IPL 2019 KKR vs SRH- In Pictures: Nitish Rana, Andre Russell heroics trumps David Warner's comeback 85- as it happened

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to bowl first. Hyderabad regular skipper Kane Williamaon missed out on today's game and SRH were led by India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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David Warner, playing his first IPL match after the one-year ban imposed on him for his role in ball-tampering scandal, soon found his groove as he raced to his 37th IPL half-century.

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Warner shared a 118-run stand for the first wicket with wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow (39).

David Warner scored 85 before falling to a great catch by Robin Uthappa.

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Vijay Shankar contributed unbeaten 40 off just 24 balls as Sunrisers' total as they scored a competitive 181 for three.

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Chasing a total of 182, KKR got off to a poor start as they lost big-hitting opener Chris Lynn for just seven runs in the second over of the innings. 

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Robin Uthappa, who came into bat at number three stitched a partnership of 80 runs along with the other opener Nitish Rana. 

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Siddharth Kaul provided the much-needed breakthrough for SRH as he dismissed Uthappa for 35 runs.

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The match was halted for a while as the lights went off in one of the light towers.

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Rashid dented the KKR's chase as he dismissed Rana for 68 as soon as the match started after a brief break.

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With 53 needed off the final three overs, Andre Russell took to Sidharth Kaul in the 18th over, scoring 19 runs and the batsman continued to go on his merry way, as he took Bhuvi to the cleaners in the penultimate over of the match scoring 21 runs. With 13 required off the final over, Russell and Shubhman Gill were able to finish the match in a hurry taking KKR over the line by six wickets.

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