19:33 IST KKR wins the match by 17 runs
19:32 IST Bipul on strike, Boult continues, starts off with a dot ball. FOUR! The ball takes a top edge off the bat, but it’s all over for SRH if Boult bowls four more legal deliveries. FOUR! He slaps the ball towards long on for a boundary. Bipul flicks the next one towards square leg for a couple of runs. Next ball, just a single as that one was yorker length. Ojha on strike for last ball, just a single off that ball. KKR win by 17 runs!
30 needed off last over.
19:28 IST Bipul Sharma on strike, he plays a dot ball from Woakes. SIX! Bipul gets one in the middle of the bat, first maximum for him. Another dot from Woakes, 35 needed off 9 balls. Bipul hits the ball down the ground, a couple of runs off that one. Bipul did not get the ball in the bat, takes a bye run anyway. Whoa! Almost a Superman catch for Gambhir, takes a couple of runs towards fine leg.
19:23 IST Boult continues his over, Bipul Sharma on strike, he faces a dot ball first. Another dot ball to Bipul , he plays it back to teh bowler. He needs to hit the ball, singles won’t work. He takes a single towards mid-wicket. Ojha takes a single off the second last ball. Bipul tries to hit the ball over covers, just a single off that ball.
19:19 IST WICKET! Ben Cutting c Colin de Grandhomme b Trent Boult 15(10)
44 needed off 18 balls!
19:18 IST Naman Ojha on strike, he takes a single off the first ball of Woakes’ over. Cutting on strike, he is the big man, the ball lands short of wide on fielder, just a single off that one. He goes for a short ball, Ojha tries to pull it but it was too wide. Ojha flicks the next one towards deep mid-wicket, takes a couple of runs. Ojha nudges the ball for a single towards short cover. SIX! Cutting sends that one back over the bowler’s head, he is keeping SRH’s hopes alive. Short ball, just a single off that one as Cutting could not time it, 13 runs from it.
57 needed off 24 balls!
19:10 IST Narine continues, it will be his last over of the day, Ojha manages to take a single on the second ball. Cutting too takes a single off the second ball he faces. Narine is putting pressure on Cutting-Ojha but they have made up their mind to get through his over, A single from Ojha to end the over, 3 runs from it.
19:09 IST Naman Ojha takes a single off the next ball towards backward square leg, 15 runs from the over.
19:07 IST WICKET! Yuvraj Singh c Dhawan (sub) b Woakes 26(16)
19:06 IST Yuvraj Singh on strike, Wokaes comes back into the attack. WIDE! That one was too short for Yuvraj, lucky that it did not go for a boundary. SIX! Yuvraj slaps the short ball for a maximum over deep covers, SRH is still alive in this contest, 68 needed off 35 balls. He hits the next one straight to the fielder at sweeper cover, just a single.
Cutting on strike, FOUR! Cutting stands and delivers, hits that one towards deep mid-wicket, SRH’s hopes are very much alive. A bouncer from Woakes, just a single for Cutting on that one. WIDE! Woakes is feeling the pressure now, he wants to bowl full and wide. WICKET! Yuvraj departs, Woakes gets the breakthrough.
75 needed from 36 balls.
19:00 IST Ben Cutting comes into bat, good bowling from Narine as he gives just two runs from four balls. Great over from Narine, 3 runs and a wicket from it.
18:57 IST WICKET! Deepak Hooda st Uthappa b Narine 13(7)
Sunil Narine comes into the attack, Yuvraj on strike, he takes a single off the first ball.
18:56 IST Yuvraj Singh on strike, Umesh Yadav comes into bowl. SIX! As clean as a strike as it gets, hits that one over long off boundary. FOUR! Another shot, this time he pulls the ball towards square leg for a boundary. Two dot balls to follow, good effort from Uthappa as he dived to his left to save the boundary. Yuvraj takes a single off the next ball. Hooda to face teh last ball, FOUR! Cuts that away, that was beyond sweeper, 15 runs from the over.
