Kolkata Knight Riders‘ fortress at Eden Gardens was breached by table toppers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, as they went on to defeat the home side with a thumping five-wicket win.
Chris Lynn set the stage on fire with his knock up front before Billy Stanlake and co. restricted the hosts to a moderate total of 138.
The Great Hyderabadi bowling line-up hunted in packs, as Stanlake and Shakib ended up with a couple of wickets each. The standout bowler in the wickets column was Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Chasing a modest total, Saha brought down the required run rate drastically with his quickfire knock. After three quick wickets, captain Kane Williamson and Shakib Al Hasan stitched a vital partnership which took the game away further from the Knight Riders.
My job is to go out there and get wickets: Stanlake
Williamson brought up his fourth half-century in his IPL career and also helped his side towards the finishing line.
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6’8” Billy Stanlake, for his wonderful figures of two for 22, was adjudged as the man of the match.
“Nice to get out there and get a couple of wickets. My job is pretty simple, to go out there and get wickets,” said Stanlake during the post-match presentation.
“We thought it was going to come through nicely. It sat up a bit, sort of tennis-bouncy. Two great catches, owe Manish Pandey a couple of beers. Those were two great catches,” concluded, the man of the match, Billy Stanlake.
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