IPL 2019 KKR vs SRH Highlights: Russell, Nitish star as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets

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• 24 Mar 2019, 07:46 PM

  Andre Russel hits two sixes and one four as Kolkata collect 19 runs off the 18th over. KKKR now need 34 runs off 12 balls. (Target 182) 

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 07:39 PM

  OUT! A wicket falls on the first ball after a long break due to light issue. Nitish Rana is gone for 68. Kolkata now need 59 runs off 24 balls. (Target 182) 

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 07:05 PM

  50 for Nitish Rana, his sixth in Indian Premier League.

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 07:04 PM

  OUT! Dinesh Karthik (2) is gone. Sandeep Sharma makes him chip straight to cover with a clever slower ball. KKR 95/3 after 12.4 overs

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 06:55 PM

  OUT! Siddharth Kaul breaks the stand. He sets it up nicely- bowls a length ball after a short one. Robin Uthappa (35) misses and Kaul uproots his off stump. KKR 87/2 after 11.4 overs (Target 182) 

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 06:48 PM

  10 overs done, it has been solid from KKR so far 70/1. Robin Uthappa 25 (20 balls) and Nitish Rana 37 (29 balls) are looking good. (Target 182) 

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 06:27 PM

  Kolkata have done well after losing Lynn early. Nitish Rana (23) and Robin Uthappa (17) take them to 47/1 in powerplay.

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 06:12 PM

  OUT! Chris Lynn is gone. He tried go across the line but Shakib follows him and it hits the toe-end of his bat. Rashid Khan takes an easy catch. 

  KKR 7/1 after 2 overs (Target 182)

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 06:02 PM

  The chase is starting- Nitish Rana walks down with Chris Lynn for KKR. SRH stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar to open the bowling attack.

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 05:46 PM

  Sunrisers post 181/3 in their 20 overs. Vijay Shankar remains unbeaten at 40 off 24 balls. 

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 05:30 PM

  OUT! Yusuf Pathan (1) had been bowled by Lockie Ferguson.

  SRH 152/3 after 17.3 overs

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 05:23 PM

  OUT! David Warner (85) is out, Robin Uthappa takes a very good catch. Warner drove it powerfully from his crease. That looked headed for the fence but Uthappa tumbled to his left to pluck the ball just inches from the ground. 

  SRH 144/2 after 16 overs

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 05:06 PM

  OUT! Piyush Chawla gives KKR the breakthrough, Bairstow (39) falls to the googly. Bairstow went for the pull but he was too early into the shot and the ball sneaks under his bat to knock back off-stump. 

  SRH 118/1 after 12.5 overs (David Warner 74)

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 04:53 PM

  SIX! David Warner is now entering BEAST mode. He clobbers Kuldeep Ydav over long on and even hits the camerman at long-on. 

  SRH 92/0 after 10 overs (David Warner 62, Bairstow 26)

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 04:51 PM

  SIX! David Warner gets to 50 with a six, what a way to make your return. It is his 37th half-century in IPL. It seems he was never gone. 

  SRH 82/0 after 9 overs (David Warner 54, Bairstow 24)

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 04:30 PM

  Great start by SRH so far. They have added 54 runs in the powerplay (David Warner 34*, Jonny Bairstow 16*)

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 04:21 PM

  DRS saves Jonny Bairstow. He was given out LBW but snicko shows a small spike as the ball passed the bat. 

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 04:16 PM

  REVIEW LOST

  Piyush Chawla hits David Warner on the pads. However, the huge appeal gets no response from the Umpire. Karthik went for the DRS after a long chat with Chawla. Replays confirm that it was pitched way outside leg and KKR lose a review. 

  SRH 16/0 after 2 overs (David Warner 12, Bairstow 0)

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 04:02 PM

  Here we go...

  David Warner is back in the IPL. He is joined in the middle by Jonny Bairstow. Prasidh Krishna to start with the bowl for KKR.

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 03:44 PM

  Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Playing 11s

  SRH XI: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c), Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.

  KKR XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c, wk), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 03:38 PM

  Dinesh Karthik won the toss and Kolkata Knight Riders will field first. Kane Williamson will not play for SRH and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the side in his absence.

  .@DineshKarthik wins the toss and opts to bowl first against the @SunRisers in Match 2 of #VIVOIPL#KKRvSRH pic.twitter.com/krYPFw5rOR

  — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 24, 2019

  
• 24 Mar 2019, 03:36 PM

  SRH vs KKR Team (from):

  Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (c), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, KC Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj.

  Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Willilamson (c), Manish Pandey, Martin Guptill, Ricky Bhui, David Warner, Deepak Hooda, Mohammad Nabi, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Sreevats Gowsami, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem.