19:19 IST KKR win by 7 wickets!
19:19 IST Kagiso Rabada continues, he bowls a dot ball to Gambhir,. FOUR! Gambhir flicks the ball for a boundary, just a single needed from 22 balls. It’s all over now. WIDE! Rabada ends the match with a wide.
19:17 IST Morris comes back into the attack, Jackson on strike, FOUR! That will release the teeny tiny bit of pressure created by Rabada. He takes a couple of runs towards midwicket. Jackson takes a single towards square leg. Gambhir on strike now, FOUR! He drives the ball for a boundary, there is nothing DD could not now to stop KKR. Edged and safe! Gambhir takes a single towards third man. FOUR! Jackson ends the over with another boundary, 16 runs from it. KKR 156/3.
19:12 IST KKR need 21 from 30 deliveries.
19:10 IST Sheldon Jackson comes into bat, his IPL debut, he takes a single off the last ball, good over from Rabada. KKR 140/3
19:08 IST WICKET! Manish Pandey b Kagiso Rabada 5(4)
19:08 IST Kagiso Rabada comes into the attack, Gambhir on strike, he starts off with a dot ball. Gambhir goes for the big shot but misses the ball by a mile. Gambhir takes a single towards covers. Manish on strike, he misses the ball as well, good bowling from Rabada. BOWLED! That one rattled the stumps, second wicket for Rabada. KKR 140/3.
19:04 IST Amit Mishra comes back into the attack, Gambhir on strike, he starts off with a dot ball. FOUR! Gambhir guides the flighted delivery for a boundary towards fine leg. FOUR! Another misfield, that is just poor cricket from Delhi Daredevils, no way they are making a comeback in the game. A dot ball to follow. Gambhir takes a single towards long off. FOUR! This time Pandey takes the charge, finds a boundary, 13 runs off the over. KKR 138/2.
19:00 IST Manish Pandey comes into bat, he takes a single off the first ball towards square leg. Gambhir back on strike, Zaheer is setting the field now, a couple of runs off that ball. FOUR! He finds the gap this time, reaches his FIFTY! leads the run chase, with that boundary he completes his 6,000 T20 runs. Another misfield, Gambhir takes a single off the last ball. KKR 125/2.
18:56 IST WICKET! Robin Uthappa run out (Nair) 59(33)
18:56 IST Gambhir on strike, Corey Anderson comes back into the attack, FOUR! He pulls off the back foot and gets it in the middle of the bat, puts pressure on the bowler straight away. WICKET! Uthappa run out.
18:54 IST Amit Mishra comes into bowl, Gambhir takes a single towards long off after playing a dot ball. Uthappa tries to guide the ball towards third man, a dot ball again. SIX! Uthappa releases pressure once again, a maximum off that ball over deep midwicket. A single off the next ball, brings Gambhir on strike. A single to end the over, 9 runs from it. KKR 113/1.
18:50 IST Cummins continues, Gambhir on strike, he takes a single towards third man. Uthappa on strike, he defends that one, he is not in a hurry to finish the game. He tries to go for the big shot but mistimes, another dot ball. One more to follow as Uthappa could not clear the mid-off fielder. A single off the next ball towards mid-off. Gambhir tries the big shot, just a single off that one, 3 runs from Cummins’ over. KKR 104/1.
18:45 IST Uthappa on strike, he takes a single off the first ball, gets to his 50 in 24 balls. Anderson continues his over, Gambhir on strike, he takes a single towards midwicket. A dot ball as Uthappa could not pick the change of pace. Uthappa takes a quick single off the next ball towards the third man. Short ball from Corey, FOUR! An unorthodox shot from Gambhir, runs are just not stopping now. He takes a quick single off the last ball, 8 runs off it. KKR 101/1.
