IPL 2020 Highlights, KKR vs SRH Match, Full Cricket Score: Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan lead Kolkata to victory by 7 wickets

Shubman Gill named Man of the Match!

“I think the ball wasn’t spinning that much and it’s easier to hit down the ground. I’ve practiced a lot in the past couple of years, the power hitting. As an opener it is my job to see the team through.”

David Warner:

“Our strength is death bowling. I thought it was actually a difficult wicket to accelerate. I don’t regret what I did at the beginning of the game and I stick by my decision. Extra 30 or 40 runs would have been great.”

This is the first time that SRH have lost five consecutive matches in IPL.

All the teams except SRH have won a game in this IPL so far.

KKR win by 7 wickets!

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 145/3 ( Shubman Gill 70 , Eoin Morgan 42)

Morgan hits a four and it’s over. KKR cross the finishing line riding the unbeaten partnership of 92 between Gill and Morgan. It’s been a brilliant day for Kolkata. Their bowlers were brilliant and while they lost few wickets, Gill showed that he can take responsibilities and Morgan got some time to spend in the middle, They should only get better from here as they secure their first win of the season.

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 131/3 ( Shubman Gill 68 , Eoin Morgan 31)

Left-arm spinner Abhishek Sharma into the attack. 11 comes from the over with Gill charging down on the first ball for a maximum down the ground. Five singles came on the next five deliveries. Just 12 needed now.

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 120/3 ( Shubman Gill 59 , Eoin Morgan 29)

Rashid brought back into the attack for his final over. SRH are desperately looking for a wicket but they have to wait for it. Seven from the over with Morgan slog sweeping the last ball, a full toss, for a boundary. Meanwhile, on air, Bishop and Duminy are in awe of Gill and it has been that sort of an innings. A very matured knock from the young batsman. 23 needed now.

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 113/3 ( Shubman Gill 57 , Eoin Morgan 24)

Bhuvi back into attack. 11 comes from the over. It’s run a ball from here for KKR. The highlight of the over was the last ball six from Morgan as he slammed the wide and full delivery over the deep cover fence. Time for the strategic timeout.

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 102/3 ( Shubman Gill 53 , Eoin Morgan 17)

Nabi’s four overs are up and he finishes with figures of 4-0-23-0 without a wicket. Gill and Morgan have done well against him, especially Morgan. Five form this over. 41 needed from the last six overs.

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 97/3 ( Shubman Gill 51 , Eoin Morgan 15)

Bowling change. Natarajan comes in. Eight off the over as Gill smashes a boundary through square on off to get to his fifty. A very good innings by the opener as wickets fell around him. 46 needed from last seven overs.

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 89/3 ( Shubman Gill 45 , Eoin Morgan 13)

Nine from Nabi’s over without a boundary. There was a wide and an extra run after Saha fumbled. There was leg bye, a double and a few singles. Six out of eight overs from Rashid and Nabi is over. They have got one wicket together – DK – in these six overs. SRH would have hoped for more or maybe more is to come.

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 82/3 ( Shubman Gill 40 , Eoin Morgan 12)

Eight runs from Rashid’s over. After a few quiet overs, Gill decides to break the shackle and goes for a shot on leg and clears the square leg fence.

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 72/3 ( Shubman Gill 34 , Eoin Morgan 10)

Nabi continues after the strategic break. Five from the over. The required rate is 7.1 and the current scoring rate is 7.2. So KKR players look pretty content right now with just rotating the strike as the field is spread.

Eoin Morgan v Mohammad Nabi in T20s:

Balls : 24
Runs : 26
Dismissals : 4
Dots : 10

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 67/3 ( Shubman Gill 31 , Eoin Morgan 8)

Seven from Rashid’s second over. Morgan added a boundary in with a reverse sweep over the short third man fielder. KKR need 76 in 66 balls and it should not be much of an issue but they are already three wickets down, so more wickets can build pressure on them.Time for the strategic break.

Dinesh Karthik’s SR in middle-overs in IPL:

Against leg-break bowlers : 118.2 (11 dismissals)
Against off-break bowlers : 123.1 (10 dismissals)

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 60/3 ( Shubman Gill 29 , Eoin Morgan 3)

Another spinner Mohammad Nabi, off-spinner, comes into attack from another end. Decent over with only five singles coming from it. Rana offered a half chance with a slog sweep that bounced just ahead of Bhuvi at deep square leg.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 55/3 ( Shubman Gill 26 , Eoin Morgan 1)

Warner waited for the powerplay to get over before bring in Rashid Khan and what a first over by the leg-spinner. Three runs and a wicket. DK was out LBW. He was bamboozled by the wrong’un. However, for some reason he decided to use the review and wasted it. Eoin Morgan came in next and had to endure two loud shouts for LBW. First time there was an inside-edge, second time, the ball would have mostly missed the off stump.

OUT! Karthik lbw b Rashid Khan 0(3)

KKR lose their third wicket and also the review. DK was outfoxed by Rashid Khan’s wrong’un. He failed to read it as the ball went past the bat and crashed into the back pad. DK for some reason decided to take a review. Replays showed there was no inside-edge and HawkEye showed three reds.

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 52/2 ( Shubman Gill 24 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 0)

Rana leaves and Gill takes over the duty of hitting boundaries. Two from this over of Khaleel. Gill was offered width and if not he shuffled across to create some to find the boundaries on off. There was a chance of a run out also after DK went halfway down the track for a single but Gill didn’t respond. DK had to make a dive to save himself. Nine off the over. Powerplay over.

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 43/2 ( Shubman Gill 15 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 0)

Bowling change. Natarajan comes in and an excellent over for the pacer. He gave away a low full toss first that was converted into a boundary by Rana but the bowler bounced back quickly with the wicket of the batsman. Rana was guilty of not moving his feet as tried to play a cover drive and ended up nicking it to Saha. DK is the new batsman. Five off the over.

OUT! Nitish Rana c W Saha b T Natarajan 26(13) 

Rana departs after a good looking 26. He was striking very well and would be disappointed with how he got out. Natarajan got the ball to move away just a bit but Rana was at fault for not getting close to the ball and ended up edging it to the keeper.

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 38/1 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Nitish Rana 22)

Another expensive over with 14 coming from it. Khaleel was hit for a hat-trick of boundaries by Rana on the first three deliveries. The first was a result of a top-edge that flew over the keeper but the second one was an excellently timed clip shot on leg. The third was a hard slash to wide of third man and to the boundary. SRH not able to contain runs in the powerplay.

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 24/1 ( Shubman Gill 13 , Nitish Rana 10)

An over of Nitish Rana’s brilliance but not what SRH would have wanted from Bhuvi as he gives away 12 runs. Rana scored two boundaries in the over with two beautiful punch shots through the off. Bhuvi also ended up bowling a no ball but thankful only nothing came off it.