Ekanth will be back shortly to kick off the chase. Stay tuned.
Mitchell Starc: I have played a fair bit of cricket and I have been fortunate to play some big games. So it was nice to get the team off to a good start. It was fantastic to take powerplay wickets. Head has been phenomenal this season and Abhishek too. So it was nice get those two out early. There's certainly dew now, it started halfway in the innings and the pitch has become a lot skiddier.
9.16pm A superb effort by the KKR bowlers, led by Starc. They got Head and Abhishek out cheaply and soon SRH were reeling on 39 for 4. Tripathi and Klaasen tried to revive the innings but KKR kept finding a way to pick up wickets. Sanvir as Impact Player didn't work either and Cummins' late effort could drag them only to 159.
PJ Cummins c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Russell 30 (29m 24b 2x4 2x6) SR: 125.00
Russell to bowl the final over
END OF OVER:19 | 12 Runs | SRH: 156/9 | RR: 8.21
- Pat Cummins30 (22b)
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth4 (4b)
- Mitchell Starc4-0-34-3
- Varun Chakravarthy4-0-26-2
Finally Starc. On a hat-trick. He goes around the wicket
END OF OVER:18 | 11 Runs | SRH: 144/9 | RR: 8.00
- Pat Cummins19 (17b)
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth3 (3b)
- Varun Chakravarthy4-0-26-2
- Harshit Rana4-0-27-1
A slip is in
Still no Starc. Varun to bowl his fourth
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | SRH: 133/9 | RR: 7.82
- Pat Cummins10 (13b)
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth1 (1b)
- Harshit Rana4-0-27-1
- Varun Chakravarthy3-0-15-2
Virs: "@Ravi - should ve been Starc irrespective of the hat trick, cummins can whack a few 20-30 runs quickly if you let him."
Ravi: "Should have been Starc. He's on a hatrick!!!"
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth is the new batter but at the non-striker's end for now
END OF OVER:16 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | SRH: 126/9 | RR: 7.87
- Pat Cummins4 (8b)
- Varun Chakravarthy3-0-15-2
- Harshit Rana3-0-20-1
B Kumar lbw b Varun 0 (6m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00