18:39 IST Cummins comes back into the attack, SIX! Uthappa picks the short ball again and sends it packing over the rope, it seems like Delhi should get ready for another loss. He guides the next one, takes a single wide off third man fielder. Gambhir on strike, he takes a single towards backward point. Another half-chance missed, FOUR! Uthappa hits another boundary. A single off the next delivery, KKR need just run-a-ball from now on. A dot ball to end the over, KKR 93/1.
18:34 IST Morris comes back into the attack, Uthappa on strike, SIX! Welcomed with a maximum of the first ball, got into position quickly. FOUR! It gets even better, another boundary towards midwicket, is it all over for DD? It seems like it, SIX! Uthappa plays a pick-up shot for a maximum, KKR are accelerating now. He flicks the ball again, takes a single towards fine leg. Gambhir on strike, a quick single for him. A single off the last ball, 19 runs from it. KKR 80/1
18:30 IST Amit Mishra comes into bowl, Gambhir on strike. FOUR! He welcomes Mishra with a boundary over deep midwicket, Delhi are in trouble. He takes a single off the next delivery towards square leg. FOUR! Uthappa plays it late and finds a boundary past slip fielder, another boundary. He takes a single off the next delivery, 10 runs off the over already. A googly from Mishra, a dot ball from Mishra. FOUR! Gambhir goes inside out, another boundary for him, 14 runs off it. KKR 61/1.
18:22 IST Rabada comes back to bowl, Gambhir on strike, he takes a quick single off the first ball. Uthappa pushes the ball towards covers, meanwhile, Rabada falls on his follow through. That is in the air! not even attempted, Mishra and Samson make a mess of a golden chance, a dot ball but should have been a wicket. He takes a quick single off that one, direct hit and he would have been out.FOUR! That will rub salts on the wounds, a boundary as the ball was pitched on the leg stump. FOUR! Dropped! that was a half chance as the ball was travelling over the fielder, another boundary for Uthappa, he is riding high on his luck. KKR 47/1.
18:16 IST Pat Cummins comes into bowl, Uthappa on strike, edged and dropped! that one fell a little short of the slip fielder, a single off the first ball. Gambhir on strike, that was 143 km p/h, goes past the offside edge off the bat. Next ball, another dot as he pushes the ball back to Cummins. FOUR! Gambhir finds the gap, that one was misdirected, a boundary there. Easy pickings for Gambhir. Bouncer from Cummins, another dot ball. A single off the last ball, 6 runs from it. KKR 36/1.
18:13 IST Morris comes into bowl, Uthappa takes a single off the first ball. Swing and a miss on the next ball, beats Gambhir. Another dot as Gambhir could not time the cover drive, hits it straight to the fielder. Another dot ball as Gambhir mistimes the ball again, good bowling from Morris so far. He finally takes a single off the fifth ball, he had to hurry for that one. Uthappa flicks the ball towards midwicket for a single, just 4 runs from it. KKR 30/1.
18:08 IST Corey Anderson to Gambhir, FOUR! He welcomes Corey with a boundary, Zaheer leaving the field might be a problem. Zaheer tries the pull but could not time it, a dot one. Gambhir takes a quick single towards point. Uthappa guides the ball towards third man, takes a single. Last ball of the over, a single to finish off the over, 8 runs from it. KKR 26/1.
18:05 IST Zaheer continues, Uthappa on strike, he bowls a shorter one, just a single towards fine leg. Zaheer is in a bit of pain as he touches his thighs. He has given the ball to Corey Anderson, he will not be bowling, leaves the field. There might be a hamstring problem for him. KKR 19/1.
18:03 IST Robin Uthappa comes into bat, Rabada continues his over, he looks in good form today. FOUR! Rabada misses his line and Uthappa flicks it towards deep midwicket, Iyer misfields and the ball runs towards boundary. An inswinger from Rabada, a dot ball as Uthappa could not time it. FOUR! Pant could not collect that, four byes for KKR. A quick single off the next ball, 10 runs off it. KKR 18/1.
17:59 IST WICKET! Narine b Rabada 4(4)
17:59 IST Kagiso Rabada comes into bowl from the other end, Gambhir on strike, he takes a single off the first ball. Narine on strike now, OUT! Bowled. KKR 9/1.
