• Markram, Jansen star in Sunrisers’ win

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    Aiden Markram and Marco Jansen made significant contributions in the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 23-run win against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL on Friday.

    England’s Harry Brook hit 100* off 55 balls (12 fours and three sixes) to take Hyderabad to 228-4.

    He was supported by powerful hitting by Sunrisers captain Markram (50 off 26) and Abhishek Sharma (32 off 17), who stitched two key half-century partnerships with Brook.

    West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell was the most effective Kolkata bowler and took 3-22 before he went off the field because of an injury concern at the start of his third over.

    Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy took the only other Hyderabad wicket while New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson was the most expensive Kolkata bowler and leaked 37 runs in two overs.

    Kolkata made the worst possible start after Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz fell to India veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a duck in the first over of the chase.

    Jansen removed Venkatesh Iyer (10) and Sunil Narine (nought) off consecutive balls before Rana stabilised the innings with opener Narayan Jagadeesan (36).

    Rana hit 41-ball 75 before falling to T Natarajan in a spirited batting display with new Kolkata hero Rinku Singh.

    Singh, who blasted five sixes off the final five balls to help Kolkata stun champions the Gujarat Titans in an IPL thriller on Sunday, hit an unbeaten 31-ball 58 with four fours and four sixes.

    Hyderabad pace bowlers Kumar, Jansen, Natarajan and Umran Malik shared five wickets, while spinner Mayank Markande finished with 2-27.

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