BattingRB4s6sSRAjinkya Rahane (C)b Mohammed Siraj141411100
4.3
Mohammed Siraj to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Mohammed Siraj provides the first strike for the Titans. 200th T20 wicket for Siraj. It is the nip-backer, attacking the sticks, on a length. Rahane goes across the line once again, but his feet go nowhere. The ball comes back in to go past the inside edge and crashes into the stumps. End of a 44-run opening stand.
Finn Allenc Rashid Khan b Sai Kishore9335410265.71
11.2
Sai Kishore to Finn Allen, OUT! CAUGHT! Finn Allen's reign of terror comes to an end, and no one will be breathing a bigger sigh of relief than Mohammed Siraj. Sai Kishore comes over the wicket and flights it outside the line of the leg stump, keeping the length full. Allen makes a bit of room and flicks it high towards deep mid-wicket. There's not enough power on it, and Rashid Khan takes a well-judged catch just inside the ropes. End of a top-knock and also a 95-run stand for the second wicket.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi (W)not out824447186.36
Cameron Greennot out522834185.71
TOTAL: 247 -2 in 20.0 overs (12.35 runs per over)
Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 1, b 0) 6
Fall of wickets :1-44 (Ajinkya Rahane , 4.3 overs), 2-139 (Finn Allen , 11.2 overs)
Still to bat : Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi, Matheesha Pathirana
Shubman Gill (C)c Anukul Roy b Sunil Narine854957173.47
16.2
Sunil Narine to Shubman Gill, OUT! HIGH UP AND CAUGHT! Narine strikes again and continues to weave the web. Pushed fuller from around the stump, around the leg stump line. Shubman Gill sits across in the crease and tries to slog sweep it over deep square leg, but gets a bit of top edge in the process. The ball sails towards Anukul Roy, who shows a good presence of mind. He plucks the ball just a few centimetres in off the ropes and balances himself over his right leg. However, the third umpire is brought in to check for the legality of the catch. A couple of angles come up to see whether Anukul Roy's right leg is in contact with the ropes or not, while holding the ball. But it is deemed a clean catch in the end. Gill is absolutely disappointed and walks back.
Nishant Sindhuc Manish Pandey b Sunil Narine140025
4.1
Sunil Narine to Nishant Sindhu, OUT! CAUGHT! Sunil Narine strikes with his first ball in his 200th IPL game for the Knight Riders. Begins with a off-break, flighted delivery, on off. Nishant Sindhu extends his hands into the lofted hit but he gets no elevation whatsoever. Hits it flat and straight down the throat of long off, where Manish Pandey gets low and takes the catch around his knees.
Jos Buttler (W)c sub Ramandeep Singh b Saurabh Dubey573552162.86
18.5
Saurabh Dubey to Jos Buttler, OUT! TAKEN EASILY! First IPL wicket for Dubey and he is overjoyed. He bowls it very full by taking all the pace off, and outside off. Jos Buttler stays put, tries to pump it over long off, but does not properly get under the ball. Ends up getting no timing and distance and offers a simple catching practice to the sub fielder, Ramandeep Singh, at long off. A fighting knock from Buttler, but it wasn't enough in a mountainous run chase. GT are 207/3, needing 41 runs from 7 balls.
Rahul Tewatiac Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Cameron Green240050
19.6
Cameron Green to Rahul Tewatia, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! KKR BEAT GT BY 29 RUNS. In their 100th IPL game at the Eden Gardens, the Knight Riders have marked the occasion in style, dominating the Titans from start to finish to keep their playoff hopes flickering, even if just barely. Short outside off, at 125.6 kph. Tewatia goes deep in the crease and shuffles across, looking to hook it behind square on the leg side. The bounce does the trick, though, climbing sharply and kissing the glove on the way through to the keeper. Raghuvanshi dives forward pouches it comfortably, and that seals the deal for the hosts.
TOTAL: 218 -4 in 20.0 overs (10.90 runs per over)
Extras (lb 8, w 11, nb 0, b 1) 20
Fall of wickets :1-49 (Nishant Sindhu , 4.1 overs), 2-177 (Shubman Gill , 16.2 overs), 3-207 (Jos Buttler , 18.5 overs), 4-218 (Rahul Tewatia , 19.6 overs)
Still to bat : Jason Holder, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj
Umpires:
Swaroopanand Kannur (IND) and Virender Sharma (IND)
TV umpire:
Sam Nogajski (AUS)
Match referee:Rajiv Seth (IND)
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