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Varun and Narine push Sunrisers Hyderabad's off switch
ReportThe KKR spinners picked up five wickets between them to halt SRH's winning streak in the IPLKolkata Knight Riders 169 for 3 (Raghuvanshi 59, Rahane 43, Sakib 1-17) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 165 (Head 61, Kishan 42, Varun 3-36, Tyagi 2-30, Narine 2-31) by seven wicketsVarun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine thrived on a slower-than-usual Hyderabad pitch to halt Sunrisers Hyderabad's five-match winning streak in IPL 2026. Varun and Narine took five wickets between them to have SRH tumbling from 105 for 1 in the ninth over to 165 all out in 19 overs. Along the way, Narine joined the IPL's 200-wicket club.Kolkata Knight Riders shaved 71 runs off the target in the powerplay and eventually sealed their third successive win, with seven wickets and ten balls to spare. Angkrish Raghuvanshi anchored the chase with a career-best 59 off 47 balls.SRH's HeadstartTravis Head flew out of the blocks as usual, clattering Vaibhav Arora for four fours in the second over, after SRH had opted to bat. Head didn't let the momentum let up against Narine, slog-sweeping him for six over square leg and then pumping him over mid-on for four in the third over.Narine's opening over was much tighter. Bowling the first over for only the fourth time in his IPL career, he kept Abhishek Sharma to nine runs.Head also lined up Cameron Green and went onto bring up his half-century off 22 balls. Kartik Tyagi bested Abhishek with a hard-length delivery that was clocked at almost 145kph, but Head maintained a high tempo, which was central to SRH passing 70 in the powerplay for the sixth time in ten innings in this IPL.(Mystery) Spin to winHead thumped Varun for 17 off five balls before the mystery spinner hit back to have him holing out in the ninth over. Head's dismissal triggered an irreparable SRH collapse. Varun proceeded to dismiss debutant R Smaran, who had come in for the unwell Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Aniket Verma.Once the ball grew older, it wasn't easy to hit through the line. But that didn't stop SRH's batters from staying true to their uber-aggressive philosophy. Both Smaran and Aniket fell while trying to find the boundary or clear it.After enduring a tough end to the T20 World Cup and an equally tough start to the IPL, Varun has found some form, picking up at least two wickets in each of his last four games.Heinrich Klaasen started brightly for SRH, but a one-handed screamer from Rovman Powell, a bona fide contender for the catch of the season, stopped him on 11.Narine then became t...
Varun and Narine push Sunrisers Hyderabad's off switch - ESPN
playSRH vs KKR - IPL 2026 - Is Varun Chakravarthy back to his best (1:12)Ambati Rayudu says the mystery spinner has come back into the IPL well after an initial tough period (1:12)May 3, 2026, 09:56 AM ETKolkata Knight Riders 169 for 3 (Raghuvanshi 59, Rahane 43, Sakib 1-17) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 165 (Head 61, Kishan 42, Varun 3-36, Tyagi 2-30, Narine 2-31) by seven wicketsVarun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine thrived on a slower-than-usual Hyderabad pitch to halt Sunrisers Hyderabad's five-match winning streak in IPL 2026. Varun and Narine took five wickets between them to have SRH tumbling from 105 for 1 in the ninth over to 165 all out in 19 overs. Along the way, Narine joined the IPL's 200-wicket club.Kolkata Knight Riders shaved 71 runs off the target in the powerplay and eventually sealed their third successive win, with seven wickets and ten balls to spare. Angkrish Raghuvanshi anchored the chase with a career-best 59 off 47 balls.SRH's HeadstartTravis Head flew out of the blocks as usual, clattering Vaibhav Arora for four fours in the second over, after SRH had opted to bat. Head didn't let the momentum let up against Narine, slog-sweeping him for six over square leg and then pumping him over mid-on for four in the third over.Narine's opening over was much tighter. Bowling the first over for only the fourth time in his IPL career, he kept Abhishek Sharma to nine runs.Head also lined up Cameron Green and went onto bring up his half-century off 22 balls. Kartik Tyagi bested Abhishek with a hard-length delivery that was clocked at almost 145kph, but Head maintained a high tempo, which was central to SRH passing 70 in the powerplay for the sixth time in ten innings in this IPL.(Mystery) Spin to winHead thumped Varun for 17 off five balls before the mystery spinner hit back to have him holing out in the ninth over. Head's dismissal triggered an irreparable SRH collapse. Varun proceeded to dismiss debutant R Smaran, who had come in for the unwell Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Aniket Verma.Once the ball grew older, it wasn't easy to hit through the line. But that didn't stop SRH's batters from staying true to their uber-aggressive philosophy. Both Smaran and Aniket fell while trying to find the boundary or clear it.After enduring a tough end to the T20 World Cup and an equally tough start to the IPL, Varun has found some form, picking up at least two wickets in each of his last four games.Heinrich Klaasen started brightly for SRH, but a one-handed screamer fro...
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Varun and Narine set up KKR's emphatic victory - PressReader
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