Kolkata, April 2 -- Ahead of his side's win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Ishan Kishan hailed the performances of openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, saying that getting those 80-odd runs in the powerplay made things easy for the team.

After a setback against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), SRH bounced back in style as an 82-run opening stand between Travis-Abhishek and a half-century from Heinrich Klaasen took SRH to 226/8, which looked pretty big for KKR despite a valiant half-century from Angkrish Raghuvanshi and knocks from Finn Allen and Rinku Singh. Jayden Unadkat (3/21) was the pick of the bowlers for SRH.

Speaking during ...