IPL 2020 Highlights, SRH vs KKR Match, Full Cricket Score: Ferguson guides Kolkata to Super Over win over Hyderabad

Super OVER, Ball 4: KKR win. Rashid concedes two leg byes. The win has come through leg byes ad KKR cross the winning mark. They collect the two points. Disappointment for SRH.

Super OVER, Ball 3: Rashid to DK, Dot, quicker, DK taps to leg side but no run. KKR need 2 off 3.

Super OVER, Ball 2: Rashid to Morgan, 1 run, Morgan sweeps and collects a single at square leg. KKR need 2 off 4.

Super OVER, Ball 1: Rashid to Morgan, Dot, Morgan reverse sweeps and it goes straight to fielder. KKR need 3 off 5.

KKR to make 3 in 6 balls to win the Super Over and collect two points. DK and Eoin Morgan come out to bat. Rashid Khan will bowl.

Super OVER, Ferguson to Samad, Ball 3: That’s it. OUT! Samad has been clean bowled as well. SRH just face 3 balls in the Super Over and make just 2 runs. Top stuff from Ferguson.

Super OVER, Ferguson to Samad, Ball 2: Samad comes in, length ball and heaves it to long on boundary for a double.

Super OVER, Ferguson to Warner, Ball 1: OUT! He has cleaned up Warner, hits the top of off. SRH are 0/1 already.

So Warner and Bairstow out in the middle to face the 6 balls. Ferguson to bowl.

HERE WE GO!

After 20 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 163/6 ( David Warner (C) 47 , Rashid Khan 1)

Russell has been given the responsibility of bowling the final over. Starts off with a wide and he also overstepped there. Rashid, the new man in, gets caught off the free hit, but gets a single. Warner smacks three consecutive fours off the second, third and fourth ball. 2 runs needed of the last ball but Warner can only manage a single. So, we have a super over!

FOUR! Three consecutive fours. Warner smacks it to backward square leg for the third boundary in the over.

FOUR! Back to back fours from Warner. He smacked that down the ground for a boundary.

FOUR! Strays on the pads and Warner flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. 12 needed off 4.

After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 146/6 ( David Warner (C) 33 , Rashid Khan 0)

30 runs needed in the last two overs and it is Mavi, who will bowl the penultimate over. Samad slashes the first ball towards point for a four and rotates the strike on the next ball. Long off was brought up and Warner targeted that area for a boundary off the third. Samad tries to go hard at the fifth ball, but can only manage a double there. Fabulous catch by Lockie Ferguson in the deep off the final ball. He realised he was losing balance, threw it inside and Shubman completed an easy catch. Samad departs. SRH need 18 runs in 6 balls.

OUT! Fabulous catch by Lockie Ferguson. He realised he was losing balance, threw it inside and Shubman completed an easy catch. There was a referral for the catch, but it was clean. Samad has to depart. Abdul Samad c Shubman Gill b Shivam Mavi 23(15)

FOUR! Long off was brought up and that’s exactly where Warner smacked that one.

FOUR! Short and Samad slashes hard at it. He goes towards the point region for a boundary. Almost a six there.

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/5 ( David Warner (C) 28 , Abdul Samad 16)

Ferguson into his final over and the 18th of the innings. Starts off with a slower one and beats Samad, who slogs but misses. The Kiwi pacer then goes fuller, Samad picks up a couple of runs there. A slower yorker from Ferguson off the third. More importantly, it’s a dot. Tough chance for Andre Russel, who was fielding at point, on the fourth ball, but he drops Samad. Warner pulls the fifth one with all his might, but can only manage a double there. A double to end the over. Seven runs off the over. KKR won’t mind singles and doubles. SRH need 30 runs in 12 balls.

After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 127/5 ( David Warner (C) 24 , Abdul Samad 13)

Chakravarthy into his last over and the 17th of the innings. A wonderful diving effort by Tripathi in the deep saves a certain boundary. Meanwhile, Dre Russ is back on the field. Warner crunches the second ball to extra cover but its only a single. Samad dances down the track and smokes the fourth ball towards long on for a four. Varun comes back with a quicker delivery and Samad can only manage a single there. 10 runs off the over. SRH need 37 runs in 18 balls.

FOUR! Samad dances down the track and smokes it towards long on for a boundary.

