IPL 2021, KKR vs SRH Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders edge closer to playoff qualification with 6-wicket win

Shubman Gill is the Man of the match: “It was important to keep the wickets in hand, and when the balls and runs were closer then just take it easy.”

“It was important to assess the wicket. It wasn’t easy to hit the spinners on this wicket. I was targetting the shorter side, and the leg-side was shorter than the off-side at one end. When I didn’t have much runs under the belt, you don’t want the opposition to gain the upper hand.”

“When you play on slower wickets, it’s more important to play with the wrists and that comes naturally to me.”

“I took on the medium-pacer today and it came off in this game, but in another game it might not.”

Eoin Morgan: It was a bit of a scrap, I think the wicket probably played a bit slower than we thought. Two nights ago, the ball seemed to be swinging a little, but today was a bit sluggish. Of course, the wicket is one thing, but you also need to adapt to it, bowl well and field well. That’s something I thought we did. It’s a vast improvement on our previous game.

The return of Shakib was a massive boost for us. The strength in depth that we have, where we can call upon such a vastly experienced player like Shakib al Hasan is a huge luxury.

We’re firmly focussed on trying to play good cricket, we’re not too worried about what the table is looking like right now. We played really well the last few weeks. The attitude and the implementation of your game plan has been great, and it’s had a positive impact on our dressing room.

KKR’s Dinesh Karthik: “I thought it was a real good game of cricket. At half time I knew it would be a tricky chase because the pitch was difficult.”

“It was just one of those days where I got lucky. This is not a game where you take the game deep. You create opportunities by using the crease and you play your shots.”

“I think you need to be flexible. I would give a lot of credit to Rana, he was playing second fiddle to Shubhman. He realised that there was no point matching him shot for shot. He took his time and then hit a couple of big hits.”

“Fingers crossed for the next game.”

Kane Williamson: I think if we got closer to the 150 mark, it would have been par. There were plenty of opportunities to try and strangle the game with the ball in hand as well. It was a low-scoring game. We’ve been working hard throughout the season, and it’s not quite working out. 

We were probably a little late to get going. In the last four overs or so, we tried to have a crack at it and get to 150, but in hindsight, we should have built more partnerships and tried to get off to a better start. The surfaces have been different every time, and we need to adapt.

We’ve been facing Umran Malik in the nets, and he’s got a lot of pace. Amazing chance for him to get a run with the ball tonight, special occasion for him and what a talent.

There’ll be a few conversations had about players getting opportunities. We’re out of the contention this season, so we’ll want to give some exciting talent a few chances.

KKR win by 6 wickets

Short and cracked away for a four by Dinesh Karthik. He gets the job done in glorious fashion. Kolkata Knight Riders add two points to their tally and keep their quest to make the playoffs alive. SRH were already out of running.

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 113/4 ( Dinesh Karthik (W) 13 , Eoin Morgan (C) 1)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar concedes 7 runs and closes his spell out at 0/20. DK collects a four in the penultimate over to alleviate some of the nervous tension in the KKR camp. 3 needed from 6 balls in the last over

Bhuvi offers width to DK and he makes the most of it. Slaps it hard through point for a four

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 106/4 ( Dinesh Karthik (W) 7 , Eoin Morgan (C) 0)

Jason Holder into his fourth and final over. He goes for four but may have kept the game alive still by getting rid of Nitish Rana. The left-hander looks to pull but doesn’t read the slower one and is taken by Rana. 7 from it

OUT!

One pull too many from Nitish Rana. Head in the hands moment. Slower one from Holder, Rana pulls but only slices it which goes up and is taken by Saha.

Rana c Saha b Holder 25 (33), KKR are 106/4

Pulled away by Nitish Rana and it stays in the air for so long. Almost tantalisingly for SRH and it beats Rashid Khan. His the camera on the boundary and the lens is in tatters!

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 99/3 ( Nitish Rana 20 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 5)

Sid Kaul in for his third over. On third ball he breaks the partnership. The well-set Gill doesn’t time it properly and picks out Holder at long-on. He goes for 57 and DK is the new man in. He gets going with a thumping drive down the ground, 7 from the over

Dinesh Karthik is off the mark with a four. Stand and deliver! Stands up to the length ball and punches it straight down the ground towards long-off for a beautiful shot

OUT!

