IPL 2021: Nitish Rana's fiery pull shot breaks camera lens at Dubai Stadium

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) put in yet another spirited performance in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by six wickets. This much-needed victory has also kept their qualifying hopes alive. It was an all-round performance from KKR as first their bowlers restricted SRH to just 115.

Later, opening batter Shubman Gill’s 57 runs enabled KKR to finish off the run chase with two balls to spare. Apart from Gill, even Nitish Rana scored a handy 25 runs. In his short stay at the crease, the southpaw hit three boundaries in his knock and looked threatening to finish the smallish run-chase early before Jason Holder removed him.

Before Rana was out, he was guilty of breaking a camera off the bowling of Holder. The incident occurred, when the West Indian bowler had come into the bowl the 17^th over. Rana was looking set with 21 runs on board during that time. In the process to get his wicket, Holder banged a ball in short to which the southpaw was quick enough to pounce on it and pulled it ball for a boundary. But amidst all that, the ball had just bounced before reaching the boundary ropes and smashed it onto a camera lens.

Rashid Khan, who ran after the ball could not stop the boundary and the ball which hit the camera lens. The leg-spinner was bemused by the ball smashing the camera lens and inspected it.

Kolkata Knight Riders march ahead in the UAE leg of the IPL

With this win, KKR have now moved up to fourth on the points table with 12 points on board. The victory against SRH has given them hopes of qualifying for the playoffs. KKR’s bowlers were spot on with their line and lengths against SRH batters and choked them. Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, and Varun Chakravarthy all picked up two wickets each and marinated a good economy rate.

Later, Gill was defiant at one end and kept the scorecard ticking in the run-chase of 116. He lost his opening partner Venkatesh Iyer and number three batter Rahul Tripathi for eight and seven runs, respectively but that did not stop him from playing shots on the loose deliveries, which the SRH bowlers bowled.