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0.0 : Hello and welcome the live coverage of match 45 of IPL 2016 |
The two teams fighting it out in the middle will be Kolkata and Pune and the venue for the game is Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
A win for Kolkata will lift them to 2nd place in the points table. Toss and Team updates are on your way shortly. Stay tuned. |
Dhoni calls for " Heads" and the coin spins down as " Heads". Pune have won the toss and elected to bat first |
2 changes in Pune team from the last match. 2 changes in Kolkata team as well |
Pune (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni(w k & c), Thisara Perera, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Murugan Ashwin, Ashok Dinda |
Kolkata (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w k), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Ankit Rajpoot, Sunil Narine |
0.1 : Russell to Rahane, APPEAL, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball goes towards square leg |
0.2 : Russell to Khawaja, no run, drives it to the cover fielder |
0.3 : Russell to Khawaja, two runs, works it through backward square leg for a couple of runs |
0.4 : Russell to Khawaja, one run, cuts it towards third man for a single |
0.5 : Russell to Rahane, no run, defends it towards short cover |
0.6 : Russell to Rahane, no run, drives it to the point fielder. End of over: RPS 4/0 (Rahane 0, Khawaja 3) |
1.1 : Morkel to Khawaja, no ball, drives it to the mid off fielder. Morkel oversteps and Free Hit coming up next |
Morkel to Khawaja, FOUR, pulls the short ball through square leg for a boundary |
1.2 : Morkel to Khawaja, one run, drives it towards the point fielder. A shy at the stumps and one extra run taken |
1.3 : Morkel to Rahane, one run, turns it towards square leg |
1.4 : Morkel to Khawaja, no run, slashes and misses outside off stump |
1.5 : Morkel to Khawaja, no run, drives it to the mid off fielder |
1.6 : Morkel to Khawaja, no run, looks to swing it towards the leg side but misses. End of over: RPS 11/0 (Rahane 1, Khawaja 8) |
2.1 : Russell to Rahane, one run, dabs it down towards third man for a single |
2.2 : Russell to Khawaja, FOUR, gives the charge and swings it through wide mid on for a boundary |
2.3 : Russell to Khawaja, three runs, drives it through mid wicket for three runs |
2.4 : Russell to Rahane, OUT, no run, looks to swing it across the line but gets an inside edge. Two stumps goes out of the ground |
2.5 : Russell to Bailey, no run, looks to drive away from the body but misses and gets beaten |
2.6 : Russell to Bailey, no run, drives it to the cover point fielder. End of over: RPS 19/1 (Khawaja 15, Bailey 0) |
3.1 : Morkel to Khawaja, FOUR, lofts it over the mid off fielder and collects a boundary |
3.2 : Morkel to Khawaja, no run, drives it to the cover point fielder |
3.3 : Morkel to Khawaja, APPEAL, no run, looks to slice it towards third man but seems to have got an outside edge. A huge caught behind appeal is turned down |
3.4 : Morkel to Khawaja, one run, drives it towards wide mid on |
3.5 : Morkel to Bailey, no run, defends it towards cover |
3.6 : Morkel to Bailey, no run, defends it to the mid on fielder. |
15 dot balls and 3 FOURS in the inning so far End of over: RPS 24/1 (Khawaja 20, Bailey 0)
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4.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Khawaja, one run, drives it towards mid wicket for a single |
4.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single |
4.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Khawaja, OUT, no run, bends down and slogs it towards deep mid wicket. Surya Kumar Yadav takes it the catch on the boundary |
4.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Tiwary, one run, turns it towards mid wicket for a single |
4.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, no run, goes on the back foot and cuts it towards cover. A good diving stop by the fielder |
4.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, no run, looks to defend but gets a bottom edge into the ground. End of over: RPS 27/2 (Bailey 1, Tiwary 1) |
5.1 : Morkel to Tiwary, no run, looks to drive it outside off stump but misses |
5.2 : Morkel to Tiwary, one run, pushes it towards backward point for a single |
5.3 : Morkel to Bailey, no run, goes back and cuts it to the point fielder |
5.4 : Morkel to Bailey, FOUR, drives it on the up through extra cover for a boundary |
5.5 : Morkel to Bailey, one run, cuts it down towards third man for a single |