Sid Kaul celebrates and he’s got the breakthrough! Overpitched on leg stump, Gill flicks it and doesn’t have the power or timing on it to go all the way. Holder takes it and long-on.

Gill c Holder b Kaul 57 (51), KKR are 99/3

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 92/2 ( Shubman Gill 57 , Nitish Rana 18)

Rashid Khan in for his final over then. And he finishes with 8 runs from it and figures of 1/23. Rana with a four from the fifth ball to look good now. Helps the KKR required rate too. Bang on 6.00 now.

Straight down the ground from Nitish Rana for a four! Picks the flighted delivery and thumps it straight past Rashid

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 84/2 ( Shubman Gill 54 , Nitish Rana 13)

Umran Malik in to bowl his final over and he goes for 6 runs, 0/27 from the four. Shubman Gill controls his pull and plays it along the ground for four more and has his eighth IPL fifty. Equation: KKR need 32 from 30 balls

Fifty for Gill

Thumped away by Gill towards deep mid-wicket (where else?) for a four and it brings up Gill’s fifty. He moves along to 53 from 44 balls for his eighth IPL fifty

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 78/2 ( Shubman Gill 49 , Nitish Rana 12)

Six runs from the Rashid Khan over. Nitish Rana finally gets a move on in the form of a confident reverse sweep. Retains the strike for the next over

Rana really needed to get some runs and he’s got a boundary now. Reverse sweeps it over the infield and no one around to cut it off

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 72/2 ( Shubman Gill 48 , Nitish Rana 7)

Umran Malik into the attack. First ball, four. Second ball, four. Clearly the waiting time is over. Gill is upping the ante and changing gears to get this chase over and done with. Plays one off his pads and then gets the luck to find the vacant region from a mistimed pull. Nitish Rana looks to replicate it but misses. He’s 7 from 20 balls with 9 coming from the over

When it’s your day etc. Shubman Gill mistimes after coming down the track, gets enough on it to find the vacant deep mid-wicket region

Shubman Gill is dealing in fours now. Uses the pace and plays it off his pads for a boundary

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 63/2 ( Shubman Gill 39 , Nitish Rana 7)

Jason Holder in for his third over. Second ball, Gill with four more to his tally. Played in the same region as the shot to Rashid earlier. On the fifth ball, Gill gets four more, another pull, same region, this one is kept down and has enough on it to race away to the boundary rope. 12 runs from the over

Another length ball, another pull by Gill. This one is kept down and beats the dive by the fielder at mid-wicket.

Gill charges Holder and collects yet another boundary. Short and pulled away towards deep mid-wicket once again.

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 51/2 ( Shubman Gill 29 , Nitish Rana 5)

Rashid Khan back into the attack. First ball, Nitish Rana looks to reverse sweep it but misses the slider. Lucky for Rana that it didn’t clip the stumps. A double and single on second anf fourth balls respectively. Gill finishes the over out with a four and finally the boundary arrives. 7 runs from the over

Gill comes down the track and attacks the Rashid delivery on the spin. Played over mid-wicket and it falls just inside the boundary rope

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 44/2 ( Shubman Gill 25 , Nitish Rana 2)

Siddharth Kaul continues. Second ball, Gill lets the ball go expecting a wide but it isn’t coming. Umpire gestures for one bouncer instead. Next ball, a single for Gill in front of point. Fifth ball is steered towards third man by Rana for a single. A dot to finish. Just the 2 once again. At the halfway stage, KKR are 44/2 and need 72 from 60 balls

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 42/2 ( Shubman Gill 24 , Nitish Rana 1)

Umran Malik back into the attack. Once again, Malik with plenty of heat on his deliveries. 147kmph outside off and Rana is beaten. Next ball, same result at 145 kmph. Fifth ball, Rana tries to ramp it over the keeper but is beaten once again. A yorker to end with. Just the 2 from the over – both wides

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 40/2 ( Shubman Gill 24 , Nitish Rana 1)

Siddharth Kaul into the attack for SRH. Single each for both Gill and Rana from the over. Another over worth just the 2 runs and KKR not looking to rush it, it seems. Strategic time-out is the call and KKR are 40/2 from 8 overs

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 38/2 ( Shubman Gill 23 , Nitish Rana 0)

Rashid Khan into the attack now. First ball, Tripathi sweeps it down towards fine leg. He appeals for leg before but it had bat on it. And that would be the final contribution from Tripathi in KKR’s chase. On the third ball, he is cramped for room but pulls only to find Abhishek Sharma at short mid-wicket. Nitish Rana is the new man in. Just the 2 runs from the over and a wicket for SRH

OUT!

