21/05Result
Qualifier 1 (N), Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, May 21 2024
KKR won by 8 wkts (38b rem)
Player of the Match
Mitchell Starc
Mitchell StarcKolkata Knight Riders
21/05Result
Qualifier 1 (N), Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, May 21 2024
KKR won by 8 wkts (38b rem)
Player of the Match
Mitchell Starc
Mitchell StarcKolkata Knight Riders

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.

19.3
W
Russell to Cummins, OUT, SRH are all out for 159. A length ball outside off. Cummins looks to smash it down the ground but gets a top edge. Gurbaz comes forward a couple of steps and pouches it

PJ Cummins c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Russell 30 (29m 24b 2x4 2x6) SR: 125.00

19.2
0
Russell to Cummins, no run, a yorker. Cummins digs it out on the off side
19.1
3
Russell to Viyaskanth, 3 runs, a length ball outside off and Viyaskanth hits it over covers. There's not much power behind it which allows the batters to come back for the second. Harshit field it and casually lobs it towards the keeper. It's a wayward throw as well, which allows a third

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
18.6
4
Starc to Cummins, FOUR, full outside off and Cummins just opens the face of the bat to bisect the gap between backward point and short third for four
18.5
6
Starc to Cummins, SIX, a top edge that flies over the keeper's head for a six. Was a length ball that Cummins looked to pull towards midwicket after clearing his front leg. It doesn't matter how they come - they all count
18.4
0
Starc to Cummins, no run, full and wide outside off. Cummins throws his bat at it but gets an inside edge into the ground and behind the stumps
18.3
1
Starc to Viyaskanth, 1 run, a short ball. Viyaskanth hops and gets it down towards deep third off the shoulder of the bat
18.2
1
Starc to Cummins, 1 run, length ball around off. Cummins mistimes the pull towards wide long-on
18.1
0
Starc to Cummins, no run, goes for the yorker but it's just outside off. Cummins was looking to steer it towards deep third but gets an inside edge onto his leg

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
17.6
1
Varun to Cummins, 1 run, full outside off and spinning away. Cummins pushes it towards sweeper cover and keeps the strike with a single
17.5
1
Varun to Viyaskanth, 1 run, a googly. Viyaskanth gets an inside edge onto the pads and collects a single on the leg side
17.4
1
Varun to Cummins, 1 run, full around off. Swept aerially towards deep square leg but it goes on the bounce to the fielder
17.3
1
Varun to Viyaskanth, 1 run, full around off. Pushed towards long-off

A slip is in

17.2
1
Varun to Cummins, 1 run, a length ball around off. Cummins clears his front leg but ends up dragging it towards deep square leg
17.1
6
Varun to Cummins, SIX, into the KKR dugout. A length ball around off and Cummins brings out the reverse shot

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."

16.6
1
Harshit Rana to Cummins, 1 run, a slower one on this occasion. Cummins steers this one towards short third
16.5
4
Harshit Rana to Cummins, FOUR, an on-pace delivery, short outside off. Cummins backs away and steers it behind point for four
16.4
1
Harshit Rana to Viyaskanth, 1 run, full outside off. Pushes at it and gets it towards deep third off the outer half of the bat

Ravi: "Should have been Starc. He's on a hatrick!!!"

16.3
1
Harshit Rana to Cummins, 1 run, another slower one, this time just outside off. Cummins finally makes contact and steers it towards short third for one
16.2
0
Harshit Rana to Cummins, no run, 116.8kph. Another length ball, another swing and a miss. Cummins is lucky it went just over the stumps
16.1
0
Harshit Rana to Cummins, no run, a length ball angling in. Cummins swings across and misses

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
15.6
W
Varun to Kumar, OUT, another appeal for lbw and this time the impact in line of the stumps. The finger goes up but Bhuvi wants to review it. A length ball around off and spinning in to beat the inside edge as Bhuvi was looking to defend it on the front foot. The ball-tracking shows the impact was in front of the middle stump and it would have gone on to clip the leg bail - umpire's call there, which was out. SRH nine down

B Kumar lbw b Varun 0 (6m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

15.5
0
Varun to Kumar, no run, an appeal for lbw but the impact is outside off. A length ball outside off that Bhuvi looked to defend but got hit on the front pad instead
15.4
1
Varun to Cummins, 1 run, length ball around off. Cummins hacks it on the leg side but doesn't get the timing right. On the bounce to long-on. Varun isn't happy with the effort from Venkatesh but don't think it was a chance

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1st44SP NarineRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd23SP NarineVR Iyer
3rd97SS IyerVR Iyer

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