Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs in their first game of the tournament.
Man of the match Nitish Rana scored 80 runs from 56 deliveries with the help of nine fours and four sixes.
The two early wickets and slow scoring rate in the powerplay overs turned out to be the difference between the two teams.