scored 62 runs in the powerplay despite losing 3 wickets. This is Kolkata Knight Riders' biggest score in the power play this season.