Rahul Tripathi had exposed his stumps plenty a ball prior and this time he pays for bad execution. Tripathi pulls and the aerial shot finds Abhishek Sharma at mid-wicket.

Tripathi c Sharma b Khan 7 (6), KKR are 38/2

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 36/1 ( Shubman Gill 23 , Rahul Tripathi 5)

After economical stuff from the two overs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar goes for 9 runs from his third. Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill both collecting boundaries each with some confident shot-making. KKR are 36/1 from the powerplay overs

Gill opens the face of the blade and capitalises on the space offered outside the off stump for a boundary

Lovely shot from Rahul Tripathi. Played uppishly through point and Rashid Khan’s dive won’t be able to stop it. Quality shot

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 27/1 ( Shubman Gill 19 , Rahul Tripathi 0)

Jason Holder once again. Second ball and Iyer almost finds the fielder. A desperate (even courageous) attempt by Samad but it doesn’t carry. The hook gets the top edge and is almost curtains for the KKR opener. On the fourth ball of the over, he finally gets one. Iyer’s patience runs out and he finds Williamson inside the circle. The over draws to a close with lucky boundary for Gill

Lucky runs for Shubman Gill. Pushes at the delivery, gets the outside edge and it evades the fielder

OUT!

Kane Williamson with a massive smile as he somehow keeps his eye on the ball with the lights in his eyes. Iyer gets the top edge and Williamson tumbles but completes the catch

Iyer c Williamson b Holder 8 (14), KKR 23/1

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 21/0 ( Shubman Gill 14 , Venkatesh Iyer 7)

On to the SRH debutant Umran Malik now. First ball, plenty of width and Gill plays it away for a four. Next up, he almost has the KKR batter. 141.5kmph short ball and Gill is unable to control the pull. Luckily for him, it doesn’t carry to anyone. 9 runs from the over and Malik is getting some serious pace in these deliveries, already clocking 150kmph

Umran Malik into the attack. First ball is sent through the point region by Shubman Gill. Lovely shot

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 11/0 ( Shubman Gill 7 , Venkatesh Iyer 4)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into the attack. First ball, Iter whips it towards deep mid-wicket. Second ball, the left-hander is beaten as he pokes at it. 2, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot. Just the 2 runs from the Bhuvneshwar Kumar over

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 9/0 ( Shubman Gill 7 , Venkatesh Iyer 2)

Jason Holder is into the attack for the second over. Second ball and Shubman Gill with a gorgeous straight drive for a four. Next ball he survives as Priyam Garg lets it get out of his grasp at short cover. Leading edge from Gill and that just about carried only for Garg to let the chance go begging. Gets a couple to close the over out. 7 runs from the over

Pure timing for Shubman Gill. Lovely drive down the ground to beat Holder

After 1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 2/0 ( Shubman Gill 1 , Venkatesh Iyer 1)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the attempted defence underway. Second ball gets Shubman Gill off the mark. Next ball, Venkatesh Iyer does the same amid hints of a run out. Just the 2 runs from the Bhuvi over

KKR chase underway

SRH get in a huddle and they need an exemplary team performance to defend this. Venkatesh Iyer, revelation of the season, joins Shubman Gill in the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the new ball. 116 to get. Go!

After 20 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 115/8 ( Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7 , Siddarth Kaul 7)

Tim Southee to finish things off. Bhuvi off strike with a single. Another single on the second delivery. Bhuvi’s back, and lest anyone forget, Bhuvi can bat. He takes another single. Someone needs to go for it here. It’s Kaul, but his attempted slap has very little power in it, and it results in just a single. Bhuvi tries to go big as well, but just another single. Sunrisers Hyderabad end on 115/8, after Kaul manages a boundary on the very last ball. It’s been a slightly underwhelming performance from SRH, and KKR will walk off the field thinking they’ve done a good enough job with the ball. Can they follow it up with a good batting display to win this match and give themselves a huge boost in the race for playoff qualification.

