7.35 pm I've got to run and jump on the Huddle I'm afraid so that's it for me today. Thank you for all your emails. Narine for Man of the Match? Or Russell? I'd give it to Narine. The other game is about to begin in Raipur. Hope it's as exciting as this one was. Cheers.
19.5
1lb
Anureet Singh to Narine, 1 leg bye, a leg bye to win it for KKR! Narine misses the flick and the ball goes to square leg off the pad. Narine sets off immediately, the fielder aims for the stumps at the bowler's end but he misses! KKR go top of the table, what a manic finish
Narine is the last man. He did it with the ball and now he needs to score one run off two balls.
19.4
W
Anureet Singh to Chawla, OUT, caught down the leg side! That would have been wide had Chawla let it go but he tries to glance the short of a length ball and Saha does splendidly to move to his right to catch it. That was so wide outside leg, and he gloved it.
PP Chawla c †Saha b Anureet Singh 18 (18m 11b 2x4 1x6) SR: 163.63
19.3
6
Anureet Singh to Chawla, SIX, and that's why he did not run! Chawla hammers the full ball far over deep midwicket to tie the scores! He was on the front foot for the full ball and swung hard, superb strike under pressure
19.2
W
Anureet Singh to Chawla, OUT, it's all happening at Eden Gardens! Anureet bowls it in the blockhole outside leg to counter Chawla's movement outside leg stump. He inside edges the ball on to the pad and the ball rolls towards the bowler. Hogg charges for the single but Chawla sends him back. Anureet rushes to the ball, picks up, turns around and hits the stumps with Hogg well short
GB Hogg run out 5 (11m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100
19.1
1
Anureet Singh to Hogg, 1 run, Hogg makes room by moving outside leg and hits straight, the bowler gets a hand on the ball but can't save the single
Aditya Talesara: "In a match, where everyone were worried for a fifth bowler for KXIP, they have done quite well 22-3 in four."
Anureet has the tough job of bowling the last over.
END OF OVER:19 | 5 Runs | KKR: 176/7 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.26, RRR: 8.00)
- Brad Hogg4 (4b)
- Piyush Chawla12 (8b)
- Sandeep Sharma4-0-35-0
- Beuran Hendricks4-0-35-1
KKR need eight off the last over. Super over anyone?
18.6
1
Sandeep Sharma to Hogg, 1 run, a low full toss on off stump, makes room and slices the ball in front of point
18.5
1
Sandeep Sharma to Chawla, 1 run, a full ball outside off, Chawla drives along the ground through cover for a single
18.4
1
Sandeep Sharma to Hogg, 1 run, nearly in the blockhole, Hogg pushes it towards mid-off for one more
18.3
1
Sandeep Sharma to Chawla, 1 run, driven firmly off the pads towards long on for a single
18.2
0
Sandeep Sharma to Chawla, no run, a full ball on leg and middle, Chawla tries to clip off his toes but misses, the ball goes towards extra cover off the pad, Hogg begins to run but is sent back because the fielder has come rushing in
18.1
1
Sandeep Sharma to Hogg, 1 run, a full toss outside off stump, Hogg mis-times the hit to long off, gets the single to give the better batsman the strike, it's all he needs to do
END OF OVER:18 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 171/7 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.50, RRR: 6.50)
- Piyush Chawla10 (5b)
- Brad Hogg1 (1b)
- Beuran Hendricks4-0-35-1
- Axar Patel4-0-33-1
17.6
4
Hendricks to Chawla, FOUR, Chawla's cracked it hard, over the infield at point, and the ball races to the boundary. Too short and too wide from Hendricks, a poor finish to the over and KKR are ahead in the game after a short setback
17.5
4
Hendricks to Chawla, FOUR, short ball outside off, third man is in the circle, and maybe Chawla knows it because he ramps the ball over the infield to the third man boundary
17.4
1
Hendricks to Hogg, 1 run, short of a length outside off stump, the batsman cuts the ball in the air behind point
17.3
1
Hendricks to Chawla, 1 run, good length on off and middle, chipped towards long off for a single
Hogg is the new batsman.
17.2
W
Hendricks to Botha, OUT, Botha's been run out by a direct hit! The match is swinging again. Botha played the ball to extra cover and ran, Axar swooped on the ball, picked up and nailed the throw, catching Botha at least a foot and a half short
J Botha run out 2 (15m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
17.1
1lb
Hendricks to Chawla, 1 leg bye, a good length ball angles into the left-hander and hits Chawla on the pad as he tries to flick
END OF OVER:17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 160/6 (24 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.41, RRR: 8.00)
- Piyush Chawla1 (1b)
- Johan Botha2 (3b)
- Axar Patel4-0-33-1
- Anureet Singh3-0-49-1
16.6
1
Patel to Chawla, 1 run, nudged off the pads behind square for a single
16.5
W
Patel to Russell, OUT, caught behind! Russell goes back to cut and gets a thick edge so that's a sharp catch by Saha to his right. He followed the ball superbly. Has Russell done enough to take KKR to the top of the table?
AD Russell c †Saha b Patel 51 (30m 21b 5x4 4x6) SR: 242.85
16.4
1
Patel to Botha, 1 run, driven to long off for a single
16.3
1
Patel to Russell, 1 run, punched off the back foot to cover
16.2
1
Patel to Botha, 1 run, plays the reverse paddle to short third man, Russell back on strike
16.1
1
Patel to Russell, 1 run, Russell equals the fastest fifty of the season, he gets there by slicing a ball in the air and it falls safely short of mid-on, midwicket can't get to it either, Russell is level with Harbhajan's 19-ball fifty
This is a cakewalk for KKR now. Russell is 49 off 18 balls. He's been sensational for KKR this year.