18:50 IST Kuldeep Yadav continues, Hooda on strike. SIX! Hooda steps down the wicket and hits the ball towards deep mid-wicket boundary, he is putting the pressure on star bowler straight away. He takes a single on the third ball. Yuvraj on strike, he comes down the wicket but could not time it, takes a single. Hooda takes a single towards long on. Last ball of the over, he defends the ball on front foot, takes a single, 10 runs from it.
18:47 IST Deepak Hooda takes a single off the first ball, brings Yuvraj on strike. FOUR! Yuvraj has made up his mind, first boundary for him towards deep mid-wicket boundary.
18:45 IST WICKET! Henriques c & b Woakes 13(10)
18:44 IST Henriques on strike, Woakes has been introduced into the attack. Henriques takes a single off the first ball. Yuvraj tries to hit it towards covers, edges it, takes a single towards third man. Henriques back on strike, he plays that one fine, as delicate as it could get, a boundary for him towards third man. OUT! Caught and bowled, Woakes makes no mistake, takes his first wicket of the match.
18:41 IST Yuvraj Singh comes into bat, he plays a dot to end the over, attacking field from Gambhir.
18:38 IST WICKET! David Warner c Woakes b Kuldeep Yadav 26(30)
18:38 IST Warner on strike, he takes a single off the first ball from Kuldeep. FOUR! Henriques cuts that one away, sweeper Boult could not cut that off, first boundary for him. Henriques takes a single off the fourth ball.
SRH need 120 to win from 66 balls.
18:34 IST Sunil Narine is haunting Warner, starts off with a ball which took a massive turn. Just 5 runs from the over as Henriques and Warner struggle against spin.
18:30 IST Kuldeep Yadav continues, two dot balls to start with, he is putting pressure on him, almost got Warner, Uthappa makes a blunder of that one. Kuldeep is making Warner work hard for his runs, dot balls after dot balls. Warner looks frustrated, will he throw his wicket away? Last ball of the over, Warner takes a single off it, retains strike, brilliant bowling display from Kuldeep.
18:26 IST Warner takes a single towards mid-wicket. Moises Henriques comes into bat, he will be facing the last ball of the over. Pathan comes round the wicket, a dot to end the over with.
18:23 IST WICKET! Shikhar Dhawan c de Grandhomme b Patha 23(22)
18:23 IST Yusuf Pathan comes into bowl, Warner tries to hit him fir the first two balls but could not get them past the fielder. He takes a single towards mid-wicket.
18:21 IST Kuldeep Yadav into the attack, Dhawan takes a single straight away. Warner tries to hit the ball towards covers but could not get past the fielder, a dot ball. FOUR! Warner tries the reverse sweep, hits a boundary towards square, he is looking to attack on every opportunity. Slight mix-up of the next ball, but gets home comfortably. He takes a single off the last ball, retains strike.
18:17 IST Sunil Narine comes into bowl, Dhawan on strike, he takes a single off the second ball. Warner takes off his helmet, faces Narine. FOUR! He hits that one down the legside, Warner has come out with an intent against Narine. Two singles more from the over, 7 runs from it.
18:15 IST Boult continues, Dhawan was struggling on the first two balls. FOUR! Dhawan hits that one towards the boundary on the on side, first boundary off the over. He takes a single off the next ball towards mid-wicket. FOUR! He pulls that one, the ball rockets towards the boundary. FOUR! He hits that one towards extra cover boundary, good over for SRH, 13 runs from the over.
18:09 IST Dhawan on strike, tight lines from Yadav. FOUR! He finds the middle of the bat, he hits the ball towards boundary. A dot ball to follow. FOUR! He hits that one towards mid wicket, another boundary for him in the over, he is trying to break the shackles. He takes a single off the fifth ball. A dot ball to end the over, 9 runs from the over.
18:05 IST Trent Boult comes into bowl, FOUR! Dhawan hits that one towards the boundary, more like a top edge off the bat. A dot ball to follow after that. Dhawan cuts the ball away, but another dot ball. Dhawan is trying to cut the ball but did not connect, he takes a single off the last ball, just 5 runs from the over.
18:01 IST Yadav starts off with a dot delivery against Warner. WIDE! That one was down the legside. Warner takes a couple of runs, good running between the wickets. Uthappa does a faux pas, a single for Warner, Umpire signals byes. Dhawan on strike, he faces a dot ball. Dhawan cuts that one towards third man, takes a single. Last ball of the over, Warner drives but misses the ball, 5 runs from the over.
17:57 IST David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan come into bat, Umesh Yadav comes into bowl.
17:41 IST SRH need 173 runs to win!
17:41 IST Chris Woakes on strike, he takes a single on the first delivery. Pathan on strike off the last ball, he takes a single off that one, good over from Bhuvneshwar comes to end.
17:39 IST WICKET! Colin de Grandhomme b Bhuvneshwar 0(2)
17:39 IST Bhuvnehswar Kumar to bowl the last over. Pathan on strike, SIX! He hits that onen sorry, muscled that one into the stands, Pathan joins the party. A dot ball from Bhuvneshwar followed by a single towards long on.
17:28 IST Colin de Grandhomme comes into bat, he plays a dot delivery to start with.
17:35 IST WICKET! Suryakumar Yadav c Ojha b Nehra 4(3) A superman catch from Ojha, diving to his left, what a catch from Ojha, simply the best.
17:35 IST Ashish Nehra comes into bowl, Pathan on strike, he starts off with two wides. Pathan takes a couple of runs on the next ball towards midwicket. Suryakumar Yadav on strike, he takes a single towards deep midwicket. He glances the ball for a single towards square leg. Good bowling from Nehra so far. FOUR! Suryakumar hits the full toss towards square leg boundary, first four for him.
17:31 IST Yusuf Pathan plays a dot ball, manages to take a single on the last ball.
17:29 IST WICKET! Manish Pandey c David Warner b Bhuvneshwar 46(35)
17:29 IST Bhuvnehshwar comes into the attack, Pathan on strike, he goes for the wild shot but misses, a dot ball to start with. He takes a couple of runs off the next ball, good running between the wickets. Pathan takes a single off the next ball towards covers, Pandey on strike now. Good over from Bhuvneshwar so far, in the air, Warner takes the catch. No celebrations from Hyderabad fielders.
17:25 IST Ben Cutting continues, Pandey on strike. SIX! He goes deep into the crease and digs out the fuller delivery, hits it over the fence for a maximum. FOUR! He just guides the next ball towards third man boundary for four, Pandey is into the groove today. A dot ball to follow. Pandey takes a couple fo runs off the next ball towards mid-wicket. He takes a single towards long on, Pathan takes a single too and keeps strike, 14 runs from the over.
17:17 IST Bipul Sharma comes into bowl, Pandey tries to hit that one but could not get power on it, a dot ball to start with. SIX! Pandey shimmies down the wicket and hits the ball for a maximum over long on boundary, first maximum for him of the day. WIDE! Bipul is under pressure, he is trying to dart in deliveries.
Another wide from Bipul, he is under pressure. Pandey gets down on the track again, he takes a single towards long on. Yusuf gets down the track but defends it, a dot ball from Bipul. FOUR! First boundary for Pathan as he hits it towards deep mid-wicket, 12 runs from the over.
17:14 IST Yusuf Pathan comes into bat, but Pandey is on strike. FOUR! Pandey hits that one on the up but the ball takes the top edge, another boundary for him. He takes a single off the next ball. Pathan on strike, he turns the ball away for a single towards square leg. Pandey hits that one from the middle of the bat but for just a single.
17:10 IST WICKET! Robin Uthappa c Rashid b Cutting 68(39)
17:10 IST Cutting comes into bowl, a dot ball to start with as he bowls it wide and full. OUT! Uthappa finally gets out.
17:08 IST Rashid Khan comes into bowl, Uthappa edges the ball once again, the ball runs away towards third man boundary. Unlucky for Rashid, two singles to follow after that, SRH bowling is under pressure now. Uthappa slaps the next ball towards long on for a single. Pandey tries to hit the ball over long on but could not time it, just a single off that balUthappaapp takes a single off the last ball, 9 runs from the over.
