IPL 2016, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Highlights: Gautam Gambhir Helps Kolkata Knight Riders Cruise to Victory

Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 90 off 60 deliveries was crucial in taking the Kolkata Knight Riders to their second win in three matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal. Get all highlights of Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders here. (SCORECARD | IPL 2016 POINTS TABLE | STREAMING | IPL 2016 FIXTURES |  IPL 2016 NEWS | PLAY FANTASY CRICKET)

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Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir played a brilliant knock of 90 not out to take his team to victory.

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19:35 hrs IST: Expectedly Gambhir, KKR captain and orange cap holder, is Man of the Match: "Very important win and we are on the road. During the toss as I said, we wanted momentum. Early wickets set the game up for us. I thought it was a 170 wicket. It was a beautiful wicket to bat on. It was just the matter of seeing off the new ball and taking it on. We wanted to ease Narine into the tournament. They lost 3-4 wickets and he had no pressure on him. He is going to be our trump card and will be lethal when he go back home."

19:30 hrs IST: The Sunrisers Hyderabad now have lost both their matches in this edition of the IPL. Not the start skipper David Warner would have liked but what to do.

.@KKRiders outplayed us. A deserved win for them. A lot for us to work on. #OrangeArmy #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/MsBfaQYPhn

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 16, 2016

19:25 hrs IST: FOUR!!! Gambhir finishes off in style to bring up his second highest score in Twenty20s. KKR won by eight wickets and 10 balls to spare. Manish Pandey remained unbeaten on 11 not out!

.@GautamGambhir's unbeaten knock of 90 (60) is his 2nd best individual score in #IPL history #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR #KKRStats

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

19:21 hrs IST: SIX!!!! First one from skipper Gambhir! Looks like he wants to finish it in this over!

19:19 hrs IST: KKR just need 8 off 14!

19:14 hrs IST:  KKR 123/2 after 16 overs. Not far from victory! 

With skipper @GautamGambhir in fine form we head into the final 4 overs needing just 20 runs to win. KKR 123-2 #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

19:09 hrs IST: Here is Mustafizur's wicket again! What a sight!

The best sight for a fast bowler - @Mustafiz90 @BCBtigers @KKRiders #VIVOIPLhttps://t.co/pyM91GwIpZ

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2016

19:03 hrs IST: KKR reach 100!!! Gambhir batting with Manish Pandey now!

19:00 hrs IST: BOWLED!!!!! What a delivery from Bangladesh's Mustafizur! Right in the block hole and Russell is falling all over it. Knocks out the stumps!

Andre Russell is sprawled all over and looks back at his broken stumps after Mustafizur Rahman bowled him.

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18:57 hrs IST: West Indian Andre Russell comes in to join Gambhir at the crease. KKR 93/1 after 13 overs!

18:56 hrs IST: Very good partnership between Uthappa and Gambhir. 92 for the opening wicket. Has more or less handed the visiting team the tie in their hands. 

18:54 hrs IST: Finally a WICKET!!!! Robin Uthappa is LBW by Ashish Reddy! Uthappa played a good knock of 38 from 34 deliveries.

18:52 hrs IST: 50!!! For Gambhir. His 20th half-century for the Knight Riders!

Another game, another fifty for Captain @GautamGambhir off 41 balls. KKR 92-0 #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/5L4R4h9LkA

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

18:46 hrs IST: Gambhir on a roll now! 3 consecutive boundaries in the 11th over! 3 runs away from his 20th half-century for KKR. KKR 86 for no loss in 11 overs.

18:43 hrs IST: 10 overs gone, KKR 72 for no loss! The visitors need 71 off 10 more overs.

18:40 hrs IST: SIX!!!! From the willow of Uthappa over deep square leg. The first one of this innings!

On his pads and @robbieuthappa flicks it with ease for the first six of the game #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/WpG8HkCLVG

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

18:35 hrs IST: Gautam Gambhir has now become the fourth Indian to score 5000 runs in Twenty20s after Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli!! This happened when Gambhir reached 17.

.@GautamGambhir becomes the 4th Indian batsman to complete 5000 runs in T20 games #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR #KKRStats pic.twitter.com/WtpLUSYdXT

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

18:30 hrs IST: Gambhir and Uthappa bring up 50-run partnership in 7.5 overs!!!

Gauthappa complete their 9th 50-run partnership in #IPL history #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR #KKRStats

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

 

Kolkata Knight Riders openers Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir have laid a solid foundation for their chase against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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18:27 hrs IST: KKR in cruise control right now. Dealing in singles and once in a while boundary. It does not look good for the hosts as of now.

