Chennai: Opener Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi (53) hit fluent half-centuries to script Kolkata Knight Riders' a comfy 10-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match, here on Sunday.SRH's Rashid Khan (2/24) was yet once again at his best, asking difficult concerns to the KKR batsmen however most of his bowling associates showed inadequate on a sluggish yet good batting wicket.Hyderabad lost skipper David Warner (3) and Wriddhiman Saha (7) early and were always playing a catch-up game in spite of Jonny Bairstow's combating half-century.

They could manage 177 for 5 in the end.

Warner was dropped on nought by Pat Cummins in the first over bowled by Harbhajan Singh but he could not make good use of the life and became a victim of pacer Prasidh Krishna while Saha was tidied up by Shakib Al Hasan.Jonny Bairstow (55) and Manish Pandey (61 not out) formed a partnership at a consistent run rate.

Australian pacer Cummins broke their 92-run stand when he had Bairstow caught at backward point by Rana.

SRH needed 70 off the last five overs.Mohammed Nabi (14) was hit on his neck by Krishna however the Afghan responded with a splitting six.

He pursued a slower one however only to be captured by Eoin Morgan.

The 19-year-old Abdul Samad, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, creamed off two sixes and a four off Cummins in the penultimate over to keep SRH in hunt.

Needing 22 runs from the last over, KKR's Andre Russell held his nerves to deny SRH a win.Earlier, left-handed opener Rana struck the ball difficult and clean to provide his side a confident start after they were asked to take first strike.His strokes on the off-side-- the drives and cuts - were of greatest quality and a reward to the eye.Neither Bhuvneshwar Kumar nor T Natarajan might stop Rana from striking borders even as Subhman Gill was quiet.

Sandeep Sharma was pinched hit three limits in a row by him.

Gill opened up his arms to hit an enormous straight 6 off Natarajan to make it even better for KKR.However, the run-flow was affected when ever-reliable Rashid got the ball in his hands.

He also supplied the advancement when he deceived Gill with an incorrect'un to discover the stumps.Rana though kept going strong, finishing his half-century with a six off Vijay Shankar after enduring an LBW appeal off Rashid.

He got the decision overturned, taking the DRS call.Rana's six-hitting continued after getting his fifty as he penalized Natarajan and Sandeep again.

His associate at the other end Rahul Tripathi likewise stroked with confidence and fluently.

He smashed an enormous six off Bhuvneshwar and then followed it up with a cheeky four in the third-man region.He completed his fifty with another border off Bhuvneshwar however was dismissed by Natarajan right after when he top-edged a ball.Rashid too returned dangerous Andre Russell (5) back.Mohammed Nabi (2/32) eliminated Rana and Eoin Morgan (2) off succeeding balls in the 18th over.