IPL 2020, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders live: Warner wins toss, SRH to bowl first
KKR are still in the top four of Indian Premier League points table while SRH occupy the fifth spot.
Live updates
KKR 12/0 after 2 over (Tripathi 9, Gill 2)
It says no loss but it should have been one in the wickets column for Thampi. Rashid Khan drops a straightforward chance – maybe he lost it somewhere along the way. Good waist height too. Gill survives.
KKR 6/0 after 1 over (Tripathi 5, Gill 1)
Steady start by SRH. But KKR needed to find some momentum early in the innings, they can’t always leave it for the lower order.
Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill are out in the middle for KKR. Gill needs to do something about his SR, which is just 117 this season. Sandeep Sharma has the new ball.
KKR - Batting in the Powerplay at Abu Dhabi in #IPL2020
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) October 18, 2020
Innings - 5
Scoring Rate - 6.5 rpo
Wickets - 9
Average Runs per Wicket - 21.7#KKR have struggled in the powerplay at Abu Dhabi losing wickets regularly & scoring slow. Only #RR have a lower average at this venue#SRHvKKR
3.09 pm: Two changes for SRH too. Basil Thampi gets his first game this season, Abdul Samad gets another game.
SRH playing XI: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi
3.07 pm: Two changes in the KKR team. Narine is not yet fully fit. Ferguson and Kuldeep come into the team.
KKR playing XI: Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy
#SRH have won the toss and they will bowl first against #KKR.#SRHvKKR #Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/zvGyv7oFXs
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 18, 2020
3.02 pm: SRH win the toss and Warner decides his team will have a bowl first.
2.47 pm: Kolkata Knight Riders’ West Indian spinner Sunil Narine was on Sunday cleared by the Indian Premier League’s suspect bowling action committee after being reported last week. Narine was reported for a suspect action during his team’s clash against Kings XI Punjab last Saturday and another such instance could have led him to being barred from bowling in the league. But, in a relief for the player as well as for his franchise, the IPL committee found his bowling action to be clean.
KKR are still in the top four of IPL points table while SRH occupy the fifth spot on the points table with just three wins from eight outings.
Head-to-head
| Matches | KKR wins | SRH wins | Ties | KKR win% | SRH win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 61% | 39% |
A new captain at the helm, 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.