IPL 2020, SRH vs KXIPIPL 2020, SRH vs KXIP Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 69 runs, their biggest ever win against KXIP.
SRH put up 201/6. They were given a cracking start by Jonny Bairstow (97) and David Warner (52). KXIP’s bowling woes continued in the match, and it would be 36.4 overs since their last wicket that they would strike again — Ravi Bishnoi (3/29) picking up both the openers in the 16th over of the match. 6 wickets fell for 41 runs in the last 5 overs, as SRH collapsed after Bishnoi’s momentum-changing over. Nicholas Pooran (77) brought up a 17-ball 50 in the chase even as wickets fell around him, the fastest 50 of the season. Pooran kept holding one end up, until Rashid Khan (3/12) delivered the knockout blow in the 15th over. KXIP were all out for 132.
Match 22, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, 08 Oct, 2020
Bishnoi smashes four as Sandeep Sharma bowls the 16th. Sandeep retaliates with bouncers. One of which hits an apologetic looking Bishnoi. Cottrell blocks. Natarajan bowls Cottrell out with a yorker in the next over. Which brings out Number 11 Arshdeep Singh. Who is out for a duck. SRH win by 69 runs.
Shami fails to read the googly. Rashid Khan picks up 2 in 2 to finish his spell. A double wicket maiden from Rashid Khan hammers in the nail. Rashid finishes with 3/12. KXIP have Bishnoi and Cottrell in the middle, with 76 to get in 5 overs.
Rashid Khan goes through Pooran's gate but the ball misses the stumps too. Bishnoi joins Pooran at 8. With Rashid continuing, Pooran turns down singles. They're not letting Bishnoi take strike to Rashid. And Rashid strikes! Pooran is caught at point. He is out for 77 off 37 balls. Rashid (2/12) strikes what must be the decisive blow.
Mandeep Singh the Number 6 for KXIP. VVS Laxman, part of the SRH dugout, says KXIP only have the tail to follow, with them fielding five genuine bowlers. Sharp work in the field from SRH continues - Garg appearing especially electric. Rashid Khan gets Mandeep Singh;s wicket with a googly. Khaleel bowls the 14th. Pooran knocks off boundaries against him but then Mujeeb is caught behind. Another wicket. KXIP need 76 in 6 overs.
There have been five 100m-plus sixes hit so far at IPL 2020. Three of them have been hit by Nicholas Pooran in that 9th over. Samad will remember that over for a long time. Rashid Khan back in the 10th. 5 runs from his 2nd over as the Afghan leggie continues spinning his web. Natarajan brought back in the 11th with SRH's 5th bowling option being stretched by Pooran. The left hander gets a four in this over too. Then there's a direct hit! Maxwell is run out. Priyam Garg with another piece of magic on the field. Maxwell is run out for 7.
Maxwell is in at 5. KXIP need a big hand from the Big Show today. SRH go to Rashid Khan in the 8th. 2 runs from his over. Maxwell sees out a few dot balls against him. Abdul Samad bowls the 9th. Pooran treats him exactly like he treated Abhishek Sharma. Lofted six down the ground. Four to follow. Huge six over long on, danced down the track to follow. 105 metres! Two more sixes to follow. 28 runs off Samad's over. Pooran reaches his 50 in 17 balls, the fastest 50 of the season. Pooran on 56 off 19
Nicholas Pooran breaks the shackles. SRH go to Abhishek Sharma as the Powerplay ends. Pooran sends the first two balls of the over for sixes down the ground. But then it's the huge wicket! KL Rahul gives off an ugly edge after an attempted sweep. Williamson catches at fine leg. KL is out for 11 off 16 balls. Not his best day in office.
Pooran is KXIP's new man in. He creams a four through the covers off his first ball. Natarajan continues in the 6th over. A flick of the wrist to get a six by Pooran. KL still playing the waiting game. Pooran the aggressor.
Singh gets a flick to go to the leg side fence. One of the shots of the match so far. Khaleel bowls the 4th. Singh crashes over mid off for four. He is then caught at point. Smashed, but straight to Priyam Garg. Khaleel Ahmed strikes. Singh goes for 11.
Rahul still more intent on seeing his way in. No boundaries from him yet. Big pressure on him to prove KXIP's problem is not scoreboard pressure. He's already run his most trusted partner - Mayank - out.
Disaster for KXIP! Mayank is run out. KL responded initially but then left Mayank stranded. The in-form Mayank is dismissed for 9. Simran Singh is KXIP's No.3.
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal start the chase for Punjab. Sandeep Sharma bowls the first over for SRH. Mayank pierces the off side field to find the fence for the first time in the chase.
Sharma lofts a six down the ground. A four cracked on the leg side to follow. Arshdeep ends with figures of 2/33. Shami bowls the last over. Williamson finds the cover boundary. A six to follow. Sharma is caught by Maxwell off the penultimate ball. KW takes the score across 200 off the last ball with a brace.
Another wicket! KXIP can't stop picking wickets now that they have started. Garg is out, caught at wide long on, for a duck. 16/5 - that is what SRH's score has been in the last 3 overs. Abhishek Sharma is in at 7.
Just 4 runs off the 17th over. The run rate climbs into single digits for the first time since the Powerplay. Bishnoi continues in the 18th. It;s a dropped catch by Pooran. Samad lucky to survive. But he is out later in the over, caught at deep square leg. Bishnoi's third wicket. Priyam Garg in at 6. 4 wickets have now fallen for 13 runs in 2.5 overs.
Arshdeep Singh bowls the 17th. And Manish Pandey is caught and bowled. Would you believe that! Three wickets in the space of seven balls after a desert-like 36.4 overs. Kane Williamson comes in at 5. Abdul Samad promoted up the order to join the Bairstow carnage, but the script has turned somewhat dramatically in the last few balls.
Two wickets in the over! Ravi Bishnoi has provided KXIP manna from heaven. Two wickets in the space of three balls after 36.4 wicketless overs. Bairstow is gone for 97. SRH 160/2 after 15.4
Cottrell back to bowl the 15th. A rare boundary-less over. Ravi Bishnoi brought back in the 16th over, having leaked 18 runs in his first. And he picks up the breakthrough straightaway. Warner is caught by Maxwell. He goes for 52. KXIP finally have a wicket. After 36.4 overs. And 408 killing runs.
Shami back to bowl the 13th over, with KXIP not having taken a wicket for almost 40 overs now. Bairstow sends one rocket off to the mid off fence to whoosh into the 80s. (Just) 8 runs off Shami's over. Mujeeb, the most economical bowler so far, back to bowl his quota out in the 14th over. Warner gets to his 50 with a single. But it's a Bairstow show at the other end. Two sixes in the over take Bairstow into his 90s.
Maxwell bowls the 11th over. And it's absolute carnage from Bairstow. Four. Six. Six. Bairstow whooshes into his 70s. 20 runs are plundered in Maxwell's over. Kings XI Punjab lost by 10 wickets in their last match and are still looking for their first wicket here. Big big test for KLR the captain. Arshdeep Singh bowls the 12th. 10 runs from it.