Live Cricket Score, SRH vs KKR: As it happened in Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2019.
Live Cricket Score, SRH vs KKR, IPL 2019: David Warner and Jonny Bairstow guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 9-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 match on Sunday. Bairstow remained not out on 80 while Warner scored 67 as SRH chased down the target of 160 with five overs to spare.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 161/1 (15 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 159/8 (20 overs)
IPL 2019 SRH vs KKR: Live Scorecard
Earlier, KKR posted 159 for 8 after being invited to bat first. Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine gave Kolkata Knight Riders a flying start after they were invited to bat first by Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 match on Sunday. Narine and Lynn went after the bowling and added 42 runs in just 15 balls. Khaleel Ahmed then bowled Narine (25 runs off 8 balls) to slow the innings down a bit. Khaleel then sent back Shubman Gill for just 3.
Nitish Rana (11) was caught behind off a beautiful ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Vijay Shankar then produced a great fielding effort to run out Dinesh Karthik (5). Rinku Singh took the innings forward with Lynn. Singh was dismissed going for the big shot in the 16th over after scoring 30 off 24 balls. Andre Russell played some big shots before being caught in the deep off Bhuvneshwar. Kolkata reached 159 in their 20 overs.
1. SRH win the toss, KKR bat first
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 on Sunday. KKR left out Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna for the match and handed an IPL debut to left-arm pacer Prithvi Raj.
The @SunRisers win the toss and elect to bowl first against the @KKRiders in Hyderabad.#SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/vl08B0QNxU
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2019
Here are the playing 11s:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (capt, wk), Rinku Singh, Piyush Chawla, KC Cariappa, Harry Gurney, Prithvi Raj
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Kane Williamson (capt), Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Khaleel Ahmed
A look at the Playing XI for #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/jYSNFGDJdO
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2019
2. Narine, Lynn give flying start
Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine gave Kolkata Knight Riders a flying start. Narine and Lynn went after the bowling from the first over and added 42 runs in just 15 balls. Narine made 25 runs off just 8 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours. (Image: AFP)
3. Khaleed Ahmed strikes back
Khaleel Ahmed bowled Narine in the third over to slow the innings down a bit. Khaleel then sent back Shubman Gill for just 3. KKR reached 61 for the loss of two wickets in the powerplay. (Image: AFP)
4. Kolkata lose 4 wickets
Khaleel's double strike turned the momentum in SRH's favour. Nitish Rana (11) soon fell to a brilliant ball from Bhuvneshwar. Captain Dinesh Karthik (6) was run out as Kolkata looked in trouble. (Image: AFP)
5. Chris Lynn, Rinku Singh add 51
Rinku Singh and Lynn then shared a 51-run stand for the fifth wicket to stabilise the innings. Sandeep Sharma dismissed the 21-year-old Indian for 30. Khaleel then returned to get the wicket of Lynn who scored 51. (Image: AFP)
6. KKR post 159 for 8
Andre Russell hits a couple of big shots but fell to Bhuvneshwar for 15. Kolkata managed to reach 159 for the loss of 8 wickets in their 20 overs. (Image: PTI)
7. SRH win by 9 wickets
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow made the chase look easy. Bairstow remained not out on 80 while Warner scored 67 as SRH chased down the target of 160 with five overs to spare. Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets. (Image: AFP)