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 117/5 ( David Warner (C) 19 , Abdul Samad 8)

Cummins into his final over. Steams in and bowls a short delivery to Shankar, who departs after mistiming the pull shot and handing a simple catch to Shubman. As an SRH fan, having Warner at the crease seems like a saving grace, but how much can he do? Abdul Samad joins Warner in the middle and gets off the mark with a pull shot. Samad swivels on his feet and pulls Cummins’ penultimate ball towards square leg for a six. Eight runs and a wicket in that over. SRH need 47 runs in 24 balls.

SIX! Samad swivels on his feet and pulls Cummins’ short ball towards square leg for a six. SRH need more of these!

OUT! Cummins steams in and bowls a short delivery that skidded off the surface. Shankar mistimes the pull shot and hands a simple catch to Shubman. How much can Warner do for SRH now? Shankar c Shubman Gill b Cummins 7(10)

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 109/4 ( David Warner (C) 19 , Vijay Shankar 7)

Kuldeep into his third over. Starts off with a wide. Dre Russ seems to have done some damage to his hamstring while fielding off the second ball. The Trinidadian finally walks back to the pavilion. Morgan would have wanted a few overs from him, and SRH would sense an opportunity here. Warner reverse sweeps the fourth ball towards fine leg and the ball lands anxiously close to Varun, who was running backwards. Nine runs of the over, all come from singles and doubles. SRH need 55 runs from 30 balls

Players to score 5000-plus runs in IPL:

Virat Kohli
Suresh Raina
Rohit Sharma 
David Warner*

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 101/4 ( David Warner (C) 15 , Vijay Shankar 3)

Cummins, the big KKR buy, returns. Strays on the pads on the first ball and Warner helps it towards fine leg for a boundary – a leg bye but SRH will happily take that. Warner picks up a single off the second and completes 5000 runs in the over. Warner goes straight past the bowler’s head for another four off the last as SRH complete 100 runs. 11 runs off the over.

FOUR! Warner goes straight past the bowler’s head for a boundary. He is loving the pace that’s on offer from Cummins.

FOUR! Much needed for SRH. Drifting into the pads and Warner just helps it on its way, the ball races away towards fine leg for a boundary.

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 89/4 ( David Warner (C) 9 , Vijay Shankar 2)

Kuldeep returns. The required run rate is over 10 now, SRH really need to find a way to get a couple of big overs here. Just four runs off the over, courtesy a double and two singles. SRH need need 75 runs from 42 balls.

After 12 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 85/4 ( David Warner (C) 6 , Vijay Shankar 1)

Ferguson is back. So far, he has changed his pace beautifully. Manish nudges the first one towards mid on for a single. Ferguson bowls two back to back yorkers off the second and third, and removes Pandey on the latter one. Vijay Shankar joins Warner in the middle. The required run rate is creeping up. Can Warner keep up and shoulder all the responsibility? Five runs and a wicket in the over.

OUT! BOWLED! Brilliantly bowled, right in the block hole. You can’t do much as a batsman. An absolute peach of a delivery from Ferguson and Pandey has to depart. Manish Pandey b Ferguson 6(7)

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 80/3 ( David Warner (C) 4 , Manish Pandey 5)

Kuldeep Yadav, who has returned to the playing XI, comes into the attack. Beats Warner straight away with a googly off the first, still the batsman sneaks a single. Kuldeep tosses up the third ball and Warner caresses the ball through the covers for a double. Two runs off the last two. Kuldeep’s over fetches six runs for SRH.

David Warner batting at No. 4 in IPL – last five innings:

34, 44, 55, 61, 65

Good move considering lack of experience in the middle-order and ability of close games this season.

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 74/3 ( David Warner (C) 1 , Manish Pandey 3)

Chakravarthy comes into the attack and gets the big fish, Jonny Bairstow, who was looking good but hit the ball straight to Russell at mid-on. Manish Pandey joins Warner in the middle and both these batters have a big responsibility on their shoulders now. Four runs off the last four balls, courtesy a double and two singles. Just four runs in the over. Sunrisers Hyderabad need 90 runs in 60 balls

OUT! Big wicket. Jonny Bairstow departs after hitting the ball straight to Russell at mid-on. More responsibility for Warner now. Bairstow c Russell b Chakravarthy 36(28)

Warner batting at No. 4 in IPL before today:

Runs : 485
Balls : 352
Average : 48.5
SR : 137.8
4/6 : 36/23

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 70/2 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 36 , David Warner (C) 0)

Ferguson returns. Bowls a beautiful slower one off the third and beats Garg with the change of pace. Garg departs and Warner joins Bairstow in the middle. Just two runs off the over. Ferguson is on song today.

