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Shubman Gill: I think the ball wasn't spinning much and was easy to hit down the ground. I have practiced power hitting in the last couple of years. I think it was important for us to win. We bowled really and we had to back it up with a good performance. There weren't any long conversations with Morgan. We were just trying to anticipate what the bowlers can try and do. As an opener it is my duty to see my team through.
Player of the Match
For scoring 70* from 62 balls and helping KKR, opener Shubman Gill is the Player of the Match
David Warner :I think I got my decision right. For us, our strength is death bowling. I thought it was actually a difficult wicket to accelerate on. I don't regret what I did at the beginning of the game and I stick by my decision. Cummins bowled Test match line and length. There was a little bit of movement. It got harder in the middle. We went four or five overs for 20 probably killed us a bit there. Extra 30 or 40 runs would have been great. We have to go harder at the top. Can't help if the bowlers are bowling right lines and lengths.
KKR 145/3 after 18 overs.
Natrajan to bowl. Gill is on strike.
17.1 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
17.2 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to on side for another run.
17.3 Dot Ball.
17.4 WIDE! Poor ball as Natrajan bowls down the leg side.
17.4 Straight delivery and Gill plays the ball down the ground for a single.
17.5 SIX! Short ball and Morgan swings his bat to send the ball soaring over long on for a maximum.
17.6 FOUR! Full toss and Morgan punches the ball down the ground for a boundary.
KKR 131/3 after 17 overs.
Bowling change. Abhishek Sharma to bowl. Gill is on strike.
16.1 SIX! Fuller delivery. Gill dances down the track and smacks the ball over the bowler's head for a maximum.
16.2 Fuller delivery and Gill milks the ball to leg side for a single.
16.3 Short delivery and Morgan punches the ball to backward point for a single.
16.4 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to off side for a single.
16.5 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to long on for a single.
16.6 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the to long off for a single.
KKR 120/3 after 16 overs.
Rashid to bowl. Gill is on strike.
15.1 Dot Ball.
15.2 Dot Ball.
15.3 Flatter delivery. Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
15.4 Tossed up delivery. Morgan plays a reverse sweep to third man for a single.
15.5 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
15.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Morgan sweeps the ball to square leg for a boundary.
KKR 113/3 after 15 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl. Gill is on strike.
14.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Gill plays the ball to cover.
14.2 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
14.3 Slower delivery and Morgan plays the ball to long-on for a single.
14.4 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
14.5 Fuller delivery and Gill tucks the ball to deep square for a single.
14.6 SIX! Low full toss and Morgan hammers the ball over extra cover for a maximum.
KKR 102/3 after 14 overs.
Nabi to bowl. Morgan is on strike.
13.1 Fuller delivery. Morgan plays the ball to long-on for a single.
13.2 Another fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
13.3 Dot Ball.
13.3 WIDE!
13.4 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
13.5 Dot Ball.
13.6 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
KKR 97/3 after 13 overs.
Natrajan to bowl. Gill is on strike.
12.1 Fuller ball angling in. Gill plays the ball to long-off for a single.
12.2 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
12.3 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Gill cuts the ball through backward point for a boundary and get to his fifty.
12.4 Full toss and Gill plays the ball for a single.
12.5 Short ball and Morgan plays the ball to on-side for a single.
12.6 Dot ball.
KKR 89/3 after 12 overs.
Nabi to bowl. On strike is Morgan.
11.1 2 WIDES! Poor ball by Nabi as he bowls down leg. The batsman takes a single.
11.1 Short ball and Gill plays the ball to backward square leg for a single.
11.2 1 Leg Bye. Short ball. Morgan works the ball to off-side for a single.
11.3 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
11.4 Fuller delivery and Morgan works the ball to on-side for a single.
11.5 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for 2 runs.
11.6 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
KKR 80/3 after 11 overs.
Rashid continues. Gill is on strike.
10.1 Short ball angled in. Gill plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
10.2 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to off-side for a single.
10.3 Dot ball.
10.4 FOUR! Fuller delivey and Gill plays the ball through square leg for a boundary.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball through cover for a single.
10.6 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to on-side for a single.
KKR 72/3 after 10 overs.
Nabi to bowl. Gill is on strike.
9.1 Fuller delivery drifting down leg. Gill plays the ball to on-side for a single.
9.2 Slower ball and Morgan plays the ball to on-side for another single.
9.3 Short delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-off for another single.
9.4 Full toss and Morgan pushes the ball to long-off for another single.
9.5 Fuller delivery and Gill blocks.
9.6 Flat delivery and Gill plays the ball to long off for a single.
KKR 67/3 after 9 overs.
