Carlos Brathwaite is here to bowl the last over and Rana hits a FOUR. Nitish Rana gets OUT on 7. Shubham Gill comes to finish the business, and with that comfortable single KKR wins by 5 wickets with a couple of balls to spare.
Kumar into the attack. Tension grips in both the dugouts as Dinesh Karthik tries to break free. KKR needs 5 off 6 balls.
Siddharth Kaul is here to bowl and snaps the wicket of Russell who gets OUT for 4. Rana the new man in. Kane Williamson brings in the change in the field after Sandeep Sharma at fine leg DROPS the catch of Karthik at fine leg. 10 needed of 12 balls.
SRH brings in Brathwaite to bowl the death over and he strikes for the team by getting a crucial wicket of Robin Uthappa who attempted a hook shot. Easy catch for Shreevats Goswami as Uthappa gets OUT on 45 off 35 balls. Russell the new batsman. Dinesh Karthik times the bowl and plays a pull shot for a FOUR. 18 needed off 18 balls.
Rashid Khan is here to complete his spells and Uthappa goes down the ground for a FOUR and then goes for a SIX on leg-side. Silence in the stadium as Uthappa gets on to a hitting spree. 26 needed off 24 balls. Time to revise strategies during the time-out.
Kumar comes into the attack. Kane Williamson communicating with the team constantly. Dinesh Karthik hits a 77 meter long SIX over fine-leg. 2 runs to end the over and KKR are stealing singles to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Siddharth Kaul is in and he strikes for SRH getting the wicket of Lynn. Chris Lynn hit it to the long on and Manish Pandey grabs it but realises that he might touch the boundary. He throws the ball in the air and steps inside the playing area. Lynn OUT for 55. Dinesh Karthik the new man in. Required run rate 8.43. 2 runs from the over and a wicket. 52 required off 36 balls.
Rashid Khan bowls his third over. The required run rate currently is 7.67 runs per over.
Shakib Al Hasan is here to bowl. Uthappa hits a SIX and a FOUR. 13 runs off the over for KKR. Lynn and Uthappa bring up a partnership of 61 runs from 51 balls.
Sandeep Sharma is here to bowl his second over. SRH needs a wicket at this juncture as the scoreboard ticking with singles. Chris Lynn brings up 50 in style with a SIX and 100 comes up for KKR. The required run rate is 8.11.
It’s a crucial game for Dinesh Karthik’s Kolkata Knight Riders as a loss there against Sunrisers Hyderabad and they start thinking about the next year as it is their last game in the IPL 2018. Team KKR have won their previous games and would look to win this one as well. Whereas SRH has lost their last two games and would want to go to the playoffs with a victory.
Talking about their head to head games, out of the last 13 times that the team has locked horns with each other, SRH has won 5 games whereas KKR has won 8. SRH has been in a good form whereas KKR has been hot and cold this season and have performed in patches. So overall it's going to be an interesting game!
Squads:
SRH Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Alex Hales, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Shreevats Goswami(w), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
KKR Playing XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla/ Prasidh Krishna/Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav