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29/03/2025 10:00

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

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    Stubbs' blistering start was wasted
Stubbs' blistering start was wasted
Tristan Stubbs goes big. Source: BCCI

Stubbs' blistering start was wasted

Stubbs wasted no time in getting going. On his third ball, he heaved Chawla over deep midwicket for a six and repeated the feat three balls later. Bumrah dismissed Porel for 41 off 31, and Pant fell cheaply, but Stubbs kept going.

He hit Akash Madhwal for two fours and a six in the first three balls of the 17th over to bring up his half-century - his second in two matches - off just 19 balls.

His hitting meant Capitals reached 172 for 4 after 17 overs, five runs ahead of Mumbai at the same stage. Bumrah managed to restrict the opposition to only eight runs in the following over, leaving them with a target of 55 runs from the remaining two overs.

Stubbs was able to hit three sixes, including two off Shepherd at the beginning of the 19th over, but unfortunately, he did not receive much support from the other end. As a result, the Capitals were left with the daunting task of scoring 34 runs from the last six balls. Coetzee proved to be a game-changer by conceding only four runs and taking three wickets, while Stubbs struggled to score at the non-striker's end.

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