IPL 2025: 'It was a very good turn by Angkrish ...': KKR Spinner Varun to victory over SRH

Kolkata (Western Bengal) [India]April 4 (Ani): After the victory of his team over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Spinner Varun Chakravarthy congratulated the victory of his team and the striking players such as Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora and Rinku for their achievements. Fiery bowling by Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy on Thursday helped a 80 -run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After the match in the presentation after the match, Varun said: “It was a very good turn by Angkrish, the way Venky took it deeply and Rinku finished. And he was a lot and he played us on the first time. defeated in the last game, so the talk was to go and stay on the field, pick up runs and then score at the end quickly. You can’t take anything of granted, you can bowl well and do runs today in the next game, just do your exercise, hit the gym and do the work. That was the perfect game for us. With the match, SRH won the throw and fed first. It seems their decision paid well when they sent Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine for single figures, which reduced KKR to 16/2, but a counter-attack by Rahane (38 in 27 balls, with four and four sixes) and Raghuvanshi (50 in 32 balls, with five fours and twice). After the rapid loss of these two stars, Venkatesh Iyer (60 in 29 balls, with seven fours and three sixes) and Rinku Singh (32* in 17 balls, with four boundaries and a six) CKR to 200/6 in their 20 overs with a 91 run for the fifth wicket. Mohammed Shami (1/29) and Harshal Patel (1/43) were top wickets for SRH. During the run, SRH was never really in the game and quickly lost wickets quickly. Vaibhav Arora (3/29) and Varun Chakravarthy (3/22) stood out as only Heinrich Klaasen (33 in 21 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Kamindu Mendis (27 in 20 balls, with four and two sixes), could cross the 20-run mark. With this victory, KKR’s campaign is somewhat back on track as with two wins and two losses. They are in fifth place. SRH is at the bottom with victory and three losses. (Ani)