After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 106/8 ( Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 , Siddarth Kaul 1)

Shivam Mavi’s last over now. Sunrisers Hyderabad reach the 100-run mark, which was looking unlikely for a while, and it’s Rashid Khan who gets them there with a four! He goes for the helicopter, and sends it over cover! Oh, Rashid is out! He tries to hit another big one, but he can only find Venkatesh Iyer, who takes the catch with ease. This is a really good bowling and fielding display from Kolkata. Three more singles off the over, seven from it and a wicket.

OUT! Rashid Khan attempts to hit big with a wristy shot, but he can only find Venkatesh Iyer on the boundary rope, who takes another great catch. Rashid Khan c Iyer b Shivam Mavi 8 (6 balls)

FOUR! Rashid Khan hits a boundary with a lovely unconventional helicopter shot

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 99/7 ( Rashid Khan 4 , Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2)

Tim Southee back to bowl his third over, it’s been a while since we’ve seen pace. A single to begin, and then Abdul Samad is out! Samad tried to continue hitting, but he mistimes his shot, and it ends up being a pretty easy catch for Shubman Gill. Big wicket this for KKR, Samad was looking dangerous. Four singles to end the over.

OUT! Abdul Samad mistimes a punchy shot in the air, and it’s caught at long-off. Abdul Samad c Shubman Gill b Southee 25 (18 balls)

After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 94/6 ( Abdul Samad 25 , Rashid Khan 1)

Varun Chakravarthy’s turn to bowl his final over, and it’ll probably also be the last over of spin for KKR. Oh, a big wicket on the first ball, Jason Holder is gone! Holder tried to hammer it for six down the ground, but it’s a few yards shot of the boundary rope, and Venkatesh Iyer takes a great catch. Two singles and a dot follow, before Samad unleashes two huge back to back sixes! Great stuff from the batter, can he continue this for the remaining overs?

SIX! Samad thumps it over cow corner for six!

SIX! Samad with a hoick, with the spin, into long-on!

OUT! Jason Holder tries to go big down the ground, but there’s not enough power in his shot, and Venkatesh Iyer takes the catch. Jason Holder c Iyer b Varun 2 (9 balls)

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 80/5 ( Abdul Samad 12 , Jason Holder 2)

Sunil Narine on for his final over. It’s not all over for SRH, if they can go big in the death overs, they might still manage to reach a defensible target. Lovely over from Narine, five dot balls and a single to end it. His figures for the evening read 4-0-12-0. We head into a strategic timeout.

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 79/5 ( Abdul Samad 12 , Jason Holder 1)

Chakravarthy’s third over. Starts with a dot, and then another SRH batter is sent back to the dressing room!! Priyam Garg tried the slog, but it didn’t have nearly enough power in it, as it carries to Tripathi on the boundary rope. It’s a great catch as well. Jason Holder comes on, and there’s a massive call for LBW, as the ball glances off his upper thigh. SRH have run two, and the umpire signals for two leg byes. Karthik and Morgan decide to review, and the playback shows it was missing the wickets. Single and a dot, and then Samad steps up and cracks a lovely shot over long off, that’s SIX!

SIX! Samad steps up and it’s smacked over long off!

OUT! Priyam tries to go for the slog, but Tripathi takes the catch very well on the boundary rope. Priyam Garg c Tripathi b Varun 21 (31 balls)

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 70/4 ( Priyam Garg 21 , Abdul Samad 6)

Sunil Narine’s third over and it begins with two singles. Narine continues to slowly and steadily suffocate SRH, and nips any comeback that the previous over’s six might have inspired in the bud. Just one more run from the over, 3 of it. The current run rate is exactly 5.

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 67/4 ( Priyam Garg 19 , Abdul Samad 5)

Shakib returns. Single, and then Priyam Garg dispatches it into the stands, miles over wide long-on. A dot to follow, and then three singles to end the over. This was more like it, but SRH will need a lot more of this if they are to rescue their innings. Shakib ends with figures of 4-0-20-1.

SIX! Finally, a six, and Priyam Garg is the one who hits it to cow corner!