18:26 hrs IST: It has been a very comfortable chase so far for the Knight Riders. KKR 42/0 in 7 overs. Exactly 6 runs per over.

18:22 hrs IST: End of Powerplay. KKR 36 for no loss after 6.

18:20 hrs IST: While Uthappa has been the aggressor, Gambhir has been really quiet so far. He has scored only 6 off 13 balls. But he scores a FOUR now!

18:19 hrs IST: Getting dusky. Artificial lights taking over!

18:18 hrs IST: End of 5th over and KKR at 28 for no loss. This is the first over for KKR which did not yield a boundary but the visiting team, with 10 wickets in hand, have the upper hand!

18:13 hrs IST: A Mustafizur delivery delivery hits Uthappa straight on his thumb! That must have hurt!

18:07 hrs IST: Now that piece of stat will please every KKR fan.

When chasing a target of less than 150. KKR have won 74% of their matches #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR #KKRStats

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

18:03 hrs IST: One boundary in each over so far. KKR 19/0 in 3 overs.

17:58 hrs IST: Barinder Sran comes in to bowl, replacing Nehra.

17:57 hrs IST: At the end of the first over, KKR 7 for no loss.

.@robbieuthappa begins in typical fashion with a crisp boundary in the very first over #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/6rkYGvah9W

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

17:53 hrs IST: Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa as usual the openers for KKR! Medium pacer Bhuvneshwar to start proceedings for SRH. The home will miss Ashish Nehra who is out for now because of a groin injury!

Gauthappa at the crease to get us underway #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

17:51 hrs IST: The players walk out on to the field for the second innings!

17:50 hrs IST: Eoin Morgan 51 draws admiration from team-mate, the one and only Yuvraj Singh!

Top knock underpressure Morgan ! Good partnership with @namanojha35 hopefully a decent score to defend go @SunRisers

- yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 16, 2016

17:49 hrs IST: And here is the target for KKR:

KKR need 143 runs from 20 overs #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/v8Q86xGBqW

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

17:47 hrs IST: Here is a video of that epic team catch. Now that is some team work!

How's that for a relay catch - @Russell12A & Piyush Chawla for @KKRiders #VIVOIPL #SRHvKKRhttps://t.co/BaTEbEVaAP

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2016

17:38 hrs IST: Time for a short-break. Re-fill your pop-corn bowls!

Eoin Morgan and Naman Ojha's 67-run helped Sunrisers Hyderabad recover from 50/4 at one stage.

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17:37 hrs IST: That's the end of the innings! SRH end at a competitive total of 142/7 after 20 overs.

17:35 hrs IST: OUT!!! Ashish Reddy run out!

17:29 hrs IST: OUT!!!! This time it is Morgan, caught in the deep while trying to go for a big one. But superb knock of 51 off 42 balls comes to an end. SRH 128/6 after 18.4 overs.

17:28 hrs IST: That 67-run partnership between Morgan and Ojha not just rescued the Sunrisers but has also given them a platform to post a fighting total.

17:26 hrs IST: SIX!!! And Morgan brings up his 50!!! His third for the Sunrisers!

17:23 hrs IST: OUT!!!!! Brilliant team work! Andre Russell caught the ball one handed down the ground, realised the momentum of his run would take him beyond the rope, throws the ball to Chawla, who juggles once but holds on to it. Ojha out while trying accelerate, playing a very good knock of 37 off 28 which included 2 fours and sixes each!

17:19 hrs IST: SIX!!! This time from Morgan!!!! SRH 115/4 after 17! The fifth-wicket partnership is worth 65 runs now! SRH were 50/4 at one stage now!

HUGE SIX from Morgan to end the over. 115/4 now after 17. #OrangeArmy #SRHvKKR

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 16, 2016

17:12 hrs IST: Another SIX!!! Again from Ojha. He is turning it on for the Sunrisers!

SunRisers! SunRisers! SunRisers! Chants the crowd and Ojha clears the boundary again. #OrangeArmy #SRHvKKR

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 16, 2016

17:08 hrs IST: SIX!!!! First one off the innings, comes from the willow of Naman Ojha, who is striking a decent partnership with Morgan. SRH 94/4 in 15 overs.

Naman Ojha picks Narine off for the first six of the SRH innings. SRH 94-4 #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

17:06 hrs IST: 13th and 14th overs bringing in 23 runs for SRH. Things lookin' up for the hosts. SRH 86/4 after 14.

