Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs in their first match of the 2021 IPL season at the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.

Chasing a target of 188, SRH were restricted to a total of 177/5 with Manish Pandey finishing unbeaten on 61.

Brief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 187/6 in 20 overs (Nitish Rana 80, Rahul Tripathi 53; Rashid Khan 2/24) vs SunRisers Hyderabad 177/5 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 61 not out, Jonny Bairstow 55; Prasidh Krishna 2/35)

--IANS rkm/sdr/