After 12 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 57/4 ( Priyam Garg 11 , Abdul Samad 3)

Varun Chakravarthy comes back in. Single to start off the over. A dot on the second. If SRH don’t throw caution to the wind and go for it, there’s no way they’re putting together a competitive score tonight. Three singles and a dot to end, it’s now been six overs since the last boundary.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 53/4 ( Priyam Garg 9 , Abdul Samad 1)

A third over for Shakib al Hasan, and he begins in style, getting the wicket of Abhishek after the Hyderabad batsman misses the ball, and is stumped by the lightning-quick hands of Dinesh Karthik. Abdul Samad on, and he’s almost sent packing right away by Shakib, that was a dangerous delivery that goes right through Samad. Two dots and two singles to end the over, only two runs and a wicket from it.

OUT! Abhishek tried to attack the ball by dancing down the pitch, and he’s stumped! Abhishek Sharma st Karthik b Shakib Al Hasan 6 (10 balls)

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 51/3 ( Priyam Garg 8 , Abhishek Sharma 6)

Sunil Narine continues, single and dot to start. At the moment a clear answer is not really presenting itself, both the current batsmen are struggling to press the issue. Four singles off the next four balls.

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 46/3 ( Priyam Garg 6 , Abhishek Sharma 3)

Shakib al Hasan continues, and concedes a single off the first ball. Dot on the second, and then another single. At the moment, the projected score is just over 100 runs, and you’d think Sharma and Garg will try to step on the gas soon. Ooh, Shakib has a chance for a caught and bowled, but he’s off balance and the ball might as well be a stick of butter, because he just cannot hold on to it. You’d think he’d have taken that, it wasn’t the most complicated opportunity. Two singles to end the over, and it’s time for a strategic timeout.

After 8 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 42/3 ( Priyam Garg 4 , Abhishek Sharma 1)

Quite a young pair of cricketers out here in Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg. Bowling to them, a veteran of the game, Sunil Narine. Dot, single and dot to start, before there’s a big call for LBW! Narine and Dinesh Karthik looked convinced, but the umpire doesn’t. It seemed like it was moving wide of the stumps, and KKR eventually concur, choosing not to review it. Two singles to finish off the over.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 39/3 ( Priyam Garg 2 , Abhishek Sharma 0)

Shakib is brought into the attack. Dot, single and dot to begin, before the SRH run a quick two. Ooooh, call for a run out here! SRH’s batters tried to sneak a quick single, and Shakib does so so well to sprint to the loose ball, swivel, and unleash a perfect throw. The replay shows that Kane Williamson was mere millimetres away from reaching safety at the non-striker’s end. The skipper departs, and once again, just as it seemed like they might be working their way out of a trouble position, SRH are plunged right back into uncertainty. Single to end the over, four from it.

OUT! Huge wicket for KKR, and it’s the SRH skipper Kane Williamson who departs! Kane Williamson run out (Shakib Al Hasan) 26 (21 balls)

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 35/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 24 , Priyam Garg 0)

Shivam Mavi to continue, and Kane Williamson looks like he really wants to up the ante! He cuts into the gap at extra cover, it has enough pace on it to go all the way to the boundary rope. Dot and then another wider delivery from Mavi, and Williamson tries the same shot he did on the first, with the same result, another boundary! Williamson is doing his best to singlehandedly resurrect SRH’s innings, and he hits two more boundaries to make it 18 off the over. Gorgeous stuff from the Hyderabad skipper!

FOUR! Williamson runs it past short third and gets a fourth boundary

FOUR! Williamson makes a hint of room and drives this sweetly through the covers

FOUR! Williamson punch-drives elegantly through the covers!

FOUR! Kane Williamson cuts away through the covers and that has more than enough pace to reach the boundary

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 17/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 6 , Priyam Garg 0)

A bit of spin now, and it’s Varun Chakravarthy to provide it. He’s a tricky customer and Eoin Morgan will be hoping he can take a wicket or two while SRH are reeling. Two dots and single to begin. Three dots to end the over, very nice from Chakravarthy. SRH are looking penned in at the moment.