17:57 IST Narine on strike, Zaheer to bowl the first over, swing and a miss off the first ball, a dot one. Next ball, Gambhir tries to go big but Zaheer follows him, hits his pads, just a single, leg byes given by the Umpire. Gambhir on strike now, swing and a miss, Zaheer is extracting movement off the pitch. Slower ball from Zaheer, the ball just goes over offside field, a couple of runs off that one. Next ball, takes an inside edge, just a single. Narine back on strike, FOUR! A boundary to end the over, Zaheer wastes his hard work of first five balls. KKR 8/0.
17:52 IST Sunil Narine and Gautam Gambhir come into bat once again, Zaheer Khan to bowl the first over.
17:38 IST KKR need 161 to win the game at Eden Gardens against DD.
17:37 IST Just a single off the last ball as Bawne could not get past covers fielder, DD manage to post 160/6. Not enough according to KKR standards.
17:36 IST Coulter-Nile bowls a slower bouncer, Morris could not hit that, a dot ball in the final over, three balls left, will Morris make it count? Coulter-Nile pulls off again, drama in the final over. Morris could not manage to take a single, good bowling from Coulter-Nile. Morris on strike again, OUT! Morris gone, this is turning out to be the best death overs spell in IPL 2017. DD 159/6.
17:33 IST Coulter-Nile to bowl the last over, Bawne on strike, he premeditated the scoop shot, he pulls off from the ball. FOUR! Bawne finally succeeds in scoring a boundary, DD need more of those to get past the 170 mark. He takes a single off the next ball, Morris on strike, exactly what DD wanted. DD 154/5.
17:30 IST Chris Woakes comes back to bowl the 19th over, that should have been a wide but the Umpire said no, a dot ball. He takes a couple of runs off the next ball towards deep midwicket. That should have been wide, poor Umpiring standards in IPL. A single off the next ball towards midwicket. Morris on strike, a yorker, just a single off that ball. Last ball of the over, Bawne on strike, a single off the last ball, just 5 runs off the 19th over. DD 154/5.
17:26 IST Ankit Bawne comes into bat, he takes a single off the first ball, Morris on strike, he takes a quick single as well. DD need boundaries now. Another dot ball from Narine, as Bawne struggles to get the ball past the circle. Another dot, this is turning out to be a good one from Narine. He takes a single off the last ball, just 3 runs and a wicket from it. DD 149/5.
17:22 IST WICKET! Corey Anderson run out (Gambhir/Jackson) 2(5)
17:21 IST Morris on strike, Kuldeep comes into bowl, he sweeps the ball for a single. Dropped! Kuldeep drops Anderson’s catch, that was a juicy one, should have been taken. This might prove to be expensive. Anderson takes a single off the next ball towards long off. Morris hits the ball into deep midwicket, he takes a couple of runs. Dropped again! Kuldeep drops Anderson’s catch, good over, just 6 from it. DD 146/4.
17:18 IST Corey Anderson comes into bat, he is beaten by the ball straight away, DD 140/4.
17:16 IST WICKET! Shreyas Iyer lbw b Coulter-Nile 47(34)
17:16 IST Chris Morris comes into bat, FOUR! He gets off the mark with a boundary, just guides the ball on it’s way. He takes a single towards backward square leg. FOUR! Iyer stays back in the crease, a boundary through covers. OUT! Here’s another one. DD 140/4.
17:12 IST WICKET! Rishabh Pant lbw b Coulter-Nile 6(4)
17:12 IST Nathan Coulter-Nile comes back into the attack, Pant on strike, OUT! That one did not look plump, should not have been out but Pant has to go. DD 131/3.
