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Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders lost wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Keep one end and shake the fifty fill salt. After his out, the real game begins. Andre Russell made a record partnership with Rinku Singh in a double century of sixes. He made his fifty off just 20 balls.
Dre Russ became the ninth batsman to hit 200 sixes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Russell scored a double century of six in 97 innings. Another Caribbean Chris Gayle is on top with 357 sixes.
After losing 6 wickets for 119 runs, Russell-Ringku added 81 runs in 33 balls for the seventh wicket. This is the fifth highest partnership for Kolkata on this wicket. This pair broke when Rinku got out after scoring 23 runs off 15 balls. Russell Tham scored 64 off 25 balls. There were 7 hits for six and 3 hits for four.
After Salt, Russell lost 7 wickets in his stormy fifty and scored 208 runs. 54 runs came from Salt's bat. If the wall is at one end, he builds the base of the match. Apart from this, Randeep Singh scored 35 runs off 17 balls. Natharjan took maximum 3 wickets for Hyderabad.