OUT! BOWLED! Slower one from Ferguson and he foxes young Garg. Good change of pace from the bowler. Priyam Garg b Ferguson 4(7)

After 8 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 68/1 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 35 , Priyam Garg 3)

Chakravarthy comes back into the attack. Both batters simply nudge the ball into the gaps as four runs come off the first four balls. Bairstow goes on the backfoot and smacks the penultimate ball square of the wicket for a boundary. Eight runs off the over.

FOUR! Bairstow and he finds the gap again. Goes on the backfoot and smacks it square of the wicket for a boundary.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 60/1 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 29 , Priyam Garg 1)

Right, the powerplay is done and it will be interesting to see how Kane approaches the game now, given that he is not fully fit. Lockie Ferguson into his first over. And Kane hits it straight to Rana at third man, Ferguson gets the breakthrough off the first. Priyam Garg joins Bairstow in the middle and gets off the mark with a single towards third man. Superb over this, two runs and a wicket there.

OUT! The trend of wickets falling after the time out continues as Ferguson removes Kane. Kane hit it straight to Rana at third man. Williamson c Nitish Rana b Ferguson 29(19)

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 58/0 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 28 , Kane Williamson 29)

Mavi returns. Williamson scoops the first ball over fine leg for a maximum. Mavi bowls a wide, way outside the off stump, on the second ball. Then bowls two good length deliveries, both dots. Williamson rotates the strike on the penultimate delivery before Bairstow runs the ball down to third man for a boundary. 12 runs off the over and we go into the time out!

FOUR! Bairstow finds the gap. He runs the ball down to third man for a boundary.

SIX! Extremely smart from Williamson. He scoops it over fine leg for a maximum.

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 46/0 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 24 , Kane Williamson 22)

Cummins returns, strays on Williamson’s pads and gets flicked for a four off the second. Williamson is looking uncomfortable while running between the wickets, so he will play the explosive game it seems. Bairstow swivels on his feet and pulls the last balll towards square leg for a boundary. 11 runs off the over.

FOUR! Bairstow swivels on his feet and pulls it towards square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Majestic from Williamson. He flicks it towards mid wicket for a boundary.

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 35/0 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 20 , Kane Williamson 15)

Dre Russ into his first over. Williamson powerfully punches off the backfoot on the first ball and it fetches him a boundary. Then rotates strike off the third ball. Bairstow smacks two consecutive fours off the last two balls. 13 runs off the over.

FOUR! Two in a row! Bairstow pulls it towards square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! You can’t bowl there to Bairstow! He just flicks it over the short fine leg fielder for a boundary.

Kane Williamson has scored 70.7% of his IPL runs batting at No. 3 but he is opening today in place of Warner. Warner has scored second most runs against KKR in IPL history.

FOUR! What a powerful backfoot punch from Williamson. He plays really well towards the off side.

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 22/0 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 12 , Kane Williamson 10)

Spin has been introduced in the form of Varun Chakravarthy. And he gets smacked for two fours from the blade of Bairstow, who played the sweep shot on both occasions. 10 runs off the over.

FOUR! Bairstow sweeps and he sweeps well. The ball races away towards square leg for a four. Two consecutive fours!

FOUR! Bairstow sweeps it towards fine leg for a boundary. Easy as you like!

After 2 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 12/0 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 3 , Kane Williamson 9)

Shivam Mavi comes into the attack in the second over. Williamson cuts the first one towards point but finds the fielder. Goes for the same shot off the second but misses. Williamson tucks the ball towards mid off for a single off the third. He did not look comfortable there, probably the hamstring issue at work. Williamson smacks two consecutive fours off the last two balls. 10 runs off the over.

FOUR! Williamson cuts and it races away towards the point region for another boundary.

FOUR! Williamson plays a lovely cover drive for the first four of SRH’s innings.