17:05 IST Nehra comes back into the attack, Pandey takes a single off the first ball. Uthappa on strike, he tries to guide the ball towards square leg boundary but the ball seems to have hit his bat. Ojha takes a wonderful catch diving in, Umpires are having a chat among themselves, the soft signal is out! Uthappa survives.
Uthappa is riding high on his luck. FOUR! He pulls the ball, it was in the air but lands safe, one bounce over the rope, that is just rubbing salt on wounds. FOUR! This time he hits the ball over covers for a boundary, that will hurt SRH bowlers and fielders. Uthapp takes a single off the next ball, Pandey on strike. FOUR! He times that one with perfection, pierces the offside field, another boundary. 14 runs from the over.
16:56 IST Manish Pandey takes a single off the first ball of Rashid Khan’s over. FOUR! He follows it up with a boundary, Dhawan puts in a dive ut it goes past him. FIFTY for Uthappa from 27 balls. A dot ball to follow after that., he takes a single off the next ball inside the circle. Pandey plays a dot ball, Rashid is confusing him with his variations, takes a single off the last ball, 7 runs from the over.
16:53 IST Henriques continues, Uthappa on strike. SIX! Uthappa is targeting Henriques, puts pressure on him on the first ball of the over, hits the ball into the stands. Uthappa and Pandey are happy to knock the ball around for singles and couples as they have already got a boundary off the first ball, 12 runs from the over.
16:48 IST Bipul Sharma comes into bowl, Uthappa and Pandey are looking to build a partnership. Especially, Uthappa who has been scoring a boundary in every over, 8 runs from the over.
16:43 IST Pandey on strike, Moises Henriques comes into the attack. He takes a single off the first ball, Henriques is back into the side after he got sick. Uthappa on strike, he defends the first ball. SIX! Uthappa takes on Henriques, sends the ball sailing into the stands, hits it over deep midwicket. FOUR WIDES! Uthappa could not reach that one, Ojha could not collect that one as well, 5 extras added on KKR scoreboard. He mistimes the next one, a dot ball from Henriques. He takes a single off the next ball towards midwicket. He gets onn back foot and takes a quick single as he mistimes it on covers.
16:38 IST Rashid Khan continues, Uthappa takes a single towards short fine leg. Pandey on strike, he plays a dot ball. Good running off the next ball as Pandey goes back into the crease and plays it towards deep mid-wicket. He goes back into the crease againa and takes a single towards square leg. He takes a single towards square leg, 6 runs from it.
16:35 IST Cutting continues, Uthappa on strike, he dabs the ball towards midwicket, takes a single. Pandey on strike, he nudges the next ball towards point for a single. Uthappa pulls this time but finds the fielder, just a single there. He tries to flick the ball towards midwicket, takes another single. Uthappa flicks again, that one was too fine, Bipul Sharma cuts it off, takes a couple of runs on that ball. Uthapp plays that one late, takes a single towards third man, 7 runs from the over.
16:30 IST Rashid continues, Manish Pandey comes into bat, he defends the first ball on front foot, a dot ball to start with. Pandey tries to cut the next one but could not connect, another dot ball.
16:28 IST WICKET Gautam Gambhir b Rashid Khna 15(16)
16:28 IST Rashid Khan comes into bowl, beats Uthappa straightaway, not able to pick the stock ball. SIX! Uthappa gets underneath that one this time, hits it over long on for a maximum, it is for the first time that Rashid has been hit for a six in first over. Next ball, Uthappa takes a quik single towards square leg, he would have been gone had Shikhar Dhawan hit the stumps. OUT! Rashid Khan strikes, he has got the KKR captain, bullseye!
16:25 IST Ben Cutting comes into bowl, Gambhir on strike, hits his pads, just a single as Umpire signals leg byes. FOUR! That was a poor delivery from Cutting, Uthappa just guides it on his way, first boundary for him. Uthappa flicks the next ball towards square leg for a single. FOUR! Gambhir gets on the back foot and punches the ball away for a boundary towards deep cover. Next ball, short ball from Cutting, first wide from the over. Gambhir takes a single off the next ball towards backward square leg. Uthappa takes a quick single towards short cover, 13 runs from the over.