Rashid to bowl. On strike is Gill.
8.1 Wrong'un and Gill plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
8.2 Tossed up delivery and Morgan plays the ball with soft hands to cover.
8.3 Full delivery. Morgan plays the ball back to the bowler.
8.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Morgan reverse-sweeps the ball for a boundary.
8.5 Short delivery and Morgan plays the ball to long-off for a single.
8.6 Full delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
KKR 60/3 after 8 overs.
Nabi to bowl. On strike is Gill.
7.1 Tossed up delivery and Gill plays the ball to long-on for a single.
7.2 Flatter delivery. Morgan plays the ball to long-on for another single.
7.3 Flat delivery. Gill pushes the ball to mid-wicket.
7.4 Tossed up delivery. Gill plays the ball to long on for a single.
7.5 Fuller delivery and Morgan sweeps the ball to deep square leg for a single.
7.6 Short delivery outside off. Gill plays the ball to third man for a single.
KKR 55/3 after 7 overs.
Bowling change. Rashid Khan to bowl. Gill is on strike.
6.1 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
6.2 WICKET! Karthik lbw b Rashid Khan 0(3)
Good wrong'un by Rashid. Karthik leans in to push the ball. The ball beats him and hits him on the back leg. There is loud appeal from Rashid. And the umpire gives that as OUT. DK takes the review and the review shows three red dots.
Eoin Morgan is the new batsman.
6.3 Fuller delivery which raps on the pads.
6.4 Another fuller delivery. Morgan sweeps the ball but the ball hits the pad.
6.5 1 Leg Bye. Another fuller delivery and Morgan goes for a sweep again. There is loud appeal from Rashid but the umpire gives that as NOT OUT.
6.6 Good length ball and Gill pushes the ball to mid-off for a single.
KKR 52/2 after 6 overs.
Khaleel continues. Gill is on strike.
5.1 Good length ball and Gill pushes the ball back to the bowler.
5.2 Short ball on middle and leg. Gill works the ball to short fine-leg.
5.3 Short ball outside off. Gill plays the ball to off-side.
5.4 FOUR! Very good shot from Gill. Short ball on leg stump. Gill makes room for himself and slams the ball through mid-off for a bounadry.
5.5 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Gill moves across again and cuts the ball through point for a bounadry.
5.6 Short ball and Gill plays the ball to fine-leg for a single.
KKR 43/2 after 5 overs.
Bowling change. T Natrajan to bowl. Gill is on strike.
4.1 Good length ball on middle. Gill plays the ball to leg-side.
4.2 Good length delivery and Gill pushes the ball to cover for another single.
4.3 FOUR! Low full toss. Rana punches the ball down the ground for a boundary.
4.4 WICKET! Nitish Rana c W Saha b T Natarajan 26(13)
Good length ball which moves away. Rana looks to drive the ball. The ball takes the outside edge of the bat and goes straight into the keeper's gloves.
Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman.
4.5 Fuller delivery outside off. Karthik goes after the ball but the ball goes past him.
4.6 Good length ball and Karthik pushes the ball back to the bowler.
KKR 38/1 after 4 overs.
Khaleel continues. Rana is on strike.
3.1 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Rana goes for apull. The ball takes the leading edge and the ball flies down to third-man for a bounadry.
3.2 FOUR! Short ball on middle. Rana goes on the backfoot to works the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
3.3 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Rana cuts the ball over backward point for a boundary.
3.4 Good length ball which raps on the pads and goes to the keeper.
3.5 1 Leg Bye. Fuller delivery which raps on the pads and goes to leg-side. The batsman takes a single.
3.6 Short ball. Gill pulls the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
KKR 24/1 after 3 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumra to bowl. Nitish Rana is on strike.
2.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Rana punches the ball through cover for a boundary.
2.2 Good length ball which leaves the right-hander. Rana goes to block the ball but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
2.3 FOUR! Good length ball outside off. Rana just stands in his crease and muscles the ball through mid-off for a boundary.
2.4 Good length ball on middle. Rana works the ball to third-man and gets a single.
2.5 Good short ball. Gill works the ball to short mid-wicket for a single.
But it is a NO BALL.
FREE HIT ball coming up. Rana is on strike.
2.5 Fuller delivery and Rana plays the ball to mid-on.
2.6 Fuller delivery and Rana plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
KKR 12/1 after 2 overs.
Khaleel Ahmed will bowl from the other end. Narine is on strike.
1.1 Back of the length ball. Narine blocks the ball with a dead straight bat.
1.2 WICKET! Sunil Narine c Warner b Khaleel Ahmed 0(2)
Good length ball on middle. Narine swings his bat. The ball hits low end of the bat and goes high in the air. Waner takes a good catch at mid-off.
Nitish Rana is the new batsman. Gill is on strike.
1.3 Good length ball outside off. Gill leaves the ball for the keeper.
1.4 Fuller delivery and Gill pushes the ball to point.
1.5 SIX! Good length ball. Gill dances down the track and smacks the ball over long-on for a maximum.
1.6 Good length ball on middle. Gill blocks the ball.
KKR 6/0 after 1 over.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar will bowl the first over. Shubman Gill is on strike.
0.1 Good length ball outside off. Gill punches the ball through cover for 2 runs.
0.2 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to leg-side.
0.3 Good length ball outside off and Gill leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery on middle and leg. Gill flicks the ball to square-leg for a bounadry.
0.5 Fuller delivery on middle. Gill pushes the ball to mid-on.
0.6 Fuller delivery fired on middle. Gill blocks the ball.
KKR's chase is about to get underway. SRH players are out on the field. And they are followed by Sunil Narine and Shubhman Gill.
SRH 142/4 after 20 overs.
Russell to bowl the last over. Nabi is on strike.
19.1 FOUR! Low full toss and Nabi flicks the ball to deep square-leg for a bounadry.
19.2 WICKET! W Saha run out (Cummins/Karthik) 30(31)
Fuller ball outside off. Nabi plays the ball to long-off. Nabi takes a single. Saha is interested in the second run. But Nabi is not interested. Saha is halfway down the pitch. The throw from the deep is good. And Saha is short of the ground.
Abhishek Sharma is the new batsman.
19.3 Dot Ball.
19.4 Slower bouncer and Sharma plays the ball to backward square leg for 2 runs.
19.5 1 Bye.
19.6 1 Bye.
SRH 133/3 after 19 overs.
Mavi to bowl. Nabi is on strike.
18.1 Good length delivery and Nabi swings his bat for a big shot but misses.
18.2 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Nabi muscles the ball through the off-side for a boundary.
18.3 Slower bouncer. Nabi swings his bat for a big shot but misses. The ball goes to the keeper.
18.4 Short ball and Nabi pulls. The ball goes to short fine as the batsman takes a quick single.
18.5 Good fuller length delivery. Saha goes for a slog sweep but misses.
18.5 WIDE! Poor ball as Mavi bowls way outside off stump.
18.6 Good fuller ball outside off. Saha goes after the ball but the ball goes past him.
SRH 127/3 after 18 overs.
Andre Russell to bowl. Saha is on strike.
17.1 Fuller delivery and Saha moves across and plays a ramp shot to short fine-leg for a single.
17.2 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.
17.3 Fuller delivery outside off. Saha drives the ball through cover for a single.
17.4 WICKET! Manish Pandey c and b Russell 51(38)
Good fast full toss by Russell. Pandey looks to guide the ball to leg-side. The ball hits on the low end of the bat and goes in the air. Russell takes an easy catch.
Mohammed Nabi is the new batsman.
17.5 Fuller delivery outside off. Nabi plays the ball to backward point for a single.
17.5 WIDE! FUller delivery way outside off stump.
17.6 FOUR! Low full toss. Saha wants to play the ball to leg-side. The ball goes high in the air toward deep backward point for a boundary.
SRH 118/2 after 17 overs.
Cummins is back to bowl. Pandey is on strike.
16.1 Good length delivery outside off. Pandey plays the ball to backward point for a single.
16.2 Short ball outside off. Saha goes for a wild swing. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes behind the wicket as the batsman takes a single.
16.3 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Pandey smacks the ball just wide of the fielder at mid-off for a boundary.
16.4 Good length delivery outside off and Paney works the ball through backward point for a single.
Pandey gets to his fifty!
16.5 Fuller delivery outside off. Saha plays the ball to third-man for a single.
16.6 Fuller delivery outside off. Pandey goes for a wild swing but misses the ball.
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SRH 110/2 after 16 overs.
Chakravarthy to bowl his last over. Pandey is on strike.