After 1 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 2/0 ( Jonny Bairstow (W) 2 , Kane Williamson 0)

Pat Cummins with the new ball for KKR. Starts off with a good length delivery outside the off stump to Bairstow, who flashes at it but misses. Four consecutive dots to start the over. Cummins bowls a menacing bouncer off the fifth and Bairstow leaves it well. A double to end the over. Just two runs off the first over.

Pat Cummins has not taken a wicket in six IPL matches this year.

Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson are out in the middle and will open for SRH while Pat Cummins will take the new ball for KKR. The chase begins!

After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 163/5 ( Dinesh Karthik (W) 29 , )

SRH need 164 to win.

Morgan took it upon himself in the last over, hitting a boundary and a six, ran the doubles hard, three of them. He got out on the last ball of the over but he did a fine job. 16 runs in the over. KKR finish with 163/5 at the end of 20 overs.

SIX! Massive from Morgan, in the slot for him, right under the bat and he flicks it away for six.

FOUR! Fine attempt by Manish Pandey near the ropes, he slapped the ball back and it appeared he had done a good job, but the replays showed his knee was touching the ropes with the ball still in contact with the hand.

Dinesh Karthik SR by batting position in IPL:

3 : 121.9
4 : 131.7
5 : 126.2
6 : 155.1
7 : 92.9

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 147/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 18 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 29)

Natarajan finishes his spell. DK started the over with a boundary but Natarajan pulled it back well with just four off the next four balls. But DK again shows his class, finishes the over with a six. 14 off the over.

SIX! DK shuffles across in his crease, gets himself into a good position to hit the ball over long on boundary for a maximum.

FOUR! Fuller from Natarajan and outside off, DK plays a ground shot down the ground for four runs. Great start to the 18th over.

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 133/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 16 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 18)

Sandeep finishes his spell. He bowled well. No wicket but he gave just 26. DK managed to hit one six in the over or the figures would have looked even better. 12 off the over. Two more overs to go. Let’s see how many Kolkata can make in the next 12 balls. 160 should be par here.

SIX! Low full toss from Sandeep, DK gets down on one knee and hits is over square leg boundary for a maximum. Flat six.

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 121/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 14 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 8)

Thampi back on. Dot to start with before DK takes a single and a dot again as Morgan fails to connect one. Next ball, he collects four behind the stumps, via an edge. DK completes with a boundary. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Bad ball, short and wide, DK waits for it and then hits it through the covers for four runs. Top shot.

FOUR! Fuller from Thampi and Morgan goes after it hard, bal takes the edge and runs away for a boundary.

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 111/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 9 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 3)

Sandeep Sharma back into the attack. DK has joined Morgan in the middle, opens account with a flick to fine leg. Six off the over. Time out called.

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 105/4 ( Eoin Morgan (C) 6 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 0)

Hundred up for KKR. Morgan brings it up with a brilliant shot on the first ball of the over. But big setback for KKR as Russell is back to the hut. Williamson is not on the field, he seems to have done his hamstring while fielding. Nine off the over and a wicket.

OUT! Russell is gone. Another failure for him. Short ball from Natarajan and he pulled but hit is straight to the fielder placed in the deep. He is out for 9 off 11 balls. Russell c Shankar b T Natarajan 9(11)

FOUR! Fuller from Natarajan, and Morgan cashes on it, hits it straight down the ground for a one bounce four

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 96/3 ( Andre Russell 7 , Eoin Morgan (C) 1)

Rashid continues. Versus Russell, he bowled slower and gave flight and made sure he was not fuller. He finishes well Rashid. Just 3 off his last over and even on a day when he was not at his best, he has picked up one wicket for 28 runs from his four.

Russell v Rashid in T20s:

Runs – 46
Balls – 23 
Dismissals – 2
6s – 5

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 93/3 ( Andre Russell 5 , Eoin Morgan (C) 0)

Garg continues to impress with his catching. KKR lose two wickets in two overs. Suddenly two new batsmen in the middle but this could also be a blessing in disguise for KKR as Russell has joined Morgan in the middle. They have time in their hand and more balls to play. Russell plays three dots before opening his account with a boundary. A wicket in the over and five runs.

FOUR! Three dots and then a fuller length and wide, Russell reaches out with immense power and hits it to deep extra cover boundary for a four.