17:10 IST Sunil Narine comes into bowl, Rishabh Pant comes into bat but off strike. Iyer takes a single off the first ball, Pant too guides the ball towards third man for a single. Iyer takes another single towards backward square leg. FOUR! Pant muscles the ball on the back foot, finds a boundary behind point. Pant takes a single towards backward square leg. A dot ball to end the over, 8 from it. DD 131/2.
17:07 IST WICKET! Sanju Samson lbw b Umesh Yadav 60(38)
17:06 IST Umesh Yadav comes back into the attack, Iyer tries to go big but the ball takes a leading edge, FOUR! Pathan could not keep that one inside the ropes. FOUR! These are freebies for Iyer, bowled that one down the leg side, another boundary for him. Iyer moves to 40, he takes a single off the next ball towards deep midwicket. Samson on strike, a dot ball as it takes an inside edge, Umesh trying to make a comeback. SIX! That was right from the middle of the bat, a maximum, Samson moves to 60 with that shot. WICKET! Samons gone, much-needed wicket for KKR.
16:59 IST Colin de Grandhomme comes into bowl, Iyer on strike, he bowls a shorter one, misdirected, FOUR! Iyer takes a single off the next ball towards long on. Samson on strike now, the ball kept low, a single towards midwicket. SIX! Iyer goes big this time, picks the slower one early, goes back into the crease and hits it over deep midwicket boundary. An overthrow as Iyer was outside the crease, he manages to take a couple of runs. A single off the last ball, 13 runs from it. DD 108/1.
16:55 IST Samson on strike, Kuldeep Yadav comes back into bowl. SIX! A slog sweep from Samson, FIFTY for him in 32 balls. Samson takes a single towards long on. Iyer on strike, he comes down the wicket and edges it, just a single. Samson takes a single towards deep covers. Iyer plays a dot ball, followed a single towards point, 10 off it. DD 93/1.
16:52 IST Umesh Yadav comes back into the attack, starts off with a dot delivery to Iyer. WIDE! He deviated from his line a bit. Iyer tries to take a quick single, denied, a dot ball. Good running from the next one, a couple of runs off that one. Edged but safe! Jackson does well to put in a dive, just a single. Samson takes another single towards midwicket. A dot ball to end the over, 7 of it. DD 83/1.
16:47 IST Narine comes back into the attack, Iyer takes a single off the first ball. Samson too takes a single towards square. Iyer takes a couple off runs off the next ball, Woakes does well to cut it off. Two more singles to follow as Iyer-Samson do not take any risks. One quick single to end the over, 7 runs from it. DD 78/1.
16:41 IST Woakes comes back into the attack, Iyer takes a single off the first ball towards the third man. Samson takes a single as well in similar fashion. Good bowling from Woakes, not giving the batsman to work with. Just 5 runs from the over. DD 71/1.
16:37 IST Kuldeep Yadav continues, Samson takes a single after playing a dot one. Iyer goes inside out off the next ball, takes a couple of runs off that one. Samson goes back into the crease and takes a single towards back foot. Another single to end the over, just 6 runs off it. DD 66/1.
16:33 IST Umesh Yadav comes back into the attack, Samson takes a single towards backward point. Nair takes a single towards square leg. Samson runs hard between the wickets, takes a couple of runs towards deep mid on. He flicks the next ball into the gap, the sweeper cuts it off, a couple of runs off that one. Swing and a miss, short ball gets the better of Samson, a dot ball. Samson takes a single off the last ball, 7 runs from the over. DD 60/1.
16:28 IST Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack, Samson takes a single off the first ball. Iyer too takes a single towards long on. A dot ball to follow as Samson plays it towards point. Samson takes a single off the next ball towards midwicket. Iyer takes a single towards square leg. A single to end the over, 5 runs from it. DD 53/1.
16:24 IST Shreyas Iyer comes into bat, he defends the first ball. DD 48/1.
