[p]Australia's Head hit 46 off 21 balls and along with Abhishek, who clobbered a 21-ball 48, lay the foundations for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunrisers-hyderabad/ltywUfPr/"]Hyderabad[/a]'s 226-8 at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kolkata-knight-riders/nmRRRXaA/"]Kolkata[/a]'s Eden Gardens.[/p][p]Hyderabad then bowled out three-time winners Kolkata for 161 in 16 overs to register their first points after losing their opener to Royal Challengers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royal-challengers-bengaluru/ObLbexsS/"]Bengaluru[/a].[/p][p]Head and Abhishek put on 82 runs for the first wicket as the two tore into the opposition attack and hit 10 fours and seven sixes between them.[/p][p]South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen top-scored with 52 after Kolkata lost three quick wickets including skipper Ishan Kishan, for 14, and Abhishek in one over from Blessing Muzarabani, who finished with 4-41.[/p][p]Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy, who made 39, put on 82 for the fifth wicket to help Hyderabad finish on a high.[/p][embed guid="b03d43e5-3e31-4d52-ade2-5bb14968b454" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdObM0j2bZE" social-type="youtube" /][p]"[b]I was happy with everyone putting the effort,[/b]" said Kishan, who is leading the team in place of Pat Cummins, who is recovering from a back injury.[/p][p]"[b]Head and Abhishek made our game easy. It was a complete team effort.[/b]"[/p][p]Both teams came into the match after defeats in their opening outings but 2016 winners Hyderabad executed their plans to perfection.[/p][p]Kolkata's New Zealand import Finn Allen struck three fours and two sixes off David Payne in the first over of the chase to get them off to a blistering start.[/p][p]But after a seven-ball 28, Allen departed in the second over and despite wicketkeeper-batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi's 52, the Kolkata chase fizzled out.[/p][p]"[b]I thought SRH bowlers executed the slower balls (well) and the angles they used was really good,[/b]" said Kolkata skipper Ajinkya Rahane.[/p][p]Left-arm quick Jaydev Unadkat took three wickets, including two in two balls, to bowl out Kolkata with four overs left unused as Hyderabad bounced back.[/p]
'Travishek' opening partnership blows Kolkata way in IPL win
Explosive knocks by openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma led Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first win of the IPL season with a 65-run thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.
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