15.1 Good length ball and Pandey plays the ball to square-leg for a single.
15.2 Short ball and Saha plays the ball to fine-leg for a single.
15.3 Short ball and Pandey pulls the ball to long-on for a couple of runs.
15.4 Short ball and Pandey plays the ball to short fine for a single.
15.5 Good full delivery and Saha leaves the ball for the keeper.
15.6 SIX! Good length ball outside off. Saha comes down the track and slogs the ball over the deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum.
SRH 99/2 after 15 overs.
Narine is back in the attack to bowl his last over. Saha is on strike.
14.1 Short ball and Saha pushes the ball through cover for a single.
14.2 Good length ball outside off. Pandey plays the ball to long-off for a single.
14.3 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery. Saha goes for sweep. The ball hits the back leg and goes to short third man. The batsman takes a single.
14.4 Short ball and Pandey plays the ball to long-on for a single
14.5 Good length ball outside off and Saha plays the ball to long-off for another single.
14.6 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to long-on for a single.
SRH 93/2 after 14 overs.
Nagarkoti is back in the attack. Saha is on strike.
13.1 Fuller delivery fired on leg-stumps. Saha plays the ball to long-on and gets a couple of runs.
13.2 Good length ball outside off. Saha drives the ball through cover and takes 2 more runs.
13.3 Short ball. Saha moves across and plays the ball to leg-side and gets a single.
13.4 FOUR! Nagarkoti pitches the ball up. Saha drives the ball through extra-cover for a boundary.
13.5 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Saha plays the ball to long-on for a single.
13.6 Fuller delivery and Saha plays the ball to deep square-leg for a square-leg.
SRH 82/2 after 13 overs.
Narine is back in the attack. Pandey is on strike.
12.1 Short ball outside off. Pandey plays the ball to long-off and gets 2 runs.
12.2 Fuller delivery. Pandey slogs the ball to deep mid-wickeyy for a single.
12.3 Short ball and Saha plays the ball to cover.
12.4 Fuller delivery and the ball raps on the pads.
12.5 Short ball and Saha goes deep in his crease to guide the ball to short fine-leg for a single.
12.6 Fuller delivery drifting on leg. Pandey plays the ball to fine-leg and gets 2 runs.
SRH 76/2 after 12 overs.
Chakravarthy continues. Saha is on strike.
11.1 Good length ball outside off and Saha goes to push the ball to off-side but the ball goes past him.
11.2 Fuller delivery and Saha plays the ball to long-on for a single.
11.3 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to long-off for a single.
11.4 Fuller delivery and Saha plays the ball to fine-leg for a single.
11.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Pandey jams his bat down to send the ball to third man for a boundary.
11.6 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to long-off for a single.
SRH 67/2 after 11 overs.
Bowling change. Kamlesh Nagarkoti to bowl. On strike is Manish Pandey.
10.1 Good length ball outside off. Pandey plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
10.2 Short ball and Saha plays the ball to backward square-leg. Good work by Stoinis in the deep helps KKR save 2 runs.
10.3 Fuller delivery which raps on the pads. The ball goes to short third as the batsman takes a single.
10.4 Short ball outside off. Pandey plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
10.4 WIDE! Poor ball by Nagarkoti as he bowls down the leg-side.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Saha plays the ball to mid-wicket,
10.6 Fuller delivery and Saha pushes the ball to off-side for a single.
SRH 61/2 after 10 overs.
Varu Chakravarthy continues to bowl. Warner is on strike.
9.1 WICKET! David Warner c and b Chakravarthy 36(30)
Chakravarthy tosses the ball up and Warner plays a lazy shot. The ball goes straight to Chakravarthy and he makes no mistake in taking an easy catch.
Wriddhiman Saha is the new batsman.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Saha pushes the ball straight back to the bowler.
9.3 Good length delivery which spins back in sharply. Saha goes for a front foot defensive shot. The ball hits the pads. There is appeal for LBW. DK takes the review. The review shows it is umpire's call.
9.4 Good length ball outside off and Saha pushes the ball to cover.
9.5 Fuller delivery outside off and Saha plays the ball through off-side for a single.
9.6 Good length ball outside off. Pandey plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
SRH 59/1 after 9 overs.
Kuldeep continues. Pandey is on strike.
8.1 Kuldeep tosses the ball up and Pandey plays the ball to leg-side.
8.2 SIX! Good length ball. Pandey dances down the track and smashes the ball over long-on for a maximum.
8.3 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to long-on for a single.
