Lockie Ferguson's brilliant bowling display, first in the regulation play and then in the Super Over, guided Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling win over SunRisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Ferguson, playing his first game of the season, picked two wickets in quick succession to bring KKR back in the game after SRH openers Kane Williamson and Jonny Bairstow got their side off to a flying start, adding 57 runs in the Powerplay. He got rid of Williamson, Priyam Garg and Vijay Shankar and returned with an impressive figures of 3/15 in his four-over spell. He gave away only two runs in the Super Over and dismissed David Warner and Abdul Samad inside three balls. With this win, KKR consolidated their position in the top-half of the points table with five wins from nine games, while SRH are fifth with just three wins under their belt.
IPL 2020 Match 35 Highlights Between SunRisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, Straight From Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- 19:51 (IST)Ball 4! Two runs KKR win the Super Over!Rashid Khan bowls on the leg stump and Karthik gets his pad on it goes towards fine leg where fielder fails to collect it properly, allowing them to come back for the second leg bye. KKR beat SRH in the Super Over to consolidate their position in top 4.
- 18:11 (IST)WICKET! Kane Williamson c Nitish Rana b Ferguson 29(19)!A short and wide delivery from Lockie Ferguson and Kane Williamson goes for an upper cut didn't get the enough elevation and Nitish Rana takes simple catch to send him packing. Still no Warner for SRH as Priyam Garg comes in to bat at No. 3.
- 18:08 (IST)FOUR!Shivam Mavi bowls close to off stump but Jonny Bairstow made the most of the slightest of width on offer and steered it in the gap between backward point and short third-man. With that a brilliant spell of play from SRH's perspective comes to and end as they reach 57/0 after six overs.