OUT! One more wicket falls, Garg again takes a brilliant catch, Shankar with the length ball and Rana went after it, but ended up hitting high up in the air, Garg came running in and took the catch to dismiss the batsman. Nitish Rana c Priyam Garg b Shankar 29(20)

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 88/2 ( Nitish Rana 29 , Andre Russell 0)

Rashid finally gets a wicket courtesy a terrific catch by young Garg. Early in the over, Rana showed his domination over Rashid with an attempted reverse sweep and then a good hit down the ground. Rana vs Rashid will be an exciting contest to look forward to ahead. Eight off the over.

OUT! Excellent catch by Priyam. Flight in the ball from Rashid, Gill steps out and plays an inside out lofted shot, Priyam Garg runs from long off to his left to take a stunning flying catch. Shubman Gill c Priyam Garg b Rashid Khan 36(37)

SIX! Top shot by Rana, he played a reverse sweep the ball earlier and that may have played on Rashid’s mind, he bowled fuller and Rana dispatched him for six over long on.

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 80/1 ( Shubman Gill 36 , Nitish Rana 21)

Shankar continues. Gill’s struggling to get going. Two average balls were dots in the over and that should bother Gill. Kane Williamson stops a certain boundary at backward point. Three off the over. Hyderabad doing a fine job at the moment.

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 77/1 ( Shubman Gill 35 , Nitish Rana 19)

Rashid continues. One felt that either of the batsmen needed to get a move on as both were playing at the same pace. Rana took it upon himself in this over, as Gill’s role is of an anchor. Two boundaries in the over and importantly against Rashid. 13 off the over.

FOUR! Low full toss bowled by Rashid, swept away for four runs by Rana

FOUR! Rashid bowls full, Rana eyes lit up and smashes this straight down the ground for four runs.

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 64/1 ( Shubman Gill 32 , Nitish Rana 9)

Shankar continues. Round the wicket to Rana. He gives him charge and collects a boundary at covers. Two dots and three singles. Seven off the over. Time Out called.

FOUR! Shuffles down the wicket Rana and hits it through the covers for four runs.

Rana vs leg-spinners in IPL:

Average: 18.3
SR: 116.4 
Dot%: 43.9

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 57/1 ( Shubman Gill 31 , Nitish Rana 3)

Rashid Khan, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Rana opens his account with an edge running towards the third man. He has not been in form in IPL 2020 and is playing dangerous Rashid first up. Top over from Rashid. Just four off it.

Rana has been dismissed by SRH bowlers eight times in IPL – the most times he has been dismissed against any team in his IPL career.

Rashid Khan has taken nine wickets in middle-overs in this year’s IPL – the most by any bowler. The important question is when SRH will bring Khan into the attack.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 53/1 ( Shubman Gill 30 , Nitish Rana 0)

Vijay Shankar, right-arm medium, comes into the attack. Nitish Rana (LHB) has joined Gill in the middle. Fifty up for KKR in the seventh over. Gill needs to bat deep here. This is a good track to bat on and he should make most of it. Just five off the over.

FOUR! Poor from Sandeep at short third man, Shankar bowled fuller length, Gill drove on the up, edged it to short third man, who was confused whether to go for catch or not and made a mess of it.

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 48/1 ( Shubman Gill 25 , Nitish Rana 0)

Natarajan continues. Gill plays his trademark short-arm jab to collect four more. Tripathi was looking uncomfortable in the middle, was hit on the elbow in this over. Looked in pain and got the medical attention but that seemed to have broken his concentration and eventually he lost his wicket. A wicket in the over and six runs.

OUT! Tripathi is gone. He was looking uncomfortable with his elbow hurting thanks to the blow by Natarajan on the third ball. Physio took a look and the small pause may have broken his concentration. Next ball after the break, he heaved blindly and missed the ball, which hit the top of off. Natarajan gets his man. Tripathi b T Natarajan 23(16)

FOUR! Little short and Gill smashes this to deep mid-wicket boundary for four runs.

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 42/0 ( Shubman Gill 20 , Rahul Tripathi 22)

Gill takes centre-stage suddenly with three back to back fours and Thampi is getting the beating. Nothing wrong with the deliveries but Gill was adamant at scoring the boundaries in the over and he executed his shots well. 14 off the over. Two good overs for KKR.

FOUR! That’s three in three, Gill makes room and hit it through cover point for four runs.

FOUR! Length ball but Gills takes him on, heaved away for four runs to cow corner for four more.

