Kolkata: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders, having been in some discomfort from recent turn of events, have again found hurray at home. Monday's emphatic victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens has brought the wind back into their sail as IPL-8's long league stage enters its business end.


KKR spinner Brad Hogg

The Knights, on their final run of home matches, will want to make the most of it before they are back on the road for a couple of tricky clashes.

If the 35-run win buttressed belief, the manner in which it was achieved would have firmed up faith in familiar methods. On a signature home track with its slow turn, KKR got the extra spinner in the mix at the expense of a pacer and clinched it in clinical fashion.