5.6 : Morkel to Tiwary, FOUR, pulls the short ball through mid wicket for a boundary. End of over: RPS 37/2 (Bailey 6, Tiwary 6) |
6.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, one run, drives it down towards long on |
6.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, no run, tries to sweep but misses |
6.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Tiwary, one run, drives it down towards long on for a single |
6.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, one run, swings it towards long on |
6.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Tiwary, one run, turns it towards short fine leg |
6.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, FOUR, gives the charge and lofts it over wide long off for a boundary. End of over: RPS 45/2 (Bailey 12, Tiwary 8) |
7.1 : Rajpoot to Tiwary, one run, pushes it towards mid off for a quick single |
Rajpoot to Tiwary, one run, pushes it towards mid off for a quick single |
7.2 : Rajpoot to Bailey, no run, turns it towards mid wicket |
7.3 : Rajpoot to Bailey, FOUR, makes room and looks to defend but gets an inside edge into the fine leg fence |
50 comes up for Pune |
Rajpoot to Bailey, FOUR, makes room and looks to defend but gets an inside edge into the fine leg fence |
50 comes up for Pune |
7.4 : Rajpoot to Bailey, one run, goes on the back foot and cuts it towards deep cover for a single |
7.5 : Rajpoot to Tiwary, one run, works it through backward square leg for a single |
7.6 : Rajpoot to Bailey, one run, drives it towards long off. RPS 55/2 (Bailey 20, Tiwary 10) |
8.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, SIX, lofts it straight down the ground for SIX |
8.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, no run, drives it back to the bowler |
8.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, one run, flicks it through mid wicket |
8.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Tiwary, one run, drives it towards long on |
8.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Bailey, one run, drives it towards long off |
8.6 : Match State: Time Out |
Shakib Al Hasan to Tiwary, one run, drives it towards wide mid on. End of over: RPS 63/2 (Bailey 26, Tiwary 12)
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9.1 : Rajpoot to Tiwary, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single |
9.2 : Rajpoot to Bailey, two runs, drives it through mid wicket and comes back for the 2nd run |
9.3 : Rajpoot to Bailey, one run, drives it down towards long on |
9.4 : Rajpoot to Tiwary, OUT, no run, back of length ball just outside off stump, Tiwary looks to run it down towards third man but gets an outside edge. Uthappa takes a nice catch behind the stumps |
9.5 : Rajpoot to IK Pathan, no run, looks to glance it down the leg side but misses |
9.6 : Rajpoot to IK Pathan, one run. |
9.4 : Rajpoot to IK Pathan, wide, down the leg side |
9.5 : Rajpoot to IK Pathan, leg bye, looks to flick but misses. A run taken off the deflection off the stumps |
9.6 : Rajpoot to Bailey, one run, drives it towards long on. End of over: RPS 70/3 (Bailey 30, IK Pathan 0) |
10.1 : Chawla to Bailey, three runs, looks to drive but gets an outside edge . Morkel gives the chase and pulls the ball back in |
10.2 : Chawla to IK Pathan, one run, cuts it towards backward point |
10.3 : Chawla to Bailey, OUT, no run, comes down the track and looks to flick but misses the ball. Uthappa collects the ball and whips off the bails quickly |
4 fielders around the bat |
10.4 : Chawla to Dhoni, no run, looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the pad. The ball almost rolls onto the stumps |
10.5 : Chawla to Dhoni, no run, defends it to the silly point fielder |
10.6 : Chawla to Dhoni, no run, comes forward and blocks it on the pitch. End of over: RPS 74/4 (Dhoni 0, IK Pathan 1) |
11.1 : Narine to IK Pathan, one run, turns it towards square leg |
11.2 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, cuts it hard to the cover fielder |
11.3 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, looks to defend but misses and gets beaten |
11.4 : Narine to Dhoni, one run, turns it towards mid wicket for a single |
11.5 : Narine to IK Pathan, no run, drives it back to the bowler |
11.6 : Narine to IK Pathan, two runs, drives it towards wide long off for a couple of runs. End of over: RPS 78/4 (Dhoni 1, IK Pathan 4) |
12.1 : Chawla to Dhoni, one run, drives it down towards long off |
12.2 : Chawla to IK Pathan, one run, drives it towards deep mid off |
12.3 : Chawla to Dhoni, two runs, cuts it towards cover. A fumble from the fielder allows the 2nd run |