8.4 Short ball and Warner cuts the ball through point for a single.
8.5 Short ball and Pandey pushes the ball to fine-leg for a single.
8.6 Short ball outside off. Warner plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
SRH 49/1 after 8 overs.
Bowling change. Varun Chakravarthy to bowl. Warner is on strike.
7.1 Short and wide. Warner cuts the ball and gets a single.
7.2 Short ball outside off. Pandey pushes the ball to off-side.
7.3 Short ball which spins in. The ball rapson the pads.
7.4 Short ball. Pandey goes deep in his crease and pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.
7.5 Fuller delivery and Warner sweeps the ball to deep square-leg for 2 runs.
7.6 Fuller delivery and Warner plays the ball to the fielder at point.
SRH 45/1 after 7 overs.
Bowling change. Kuldeep Yadav to bowl. Warner is on strike.
6.1 Fuller delivery outsdie off. Warner steps out of his crease and plays the ball to long-off for 2 runs.
6.2 Fuller delivery on middle. Warner again plays the ball to long-off but gets only a single this time.
6.3 Short ball and Pandey plays the ball to leg-side.
6.4 Short ball and Pandey goes deep in his crease to play the ball to leg-side for a single.
6.5 Fuller delivery. Warner goes for a slog. But the ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes to off-side. The batsman takes a single.
6.6 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball back to the bowler.
SRH 40/1 after 6 overs.
Cummins continues. Warner is on strike.
5.1 Short ball outside off. Warner cuts the ball to cover.
5.2 Fuller delivery and Warner plays the ball to mid-on for a single.
5.3 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
5.4 FOUR! Short ball outside off and Warner punishes the ball by pulling it to deep midwicket for a boundary.
5.5 Fuller delivery and Warner plays the ball to leg-side.
5.6 Fuller delivery and Warner works the ball to leg-side for a single.
SRH 33/1 after 5 overs.
Shivam Mavi to bowl. Warner is on strike.
4.1 Short ball and Warner works the ball to leg-side for a single.
Manish Pandey is the new batsman. He is on strike.
4.2 Good length ball outside off. Pandey pushes the ball to cover.
4.3 Good length delivery outside off. Pandey pushes the ball to cover.
4.4 SIX! Short ball outside off. The ball deserved to be punished. Pandey takes a step foward and slogs the ball over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
4.5 Fuller delivery and Pandey works the ball to mid-on for a single.
4.6 Good length ball on middle. Warner works the ball to leg-side for a single.
SRH 24/1 after 4 overs.
Cummins continues. Bairstow is on strike.
3.1 Short ball. Bairstow goes for a cut. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes to fine-leg. The batsman takes a single.
3.2 Good length ball. Warner swings his bat but misses.
3.3 Fuller delivery and Warner pushes the ball through off-side for a single.
3.4 Good length ball coming back in. The ball goes past the batsman.
3.5 Fuller delivery. Bairstow looks to paddle over fine-leg. The ball loops to short third man where DK takes the catch. There is an appeal for a catch. The umpire gives that as out. Bairstow takes the review. The review shows that there is no bat on the ball.
3.6 WICKET! Jonny Bairstow b Cummins 5(10)
Good length delivery which comes back in sharply. The ball goes through Bairstow's defences and knocks the bails off the stumps.
SRH 22/0 after 3 overs.
Narine continues. Warner is on strike.
2.1 Short ball. Warner punches the ball to long-off and gets a single.
2.2 Short ball. Bairstow punches the ball to cover and takes a single.
2.3 SIX! Fuller delivery and Warner clears his front leg out of the way to slog sweep the ball over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
2.4 Short ball and Warner punches the ball to mid-off and takes a single.
2.5 Short ball coming back in. Bairstow works the ball to leg-side for a single.
2.6 FOUR! Short ball and Warner rocks back in his crease to pull the ball through mid-wicket for a boundary.
SRH 8/0 after 2 overs.
Pat Cummins to bowl from the other end. Bairstow is on strike.
1.1 Fuller delivery on middle. Bairstow brings his bat down. The ball takes the outside edge of the bat.
1.2 Fuller delivery outside off. Bairstow pushes the ball to pointand takes a single.
Cummins to Warner. An Aussie to Aussie.
1.3 Short ball coming back in. The ball hits Warner high on thighs.
1.4 Fuller delivery fired into the pads. Warner goes on the backfoot and blocks the ball.
1.5 Short ball. Warner goes on the backfoot and pushes the ball to cover for a single.
1.6 Fuller delivery fired on middle and leg. Bairstow blocks the ball.
SRH 6/0 after 1 over.