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 16/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 5 , Priyam Garg 0)

Mavi continues, dot and two singles to begin. Uh oh, that third delivery was a no-ball, it’s a free-hit! Jason Roy to face. Beautifully bowled by Mavi! It’s an inch-perfect yorker, and Roy can do nothing with it, he hits it into the ground for a dot. And he’s gone on the very next ball, Shivam Mavi picks up the wicket! Roy swats it straight to Southee at mid-on! Priyam Garg on now, and a slip is in place. Two dots to end the over, wonderful stuff from Mavi.

OUT! Taken at the edge of the circle, Shivam Mavi picks up Jason Roy’s wicket! Jason Roy c Southee b Shivam Mavi 10 (13 balls)

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 14/1 ( Jason Roy 10 , Kane Williamson (C) 4)

Southee continues and he begins by bowling a dot. Back to back fours from Jason Roy on the second and third deliveries, the first one made possible by a big slice of luck as Roy gets an inside edge which sees it beat the keeper. That could have gone anywhere. The second four is much more intentional, he steps up and whips this through midwicket. Three dot balls to end the over.

FOUR! Lovely little flick from Jason Roy, sits back and waits for it before easing it through the legside.

FOUR! Big inside edge for Jason Roy, and it has more than enough pace on it to reach the boundary.

After 2 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 6/1 ( Jason Roy 2 , Kane Williamson (C) 4)

Shivam Mavi to bowl to Kane Williamson. Dot. Quickly run single on the second. What can SRH do to recover from this early setback? Another dot, and then another single. Good, tight bowling from Mavi so far. Two dots to end the over. Early pressure on Hyderabad.

After 1 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 4/1 ( Jason Roy 1 , Kane Williamson (C) 3)

Tim Southee to start us of tonight, and he’ll be bowling to the pair of Jason Roy and Wriddhiman Saha. Single off the first ball, it was a bit of a weird one that, Roy almost prodded it into the hands of a fielder. Saha on strike, and he’s out!! It’s a lovely delivery from Southee, it comes back and raps Saha on the front pad. It’s plumb, and he’s gone for a golden duck. Saha contemplates a review, but in the end he just walks off. Ooooooooh, it was missing the wickets, too much height on it. Two dot balls, and then another huuuge appeal for LBW from Southee, but this time the umpire doesn’t move. There’s a bit of confusion over whether that hit the bat first or the pads, and Morgan decides he’s not interested in reviewing. Three runs on the last ball make it four off the over.

OUT! Corker of a delivery from Tim Southee, and Wriddhiman Saha departs for a duck. Wriddhiman Saha lbw b Southee 0 (1 balls)

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:

Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:

Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Siddarth Kaul

Kane Williamson wins the toss, Sunrisers opt to bat

Mithali Raj and Co dominant in drawn rain-marred pink-ball Test

Indian women’s team put up a highly commendable performance, dominating Australia for the better part in its maiden Day/Night Test, which ended in a draw primarily due to inclement weather during the first two days.

Resuming the day at 143 for three, Ellyse Perry (68 not out) and Ashleigh Gardner (51) went on to share an 89-run stand before Indian pacers triggered the batting collapse, reducing Australia to 241 for nine from 208 for four.

What followed was an interesting declaration from Meg Lanning at the stroke of dinner.

India, who made 377 in their first innings after being asked to bat, played 35 overs in second innings before declaring after tea to set Australia an improbable 272-run target in just 32 overs. Shafali Verma made a fine 52 off 91 balls while Punam remained unbeaten on 41 off 62 balls.

Click  here  to read more of the report of the INDvAUS Test.

Struggling SRH aim to dent KKR’s hopes of reaching knockouts

Out of the play-offs race, bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will look to dent Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) chances of making it to the knockout stage when they face off in the Indian Premier League (IPL) game in Dubai on Sunday.

With nine defeats from 11 matches, SRH are languishing at the bottom, while KKR still have hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage as they are at fourth place with 10 points from 12 matches.

SRH have won just one match out of the four that they have played since the resumption of the IPL in the UAE.

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Hello and welcome to our coverage of IPL 2021!

Sunrisers Hyderabad are at the bottom of the pile in the IPL 2021 league table with only two wins from 11 games. They are already out of the playoffs race and from here on it’s about fighting for the pride for Kane Williamson and Co. They take on Kolkata Knight Riders, who are currently in the midst of a fierce battle for the fourth playoff spot. Stay tuned as we bring you all the latest updates from the match up!