FOUR! Gill slashes hard outside the off stump and collects a boundary off the edge at third man

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 28/0 ( Shubman Gill 7 , Rahul Tripathi 21)

T Natarajan, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and that is not a great start for him. Tripathi was silent so far and waiting for just the kind of deliveries T Natarajan bowler, fuller and it was dispatched for six, short and pulled for four runs. 13 off the over. Tripathi on the move.

FOUR! Short ball from Natarajan and Tripathi pulls it away for four to square leg boundary

SIX! Pitched up by Natarajan and Rahul Tripathi goes at it, straight down the ground for the first maxmum of the day.

No. of sixes hit in PP overs this IPL:

Abu Dhabi: 22
Dubai: 25
Sharjah: 34

Kolkata Knight Riders’ have lost nine wickets at Abu Dhabi in PP overs so far this IPL – the most by any team.

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 15/0 ( Shubman Gill 5 , Rahul Tripathi 10)

Sandeep continues. He is trying to keep it simple and straight at the batsmen but needs to be careful to not get too straight as both these batsmen have a good on side game. So far so good from Sandeep. Just 3 off it.

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 12/0 ( Shubman Gill 3 , Rahul Tripathi 9)

Basil Thampi, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack.

DROPPED! Rashid drops Gill, a simple chance at deep mid-wicket but he made mess of it. The flick from Gill was coming straight into the hands and Rashid sort of sat on his knees to take it but could not hold on to it properly. Big miss this as Gill has been among runs for KKR. Good over by Thampi. Six off it.

After 1 over, Kolkata Knight Riders 6/0 ( Shubman Gill 1 , Rahul Tripathi 5)

Sandeep starts off with a big inswinger, Gill walked down the pitch to play it to mid on for no run. Next ball, comes in to Gill again who places it to short mid-wicket, who falters and gives the first run to KKR and Gill. Lovely shot from Tripathi to open account with a boundary square on the off side. Six off the first over.

FOUR! Wide and full from Sandeep, Tripathi leans beautifully on front foot, opens the blade and gets a boundary at deep point.

Alright then, Shubman Gill (RHB) and Rahul Tripathi (RHB) come out to open for KKR. Sandeep Sharma, right arm medium fast, to bowl the over.

KKR XI: Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy

SRH XI: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi

Toss news: David Warner wins the toss and Sunrisers Hyderabad will bowl first.

SRH v KKR in IPL:

Matches played : 18
SRH won : 7
KKR won : 11

Danny Morrison and Ian Bishop at the pitch report: It is green surface, it will offer something to quick men. Short ball has been used with a telling effect. Twenty and more wickets have fallen from that short length delivery. Use cross seam on the grass. Hit the pitch hard.

Dwayne Bravo’s inability to bowl the final over cost CSK their IPL game on Saturday as Delhi Capitals knocked off the required 17 runs. Dhoni clarified in the post-match presentation that Bravo was not fit to bowl the final over. 

In what could come as a major blow for CSK, their head coach Stephen Fleming said that Bravo could be “out for a few days or a couple of weeks” due to a groin injury.

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Head coach Simon Katich described AB de Villiers as “the greatest of all time” after the South African struck 55 off 22 balls and single-handedly powered RCB to a win against RR. 

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Meanwhile, in the first match of Saturday’s double header, AB de Villiers’ swashbuckling 22-ball 55 fashioned an incredible seven-wicket victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore over Rajasthan Royals.

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In the second match of Saturday’s double header, Shikhar Dhawan struck his maiden IPL hundred while Axar Patel smacked three sixes in the final over as Delhi Capitals moved to the top of the table with a tense five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings. 

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Here are the two squads

SRH: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav

KKR: Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Ali Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik

Just In: In a major relief for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), star spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared by the IPL’s suspect bowling action committee on Sunday. His name has also been taken off from the suspect action warning list, an IPL media release said.

Read the full report here.

A new captain in the saddle, Kolkata Knight Riders would look to sort out their batting woes and strive for consistency when they face Sunrisers Hyderabad in an intriguing mid-table Indian Premier League clash in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of match 35 of the Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR are fourth on the points table with eight points from eight matches, while SRH are just below them, with six points from eight matches. Both teams suffered defeat in their previous respective encounters and a win here would mean that they inch closer towards a playoff berth. Stay tuned as we will bring you all the updates from this mid-table clash.