Narine to Warner.
0.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Warner drives the ball to long-off and gets 2 runs.
0.2 Another fuller delivery outside off. Warner drives the ball to mid-off.
0.3 Short ball. Waner goes on the back-foot to defend.
0.4 Another short ball. Warner punches the ball to long-off and takes 2 runs. Good running by the SRH openers.
0.5 Another short ball. Warner works the ball to square-leg and settles for a single.
0.6 Fuller delivery. Bairstow plays the ball to leg-side and takes a single.
Spin right away for KKR as Sunil Narine will open the bowling for KKR. On strike is David Warner.
KKR players are out on the field and in a huddle. The two umpires make their way to the middle. And then come David Warner and Jonny Bairstow to open the innings for SRH.
Live action begins shortly!
SRH Playing XI
David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
KKR Playing XI
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi
Dinesh Karthik: We are kind of okay with the decision to bowl. Couple of changes for us. We have Nagarkoti and Varun coming in for Sandeep and Nikhil.
David Warner: We are going to bat. I don't think too much is going to change throughout the course of this game. Nabi comes in for Marsh, Saha comes in for Vijay Shankar and Sandeep Sharma misses out as Khaleel comes in.
Toss
SRH captain David Warner wins the toss and opts to bat.
Pitch Report
A beautitiful surface on offer but there are patches of green. It should be interesting to note how those green patches help the fast bowlers early in the match.
Last five matches (most recent first):
Kolkata Knight Riders: L-W-W-L-L
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L-L-T-W-L
This is how the two teams have fared in their last five IPL matches.
Head to Head:
Matches played: 17
Kolkata Knight Riders: 10
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 7
Kolkata Knight Riders hold slight advantage over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
As always, DH has picked the best 11 players from the two teams and has assembled the Deccan Herald D's Dream XI for the IPL fantasy players to help them maximize the points in IPL fantasy teams. And this is the Deccan Herald's Dream XI for tonight
David Warner (c), Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Vijay Shankar, Andre Russell, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav
Which of these players feature in your IPL fantasy teams?
Impact player for SRH
David Warner:He can lead from the front with a big performance with the bat. Warner’s IPL numbers are staggering. Last season, he hit eight fifties and one hundred on his way to 692 runs.
SRH Threats:SRH also face the danger of two losses in two matches marking the start of a trend that may hold them back.
SRH Opportunities: With Mitchell Marsh out, there is an opportunity for Mohammad Nabi to step up. He has form on his side from the Caribbean Premier League
SRH Weaknesses:SRH have all-rounders like Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi and Fabian Allen but they are not of the same quality as Russell. SRH’s bowling was also weak in the opener. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan need to do much better.
SRH Strengths: David Warner and Jonny Bairstow are still the best opening combo in the competition. Against a suspect KKR bowling line-up, they might come out on top.
The SWOT for SRH
Impact player for KKR
Andre Russell:The big-hitting Jamaican smashed 52 sixes in 2019 IPL, which is a league record. Russell also has the highest strike rate for any batsmen in the league.
KKR Threats: Another loss for KKR could be the beginning of a streak that could stall their playoff hopes.
KKR Opportunities: There are always doubts about Andre Russell's fitness. Russell did manage to bowl in the first match and picked up a wicket. KKR need to utilise his bowling to the fullest extent.
KKR Weaknesses:Pat Cummins is the costliest overseas player in IPL history and will need to start delivering soon. He did not bowl well in his first outing. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav also seemed rusty.
KKR Strengths: The trio of Dinesh Karthik, Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell did not get going in the first match but they are still the best middle order in the tournament. The three are flexible enough to move up and down the order depending on the match situation.
The SWOT for KKR
So what are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the two competing sides. Let us find out.
KKR had a slightly steeper mountain to climb as the Mumbai Indians hit 195/5. Dinesh Karthik played a steady knock of 30 and Cummins hit some lusty blows but they were not able to make a proper push to reach for the target.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore set a total of 163 for SRH and only Jonny Bairstow was able to make a fifty. The other 10 batsmen made a combined 77 runs as SRH were bowled out for 153.
There was a similar pattern in the losses of KKR and SRH. Both the teams botched in the chase.
The two teams are in search of the first win of the season. Both teams have lost their opening fixteures. So as the last bowled in tonight's match one team would breath a sigh of relief while the season will get tougher for the other team. Naturally the stakes are high in this match.
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