FOLLOW LIVE BLOG: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders
That's it! Sunrisers Hyderabad post a challenging 172/9, riding on Shikhar Dhawan's 50, against Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR paceman Prasidh Krishna (4/30) does his best to restrict the opposition towards the end of the innings.
OVER 19.6: OUT! A team hat-trick after Karthik's direct-hit finds Bhuvneshwar short of the crease. SRH 172/9
OVER 19.5: OUT! Krishna scalps Rashid for duck. SRH 172/8
OVER 19.4: OUT! Krishna dismisses Shakib to pick his third. SRH 172/7
OVER 19.1:
OUT! Rinku Singh holds a stunner as Krishna strikes again to dismiss Pandey. SRH 168/6
OVER 19: Shakib Al Hasan hits a four off Russell. SRH 168/5
OVER 18.1: OUT! Russell sends Brathwaite back in the dugout. SRH 161/5
Russell is back into the attack
OVER 18: Pandey hits a biggie. SRH 161/4
Narine [4-0-23-1] finishes off his fine spell
OVER 17: 150 comes up for SRH for the loss of four wickets
OVER 16.2: OUT! Narine dismisses Yusuf Pathan to pick his first. SRH 147/4
Narine comes back to bowl his final over
OVER 16: Just five runs and a wicket from Krishna. SRH 146/3
Strategic Time Out
OVER 15.1: OUT! Krishna gets the big wicket, traps Dhawan in front for 50. SRH 141/3
Krishna is back to bowl his second
OVER 15: Manish Pandey hits two fours off Russell. SRH 141/2
Russell comes back into the attack
OVER 14: Yadav finishes off his fine four-over spell, conceding just 35 runs with a wicket to his name. SRH 133/2
OVER 13.5: FIFTY! Dhawan hits 38-ball 50, with the help of five fours and a six, to drive SRH
Yadav comes back to bowl his fourth and final over
OVER 12.5: OUT! Williamson hits successive sixes off Searles before becoming his first victim. SRH 127/2
OVER 12.1: DROPPED! Narine drops a lolly as Dhawan gets a life.
Searles is back into the attack
OVER 12: Good over by Narine as he concedes only six runs. SRH 110/1
Narine is back into the attack
OVER 11: 12 runs from the over. SRH 104/1
OVER 10.4: 100! Williamson hits a six off Yadav to take SRH past 100-run mark
At halfway mark, SRH reach 92 for the loss of one wicket
OVER 10: Tidy eight-run over from Chawla. SRH 92/1
Chawla is back into the attack
OVER 9: A wicket and a four from the over. SRH 84/1
OVER 8.4: OUT! Yadav strikes to dismiss Goswami for 35. SRH 79/1
Goswami goes down the wicket, and tries to slog it over long on, but didn't get the distance as Russell takes a sitter.
OVER 8: Good over by Searles as only six runs come from it. SRH 76/0
Javon Searles comes into the attack in the form of seventh bowler
OVER 7: Boundary apiece by Goswami and Dhawan. SRH 70/0
KKR bring Kuldeep Yadav, sixth bowler so far, into the attack
Strategic Time Out
End of Powerplay! SRH reach 60 for no loss after six overs
OVER 6: Dhawan hits a biggie off Narine. SRH 60/0
50 comes up for SRH in 5 overs
Goswami and Chawla hit a four apiece as SRH score 11 runs from the fifth over
Fifth over and KKR have gone with the fifth bowler as Piyush Chawla comes into the attack
OVER 4: Narine starts off well, gives away just four runs. SRH 40/0
Sunil Narine has come into the attack
OVER 3: TWENTY RUNS! A six and two fours, including a one on a free-hit, from Goswami. SRH 36/0
OVER 2.3: SIX! Goswami replies Russell with a fine six over cover. SRH 24/0
OVER 2.2: REVIEW! Goswami wins it as the ball comes straight off the helmet while attempting to pull Russell.
Andre Russell comes into the attack
OVER 2: Same treatment to Krishna as Dhawan, who slams two fours, hits a boundary off the first ball. SRH 16/0
Prasidh Krishna shares the new ball with Rana
OVER 1: Dhawan hits a first-ball four. SRH 5/0
Shikhar Dhawan and Sreevats Goswami are opening for SRH while Nitish Rana takes the new ball for KKR
TEAM CHANGES
Three changes for SRH as Yusuf Pathan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Carlos Brathwaite are in for Deepak Hooda, Alex Hales and Basil Tampi respectively while Piyush Chawla replaces Shivam Mavi in the KKR side.
TEAMS
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami (w), Carlos Brathwaite, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
TOSS
Sunrisers Hyderabad win toss, elect to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders
PREVIEW
Kolkata Knight Riders will have no margin for error when they take on hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad, who will fancy their chances despite coming off a defeat, in the Indian Premier League.
Currently occupying the top spot with nine wins from 13 matches, Sunrisers are coming into the game following a 14-run loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in a high-scoring match, but the home team can take confidence from their impressive showing in the season so far.
Two-time champions KKR are placed third in the standings with seven wins in 13 outings, and the visitors will be going all out for a victory at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, and inch closer to SRH and Chennai Super Kings.
After Sunrisers' dismal performance against RCB with the ball, which has been one of their strong points this season, the hosts will be eager to correct the flaws as they brace up to face another tough opposition.
CLICK FOR MORE
