Kolkata, April 3 -- The first innings of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) clash between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the defending champions and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) was defined by skipper Ajinkya Rahane's counter-attack, the defending champions soaring high in their scoring rate due to a fiery partnership between Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh and SRH's death bowling woes since last year.

As per Cricviz Analyst, SRH, the trailblazers of the previous season have used their fiery batting and go-hard-from-ball-one approach as a mask to hide their inefficiency with the ball in death overs.

During their final five overs while bowling, SRH conceded 78 runs. Since IPL 2024 and till the ongoing season so far, SRH's economy rate dur...