Spinners, Yusuf lead Knight Riders into playoffs
With four spin options to call upon on a parched Eden Gardens pitch, Kolkata Knight Riders strangled Sunrisers Hyderabad to defend 171 and pull off a 22-run victory.
With four spin options to call upon on a parched Eden Gardens pitch, Kolkata Knight Riders strangled Sunrisers Hyderabad to defend 171 and pull off a 22-run victory.
Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu
7.30pm The pitch offered grip and turn, and Sunil Narine returned his best figures of the season - 3 for 26 - to lead his side to the playoffs. Kuldeep Yadav turned the ball either way and accounted for Dhawan and KW. The result also means that Mumbai are out of the tournament. Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils is now a direct shootout for the final playoff spot.
Gautam Gambhir: It was a must-win game for us. The credit goes to the entire group. Yusuf is taking his time and his role has changed from being a finisher last season. We are now giving him more overs. I thought that 160 would be a good total. We can take a lot of positives from this game. It was a playoff for us. Suddenly when you lose a player of Russell's caliber, it forces us to make changes.
Yusuf is the Man of the Match
Alpesh: "RCB top-two finish certain with a win"
Supradeep: "This last match just before the playoffs has revealed the very big void in the middle order of SRH batting line-up."
Hanish: "50 dot balls..in HYD innings..!"
RCBfan: "if RCB wins!! they moves to 2nd spot!! wow!!! they are doing what MI did last year!! and they chase!! another kohli knock cominggggggg............."
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B Kumar c sub (R Sathish) b Rajpoot 5 (7m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125
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Kolkata Knight Riders go into Sunday's game with their eyes on the playoffs, while the already qualified Sunrisers Hyderabad will go one step further, aiming for the top two
Yusuf Pathan scored an unbeaten 52 from 34 balls to help Kolkata achieve a 22-run win over Hyderabad and enter the playoffs of the Indian Twenty20 league
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata
With four spin options to call upon on a parched Eden Gardens pitch, Kolkata Knight Riders strangled Sunrisers Hyderabad to defend 171 and pull off a 22-run victory.