Preview: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be hot favourites to do the double on defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad when the two sides lock horns in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday. KKR have looked to be the team to beat this season and are on a roll winning four back-to-back games. On Friday at the Eden Gardens, the men in purple swatted aside lacklustre Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets with 22 balls to spare. At the forefront of the destruction was skipper Gautam Gambhir whose unbeaten 71 made sure he continued his rich vein of form. Robin Uthappa played a perfect foil once again, smashing a 33-ball 59. [caption id=“attachment_3415552” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Gautam Gambhir and David Warner, captain of KKR and SRH respectively. Sportzpics[/caption] The left-hand, right-hand pair have looked deadly in tandem coupled with the fiery bowling of Australian Nathan Coulter-Nile who has kept the more accomplished Trent Boult on the bench. It is the manner in which KKR have decimated teams that makes them tournament favourites and against Hyderabad in their first meeting at the Eden, the two-time IPL champions had won by 17 runs. KKR are top of the points table having 14 points from nine games and a win on Sunday should all but seal their play-offs berth. Hyderabad, third in the table with 11 points from nine outings, have also played well so far, losing just thrice. On Friday against Kings XI Punjab, skipper David Warner led from the front with a sparkling 27-ball 51 as Shikhar Dhawan (77) more than supported the dashing Australian left-hander. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson’s whirlwind 27-ball 54 ensured the batting heavy side crossed the 200-mark and then restricted Punjab to 181/9 in 20 overs. Wickets to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has been at his imperious best with the most number of wickets in IPL 10 at 18, and Ashish Nehra augurs well for them against KKR who can do no wrong with the bat. Rashid Khan’s economical bowling should also help the men in orange. Against Hyderabad, KKR have won seven times and lost just three in their 10 meetings so far. Click here for the full schedule of IPL 2017 Squads: KKR: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Trent Boult, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rovman Powell, R Sanjay Yadav, Ishank Jaggi, Darren Bravo, Sayan Ghosh, Colin de Grandhomme SRH: David Warner (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Singh, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Eklavya Dwivedi, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Nabi, Ben Laughlin, Tanmay Agarwal, Pravin Tambe. With inputs from IANS
IPL 2017 Highlights, SRH vs KKR in Hyderabad, cricket score and updates: Hyderabad win by 48 runs
Catch live updates of Match 37 of IPL 2017, with the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) taking on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the second match of the Sunday double-header.
 "IPL 2017 Highlights, SRH vs KKR in Hyderabad, cricket score and updates: Hyderabad win by 48 runs")
That’s it from us on our coverage of today’s double-header, both of which turned out to be one-sided matches. While KXIP recorded their first-ever 10-wicket win over DD, SRH maintained their victorious record on home soil by hammering a top side like KKR by 48 runs! Do join us tomorrow for the clashes between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede, before Rising Pune Supergiant take on Gujarat Lions at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
For now, we bid you good night!
There we go, it's done and dusted, we win by 48 runs.The Fortress is ours!#OrangeArmy #RiseOfOrange #SRHvKKR
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 30, 2017
After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 161/7 ( Chris Woakes 6 , )
Kaul to bowl the final over, with Woakes getting off the mark at the start of the over with a single, before nudging one towards the third-man fence for a boundary. De Grandhomme tries slogging the last ball down the ground for a big one, but doesn’t quite connect properly to get caught by Rashid. And that’s the end of the match!
Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 48 runs!
Best win yet this season by Hyderabad given quality of opponent. KKR thoroughly outplayed, virtually from first over of the match
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 30, 2017
After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 154/6 ( Colin de Grandhomme 17 , )
Siraj bowls the 18th over. Couple of runs for de Grandhomme at the start of the over, before the New Zealand all-rounder gets a couple of runs in the fourth ball of the over with a mighty swing of the bat. 11 off the over.
