04/16Result
13th match (N), Indian Premier League at Kolkata, Apr 16 2018
KKR won by 71 runs
Player of the Match
Nitish Rana
Nitish RanaKolkata Knight Riders
04/16Result
13th match (N), Indian Premier League at Kolkata, Apr 16 2018
KKR won by 71 runs
Player of the Match
Nitish Rana
Nitish RanaKolkata Knight Riders

END OF OVER:
20 | 1 Run 3 Wkts | KKR: 200/9 | RR: 10.00

  • Shivam Mavi0 (0b)
  • Rahul Tewatia3-0-18-3
  • Chris Morris4-0-41-2

9:57pm Gautam Gambhir will take strike. Jason Roy, of course, at the other end. Piyush Chawla to open the bowling.

9.45pm A masterstroke from Gambhir to turn to the legspinner for the last over. Three wickets off it. And it's all to some lovely bowling, really slowing it down, and making batsmen reach out for his deliveries. But Knight Riders still end up with 200. Chris Lynn and Robin Uthappa set the platform, but it was Nitish Rana who launched them into overdrive with a superb half-century. That knock had some stunning strokes, and of course, another brutal batting performance from Andre Russell. He took six sixes off Shami alone, off just nine balls from him. It's the second time he's done that this season; last game, he pillaged six off DJ Bravo. This is going to take some chasing by Daredevils.

"I'm enjoying it. The mindset was to give myself a chance, and the wicket was good," says Andre Russell. "I didn't take too many balls, just went out and did my thing. We got to make sure what happened in Chennai don't happen again. Chris Gayle is the Universe Boss; he's a strong guy and my idol, so I'll give it that (who hits the bigger sixes) to him."

19.6
W
Tewatia to Curran, OUT, and another wicket. What a last over this has been Curran steps down the track and chips this in the air, straight into the hands of long-on

TK Curran c Maxwell b Tewatia 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

19.5
W
Tewatia to Chawla, OUT, Chawla comes down the track for a big hit. A non-turner again, pretty wide of Chawla, and he was probably expecting it to turn into him, but as he doesn't, he skews it in the air off the outside of the bat and the keeper settles under it

PP Chawla c †Pant b Tewatia 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

19.4
0
Tewatia to Chawla, no run, really slows it up and gets it to skid across without turn, Chawla swings and misses
19.3
0
Tewatia to Chawla, no run, gets down for a big sweep to a completely wrong length and line. Not full by any means and slanted a long way across
19.2
W
Tewatia to Shubman Gill, OUT, tame! Very soft dismissal. A bit of room outside off and he flays this with a flat bat, but picks out point. Gill having a tough start to his IPL career

Shubman Gill c Morris b Tewatia 6 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120

19.1
1
Tewatia to Curran, 1 run, short of a length, spinning in, punched away through the covers

Legspinner for the last over. Here's Tewatia.

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 199/6 | RR: 10.47

  • Shubman Gill6 (4b)
  • Tom Curran1 (1b)
  • Chris Morris4-0-41-2
  • Trent Boult4-1-29-2
18.6
4lb
Morris to Shubman Gill, 4 leg byes, full toss, he stays really back in the crease and just makes use of the angle to help it along to fine leg
18.5
1
Morris to Curran, 1 run, full and angling in towards off, jabbed too straight down the ground as it crashes into the stumps at the non-striker's end

Prashanth : "Rana has made me a believer. You never hear about him when talk turns to upcoming Indian talent but his temperament, consistency and strokemaking are far better than the likes of Pandey. "

18.4
1
Morris to Shubman Gill, 1 run, full, drifts into the pads, clipped through backward square leg
18.3
W
Morris to Rana, OUT, slower ball, miscues as he tries to loft it over the off side and sends it soaring into the sky. Gambhir settles under it at cover. End of a top innings

N Rana c Gambhir b Morris 59 (35b 5x4 4x6) SR: 168.57

Shami today: v Russell: 40 (9), 6 sixes; v others: 12 (15), 0 boundaries

18.2
0
Morris to Rana, no run, goes deep in his crease and tries to jab it through point but gets the bottom edge and rolls down the pitch
18.1
4
Morris to Rana, FOUR, that's amazing: power, wristwork and bat speed. Had everything. Full and wide from Morris and he carts it through backward point as it breezes past the sweeper running to his right at the boundary
18.1
1w
Morris to Rana, 1 wide, full, drifts it a long way across, and called a wide

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 188/5 | RR: 10.44

  • Nitish Rana55 (32b)
  • Shubman Gill5 (2b)
  • Trent Boult4-1-29-2
  • Mohammed Shami4-0-53-1
17.6
1
Boult to Rana, 1 run, full, angled into him and dips on him, flicked through square leg
17.5
4
Boult to Rana, FOUR, that's a stunning shot. Beautifully done, backs away to a middle-stump yorker and jams the bat down before opening the face to glide it smartly through third man
17.4
1
Boult to Shubman Gill, 1 run, fullish around off, drilled extremely hard one-bounce to long-off
17.3
4
Boult to Shubman Gill, FOUR, oh, shot. Terrific strike from Gill first ball as he pulls it with lots of bottom hand power through midwicket

Here comes Gill.

17.2
W
Boult to Russell, OUT, bowled him! Very good delivery from Boult, almost the perfect delivery to Russell. Fires it in around leg stump and rolls his fingers over it to slow it up. It then dips really late with Russell swinging for the fences, and takes out leg stump

AD Russell b Boult 41 (12b 0x4 6x6) SR: 341.66

17.1
1
Boult to Rana, 1 run, extremely full, straightish around off, and he gets a leading edge as he closes his face. Fifty for Rana

END OF OVER:
17 | 20 Runs | KKR: 177/4 | RR: 10.41

  • Andre Russell41 (11b)
  • Nitish Rana49 (29b)
  • Mohammed Shami4-0-53-1
  • Chris Morris3-0-34-1
16.6
6
Mohammed Shami to Russell, SIX, clears long-off off the toe-end! Bouncer just outside off, backs away and looks to go over the leg side. He's cramped and gets it right off the bottom but it clears the fielder easily
16.5
6
Mohammed Shami to Russell, SIX, pumped deep into the stands. Shami feeds the swing outside off with a slower ball on a good length. Russell pummels it 102 metres, far behind deep midwicket
16.4
1
Mohammed Shami to Rana, 1 run, full ball outside off, gets low and lofts a drive uppishly towards sweeper cover

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Daredevils 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4G GambhirJJ Roy
2nd9G GambhirSS Iyer
3rd11G GambhirRR Pant
4th62GJ MaxwellRR Pant
5th11GJ MaxwellR Tewatia
6th16GJ MaxwellV Shankar
7th3CH MorrisV Shankar
8th1V ShankarMohammed Shami
9th11S NadeemMohammed Shami
10th1S NadeemTA Boult