Match Day

2623dThe Report by Shashank Kishore

Sunrisers' seamers snuff out Knight Riders

Surisers Hyderabad's pacers derailed Kolkata Knight Riders, the two-time champions. Sunrisers in Delhi setup a clash with Gujarat Lions in the second qualifier at the same venue on Friday

2623dSidharth Monga

Sunrisers seamers make light of Nehra's absence

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur Rahman and Barinder Sran coped admirably without their injured bowling captain and defended 162 to keep Sunrisers Hyderabad on course for a place in the IPL final

2623dSidharth Monga

Yuvraj dominates Kuldeep in spin battle

Despite not always picking Kuldeep Yadav, Yuvraj Singh brought out his experience to get on top of the wristspinner, setting the tone for Sunrisers Hyderabad's win in the Eliminator

2623dSidharth Monga in Delhi

Gambhir, Dhawan, and the survival of the fittest

They have done the job together for Delhi, but have almost always competed for one opener's slot in the Indian team. Now, in the eliminator, both players will come face-to-face, and only one of them will be left standing

Preview

Won it in last five

53

Runs scored by SRH in the last five overs. They were 109/3 at end of 15th over. KKR were 110/4 at the same stage but SRH conceded just 30 runs in the last five.

Rare failure for Pathan

2

No. of times Yusuf Pathan has been dismissed in single-digit scores in this IPL, including his 2 runs today. He was out for 6 vs RCB at Eden Gardens.

Producive Gambhir

3

No. of times Gambhir has scored 500+ runs in an IPL season, including this. He had scored 534 in 2008 and 590 in 2012. Only Kohli (4) has done it more times.

Sequence of low scores

81

Runs accumulated by Uthappa in his last 6 innings with a highest of 25, including the 11 today. In the first 9 innings of this IPL, he had scored 313 runs including 3 50s.

Well recovered

80

Runs scored by SRH in the last eight overs after they were 82 for 3 at the end of 12th over. They lost 5 wickets in the last eight though.

Yuvi's highest

38

Previous highest score for Yuvraj Singh against KKR, which came in 2009. He averaged just 25.08 against them in 14 innings before this match.

Youngster doing it again

2/28

Kuldeep Yadav's figures in the last match, also against SRH; dismissed Dhawan & Williamson. He got Warner and Henriques off successive balls today.

Making most from spinners

3

No. of times 4 overs were bowled by spinners in Powerplays this IPL, including today. KKR have done in successive games vs SRH. RPS did it vs KKR at Eden.

Applying breaks upfront

2013

Last time Yusuf Pathan bowled 3 overs in the Powerplays in IPL. That was also against SRH, in Hyderabad. Only the 5th such instance for him; 3 of those in 2009.

Warner-Dhawan milestone

1500+

Runs added by Warner and Dhawan as a opening pair. They become the first pair to do so in IPL. Gambhir-Uthappa are next with 1463 runs.

No opening issues

2

No. of teams that have used the same opening pair for them throughout this IPL. Both are against each other in this eliminator.

KKR and chasing

0

No. of times KKR elected to bat first in this IPL, including this eliminator. They won 4 of their 5 matches after winning the toss. SRH 3-3 when losing the toss.