16:23 IST WICKET! Karun Nair lbw b Sunil Narine 15(17)
16:23 IST Sunil Narine comes into bowl, Nair on strike, Gambhir goes to his trump card. Nair goes for a slog sweep but misses it completely, a dot ball. He tries to pull the shorter ball, another dot ball. A quick single towards fine leg, Samson on strike. He takes a single towards midwicket, Nair back on strike. Good over from Narine so far, just 2 runs off 4 balls. FIVE WIDES! Narine drops it down the leg side as he sees Nair shuffling across the crease. OUT! Nair makes a mistake, foolish shot, played it across. DD 48/1.
16:18 IST Chris Woakes comes into bat, Samson on strike, FOUR! A beautiful cover drive from Samson, this is just a joy to watch. FOUR! Here’s one more, there’s no margin of error here, this time carves the ball towards third man boundary. A shorter ball from Woakes, Samson takes a single towards square leg. Nair goes on the back foot but could not drive it, a dot ball to start with. An inside edge off the bat, Nair takes a quick single. A dot ball to end the over, 10 from it. DD 41/0.
16:13 IST Coulter-Nile continues, Nair on strike. FOUR! That one was asking to be hit, on the pads of Nair, a boundary off the first ball. FOUR! One after another, this one was a splendid shot from Nair, just shifts his weight on the front foot and drives it through covers for a boundary. He takes a single off the next ball towards leg byes. FOUR! Samson just guides the ball towards third man for a boundary, delicate touch from him. Samson takes a single off the next ball. Short ball to continue after that, could not get bat on that, 14 runs from the over. DD 31/0.
16:10 IST: Umesh Yadav bowling the second over. Straying in line Samson picks a FOUR. Samson strikes it well again, but this time finds the fielder, single taken. Karun Nair faces a dot ball followed by a leg byes. FOUR! Samson ends the over with a boundary, he pulls the ball over midwicket, one bouncer over the rope. DD 17/0.
16:02 IST: Karun Nair opens the batting with Samson. Coulter-Nile bowling tight lines. Nair finally tucks one towards dine-leg for a FOUR. Five of the first over.
15:35 IST Playing XIs
Delhi Daredevils: Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Ankit Bawne, Rishabh Pant(wk), Corey Anderson, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan(c)
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Gautam Gambhir(c), Robin Uthappa(wk), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Colin de Grandhomme, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Woakes, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav
15:30 IST: KKR win toss, opt to field. Coulter-Nile returns. Sheldon Jackson in the side.
Welcome to inUth’sl digital coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017’s Match 32 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. DD will be looking to get back to the winning ways as they have registered just two wins out of the six games they have played. It will be a test for them as they go up against table-toppers who have been in form right through the tournament despite a few hiccups.
DD have roped in two-time T20 World Cup winner player Marlon Samuels into their squad. Though it is yet to be determined whether he will play right away or not. DD’s strong points have been their fierce fast bowling attack and young talent in the batting department. In order to win against KKR in their home ground, they cannot afford to give them freebies. DD have lost most of their matches by close margins, it might help them with the net run rate but they need wins to make it into the playoffs.
On the other hand, it seems like KKR is doing everything right, their gamble to open with Sunil Narine has worked most of the times. The table toppers would be looking to seal a spot in the playoffs with another win. Robin Uthappa’s form has worked in favour of KKr from few previous matches. They have been a formidable side in the tournament so far. With Nathan Coulter-Nile back in the side their bowling will get boosted as well.
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Squads:
Delhi Daredevils: Sanju Samson, Aditya Tare, Karun Nair, Shreyas Iyer, Corey Anderson, Rishabh Pant(w), Kagiso Rabada, Chris Morris, Pat Cummins, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan(c), Angelo Mathews, Ankit Bawne, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Shashank Singh, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Sam Billings, Carlos Brathwaite, Chama Milind, Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, Ben Hilfenhaus, Marlon Samuels
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Gautam Gambhir(c), Robin Uthappa(w), Darren Bravo, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Andre Russell, Suryakumar Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Rajpoot, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rishi Dhawan, Rovman Powell, Ishank Jaggi, Sayan Ghosh, Ramsingh Sanjay Yadav
