Lockie Ferguson locks it for Kolkata Knight Riders in Super Over

      Abu Dhabi, Oct 18 (PTI) A fast and furious Lockie Ferguson produced one of the most incredible bowling performances of this IPL edition to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling Super Over win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, here on Sunday.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ferguson proved to be the "Knight in Shining Armour" with his storehouse of variation as he dismissed David Warner and Abdul Samad in the Super Over, leaving KKR with only a three run-target to chase.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This was after David Warner's unbeaten 47 and 18 runs off the final Andre Russell over saw Sunrisers level the scores at 163 with KKR in the stipulated 20 overs.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ferguson was magnificent during the regulation 20 overs also as his 3/15 in 4 overs had SRH in all sorts of trouble. He bowled a first spell in which he dismissed Kane Williamson with a short ball, got rid of Priyam Garg with a slower one and saw the back of Manish Pandey with a yorker .<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His five wickets in the game got KKR the much-needed two points to take their tally to 10 while Sunrisers stay put on 6 points and are in serious danger of missing the play-offs.<br>       Earlier, Ex-captain Dinesh Karthik's carefree approach was well complemented by skipper Eoin Morgan's grace as Kolkata Knight Riders managed a par 163 for five after being put into bat.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Karthik (29 not out) and Morgan (34 off 23 balls) joined forces at 105 for four and added 58 runs in the last five overs after 150 was looking a tall-order at one stage.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Morgan's innings had three fours and a flicked six over mid-wicket off Basil Thampi while Karthik hit  a couple of sixes and equal number of boundaries.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; T Natarajan (2/40) was the most successful bowler but it was Vijay Shankar (1/20 in 4 overs) who was the most economical.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Rahul Tripathi (23 off 15 balls) gave the first charge in the Powerplay as he hit Natarajan for a straight six and a pulled boundary while Shubman Gill (36 off 37 balls) struggled to time the ball, save an over from Thampi when he got three successive fours.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tripathi couldn't maintain the momentum as an ugly cross-batted hoick off Natarajan only ended in the bails flying off.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gill however after those flurry of fours found it difficult to up the ante. Nitish Rana (29 off 19 balls) looked in good nick after a gap of few games.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He straight away took on rival team's best bowler Rashid Khan and deposited him straight for a six and also found a couple of boundaries.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But Gill's inability to rotate strike did put KKR in a spot of bother as he tried an inside out lofted shot off Rashid. Priyam Garg, running towards his left from long-off, took a brilliant diving catch to see the opener's back.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gill's dismissal was followed by Rana's who mis-timed a shot off Vijay Shankar and was again caught by Garg, who ran forward to take a well-judged catch.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Andre Russell's (9 off 11 balls) season just got from bad to worse as his shot off Natarajan's slower one landed in the hands of  Shankar at deep mid-wicket boundary. From a stable 87 for 1 in the 12th over, KKR had slumped to 105 for 4 at the end of the 15th over. PTI  KHS AT<br>AT

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