KXIP vs SRH Highlights IPL 2018: Kings XI Punjab Defeat SunRisers Hyderabad by 15 Runs
Come Thursday, SRH will be looking to be the table-toppers by the end of the night, whereas the KXIP team would be looking to climb a spot and grab the second position in the points table.
R Ashwin to bowl the last over. SRH steal consecutive singles on the first two balls of the over. Shakib Al-hasan hits a couple of SIXES! on the third and fourth ball consecutively; however, it is of no use now. KXIP WINS! SRH lose their first match of the season. Players are seen shaking hands as they walk off the field. Here, we end our live coverage of the match. Stay tuned with us for all the latest updates on IPL 2018.
Mohit Sharma to bowl his last over here. Manish Pandey brings up his half-century in style; hits a SIX! over the long-on region. The late surge has not helped SRH by a bit here. It is almost over. Both Shakib and Pandey are seen struggling. SRH requires 33 runs off 6 balls.
Sran to finish his quota here. A single on the first ball is followed by a boundary on the no-ball delivered next; FOUR! Sran bowls a wide delivery, next ball. A run or two here and there as both the batsmen are not able to find the boundary in the remaining over. SRH requires 47 runs off 12 balls.
Tye to finish off his quota here. Pressure is mounting for SRH as they are able to score 3 runs off the first three balls. Deepak Hooda hits a skier but is not able to clear the midwicket region; Caught OUT! No Shikhar Dhawan as Shakib Al-Hasan is the new man in. Tye ends his stupendous spell in the match with the figures of 4-0-23-2! FOW: 133/4: Deepak Hooda: 5 (5); SRH requires 60 runs off 18 balls.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl now. SRH are dealing in singles and twos when they are in dire need of boundaries here. Manish Pandey scores a much-needed boundary on the fourth ball; FOUR! SRH require 64 runs off 24 balls.
Tye returns. Kane Williamson welcomes him with a boundary over the short fine-leg region; FOUR! Just when things were falling into place for SRH, Williamson throws his wicket away; Caught OUT! No signs of Shikhar Dhawan yet, as Deepak Hooda is the new man in. SRH require 76 runs off 30 balls. Time-out called! FOW: 113/3: Kane Williamson 54 (40)
R Ashwin back into the attack. Both Manish Pandey and Kane Williamson are running beautifully between the wickets, hitting the odd boundary in between the overs. Kane Williamson dispatches a poor half-tracker delivery from R Ashwin towards midwicket region; SIX! Williamson steals a single on the next ball to complete his half-century.
Mohit Sharma brought back into the attack. Manish Pandey scores a couple on the first ball. The right-hand batsman clobbers the full-toss delivery to the square-leg boundary; FOUR! Another couple of runs on the next delivery as Pandey steps out of the crease to hit a FOUR! in the point region, on the last ball of the over.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to continue. SRH steal consecutive singles on the first two balls of the over. Trying to steal a couple on the third ball, Manish Pandey has to hurry, as had Finch's direct throw rattled the stumps, he'd be in trouble. Another good over from KXIP as Rahman concedes only 6 runs. The Required Run Rate is over 14 RPO now.
Andrew Tye to bowl. David Miller DROPS a tough chance at long-on. Manish Pandey survives. Both Pandey and Kane Williamson are struggling to find gaps and are unable to time the ball well. Only 4 runs conceded in the over. SRH seems to be digging a well for itself here!
Mujeeb Ur Rahman continues. On the first ball, Kane Williamson tries an adventurous shot and is struck on the pads. The bowler's appeal is turned down; Ashwin calls for DRS! On-field decision stays. Manish Pandey and Kane Williamson are dealing in singles at the moment, while the reqd. run rate is climbing with every ball.
Ashwin to continue. Kane Williamson uses his feet and clears the boundary rope in the long-on region; SIX! on the first ball of the over. Both, Manish Pandey and Williamson score run-a-ball in the remaining over as SRH score 11 runs from the over.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman is introduced in the attack. Both Manish Pandey and Kane Williamson are seen struggling against the teenage spin-sensation from Afghanistan. SRH manage to score 5 runs only in this over. The required run rate is climbing!
Skipper R Ashwin to bowl his first over. SRH take singles on the first three balls of the over. Ashwin bowls a wide as he sprays the delivery down legside. Kane Williamson dances out of the crease and hits an inside-out shot over the cover region; FOUR! A single taken to end the over. 12 runs conceded in Ashwin's first over.
Sran back into the attack. An excellent spell by Sran so far as he concedes only 3 runs in the over; that too in POWERPLAY. Williamson and Manish Pandey are looking to stem the flow of wickets by stealing a single here and there. SRH need to up the ante soon, as they have already lost 2 (& retired hurt Shikhar Dhawan) wickets in the first six overs.
Mohit Sharma gets a change of ends. Pathan welcomes Mohit with a boundary; FOUR! However, Mohit has his revenge as he dismisses Yusuf on the last ball. Yusuf chops on; OUT!FOW: 37/2: Yusuf Pathan: 19 (13)
First change, as Andrew Tye introduced. The fast-bowler begins the over with good-length deliveries as SRH manage to score 2 off 3 balls. Pathan picks up a slower one, next ball, and hits a boundary; FOUR! Nonetheless, Tye bowls a decent first over as he concedes only 7 runs.
Sran continues his spell. SRH score three singles on the first four balls of the over. Yuvraj Singh DROPS a dolly at cover point on the next ball. Sran ends the magnificent over, with a dot ball on the last ball, as he concedes only 4 runs.
Mohit Sharma to share the new ball. Kane Williamson hits a glorious shot in the cover region for FOUR! Saha hits a FOUR! too. Just as when SRH seemed to be in the flow, Mohit has pegged back with a wicket. Saha loses his off stump; OUT! Yusuf Pathan is the new man in. And Pathan announces his arrival in style; hits a FOUR! on the last ball. FOW: 14/1: W Saha 6 (7)
Barinder Sran to begin for KXIP. W Saha and Shikhar Dhawan to start for SRH. Sran bowls a beautiful second delivery and appeals for LBW. On-field umpire's decision stays, and SRH survives an early scare. Shikhar Dhawan is RETIRED HURT! as the rising delivery from Sran hits his left elbow. A rocky start for SRH here.
The 16th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will see Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) battle against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the iconic PCA Stadium, in Mohali. Both the teams have played fairly well in this IPL T20 tournament so far. With a quarter of matches already being played out in the IPL season so far, the franchises would be gunning for points to qualify for the playoffs.
Talking about the IPL points table, the SRH have won all the three matches they have played so far in this season, and are on the second spot with six points. On the contrary, the KXIP have won two out of three matches they have played in the IPL; and are on the third spot with four points. IPL 2018 Points Table
Full SRH Squad for IPL 2018:
Kane Williamson (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan Arman, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, and Tanmay Agarwal.
Full KXIP Squad for IPL 2018:
Ravichandran Ashwin (captain), Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Andrew Tye, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Karun Nair, Mujeeb Zadran, Ankit Singh Rajput, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Singh Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Christopher Gayle, Ben Dwarshuis, Akshdeep Nath, Manoj Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Manzoor Dar, Pardeep Sahu, and Mayank Dagar.
Come Thursday, SRH will be looking to be the table-toppers by the end of the night, whereas the KXIP team would be looking to climb a spot and grab the second position in the points table. Which team will have the last laugh as the night ends? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
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