KKR 167-7 (Pandey 33) beat
SRH 132-9 (Henriques 41) by 35 runs
38th match, IPL in Kolkata
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) produced a classic team-effort to expose and rip apart Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a highly one-sided contest at the Eden Gardens defeating them by 35 runs to go third on the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table.
SRH won the toss and opted to field first on a track that had some turn.
Dale Steyn (0-37) took the new ball playing instead of Trent Boult but never really got his strapping right.
Gautam Gambhir (31) played a characteristically aggressive knock cracking couple of fours off Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-42) even though he was deceived by swing a few times.
Praveen Kumar (0-10) went for two fours off his first two balls, Robin Uthappa (30) joining the party.
Although Steyn had change of ends, Gambhir still managed to find the boundary twice, one a clip off the legs and another a cracking cover drive.
KKR did well to reach 55 for no loss in the first six overs.
Karn Sharma (2-29) introduced into the attack took a wicket with his second ball, Gambhir lured into a slog sweep and done in by the extra bounce, giving an easy catch to deep midwicket.
Sharma also got the other well-set opener, Uthappa who smacked one straight to cover where David Warner pulled off a very sharp catch.
Andre Russell (1) promoted up the order couldn’t do much damage this time, holing out to long on after the ball came off the toe-end of his bat.
Manish Pandey (33) added yet another pretty thirty to his tally, missing out yet again on the big one, but not before he hammered a six and a four off Sharma in a 15-run over.
He was run-out unfortunately in a mix-up, Ryan ten Doeschate (8) sending him back.
Ten Doeschate himself couldn’t produce the cameo KKR was looking for at that stage, trapped lbw by Moises Henriques (1-20) who produced a good spell of death bowling.
KKR were reduced to 111 for five after 15 overs, the advantage of an excellent foundation undone by a middle order collapse.
KKR still managed a 13-run over in the 18th off Bhuvneshwar with a six and four although, both Johan Botha (12) and Suryakumar Yadav (6) lost their wickets.
Bhuvneshwar signed off on an off day with a 13-run final over, Yusuf Pathan (30 not out) slamming two fours in the last over to remain unbeaten after a lovely 19-ball cameo with four fours.
KKR managed 167 for seven in their 20, scoring 56 in their last five.
SRH conceded more than they should have, largely because both their new ball bowlers failed to contain. Karn and Bipul Sharma (1-23) were every bit impressive though and so was Henriques.
SRH had a disastrous start probably losing half the game in the first over.
Warner (4) smacked a four but then Umesh Yadav (2-34) bowled a dream ball that took Warner’s off stump out for a walk.
Couple of balls later, Yadav produced another peach of a delivery that sneaked through Naman Ojha’s (0) forward defence to uproot his off-stump.
SRH were six for two after the first over. Russell (1-10) took the new ball from the other end and was smacked for couple of fours.
Shikhar Dhawan (15) looked to be in sublime touch smacking two glorious fours off Yadav.
One of them resulted in Russell injuring his left shoulder, which looked bad initially.
But he did come back onto the field later. Against the run of play, Dhawan stunned himself by hitting a long hop from Brad Hogg (2-17) straight to square leg with SRH descending to 29 for three after five overs and 33 for three after six.
Henriques (41) brought some much needed momentum into the chase smacking couple of big sixes and a four off Yusuf Pathan’s (0-19) seventh over that went for 19 runs.
Eoin Morgan (5) threw his wicket away with a wrong call for a single, finding himself well short.
Piyush Chawla (1-16) who was in the middle of an excellent spell put further dents on the SRH chase in the 12th over when he gave away just three runs and SRH lost two wickets, Hanuma Vihari (6) stumped by Uthappa who joined MS Dhoni for most stumpings in IPL, followed by the run-out of Bipul (1).
With a mounting required run rate, the last nail came when Hogg got rid of Henriques with a wrong ‘un that was top-edged to extra cover, pretty much ending SRH’s chase.
Karn (32) reduced the margin of defeat by smacking three sixes off Botha (1-32) in the 18th over before holing out to long on.
Bhuvneshwar (11 not out) managed to take a six and four off Yadav’s bowling to spoil his figures after a 14-run over.
SRH eventually managed just 132 for nine losing the game by 35 runs.
For KKR, Chawla and Hogg were excellent going at 4 and 4.25 respectively. KKR now go to third on the points table.
SRH 132-9 (Henriques 41) by 35 runs
38th match, IPL in Kolkata
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) produced a classic team-effort to expose and rip apart Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a highly one-sided contest at the Eden Gardens defeating them by 35 runs to go third on the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table.
SRH won the toss and opted to field first on a track that had some turn.
Dale Steyn (0-37) took the new ball playing instead of Trent Boult but never really got his strapping right.
Gautam Gambhir (31) played a characteristically aggressive knock cracking couple of fours off Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-42) even though he was deceived by swing a few times.
Praveen Kumar (0-10) went for two fours off his first two balls, Robin Uthappa (30) joining the party.
Although Steyn had change of ends, Gambhir still managed to find the boundary twice, one a clip off the legs and another a cracking cover drive.
KKR did well to reach 55 for no loss in the first six overs.
Karn Sharma (2-29) introduced into the attack took a wicket with his second ball, Gambhir lured into a slog sweep and done in by the extra bounce, giving an easy catch to deep midwicket.
Sharma also got the other well-set opener, Uthappa who smacked one straight to cover where David Warner pulled off a very sharp catch.
Andre Russell (1) promoted up the order couldn’t do much damage this time, holing out to long on after the ball came off the toe-end of his bat.
Manish Pandey (33) added yet another pretty thirty to his tally, missing out yet again on the big one, but not before he hammered a six and a four off Sharma in a 15-run over.
He was run-out unfortunately in a mix-up, Ryan ten Doeschate (8) sending him back.
Ten Doeschate himself couldn’t produce the cameo KKR was looking for at that stage, trapped lbw by Moises Henriques (1-20) who produced a good spell of death bowling.
KKR were reduced to 111 for five after 15 overs, the advantage of an excellent foundation undone by a middle order collapse.
KKR still managed a 13-run over in the 18th off Bhuvneshwar with a six and four although, both Johan Botha (12) and Suryakumar Yadav (6) lost their wickets.
Bhuvneshwar signed off on an off day with a 13-run final over, Yusuf Pathan (30 not out) slamming two fours in the last over to remain unbeaten after a lovely 19-ball cameo with four fours.
KKR managed 167 for seven in their 20, scoring 56 in their last five.
SRH had a disastrous start probably losing half the game in the first over.
Warner (4) smacked a four but then Umesh Yadav (2-34) bowled a dream ball that took Warner’s off stump out for a walk.
Couple of balls later, Yadav produced another peach of a delivery that sneaked through Naman Ojha’s (0) forward defence to uproot his off-stump.
SRH were six for two after the first over. Russell (1-10) took the new ball from the other end and was smacked for couple of fours.
Shikhar Dhawan (15) looked to be in sublime touch smacking two glorious fours off Yadav.
One of them resulted in Russell injuring his left shoulder, which looked bad initially.
But he did come back onto the field later. Against the run of play, Dhawan stunned himself by hitting a long hop from Brad Hogg (2-17) straight to square leg with SRH descending to 29 for three after five overs and 33 for three after six.
Henriques (41) brought some much needed momentum into the chase smacking couple of big sixes and a four off Yusuf Pathan’s (0-19) seventh over that went for 19 runs.
Eoin Morgan (5) threw his wicket away with a wrong call for a single, finding himself well short.
Piyush Chawla (1-16) who was in the middle of an excellent spell put further dents on the SRH chase in the 12th over when he gave away just three runs and SRH lost two wickets, Hanuma Vihari (6) stumped by Uthappa who joined MS Dhoni for most stumpings in IPL, followed by the run-out of Bipul (1).
With a mounting required run rate, the last nail came when Hogg got rid of Henriques with a wrong ‘un that was top-edged to extra cover, pretty much ending SRH’s chase.
Karn (32) reduced the margin of defeat by smacking three sixes off Botha (1-32) in the 18th over before holing out to long on.
Bhuvneshwar (11 not out) managed to take a six and four off Yadav’s bowling to spoil his figures after a 14-run over.
SRH eventually managed just 132 for nine losing the game by 35 runs.
For KKR, Chawla and Hogg were excellent going at 4 and 4.25 respectively. KKR now go to third on the points table.
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