- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.3 Soft dismissal. Once again Saha looks to go for the scoop but adjusts himself seeing Umesh bowl the length ball outside off. All he then manages to do is spoon a catch to backward point. End of the 75-run stand. 83/21.1 wicket first ball for Southee, nicked down the leg side! Not a great ball, but lovely seam position for that length ball on middle and leg it goes down further with the angle, Gill wants to tickle it fine but he's done it too fine and Billings grabs it with both hands 8/117.2 Hardik holes out! How much did his groin issues have a role to play in that? Slower ball on a length, angling in. Pandya stands tall and pulls but doesn't connect well. Rinku Singh hares in and to his right and completes a tumbling catch. Massive wicket at this point for the Knight Riders. 138/416.2 Now then! Mavi strikes and his offcutter works. Bowls it on a shorter length, Miller stands back to heave it over the on side. The bounce means that it takes the top edge and settles into the safe hands of Umesh, who takes some steps to his left from point. 133/319.5 Can't keep Rinku Singh away from the ball on the field today. Another slower ball on a short length, slanting away from Tewatia. This time he can't pull it and so tries to take on the bigger boundary. Finds sweeper to perfection instead. 156/817.5 Two wickets in the over for Southee. Using the bounce in the wicket to good effect. Cross-seam ball on a shorter length, climbs as it reaches Rashid. Only spoons a catch to midwicket as he goes for the pull. Two-ball duck for Rashid and Titans are now withering away. 140/519.1 Straightaway picks up a wicket! Knows that he is bowling with the longer boundary on his right and lands a slower one on a length. Abhinav gives it his all as he looks to go over deep midwicket but finds Rinku there. No distance only height. 151/619.2 And it's two-in-two for Dre Russ! Short ball around leg, Ferguson seemed to have connected well on the pull. But picks out Rink at deep midwicket again, who does well to stop just before the rope as his momentum was taking him back. 151/719.6 Is that a catch? Russell is celebrating for sure. What an over this has been from Dre Russ! Wow. Speared in a yorker that reached the batter at ankle eye. Dayal got it off the toe end and straight to Russell, who took a low diving catch. Four wickets in the over and the big West Indian has delivered for KKR! 156/9Extras10 (lb 3, w 7)TOTAL156/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.8)Did not bat: Mohammed ShamiFall of wickets: 1-8 (Shubman Gill, 1.1 ov), 2-83 (Wriddhiman Saha, 10.3 ov), 3-133 (David Miller, 16.2 ov), 4-138 (Hardik Pandya, 17.2 ov), 5-140 (Rashid Khan, 17.5 ov), 6-151 (Abhinav Manohar, 19.1 ov), 7-151 (Lockie Ferguson, 19.2 ov), 8-156 (Rahul Tewatia, 19.5 ov), 9-156 (Yash Dayal, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UT Yadav 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 3 1 0 0 TG Southee 4 0 24 3 6.00 11 2 0 2 0 Shivam Mavi 4 0 36 1 9.00 6 2 1 3 0 SP Narine 4 0 31 0 7.75 7 1 2 0 0 CV Varun 3 0 26 0 8.66 5 1 1 2 0 AD Russell 1 0 5 4 5.00 4 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 top edge goes high, Saha gets under it and KKR lose their first! Shami with the bouncer that nips in marginally, Billings pulls but doesn't get in control at all because it's outside off, he can't get on top of it and ends up with a top edge that goes towards leg slip 5/12.2 taken at short fine leg! He expected the short ball, this wasn't a bouncer though, only short of length. He stays back to whip it off his hips, towards short fine leg, and Ferguson does well to go low to his right to get both hands under it 10/26.1 edged behind, Dayal gets the KKR captain! Fourth wicket in seventh over, and all of them to fast bowlers. Dayal bowls a stifling line to Shreyas with the angle, makes him play outside off with his line around off, and he can only edge it behind to Saha. Dayal leaps with joy to celebrate the big wicket 34/44.2 149.1 kmh, a lone appeal for caught behind but turned down. Ferguson appealed all alone there, he has convinced Hardik and they take the review. Rana backed away a little, probably because of the pace, it was short of length around off, Rana poked inside the line while on the move towards leg, and UltraEdge shows there's a spike, the crowd comes alive as the decision is overturned! 16/312.1 Dayal strikes on the very first ball of the spell. Rinku's stay in the middle ends. Walks down the track to the length ball and looks to heave it away. Only manages an inside edge that Saha takes with a dive to his right. 79/513.2 Brilliant catch from Abhinav Manohar at the deep midwicket fence. But has he touched the boundary cushion? Venkatesh went for the slog sweep against a wrong one that was full in length around middle and leg. Abhinav had his eyes on the ball but his momentum took him back and his back leg is the one in question. It is very close to tell. The cushion hasn't moved, so that is an indication. And that is all the TV ump needs, too. I am satisfied, says the TV umpire and Venky has to walk back. KKR continue to slide, as Rashid Khan picks up his 100th IPL wicket. 98/619.2 Is this the decisive catch? Is it the wicket that seals it for the Titans? The decibel levels at the DY Patil stadium have soared. Short ball, tucked Russell up. Yet he continued with the pull and got more height than distance. Ferguson ran to his left and misjudged it by running in before going back to take that with a tumble. Massive. Everybody crowds him in celebration. Hardik's happy at the ropes. 145/815.2 Two matches without a wicket and now Rashid has two in quick succession. Another googly on a length, Mavi looks to pull but misses and sees his woodwork disturbed. Rashid knows and lets everybody know who's the boss in the duel. 108/7Extras7 (nb 1, w 6)TOTAL148/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.4)Did not bat: CV VarunFall of wickets: 1-5 (Sam Billings, 0.4 ov), 2-10 (Sunil Narine, 2.2 ov), 3-16 (Nitish Rana, 4.2 ov), 4-34 (Shreyas Iyer, 6.1 ov), 5-79 (Rinku Singh, 12.1 ov), 6-98 (Venkatesh Iyer, 13.2 ov), 7-108 (Shivam Mavi, 15.2 ov), 8-145 (Andre Russell, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 20 2 5.00 16 2 1 1 0 Yash Dayal 4 0 42 2 10.50 10 3 3 2 1 AS Joseph 4 0 31 1 7.75 12 2 2 1 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 33 1 8.25 13 2 3 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 22 2 5.50 11 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Titans , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 April 2022 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gujarat Titans 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 47/1 in 6.0 overs (WP Saha 16, HH Pandya 21)
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (WP Saha 16, HH Pandya 33, Ex 2)
- HH Pandya: 50 off 36 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 102/2 in 13.0 overs (HH Pandya 55, DA Miller 10)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (HH Pandya 20, DA Miller 27, Ex 3)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (113 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Gujarat Titans - 156/9 in 20.0 overs (AS Joseph 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 4.2: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - N Rana (Upheld)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 50/4 in 8.0 overs (RK Singh 21, VR Iyer 1)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 108/7 in 15.2 overs (AD Russell 24)
- Over 15.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - UT Yadav (Upheld)
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