- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Oh, my word! Ball of the tournament? That's what big players do, deliver balls like these when it matters the most. It was a length ball that pitched just on middle and tailed away at the last moment, breaching Abhishek's defences and catching the top of off stump. What a jaffa! 2/11.6 Head is gone for a first ball duck! The swing is doing the job for the KKR bowlers. Arora gets the ball on a length on leg stump and and gets it to shape sharply away from Head. He stays leg side of the ball and can only get a thin edge to Gurbaz. 6/24.2 Wicket no. 3 for KKR and SRH's top order is in disarray! On a length angling away from Tripathi just outside off, he was looking to flick this away. Gets a big top-edge that balloons straight up. Ramandeep settles under the ball just in front of square leg and takes a comfortable catch. Starc has two wickets inside the powerplay. 21/310.2 Markram departs! A length ball around off from Russell, good bounce. Markram goes for the pull but it hits him high on the bat. Ends up hitting it straight into the lap of Starc at long-on. SRH 62 for 5 62/56.6 Three slower balls, followed by a 146kph peach and Nitish is a goner! On a length just outside off, seaming away from Nitish, who looks to force it through the offside. Gets a faint tickle with Gurbaz doing the rest. Rana is pumped and KKR are firmly on top! 47/414.1 ... and strikes first ball. The offcutter, 116.4kph, has done the trick. It was full outside off, Klaasen went for the big shot only to get an inside edge onto his stumps. Harshit is delighted 90/811.5 this was on the cards - Shahbaz never looked confident against Varun. It's fuller around off from Varun, Shahbaz goes for a sweep only to top-edge it to short fine leg, where Narine paddles back to take it comfortably 71/612.4 the Samad move doesn't work. He falls for 4. It was full and wide from Russell. Samad chases it with little footwork, gets an outside edge and Gurbaz takes a good catch diving to his right behind the stumps 77/718.3 All out for 113. Full on the stumps. Cummins lofts it down the ground but doesn't get the required distance. Starc makes no mistake at long-on this time 113/1017.5 Oh, what happened there?! A length ball around off, spinning in sharp. Unadkat looked to flick it on the leg side but got beaten. The ball hit the pad and after that, it looked like it went on to hit the stumps. Gurbaz was celebrating. Narine - well, he was as usual. Shreyas is having a chat with the umpires who is unmoved. And now they have reviewed it for the lbw. Three reds and Unadkat goes back 113/9Extras13 (b 5, lb 2, w 6)TOTAL113 all out (18.3 Overs, RR: 6.1)Did not bat: T NatarajanFall of wickets: 1-2 (Abhishek Sharma, 0.5 ov), 2-6 (Travis Head, 1.6 ov), 3-21 (Rahul Tripathi, 4.2 ov), 4-47 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 6.6 ov), 5-62 (Aiden Markram, 10.2 ov), 6-71 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 11.5 ov), 7-77 (Abdul Samad, 12.4 ov), 8-90 (Heinrich Klaasen, 14.1 ov), 9-113 (Jaydev Unadkat, 17.5 ov), 10-113 (Pat Cummins, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 3 0 14 2 4.66 11 2 0 0 0 VG Arora 3 0 24 1 8.00 9 2 1 4 0 Harshit Rana 4 1 24 2 6.00 13 2 1 1 0 SP Narine 4 0 16 1 4.00 9 0 0 0 0 AD Russell 2.3 0 19 3 7.60 7 1 1 1 0 CV Varun 2 0 9 1 4.50 7 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.5 given lbw! But Gurbaz has reviewed it straightaway. It was full on the stumps. Gurbaz moved across to sweep it fine. Looks like he missed it and the ball went past the leg stump, perhaps brushing the pad on its way and beating the keeper to the boundary. Even if it's not out, KKR will not get any runs as the ball would be deemed dead right after the umpire raised the finger. The third umpire says the ball-tracking and the UltraEdge is down, so he stays with on-field decision. Gurbaz isn't happy 102/21.2 Six and out! Cummins strikes with his second ball. Length ball on leg stump, he cramps Narine for room. He takes a step outside leg stump and looks to work it away, only to get a big top edge. Shahbaz runs in from deep midwicket and takes the catch. 11/1Extras11 (b 4, lb 2, w 5)TOTAL114/2 (10.3 Overs, RR: 10.85)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sunil Narine, 1.2 ov), 2-102 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 8.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Kumar 2 0 25 0 12.50 5 2 2 1 0 PJ Cummins 2 0 18 1 9.00 7 2 1 1 0 T Natarajan 2 0 29 0 14.50 2 4 1 2 0 Shahbaz Ahmed 2.3 0 22 1 8.80 7 1 2 0 0 JD Unadkat 1 0 9 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 AK Markram 1 0 5 0 5.00 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Kolkata Knight Riders won the 2024 Indian Premier League
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
26 May 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 3 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 47/4 in 7.0 overs (AK Markram 16)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 7
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Sub: Abdul Samad in for Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad innings, 11.5 ov)
- Over 14.3: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - JD Unadkat (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 98/8 in 16.0 overs (PJ Cummins 11, JD Unadkat 2)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 13
- Over 17.5: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - JD Unadkat (Upheld)
- Innings Break: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 113/10 in 18.3 overs (B Kumar 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 72 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 16, VR Iyer 35, Ex 4)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 72/1 in 6.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 21, VR Iyer 40)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 11
- Over 8.5: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Ball tracking was down for 8.5 over when Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed
- VR Iyer: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
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