KKR need 61 to win from 12
OUT! Jackson holes out to Rashid at deep midwicket in the dying stages of the game! KKR 154/6
Jackson c Rashid b Bhuvneshwar 16(17)
After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 149/5 ( Sheldon Jackson 14 , Colin de Grandhomme 15)
Siraj bowls the 18th over. Couple of runs for de Grandhomme at the start of the over, before the New Zealand all-rounder gets a couple of runs in the fourth ball of the over with a mighty swing of the bat. 11 off the over.
KKR need 61 to win from 12
After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 138/5 ( Sheldon Jackson 12 , Colin de Grandhomme 6)
Bhuvneshwar returns to the attack in the 17th over. De Grandhomme, the new batsman, gets off the mark by clipping the second ball of the over towards fine-leg. Eight off the over. SRH closing on on a big win at the moment.
KKR need 72 to win from 18
After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 130/5 ( Sheldon Jackson 10 , )
Rashid into his final over. Couple of runs for Yusuf in the third ball, after clipping it towards the leg side. Three wides conceded in the next ball. Pathan tries pulling the back-of-length delivery towards the leg side in the last ball of Rashid’s spell, and gives the latter his only wicket of the evening by getting an outside edge that carries straight to Kaul at short third man.
KKR need 80 to win from 24
OUT! Rashid Khan strikes in the last ball of his spell, with Yusuf getting an outside edge while trying to play towards the leg side! KKR 130/5
Pathan c Kaul b Rashid 12(13)
After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 122/4 ( Yusuf Pathan 9 , Sheldon Jackson 8)
Kaul into his third over. Slower ball by Kaul at the start of the over. Pathan slices the second one over cover to get a couple of runs. Bit of a mix-up in the third delivery, with Jackson nearly getting run-out at the other end. Good over by Kaul in the end, giving away just four off it. The game very much SRH’s at this stage.
KKR need 88 to win from 30
After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 118/4 ( Yusuf Pathan 6 , Sheldon Jackson 7)
Rashid into his third over, and Warner has been superb in marshalling his resources so far. Pathan hammers the second ball of the over down the ground, though an exceptional dive by Warner near long-on saves three runs for the home side. Jackson gets his first boundary of the innings with a slash towards the extra-cover boundary.
KKR need 92 to win from 36
After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 110/4 ( Yusuf Pathan 4 , Sheldon Jackson 1)
Siraj, who got the wicket of Narine early in the innings, returns for his third over. Appeal for an lbw in the second ball of the over, with the pace reading 143 clicks, though there seemed to be an inside edge. Siraj then gets the big wicket of Uthappa with a slower ball that the latter miscues straight to Warner at long-off. Siraj then greets new batsman Sheldon Jackson with a bouncer. Three runs and a wicket off this over, and the game appears to be a lost cause for KKR at the moment.
KKR need 100 to win from 42
And we keep our eyes on our targets for a reason. Siraj strikes, and Uthappa walks. Game on troops 👊!#OrangeArmy #RiseOfOrange #SRHvKKR
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 30, 2017
OUT! Siraj gets the big wicket of Uthappa, who holes out straight to Warner at long-off off a slower ball! KKR 109/4
Uthappa c Warner b Siraj 53(28)
After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 107/3 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 52 , Yusuf Pathan 3)
Henriques into his third over, and Uthappa tees off in the over, smashing two sixes towards the leg side to get to his fifth half-century of the ongoing tournament. Yusuf Pathan, the new batsman, gets off the mark with a single in the third ball of the over.
KKR need 103 to win from 48
Most 50-plus scores by wicket-keepers in IPL:
18 – ROBIN UTHAPPA*
17 – MS Dhoni
13 – Adam Gilchrist
After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 90/3 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 38 )
Bhuvi into the attack for his second over, and Warner will have entrusted him with the responsibility of breaking this partnership. Appeal for lbw in the third ball of the over, though Uthappa had shuffled to his right. Good running between the wickets exhibited by the two batsmen out there, converting the ones to twos. Bhuvi ultimately gets the breakthrough in the last ball of the over, as Pandey offers him a simple return catch.