12.4 : Chawla to Dhoni, one run, drives it through point for a single |
12.5 : Chawla to IK Pathan, one run, drives it towards long off |
12.6 : Chawla to Dhoni, no run, drives it to the mid wicket fielder. |
Match State: Time Out End of over: RPS 84/4 (Dhoni 5, IK Pathan 6)
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13.1 : Narine to IK Pathan, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
13.2 : Narine to Dhoni, two leg byes, bends on his knee and sweeps it towards fine leg. The umpire gives it as leg byes |
13.3 : Narine to Dhoni, APPEAL, no run, looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pad |
13.4 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
13.5 : Narine to Dhoni, OUT, no run, drives it towards backward point and wants a single. Chawla fields and throws the ball to the keeper. Pathan has to sacrifice his wicket for his captain |
13.6 : Narine to Perera, two runs, cuts it towards deep cover for a couple of runs. End of over: RPS 89/5 (Dhoni 5, Perera 2) |
14.1 : Chawla to Dhoni, no run, drives it to the cover fielder |
14.2 : Chawla to Dhoni, one run, drives it towards long off |
14.3 : Chawla to Perera, no run, looks to drive but misses. The ball goes through bat and pad and just bounces over the top of off stump |
14.4 : Chawla to Perera, two runs, drives it towards cover. A fumble from the fielder allows the 2nd run |
14.5 : Chawla to Perera, two runs, goes back and cuts it through backward point for a couple of runs |
14.6 : Chawla to Perera, no run, goes back and cuts it to the point fielder. End of over: RPS 94/5 (Dhoni 6, Perera 6) |
15.1 : Narine to Dhoni, one run, drives it down towards long off |
15.2 : Narine to Perera, no run, drives it to the cover fielder |
15.3 : Narine to Perera, no run, cuts it to the cover fielder |
15.4 : Narine to Perera, no run, drives it back to the bowler |
Wind has picked up |
15.5 : Narine to Perera, one run, bends down and sweeps it towards deep square leg |
15.6 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, defends it towards short mid wicket. End of over: RPS 96/5 (Dhoni 7, Perera 7) |
16.1 : Chawla to Perera, SIX, swings it over long on for SIX |
16.2 : Chawla to Perera, OUT, no run, bends down and looks to swing it towards the leg side but gets a leading edge towards long off. Pandey takes the catch on the boundary |
16.3 : Chawla to R Ashwin, no run, defends it towards short leg |
16.4 : Chawla to R Ashwin, no run, cuts it to the point fielder. |
16.5 : Chawla to R Ashwin, no run, pushes it back to the bowler |
16.6 : Chawla to R Ashwin, no run, pushes it towards the point fielder. End of over: RPS 102/6 (Dhoni 7, R Ashwin 0) |
17.1 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, comes forward and defends |
17.2 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, pushes it towards cover |
17.3 : Narine to Dhoni, no run, turns it towards short mid wicket |
17.4 : Narine to Dhoni, one run, drives it towards long on |
It has started to drizzle and the players are walking off |
Covers are being brought on. Pitch has been covered already and more covers are being put in different areas of the ground |
Live visuals shows the drizzle has picked up. The whole ground is covered now. Kolkata must be disappointed with this. They have dominated the proceedings so far. |
The rain has reduced but the ground is still fully covered |
Update 0245hrs AET: Rain stopped for a while but the drizzle is back on |
Update 0300hrs AET: The drizzle has got heavier. An inspection is schedule to take place in 15 minutes. We will keep you updated |
Update 0325hrs AET: A light drizzle is still on. Another inspection at 0330 hrs AET |
Update 0340hrs AET: Another inspection is scheduled in 10 minutes time. The drizzle has stopped now |
The latest information we have is Kolkata needs to chase down 66 runs from 9 overs under L/D method. Match will start at 0415hrs AET |
Revised playing conditions: Powerplay to be of 3 overs, 4 bowlers can bowl 2 overs, and one bowler can bowl 1 over. |
0.0 : Update 0245hrs AET: Rain stopped for a while but the drizzle is back on |
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Robin Uthappa (wk), Gautam Gambhir (c), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Ankit Rajpoot, Sunil Narine
Rising Pune Supergiants Squad:
Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, George Bailey, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Thisara Perera, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Murugan Ashwin, Ashok Dinda