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SRH vs KKR, 8th match at Hyderabad, , Apr 16 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
8th match (D/N), Hyderabad, April 16, 2016, Indian Premier League
(18.2/20 ov, T:143) 146/2

KKR won by 8 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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7.23pm Clinical win for Kolkata Knight Riders. Gambhir and Uthappa set up the chase with a 92-run opening stand. Uthappa fell for 38, but Gambhir went on to score his 28th IPL half-century, the most by any batsman in the tournament's history. It was only fitting that he put the seal on the victory with a well-timed four. On the other hand, more questions crop up for Sunrisers.

The Mustafiz yorker to Russell was a highlight, but why was he held back for too long again? Eventually, they stumbled to their second straight loss.

Gambhir, KKR captain, orange cap holder, and 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.

That is all we have for you from this game. Gujarat Lions have opted to bowl in the second match of the day. Ciao.

Ravi: "'Gambhir is the top scorer with 192 runs from 3 'matches' Not out twice so he also averages 192!"

abubakar wadood: "warner making obvious mistakes. e.g not using the fizz wisely. "

18.2
4
Karn to Gambhir, FOUR runs

Gambhir finishes it off with a clean four. Down the track and goes over mid-on

18.1
Karn to Gambhir, no run

floated up on middle, hint of spin. Gambhir shows respect and blocks it back

end of over 1814 runs
KKR: 142/2CRR: 7.88 RRR: 0.50
Gautam Gambhir86 (58b 12x4 1x6)
Manish Pandey11 (11b)
Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-29-1
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-29-0
17.6
1
Mustafizur to Gambhir, 1 run

off-stump yorker, angled towards point

17.5
6
Mustafizur to Gambhir, SIX runs

pitched up and outside off, Gambhir lofts the offcutter straight down the ground, clearing Warner

17.4
1
Mustafizur to Pandey, 1 run

full on off, opens the face, and runs it down to third man

17.3
1
Mustafizur to Gambhir, 1 run

off-stump yorker, jammed to the leg side

17.2
4
Mustafizur to Gambhir, FOUR runs

too full and outside off, Gambhir sits back in the crease and slugs it to the midwicket boundary

17.1
1
Mustafizur to Pandey, 1 run

good yorker, this is outside off, squirted to third man

Mustafiz

end of over 175 runs
KKR: 128/2CRR: 7.52 RRR: 5.00
Manish Pandey9 (9b)
Gautam Gambhir74 (54b 11x4)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-29-0
Barinder Sran 4-0-31-0
16.6
1
Bhuvneshwar to Pandey, 1 run

back of a length and outside off, the batsman rocks outside leg and guides it to point

16.5
Bhuvneshwar to Pandey, no run

slower ball on middle, nudged to midwicket

16.4
1
Bhuvneshwar to Gambhir, 1 run

slower lifter outside off, helped to long leg

16.3
1
Bhuvneshwar to Pandey, 1 run

short and outside off, pulled strongly to deep midwicket

16.2
1
Bhuvneshwar to Gambhir, 1 run

banged in outside off, swatted to deep midwicket

16.1
1
Bhuvneshwar to Pandey, 1 run

short and outside off, nudged to midwicket. A direct hit could have had Pandey. Karn now misses it

Moshiur: "Warner should use Mustafizur as his strike bowler."

end of over 1611 runs
KKR: 123/2CRR: 7.68 RRR: 5.00
Manish Pandey6 (5b)
Gautam Gambhir72 (52b 11x4)
Barinder Sran 4-0-31-0
Ashish Reddy 2-0-14-1
15.6
1
Barinder Sran to Pandey, 1 run

banged in short and outside off, 133ks, heaved to midwicket off the inside half

15.5
1
Barinder Sran to Gambhir, 1 run

slower ball outside off, does not arrive. Slapped to cover. Gambhir sets off for a quick single. He is struggling. He gives up. Dhawan had only a stump to aim. He misses

15.5
1w
Barinder Sran to Gambhir, 1 wide

slid down the leg side, wide

15.4
Barinder Sran to Gambhir, no run

length and outside off, possibly a cutter, Gambhir plays early and misses

15.3
4
Barinder Sran to Gambhir, FOUR runs

short and width, Gambhir takes full toll of it, lashing a cut to the backward point fence

15.2
4
Barinder Sran to Gambhir, FOUR runs

dragged short and outside off, Gambhir helps himself to a pull over midwicket

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KKR won by 8 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
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