- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 first ball duck for Gayle, Umesh has struck and the crowd is making plenty of noise, I don't know why! Movement off the pitch for Umesh as he pitches it on good length around middle, Gayle looks to defend it with soft hands but the ball moves away and a leading edge lobs like a balloon to short cover 0/115.1 slog swept with the turn and Umesh times his jump to perfection at deep backward square leg to pouch that. It was pitched up slightly, Mandeep made some room and then swept in the air, Umesh went a bit to his left and then jumped to take it around head height 105/42.5 Piyush is smiling, he sticks his tongue out because Umesh's change of pace has beaten Kohli again, struck on the back foot and he's plumb! From the back of the hand, it pitches in front of the stumps and Kohli is already through with his shot when the ball reaches him, he was looking to whip it to leg, and was struck on the back leg in front of middle and leg 20/24.4 shuffles across again, misses it completely and the stumps are gone! Narine keeps his cool to bowl an offspinner in front of off and middle, AB is a long way across, tries to sweep but it's pretty full and he doesn't connect at all 34/318.1 it's full, wide and quick at 139kph, Jadhav lofts that high and Umesh runs to his left from long off to pouch it. It's been tough to time the ball properly today and Jadhav's eyes properly lit up seeing some pace on he ball, he sent that a bit too high though, giving long off enough time 125/519.3 slow cutter at 121kph, fullish again outside off, Negi swings and sends that really high not far from the pitch, Lynn calls for it and pouches it around short cover 142/6Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL158/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Chris Gayle, 0.1 ov), 2-20 (Virat Kohli, 2.5 ov), 3-34 (AB de Villiers, 4.4 ov), 4-105 (Mandeep Singh, 15.1 ov), 5-125 (Kedar Jadhav, 18.1 ov), 6-142 (Pawan Negi, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UT Yadav 4 0 36 3 9 12 4 2 1 0 CR Woakes 4 0 39 1 9.75 8 3 2 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 29 2 7.25 8 2 1 0 0 AS Rajpoot 4 0 25 0 6.25 7 1 1 0 0 PP Chawla 2 0 13 0 6.5 1 0 0 0 0 C de Grandhomme 2 0 15 0 7.5 2 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 and that's the end. Arm ball doesn't rise from back of a length, skids through and into middle-n-leg as Lynn is tall while attempting to pull this 107/26.1 ah, that's why. Bouncer first up, just outside off stump. Too good for Narine, who is cramped by pace and line as he looks to hook, gets a top edge that Jadhav pouches with a leap 105/113.2 oh good ball. Very good ball. Good length, drifting in at off stump, but also dipping fast. He's down the pitch and realises soon he won't get bat on this. Offers a flick across the line anyway, but it spins past him and the keeper makes no mistake 152/314.1 another annoying delay if you're a KKR fan. This is tossed up generously, wide outside off stump. He goes for the full blooded cover drive, but he has hit it in the air. Straight to extra cover 156/4Extras6 (lb 3, w 3)TOTAL159/4 (15.1 Overs, RR: 10.48)Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Sunil Narine, 6.1 ov), 2-107 (Chris Lynn, 7.3 ov), 3-152 (Colin de Grandhomme, 13.2 ov), 4-156 (Gautam Gambhir, 14.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20
Match days
07 May 2017 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 3 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 1
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (Mandeep Singh 21, TM Head 27, Ex 2)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 2
- Rain: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 100/3 in 14.1 overs (Mandeep Singh 48, TM Head 35)
- Mandeep Singh: 50 off 41 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- TM Head: 50 off 41 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 158/6 in 20.0 overs (TM Head 75, S Aravind 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 105 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 3.3 overs (21 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (CA Lynn 29, SP Narine 23, Ex 0)
- SP Narine: 50 off 15 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 36 balls (CA Lynn 49, SP Narine 54, Ex 2)
- CA Lynn: 50 off 21 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 5
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKKR look to arrest slump in pursuit of top two
While Royal Challengers Bangalore play for pride, Kolkata Knight Riders will look to avoid losing a third-straight game as they pursue a top-two finish
What Narine tells us about T20 hitting
In a format where batting resources are often underutilised, more bowlers might try to increase their worth to teams by developing their hitting skills
Narine, Lynn script win over Bangalore with attacking display
Sunil Narine scored 28 runs through the long-off region, including three sixes
Narine and the art of pinch-hitting
Sunil Narine had never scored a fifty in T20s before today, but he changed that in some style
The method behind Sunil Narine's madness
The West Indian's devastating ability to hit straight in the Powerplay - when teams rarely employ a long-off or long-on - has brought him great rewards