16:20 IST Nehra continues, Gambhir on strike. FOUR! Nehra hits that one towards covers, first boundary from Gambhir’s bat. Next ball, a slower one from Nehra, Gambhir could not time it, ball gets fielded by the short cover fielder, a dot ball. WIDE! Short ball from Nehra, too short of a delivery. Another dot ball from Nehra, he has been bowling good lines today. Next ball, back of the length delivery, another one fielded inside the circle, another dot ball. Gambhir takes a single off the last ball, retains strike.
16:16 IST Robin Uthappa comes into bat, Bhuvneshwar beats him straight away, the Umpire shakes his head as SRH. Uthappa nudges the ball for a couple of runs towards deep mid-wicket. Talking about the previous delivery David Warner and Naman Ojha were not happy at all as that one clearly hit the bat. Gambhir plays a straight drive but Warner cuts it off inside the circle, just a single to end the over, 5 runs and a wicket from it.
16:10 IST WICKET! Sunil Narine b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6(9)
16:10 IST Bhuvnehswar Kumar continues, Gambhir on strike, he takes a single on the first ball. OUT! Narine bowled, Bhuvi uprooted the stump there, what a way to do it.
16:09 IST Ashish Nehra comes into bowl from another end, he flashes his bat on first ball, a dot ball to start with. FOUR! Narine rocks back and slaps the ball over the bowler’s head for a boundary. Nehra runs in again and beats Narine as he tries to slog again. Narine gets on back foot and punches the ball, could not time it, just a single. Gambhir tries to drive the ball towards mid off, another dot ball from Nehra’s over. He takes a single towards mid-wicket, retains strike.
16:04 IST Bhuvnehswar Kumar comes into bowl, Narine takes a single on the first ball towards deep mid-wicket. Gambhir on strike now, he takes a single towards third man. Narine stands tall nad punches the ball towards covers, a dot ball as it gets fielded inside the circle. Two dot balls from the over followed by a single towards square leg. Gambhir beaten by the pace on the last ball, just 3 runs from the over.
15:59 IST Sunil Narine and Gautam Gambhir to open the KKR innings!
Playing XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner(c), Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Yuvraj Singh, Naman Ojha(w), Ben Cutting, Rashid Khan, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir(c), Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa(w), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Kuldeep Yadav, Trent Boult, Umesh Yadav
15:31 IST David Warner wins the toss, elects to field first.
Welcome to inUth’s live digital coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017’s Match 14 at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). This is a contest between two evenly matched sides as both of them are on 2nd and 3rd spot respectively. SRH and KKR have already registered two big wins out of three matches they have played. It will be interesting to see whether Gautam Gambhir’s aces work this time or not.
In the previous match, Gambhir used Sunil Narine to open the bowling and it worked in their favour. David Warner too himself is in good form, so does Gambhir who is donning the Orange Cap. Both the teams have young guns performing well for them.
But, the X-factor for SRH is Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan who has been bowling phenomenally in the series, almost none has been able to pick his bowling, he is one of the contenders for Purple Cap right from Game 1.
Yuvraj Singh too looked in his prime in the IPL 2017 opener but got out early against Mumbai Indians. SRH do not have a deep batting lineup, KKR will keep that in mind when they take up bowling. Their star player from the previous season, Mustafizur Rahman will have a role to play at Eden Gardens and a chance to prove that he has not lost his sheen.
It will be interesting to see whether Warner includes their in-form player Moises Henriques who was sick before the previous game. Henriques has been in good from both with bat and ball. He had already scored 2 half-centuries in two matches.
Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir(c), Robin Uthappa(w), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Trent Boult, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Rajpoot, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Darren Bravo, Rishi Dhawan, Rovman Powell, Ishank Jaggi, Sayan Ghosh, Ramsingh Sanjay Yadav
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner(c), Deepak Hooda, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Naman Ojha(w), Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithun, Barinder Sran, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Nabi, Eklavya Dwivedi, Pravin Tambe, Ben Laughlin, Tanmay Agarwal, Mohammed Siraj
