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

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh
44(30) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %61%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
7 5 5 0 17 6 4 0
MK Pandey
MK Pandey
36(28) 2x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
0 1 2 1 6 6 12 8

Best performances - Bowlers

B Kumar
B Kumar
O4
M0
R19
W3
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep Yadav
O4
M0
R35
W3
Eco8.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Alagappan Muthu

END OF OVER:
20 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | KKR: 140/8 (23 runs required, RR: 7.00)

  • Sunil Narine1 (3b)
  • Morne Morkel0 (0b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-19-3
  • Mustafizur Rahman4-0-28-0

Tharun Raj : "A new name on the IPL trophy this year then :D" And with that I'll bid my farewells. Thank you for your company, looking forward to seeing you again for Qualifier 2 on Friday

Moises Henriques is the Man of the Match "I still feel like I left a lot of runs out there. All the bowlers bowled well, and we fielded really well. It was staying low, so facing Morne and Holder was easier, turning their ridiculous bounce to normal bounce. We have guys who take the pace off, we have ones who can put the pace on, good death bowlers too. The game owes you nothing, every opportunity you have to grab it."

"Definitely, fielded well and that's what we set out to do. We knew if we fielded well we would win close games," David Warner says "Bipul's two sixes came in very handy. Little but short with the batting, but runs on the board is crucial. So good execution by the bowlers. Took some spectacular catches and we try to improve every game we play. Will help, we'll change wickets, but the square is the same. Both teams have batting fire power and depth in bowling. We needed to win every game to win the final. We are up against Gujarat, we have set the benchmark high, now its about come back and executing it again"

11.30 pm This was supposed to be the clash of the league's best bowling sides and Sunrisers Hyderabad have proved they are a menace in the end-overs. At one stage it seemed Mustafizur and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were simply bowling machines set on yorker mode. They will face Gujarat Lions on Friday for a spot in the IPL final in Delhi

Knight Riders batsman made starts, but none of them could go on. Manish Pandey was quite fluent, but he was caught on the outfield. That was another aspect of play the Sunrisers were on top of. Their fielding. Yuvraj, after hitting 44 off 30, nailed a direct hit with only one stump to aim at and Bhuvi took a pressure catch to dismiss Yusuf Pathan very early.

"I thought it was a very good wicket to bat on, 160 was chaseable. I thought Colin's run-out was a turning point," Gambhir says, "Didn't have big partnerships. Someone needed to play a Yuvi kind of cameo, it was an unbelaievable innings, changed the momentum in their favour. And if one of our batters continued like that, we could have won the game. [Russell] Gives us firepower in the last overs with the bat and with the ball too. Tried our level best. We should have gotten 160. Bowlers did very well, batters didn't live up to expectation. This is a format where we have to keep playing well. Individuals can take the game away. We were confident, we had won against them, restricting them to 160 was very good. But when you lose someone like Andre Russell, difficult to replace them. Kolkata fans have been the most loyal"

"Really sweet victory. Do or die match and before this we lost two matches," says Bhuvi, "It was a wicket which was good for the batsmen and later on it wasn;t coming onto the ball. We looked to bowl yorkers. Advantage, we have an idea playing on this wicket before the next match"

punit: "From being a medium pacer at 120-130 Bhuvi now consistently bowls 140-141...has he just progressed from being a medium pacer to at least fast-medium if not fast bowler??"

19.6
0
Kumar to Narine, no run, offcutter outside off, dot ball! Take a bow, Bhuvi! Narine squirts it to third man, looks for a single, can't find it. Done and dusted.
19.5
W
Kumar to Holder, OUT, another slower ball, Holder wasn't quite well balanced when he went for the loft towards long-off. The ball hit high on the bat and carried only as far as long-off

JO Holder c Cutting b Kumar 6 (12m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 85.71

19.4
1
Kumar to Narine, 1 run, shortish and slower, Narine heaves it to deep midwicket
19.3
0
Kumar to Narine, no run, this is outrageous bowling! Landing yorker after yorker after yorker. This one is wide of off stump so Narine, the new batsman, can't reach it
19.2
W
Kumar to Sathish, OUT, that's how! 140 kph yorker on middle stump, Sathish misses, Bhuvi hits. Leg stump goes for a walk and Warner yells in delight

R Sathish b Kumar 8 (21m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 88.88

Gambhir has finally decided to rip his pads off his legs. Looks like he knows how this is going to turn out

19.1
1lb
Kumar to Holder, 1 leg bye, aims for the pads, with the batsman moving towards leg. Holder looks to whip it to midwicket, can't connect.

KKR need 25 off six balls.

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.