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What a stunning piece of fielding, Gambhir's luck runs out. |
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0.0 : Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match 51 of IPL 2016 |
Gujarat and Kolkata are the two teams fighting it out for a win tonight. The venue for the game is Green Park Stadium, Kanpur |
It's a huge match for both the teams as they look to qualify for the play-offs. Gujarat will be boosted by the return of their captain Raina |
Toss and Team updates are on your way shortly. Stay tuned |
Toss: Raina to spin the coin. " Heads " is the call from Gambhir and the coin spins down as " Tails ". Gujarat have won the toss and elected to bowl first. |
Gambhir wanted to bowl first as well. 3 changes in the Gujarat team from the last match. One changes in the Kolkata team |
Gujarat (Playing XI): Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik(w k), Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shadab Jakati |
Kolkata (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w k), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Jason Holder, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel |
Indian Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is among the crowd tonight |
The umpires makes their way into the ground and the players follows them |
Gambhir and Uthappa are the Kolkata openers . Uthappa to face Praveen Kumar |
0.1 : Kumar to Uthappa, no run, comes forward and defends it towards cover |
0.2 : Kumar to Uthappa, one run, looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge towards third man |
0.3 : Kumar to Gambhir, no run, comes forward and defends it back to the bowler |
A leg slip in place for Gambhir |
0.4 : Kumar to Gambhir, one run, turns it towards mid wicket for a single |
0.5 : Kumar to Uthappa, one run, pushes it towards mid on for a quick single |
0.6 : Kumar to Gambhir, no run, goes after this back of length ball outside off stump but misses and gets beaten. End of over: KKR 3/0 (Gambhir 1, Uthappa 2) |
1.1 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, FOUR, comes on the front foot and drives it through extra cover for a boundary |
1.2 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, no run, drives it towards square leg |
1.3 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, one run, drives it towards mid on for a quick single |
1.4 : Kulkarni to Gambhir, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
1.5 : Kulkarni to Gambhir, FOUR, lofts it straight down the ground through mid off for a boundary |
1.6 : Kulkarni to Gambhir, two runs, tries to pull it but gets a top edge that just goes over Praveen Kumar fielding at mid on. End of over: KKR 14/0 (Gambhir 7, Uthappa 7) |
2.1 : Kumar to Uthappa, wide, fires this one down the leg side |
Kumar to Uthappa, wide, fuller and well wide of off stump this time. A touch call as it is given a wide. That swing after pitching |
Kumar to Uthappa, FOUR, drives it through wide mid on for a boundary |
2.2 : Kumar to Uthappa, no run, defends it back to the bowler. The ball rolls onto the stumps at the bower's end but Gambhir gets back in time |
2.3 : Kumar to Uthappa, one run, drives it towards extra cover. McCullum doves and stop a boundary |
2.4 : Kumar to Gambhir, no run, drives it to the point fielder |
2.5 : Kumar to Gambhir, DROPPED, one run, gives the charge and looks to slice it towards third man. Smith dives to his right and goes his hands to it but drops it |
2.6 : Kumar to Uthappa, one run, drives it towards wide mid on. |
Praveen Kumar has left the field. he looks injurd End of over: KKR 23/0 (Gambhir 8, Uthappa 13)
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3.1 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, OUT, no run, drives it towards mid wicket and goes for a quick run. Jakati dives and stops the ball. He fires a direct hit at the striker's end and Gambhir is way short of his crease |
2nd time in 2 matches, Gambhir is run out |
3.2 : Kulkarni to Pandey, one run, turns it towards backward square leg |
3.3 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, no run, drives it to the point fielder |
Gambhir has been run out 15 times in IPL. Most by any batsmen |
3.4 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, FOUR, drives it hard through mid off for a boundary |
3.5 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, no run, drives it to the mid on fielder this time |
3.6 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, SIX, flicks it nicely over deep mid wicket for SIX. End of over: KKR 34/1 (Uthappa 23, Pandey 1) |
4.1 : Smith to Pandey, no run, drives it to the point fielder |
4.2 : Smith to Pandey, OUT, no run, opens the face of the bat and looks to dab it down towards third man but guides it straight into the hands of Raina fielding at wide slip |
4.3 : Smith to Chawla, no run, looks to defend but misses |
4.4 : Smith to Chawla, no run, cuts it to the point fielder |
4.5 : Smith to Chawla, two runs, cuts it towards square third man |
4.6 : Smith to Chawla, no run, defends it towards point. |
CEO of Apple, Tim Cook is among the crowd tonight End of over: KKR 36/2 (Uthappa 23, Chawla 2)