KKR need 120 to win from 54
Most wickets against KKR in IPL:
20 – BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR*
19 – Zaheer Khan
18 – Ravichandran Ashwin
OUT! Bhuvi does get the breakthrough finally, and ends the dangerous-looking partnership as Pandey pushes a slower ball from the Purple Cap-holder to offer a simple return catch! KKR 90/3
Pandey c&b Bhuvneshwar 39(29)
After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 82/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 37 , Manish Pandey 32)
Bipul Sharma into the attack in the 10th over of the innings. Pandey tries coming down the track on a couple of occasions, but doesn’t quite connect his slogs properly for the boundaries. Good over for KKR, with 10 coming off it. KKR going at more than eight an over right now at the halfway mark.
KKR need 128 to win from 60
After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 72/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 36 , Manish Pandey 24)
Rashid into his scond over. SIX! Mighty strike by Uthappa towards the leg side, bringing up the 50-stand with it! Uthappa rocks back in the second ball and hammers it straight down the ground! 14 runs off the over, with the umpire calling for the strategic timeout at the end of the over (after a 45-minute rain delay that too!)
KKR need 138 to win from 66
After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 58/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 25 , Manish Pandey 21)
Henriques bowls the first over after the rain delay, and the two batsmen are off to a sedate start, with a single off each delivery of the over.
KKR need 152 to win from 72
As of now, game to restart at 11.15.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 30, 2017
The D/L par score for KKR at the loss of two wickets after seven overs is 69 which means they are 17 runs short at the moment.
After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 52/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 22 , Manish Pandey 18)
Rashid into the attack in the seventh over, and Uthappa greets him with a monster hit that measures 101m in distance! Swings his bat in the second ball as well, though this time he misses the line of the delivery completely. The 50 comes up in this over with that six, with the partnership now worth 40 at the moment.
After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 44/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 15 , Manish Pandey 17)
Henriques to bowl the final over of powerplay, with the hosts looking to nip the partnership before it grows too thick. Uthappa and Pandey stick to singles in the first five deliveries of the over, before Pandey whacks the last ball towards the cow-corner boundary to get his third 4. Eight off the over. Nice partnership building between the two.
After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 36/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 13 , Manish Pandey 11)
Kaul into his second over. FOUR! Smacked down the ground by Manish Pandey, beating mid-on along the way. Does the same thing a couple of deliveries later, this time hammering it between the bowler and the umpire. Quick single in the last ball, and Pandey would have been run-out at the non-striker’s end had Rashid managed to hit the stumps. Good over for KKR, with 11 coming off it.
After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 25/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 12 , Manish Pandey 1)
Siraj into his second over. FOUR! Uthappa whacks the fourth ball of the over through the gap between extra-cover and mid-off! Simply creamed it! The KKR keeper-batsman uses the pace in the next delivery to guide it towards third man. Nine runs off the over.
After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 16/2 ( Robin Uthappa (W) 4 , Manish Pandey 0)
Kaul into the attack in the third over, and he removes the in-form KKR captain, with the latter miscuing his pull to get caught by Rashid near the midwicket region. With both KKR openers back in the dugout, SRH have already seized the initiative early on! Uthappa whacks the last ball of the over towards wide long-on for a four, and has a bit of a run-in with the bowler. Four runs and a wicket.
OUT! Gambhir sends one way into the air and Rashid judges the catch to a nicety. KKR is trouble. KKR 12/2 in 3rd over.
Gambhir c Rashid Khan b S Kaul 11(11)
After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 12/1 ( Gautam Gambhir (C) 11 , Robin Uthappa (W) 0)
Siraj bowls the second over and beats Narine outside off. The next ball has Narine mistiming a cut in the air and Warner completes an easy catch at extra cover. Baets Gambhir more than one occasion in that over. Good start by SRH. KKR looks to be feeling the scoreboard pressure already.
OUT! Sunil Narine departs, caught by Warner at extra cover off Siraj. You just can’t keep Warner away from the action tonight! KKR 9/1 in the second over.
Narine c Warner b Siraj 1(4)
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