17:03 hrs IST: KKR have bowlers in abundance. Piyush Chawla, a specialist leg-spinner comes in to roll over his arm in the 14th over!

16:57 hrs IST: Eight runs come in the 12th over for SRH, one of the better overs for the hosts. SRH 63/4 in 12 overs. 

16:56 hrs IST: "I feel for him," KKR head coach Jacques Kallis on Narine being out of the game because of his action.

Sunil Narine is playing his first competitive match since November 2015.

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16:50 hrs IST: OUT!!!! Deepak Hooda caught at long-on. Scored 6 off 11 balls. Andre Russell picks his first wicket! SRH 52/4 in 10 overs. KKR seem very happy!

Muscle @Russell12A gets Deepak Hooda to miss hit one straight to @y_umesh at long on. SRH 50-4 #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR pic.twitter.com/SEY88UpdMW

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

16:46 hrs IST: And five runs off Narine's first over. Sunrisers 48/3 from 9 overs. Eoin Morgan (14 not out) and Deepak Hooda (5 not out) at the crease. 

16:43 hrs IST: That is a very different action from Narine, unlike anything the West Indian used to do earlier.

16:42 hrs IST: Gautam Gambhir brings in his trump card. Mystery spinner Sunil Narine in action. To bowl the ninth over!

.@SunilPNarine74 makes his first appearance in the #VIVOIPL 2016 #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

16:38 hrs IST: The visiting team is a happy unit as of now.

Kolkata Knight Riders celebrate the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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16:35 hrs IST: "KKR will be very, very pleased with this start," says Ian Bishop. SRH 36/3 in 6 overs. End of Powerplay.

16:32 hrs IST: OUT!!!! Just when it looked like Moises Henriques and Eoin Morgan were going to build a partnership, a wicket falls. Umesh gets his first wicket of the match as Henriques is LBW.

16:28 hrs IST: End of the fourth over. SRH 26/2. Both openers -- Warner and Dhawan -- back in the pavilion.

16:23 hrs IST: OUT!!! Warner is out, caught by Suryakumar Yadav at cover. An inside out shot but not successful. The skipper gone for 13 off 12.

16:20 hrs IST: Dhawan tried to go for a big one, came down the track and edged it to the wicketkeeper. But make-shift 'keeper Robin Uthappa still had to finish the job. A jump and a one-handed catch. Lovely athleticism. 

16:17 hrs IST: OUT!!! Dhawan goes for 6 and this time it is not a no ball. Morne's first wicket in four months!

16:12 hrs IST: Five runs came off Umesh Yadav's first over but...

.@y_umesh has dismissed Warner 2 times in the 3 innings that they've faced each other #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR #KKRStats

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

16:07 hrs IST: Four!!! This is Warner rubbing salt into the wounds! Another four.. oh no! Brilliant fielding from Suryakumar Yadav. A nine-ball first over comes to an end. SRH 9 for no loss.

Excellent fielding in the covers by @surya_14kumar preventing a certain boundary. #SRH 9-0 at the end of the first over #SRHvKKR #AmiKKR

- KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2016

16:04 hrs IST: This is Morkel's first competitive game since February.

16:03 hrs IST: Warner tried to go for a big one, leading edge, fell straight into the hands of Piyush Chawla, who juggled but managed to hold on. But most importantly. Morkel's left foot was clearly over the line!!!

16:02 hrs IST: OUT!!!!! OH WAIT!!!! NOT OUT!!!!!!!

16:01 hrs IST: Morne Morkel opens proceedings for KKR. The first ball.... Warner punches it behind square for two runs. SRH off the mark.

16:00 hrs IST: Any answers?

What do you think is a competitive score to defend today? #OrangeArmy #SRHvKKR

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 16, 2016

15:59 hrs IST: David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan walk out to bat. Moments from the start!

15:57 hrs IST: And we will be seeing Barinder Sran make his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was earlier placed with the now suspended Rajasthan Royals.

A huge #OrangeArmy cheer for @sranbarinder as he makes his SunRisers debut. #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/KgCsZUHT7c

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 16, 2016

15:54 hrs IST: And we can see SRH skipper David Warner do some stretching exercises. 

.@davidwarner31 and boys are on the field. It is #SRH v #KKR today at #VIVOIPL - @SunRisershttps://t.co/ASnYc6M8P7

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2016

15:50 hrs IST: Look at the KKR boys practice at Uppal just ahead of the match.

King Kallis @jacqueskallis75 and @KKRiders boys are in the ground for #SRH v #KKR #VIVOIPLhttps://t.co/jfi6DzAzU5

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 16, 2016