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5.1 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, one run, drives it towards mid on for a quick single |
5.2 : Kulkarni to Chawla, no run, looks to swing it across the line but misses |
5.3 : Kulkarni to Chawla, one run, pulls the short ball towards deep square leg |
Kulkarni to Uthappa, wide, a high bouncer and called a wide |
5.4 : Kulkarni to Uthappa, one run, drives it through mid wicket |
5.5 : Kulkarni to Chawla, no run, slashes and misses outside off stump |
5.6 : Kulkarni to Chawla, FOUR, makes room and punches it through extra cover for a boundary. End of over: KKR 44/2 (Uthappa 25, Chawla 7) |
6.1 : Smith to Uthappa, no run, drives it towards mid wicket |
6.2 : Smith to Uthappa, OUT, no run, looks to run it down towards third man but gets an outside edge. Karthik takes a regulation catch behind the stumps |
6.3 : Smith to Pathan, one run, pulls the short ball towards deep mid wicket |
6.4 : Smith to Chawla, one run, drives it towards deep point for a single |
Smith to Pathan, wide, down the leg side |
6.5 : Smith to Pathan, no run, pushes it towards mid on |
6.6 : Smith to Pathan, no run, defends it towards short cover. End of over: KKR 47/3 (Pathan 1, Chawla 8) |
7.1 : Bravo to Chawla, no run, defends it towards short cover |
7.2 : Bravo to Chawla, no run, looks to slice it over third man but misses |
7.3 : Bravo to Chawla, no run, drives it to the point fielder |
7.4 : Bravo to Chawla, one run, swings it towards long on for a single |
7.5 : Bravo to Pathan, no run, drives it to the mid wicket fielder |
7.6 : Bravo to Pathan, one run, drives it down towards long on for a single. |
Just 5 runs and 1 wicket from last 2 overs End of over: KKR 49/3 (Pathan 2, Chawla 9)
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8.1 : Jakati to Pathan, no run, defends it towards short leg |
8.2 : Jakati to Pathan, leg bye, gives the charge and looks to defend but misses and off the pad the ball goes towards cover |
8.3 : Jakati to Chawla, one run, drives it down towards long on |
8.4 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, pushes it down towards long on |
8.5 : Jakati to Chawla, one run, swings it towards long on |
8.6 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, drives it towards square leg. |
Match State: Time Out End of over: KKR 54/3 (Pathan 4, Chawla 11)
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9.1 : Smith to Pathan, one run, flicks it through square leg for a single |
9.2 : Smith to Chawla, OUT, no run, makes room and looks to defend but misses. The ball crashes into the top of middle and off stump |
9.3 : Smith to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, drives it to the point fielder |
9.4 : Smith to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, pushes it to the point fielder again |
9.5 : Smith to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, cuts it into the ground and finds the point fielder yet again |
9.6 : Smith to Shakib Al Hasan, no run, turns it towards short mid wicket. End of over: KKR 55/4 (Pathan 5, Shakib Al Hasan 0) |
10.1 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, swings it towards long leg |
10.2 : Jakati to Shakib Al Hasan, one run, drives it down towards long on |
10.3 : Jakati to Pathan, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball goes towards square leg |
10.4 : Jakati to Shakib Al Hasan, one run, drives it towards long on |
10.5 : Jakati to Pathan, no run, drives it back to the bowler |
10.6 : Jakati to Pathan, no run, makes room and cuts it to the point fielder. End of over: KKR 59/4 (Pathan 6, Shakib Al Hasan 2) |
11.1 : Smith to Shakib Al Hasan, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
11.2 : Smith to Pathan, one run, works it towards deep square leg |
11.3 : Smith to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT, no run, makes room and slices it towards third man. Dwivedi takes the catch on the boundary |
11.4 : Smith to Yadav, no run, drives it back to the bowler |
11.5 : Smith to Yadav, no run, lets it go outside off stump |
11.6 : Smith to Yadav, no run, drives it back to the bowler. |
Smith finishes with 8/4 from his 4 overs. He bowled 18 dot balls. End of over: KKR 61/5 (Yadav 0, Pathan 7)
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12.1 : Jadeja to Pathan, no run, drivees it to the cover fielder |
12.2 : Jadeja to Pathan, no run, pushes it towards cover |
12.3 : Jadeja to Pathan, one run, turns it towards mid wicket |
12.4 : Jadeja to Yadav, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single |
12.5 : Jadeja to Pathan, one run, drives it down towards long off |
12.6 : Jadeja to Yadav, no run, defends it back to the bowler. End of over: KKR 64/5 (Yadav 1, Pathan 9) |
13.1 : Jakati to Pathan, no run, looks to flick but misses |
13.2 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, slogs it towards deep mid wicket |
Just 5 FOURS and 1 SIX in the inning so far |
13.3 : Jakati to Yadav, one run, drives it towards long off |
13.4 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, sweeps it towards long leg |
13.5 : Jakati to Yadav, two runs, punches it towards deep extra cover |
13.6 : Jakati to Yadav, one run, drives it towards deep square leg. |
14.1 : Jadeja to Yadav, one run, makes room and flicks it through mid wicket |
14.2 : Jadeja to Pathan, one run, drives it down towards long off |
14.3 : Jadeja to Yadav, FOUR, makes room and drives it towards wide long off for a boundary |
First boundary since the end of power-play overs |
14.4 : Jadeja to Yadav, SIX |
13.5 : Jakati to Yadav, one run, punches t towards deep extra cover |
13.6 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, drives it towards deep square leg. End of over: KKR 69/5 (Yadav 3, Pathan 12) |
14.1 : Jadeja to Pathan, one run, makes room and flicks it through mid wicket |
14.2 : Jadeja to Yadav, one run, drives it down towards long off |
14.3 : Jadeja to Pathan, FOUR, makes room and drives it towards wide long off for a boundary |
14.4 : Jadeja to Pathan, SIX, bends down and swings it over long on for SIX |
14.5 : Jadeja to Pathan, one run, works it through backward square leg |
14.6 : Jadeja to Yadav, one run, flicks it through mid wicket. End of over: KKR 83/5 (Yadav 5, Pathan 24) |
15.1 : Bravo to Yadav, FOUR, bends down and scoops it over short fine leg for a boundary |
15.2 : Bravo to Yadav, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
15.3 : Bravo to Pathan, no run, gives the charge and looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pad |
15.4 : Bravo to Pathan, FOUR, swings it through mid wicket for a boundary this time |
15.5 : Bravo to Pathan, no run, tries to pull the bouncer but misses |
15.6 : Bravo to Pathan, one run, swings it through mid wicket for a single. |
Match State: Time Out End of over: KKR 93/5 (Yadav 10, Pathan 29)
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16.1 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, drives it through mid wicket |
16.2 : Jakati to Yadav, one run, drives it towards long off |
16.3 : Jakati to Pathan, one run, works it through backward square leg |
16.4 : Jakati to Yadav, SIX, makes room and lofts it inside out over extra cover for SIX |
16.5 : Jakati to Yadav, OUT, no run, bends down and tries to sweep but gets a top edge towards long leg. Kulkarni takes the catch on the boundary |
16.6 : Jakati to Holder, one run, turns it towards backward square leg. End of over: KKR 103/6 (Pathan 31, Holder 1) |
17.1 : Bravo to Holder, no run, makes room and looks to drive but misses |
Bravo to Holder, wide, fuller and well wide of off stump |
17.2 : Bravo to Holder, FOUR, makes room and looks to loft it straight but gets a thick outside edge that goes past the keeper and rolls into the third man fence |
17.3 : Bravo to Holder, one run, swings the low full toss towards long on |
40 runs from last 21 balls |
17.4 : Bravo to Pathan, one run, pulls the short ball towards deep mid wicket |
17.5 : Bravo to Holder, SIX, gets under the ball and swings it over deep mid wicket for a 95 metres long SIX |
17.6 : Bravo to Holder, no run, pushes the Yorker back to the bowler. |
2 Overs to go, Can Kolkata get close to 150? End of over: KKR 116/6 (Pathan 32, Holder 12)
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18.1 : Kulkarni to Pathan, FOUR, gets down on his knee and sweeps it past the short fine leg fielder for a boundary |
18.2 : Kulkarni to Pathan, OUT, no run, drives the low full toss straight to the extra cover fielder. Raina takes a good low catch |
18.3 : Kulkarni to Narine, no run, slashes and misses outside off stump |
18.4 : Kulkarni to Narine, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
18.5 : Kulkarni to Narine, no run, looks to swing it towards the leg side but misses |
That was 81st catch by Raina in the IPL. Most by any fielder |
18.6 : Kulkarni to Narine, no run, another play and miss from Narine. End of over: KKR 120/7 (Holder 12, Narine 0) |
19.1 : Bravo to Holder, one run, makes room and swings it towards mid wicket |
19.2 : Bravo to Narine, one run, drives it towards extra cover |
19.3 : Bravo to Holder, OUT, no run, looks to loft it straight down the ground but gets a leading edge. Finch takes an easy catch |
19.4 : Bravo to Narine, no run, slashes and misses outside off stump |
19.5 : Bravo to Narine, one run, swings it towards deep mid wicket. Just a single |
19.6 : Bravo to Morkel, one run, flicks it through backward square leg. |
Kolkata finishes their 20 over with 124./8 Just 4 runs coming from last 2 overs |
Smith was the star with the ball for Gujarat. He took 4 wickets for just 8 runs from his 4 overs. |
Kolkata finishes their 20 over with 124./8 Just 4 runs coming from last 2 overs. Pathan was the top scorer with 36 runs from 36 balls. Uthappa scored 25 runs |
Join us back for the coverage of Gujarat run chase in 15 minutes. End of over: KKR 124/8 (Narine 2, Morkel 1)
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Gujarat Lions Squad:
Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shadab Jakati
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Gautam Gambhir (c), Robin Uthappa (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Jason Holder, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel
Gautam Gambhir dropped twice. Can be costly.