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Three-time Indian Premier League winners Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their third successive game of the season on Sunday afternoon. Ajinkya Rahane and his side beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets to keep their hopes of making it to the top four alive. The loss also meant that Pat Cummins and his SRH side saw their five-match winning streak come to an end.

Former West Indian star Andre Russell turned 38 years old on 29th April. The former IPL champion was seen getting ready to cut a cake in a video uploaded by the franchise. Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo and Abhishek Nayar were seen in the video.

Nayar and Rovman Powell were seen holding the former all-rounder, letting Narine do the honours of smashing the cake. Russell, whowas seen looking at the camera towards the end of the video, said: “My birthday was a couple of days ago, Icannot escape this.”

West Indian legend joins elite list

37-year-old Narine became the third player in the history of the league to reach 200 wickets. The veteran star joined Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the list and became the first overseas player to reach the landmark. The wicket of Salil Arora in the 16th over ensured the former IPL winner got to the special landmark.

Former West Indian star ended the day with figures of 2/31 from his four overs, with Ishan Kishan being his second scalp of the day. So far, the Trinidadian has played 197 games in the league and picked 201 wickets with an economy of 6.7 runs per over and best of 5/19, which is his only fifer in T20 cricket.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi steals the show with the bat

Chasing 166 to win, Find Allen and Rahane began well as the pair added 49 runs for the first wicket in 24 balls. The Kiwi scored 29 off just 13 balls with the help of three boundaries and two sixes before Cummins dismissed him.

Raghuvanshi joined his skipper and added 84 runs for the second wicket in just 10 overs. Kolkata’s skipper was out after scoring 43, while the youngster top-scored with 59 off 47 balls with the help of five boundaries and two sixes. The visitors won the game with seven wickets in hand and ten balls to spare.