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HYDERABAD 181/3 (20.0 Ovs) CRR: 9.05

David Warner c Uthappa b A Russell 85 (53

Sunil Narine 3 0 29 0
Andre Russell 3 0 32 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad 181/3

END OF OVER:15 | 10 Runs | KKR: 114/3

(68 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 7.60, RRR: 13.60)

And Sreshth pings: The tower above the digital scoreboard has lost some lights. The groundstaff are on, with the rope, to remove some dew. Moody and Laxman are in the middle with the Sunrisers players. This is the Tower at the High court end.

Meanwhile, here's a forecast to chew on: less than five overs to go. It's Dre Russ versus the Forecaster. KKR have just about 15% chance of sealing this chase, and we've got them reaching 155 by the end of their innings.

In reply to Narper

Floodlight failures.

Hyderabadahead on Duckworth Lewis.

7.23 pm: And our stats guy Shiva Jayaraman says the par score is 126, which means KKR are behind. Meanwhile umpires and players walking off, this doesn't look good...

7.21 pm The timeout is over, but the lights are not yet back. This is one of those times when you want the metaphor of 'his strokeplay lit up the ground' to be true to life...

7.29 pm Sreshth has another nugget: "Andre Russell isn't wasting time though. He's on the practice pitches, with Simon Katich bowling to him."

7.27 pm Sreshth has potentially good news: "The lights are steadily, but slowly, coming back on"... and the bad news. "...It will still take a good 7-10 minutes to take full effect."

15.3
W
Rashid Khan to Rana, OUT, strikes first ball after the break lights out at Eden, now lights out for KKR?
Rashid Khan to Rana, OUT, strikes first ball after the break lights out at Eden, now lights out for KKR? This was the leg-break, pitched on middle and spun in just enough to beat his attempted drive back with a straight bat, strikes him on the pad. Loud appeal and the finger goes up. Rana doesn't review, walks off
N Rana lbw b Rashid Khan 68 (47b 8x4 3x6) SR: 144.68


Kolkata Knight Riders 118/4 * (15.3/20 ov, target 182)

END OF OVER:16 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 123/4 (59 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.68, RRR: 14.75)

Russell 31*(13

18.3
Bhuvneshwar to A Russell, FOUR, to long-off
18.2
Bhuvneshwar to A Russell, SIX,
18.1
Bhuvneshwar to A Russell, FOUR, well, well, well. Bhuvneshwar's got this one to reverse, tailing in sharply on the pads. But Russell's rocked behind in his crease, with all his bottom-hand coming in this whip through mid-wicket


Kolkata need 20 runs in 9 balls

18.5
Bhuvneshwar to A Russell, SIX, to extra cover, the partnership between A Russell and Shubman Gill is now

Kolkata need 14 runs in 7 balls

KOLKATA 169/4 (19.0 Ovs) CRR: 8.89 REQ: 13

Kolkata need 13 runs in 6 balls

A Russell 48(18 )
Shubman Gill 6(7

18.6
1
Kumar to Russell, 1 run, powerfully struck again, but there is a sweeper cover so only a single. Again, it means Russell is on strike
18.5
6
Kumar to Russell, SIX runs, oh my this should be illegal that's a mis-hit. A total mis-hit. And it's gone over the extra cover boundary. How does he do it? Bhuvi kept it wide outside off, and Russell moved slightly across, was almost falling over but clubbed it off the toe-end of the bat. And still sent it over the fence
18.4
0
Kumar to Russell, no run, rare dot ball, goes wide outside off, and Russell was backing away again so doesn't connect with the swing
18.3
4
Kumar to Russell, FOUR runs, incredible this was a yorker that was perhaps off by just millimetres, but Russell power-drives it by going deep in his crease from leg stump to long-off. Mid-off's despairing dive not enough
18.2
6
Kumar to Russell, SIX runs, that's got some air miles on it! Russell is turning the heat on. clears his front leg and lifts this full delivery from leg stump so high over midwicket it might need a visa. Way into the crowd
18.1
4
Kumar to Russell, FOUR runs, Russell's power is something full ball on leg stump, and he gets his leg out of the way to power it through midwicket for a four

19.1
Shakib to A Russell, wide

19.1
Shakib to A Russell, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket

Kolkata Knight Riders 171/4 * (19.1/20 ov, target 182)

19.2
Shakib to Shubman Gill, SIX, to long-on

Kolkata need 5 runs in 4 balls

In reply to Narper

Russell 49 not out off just 19 balls!

19.4
Shakib to Shubman Gill, SIX, to long-on

HYDERABAD 181/3 (20.0 Ovs)
KOLKATA 183/4 (19.4 Ovs) CRR: 9.31
Kolkata won by 6 wkts

Shubman Gill *18 (10
Andre Russell 49 (19

In reply to mikesiva

Russell is a bad John in IPL

In reply to Narper

Suh, it's not West Indians alone bad mind.

After all that work by Russell, yuh mean that guy couldn't allow him to get the 50?