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So Sunrisers Hyderabad will now face Chennai Super Kings on May 27, 2018, at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. What a game of cricket has it been! Rashid Khan contributed with the bat and the ball!
Braithwaite bowls outside the off stump and Mavi hits a FOUR. You won't want to bowl that line even to a tail-ender. BraithwaiteĀ goes round the wicket and sends Mavi packing, Mavi OUT on 6. BraithwaiteĀ gets another one in form of Gill and Rashid Khan once again makes no mistake. Gill OUTĀ on 30.Ā
Kaul back into the attack and bowls and off-cutter which rock the off stump. Makes the captain happy. Piyush Chawla OUT on 12. India Under 19 teammates Mavi and Gill take on the crease comes into bowl. The game almost slipping away from KKR. Gill hits a SIX to end the over.
We have reached the death overs and Kumar is here to finish his spell. Eden Garden suddenly breaks in silence in the stadium. Bhuvi upset after he concedes a run. Singles keep the scoreboard ticking. BhuviĀ DROPS the catch and the goes down the ground for a FOUR. 30 needed off 12 ballsĀ
K Ahmed is here to bowl his third over. SRH clearly defending well. Young man Shubham Gill hits a FOUR off the covers. Chawla time it over mid-wicketĀ for a SIX. 10 runs off the over. Time for both team to revisit their strategies.Ā
Rashid Khan is here and the captain has got a slip in position for the Afghani spinner. Khan bowls a googly, Dhawan snaps it at slip. Russell OUT on 3 of 7 balls. Chawla the new man in. KKR need 57 off 30 balls.Ā
Rashid Khan strikes for the team once again. Bowls a googly and gets a plumb. Lynn OUT on 48. Silence in the KKR dug out. Lynn's anticipation goes in vainĀ despite reading the googly.Ā
Shakib Al Hasan back into the attack and strikes for the team claiming the wicket of Dinesh Karthik. The Bangladeshi spinner bowlers an arm balls and get Karthik's stump rocked. Karthik OUT on 8! Quite an over!
Rashid Khan comes in and strikes on the first ball. Rashid drifts it to the middle and leg, Uthappa misses it completely and rocks the leg stump and gets bowled. Uthappa OUT on 2. Lynn hits a FOUR. Captain Dinesh Karthik too hits a FOUR. Chants of KKR KKR going louder.Ā
Kumar comes back into the attack, bowls a better line. Lynn and Uthappa keep the scoreboard ticking with singles. However, Lynn gets through the gap and the ball runs away for the FOUR. A good way to end the over.Ā
Shakib Al Hasan introduced. Nitish Rana in the bid of taking two runs slips on the other end and then struggles to make his way back into the crease. Rana OUT for 22.Ā KKR need 87 off 66 balls.Ā
Brathwaite introduced and Lynn times the ball well for a FOUR and then another FOUR in the over. Single to end the over. The crowd cheering every boundary and six.Ā
Siddharth Kaul comes back and Lynn once against hit a SIX over fine leg. 9 runs off the over for KKR. In last 24 balls, KKR made 48 runs and lostĀ one wicket. SRH must be looking to reconsider a few of their bowling strategies.Ā
Ā Khaleel Ahmed into the attack. Rana the new man hits a 63 meter long SIX. Rana gets the top edge towards leg and sails away over the ropes for a SIX. 8.7 is the current run rate of the teamĀ
Siddharth Kaul introduced and gets rid of Sunil Narine who mistimes it and hands it over toĀ Brathwaite at mid on. Narine OUT for 26. Change in pace comes handy for Kaul. Robin Uthappa is the new man in. Lynn hits a FOUR. dot ball to end the over.Ā
Table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad are fighting to seal their spot into the finals of the IPL 2018. Kane Williamsonās men will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in Eden Gardens and both will jostle to book their berth in the finals. SRH has lost 4 matches in the past and will surely leave no stone unturned to win this game.
Whereas KKR who have been hot and cold this season, but winning the last four games ensured their spot in the finals. KKR and SRH have come head-to-head twice in the tournament and both have won one game each. Since there have been no rains in Kolkata since Tuesday, the surface will not be damp and will help the spinners.
Teams:
KKR Probable XI: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
SRH Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreevats Goswami, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Carlos Brathwaite, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
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