Piyush Chawla is here to bowl and Bairstow slams a FOUR to deep backward point. Hits another one for a SIX to mid-wicket. Yet another SIX to end the game. SRH beats KKR by 9 wickets.
Prithviraj is here to bowl and strikes for the team after Piyush Chawla DROPS the catch of Jonny Bairstow. Gets the wicket of David Warner as he attempted to play this across the line and gets BOWLED. Warner BOWLED on 76. Bowls Prithviraj exults! Bowls a WIDE.
Sunil Narine is here to bowl and once again Harry Gurney DROPS the catch of Jonny Bairstow. Gets a top edge and at backward point and dropped. FOUR straight down the ground and a SIX to long on. 16 runs from the over for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
With that couple of runs, David Warner brings up his fifty IPL 2019 half-century as Dre Russell comes to bowl. Warner scores 500 runs in IPL 2019. Jonny Bairstow also scores a half-century.
Cariappa is here to bowl and Jonny Bairstow picks it up for a SIX over mid-wicket. FOUR runs more to fine leg. 100 comes up for SRH. Sunrisers need 58 runs from 66 balls. 14 runs from the over.
Piyush Chawla back into the attack for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The team needs to build pressure on the hosts. Bairstow scoops it away to the fine leg for a FOUR.
Andre Russell is here to bowl as Sunrisers Hyderabad are unstoppable at the moment. One bounce and that goes for a FOUR to leg side, Bairstow. David Warner nears the half-century. Eight runs from the over.
KC Cariappa, right-arm leg break brought into the attack. Warner goes ruthless as he goes down on one knee for a SIX and punishes the filthy ball. Warner once again clatters it for a FOUR to backward point. Warner sends the ball to the crowd for a 91 meter long SIX straight down the line. End of power play.
Sunil Narine into the attack and gives away a single. Sunrisers Hyderabad needs 108 runs from 90 balls. Warner hits a biggggeee with a short ball and that goes for a SIX over deep mid-wicket. 50 runs partnership between Jonny Bairstow and David Warner.
Piyush Chawla is here to bowl the first over. Starts off with no runs on the first two balls. Bairstow slog sweeps it well and sends it to the mid-wicket for FOUR. Easy pickings! Bairstow takes an aerial route and parks it in the crow for a SIX. Single to end the over.
Harry Gurney is here to bowl his second over. David Warner slams it for a FOUR to the long off. Singles come from the over and then a couple on the last ball. 10 runs from the over.
Debutant Prithvi Raj is here to owl and Warner takes an aerial route as he goes down the line for a SIX. Bairstow takes an aerial route and Cariappa DROPS that one as he goes square of the wicket for a FOUR. FOUR to end the over.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is here to bowl and he starts off with a dot ball. SIX on the next ball. Andre Russell goes brutal on the fourth ball as he hammers a SIX to the leg side. Bowls a low full toss and Russell goes for a big one and finds the man. Russell OUT on 15.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad is all set to take on the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. On one hand, where the Orange Army would look forward to keeping up their winning streak, the Kolkata Knight Riders would look to recover from the string of losses. Dinesh Karthik and men have lost four games and would surely look forward to winning this one to keep their playoffs hopes alive. The Sunrisers Hyderabad would want David Warner and Jonny Bairstow to fire. The team would also look up to Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan for chipping wickets. The team
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders would want Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell to take the centre stage when it comes to scoring runs. KKR began the month of April being the table toppers but four losses pushed them on the number four of the IPL 2019 points table. The Sunrisers Hyderabad are placed on number five of the IPL 2019 points table. A win here would mean bring them in the top four. Overall, the match will be quite an entertaining one.
Squads:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (captain), David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Khaleel Ahmed, Ricky Bhui, Basil Thampi, Shreevats Goswami, Martin Guptill, Deepak Hooda, Siddharth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Shahbaz Nadeem, T Natarajan, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Wriddhiman Saha, Sandeep Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Billy Stanlake.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (captain), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Joe Denly, Lockie Ferguson, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Harry Gurnley, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, KC Cariappa, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Shrikant Mundhe, Nikhil Naik, Anrich Nortje, Prithvi Raj, Prasidh Krishna.
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