SRH vs KKR, Eliminator at Bengaluru, May 17 2017, Indian Premier League

RESULT
Eliminator (N), Bengaluru, May 17, 2017, Indian Premier League

KKR won by 7 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (D/L method)

Player Of The Match
3/20
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Scorecard summary
Sunrisers Hyderabad 128/7(20 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders 48/3(5.2 overs)
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PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
KKR62.8--03/203.0762.8
KKR62.75--02/212.8862.75
KKR43.5132(19)38.4943.51--0
SRH37.0537(35)38.2637.05--0
SRH30.84--01/11230.84

1.45 am, the next day: And that, finally, is that. Thanks for staying up with us. Now off we all go.

Nathan Coulter-Nile is the Man of the Match on his return from injury. He picked up 3 for 20. His third such award in seven games. "It's better than it was a couple of days ago. Didn't expect it to affect me as much as it did [the head injury] I went to bed at 10 pm and woke up at 7 pm the next day and I had headaches. Finally over that. The exact opposite of Kolkata, good pace and bounce there, here not so much. Worked out well for us though. All our bowlers were good. Chawla was good, getting the wicket of Warner, who could turn a score of 130 to 160. Intensity starts in the first over, with Umesh making Warner play and miss. When it was raining, we were quietly confident because 12.50 am was the cut off time. But it rained and rained and we were itchy."

1.40 pm KKR will now play Mumbai Indians on Friday, at Bengaluru again, for a place in the final. Here's their captain, Gautam Gambhir: "A lot of credit to the bowlers. They set the game up for us. We should have been more sensible with the batting, though. But the bowlers restricting the Sunrisers batting to 128 was brilliant. There has been times when we've lacked intensity. And every run we stop on the field is one less to score and all 11 players were up for that. They knew that last time Sunrisers beat us in this Eliminator and they got it back for us. It was a much better wicket than we played RCB on. It was coming onto the bat nicely in our innings. I think if you target 160 you will get a good score. You can't just go on looking for 200 every game. You do get nervous [about the rain] and we have played really well this season and our bowlers put in an unbelievable effort and if we had gone out after the rain, it wouldnt have been good. We don't have a good record against Mumbai, but hopefully we can settle that tomorrow."

"We were 30 runs short. It was quite a tough wicket to bat on. The ball was holding up a bit. It's been quite a disappointing wicket all season. And they bowled really well on it," says David Warner, the Sunrisers captain. "The way we batted wasn't good enough and six over games can be niggly. We had to come out with positive intent, got three wickets, but we knew they would come hard and it happened. We were good, as we were last time. We found some good talent, we played some good cricket with bat and ball, whereas last year it was either bat or ball. Thanks to all the people in Hyderabad, without you guys we wouldn't be out here playing"

1.27 am Well, it took a while coming, but Kolkata Knight Riders come out deserving winners. Their bowlers were outstanding; exploited a slow pitch by bowling into it. Over 50 of the 70-odd deliveries the quicks bowled were short, most of them were straight. That made life so difficult for batsmen as classy as David Warner and Kane Williamson, who just couldn't trust the pace at which the ball comes up off the surface. Brilliant bowling.

And it should have been a straightforward chase, but for the rain and the panic. KKR spent nearly the length of an entire game in the dressing room, and if there had been no play, they would have been knocked out despite being the better team on the night. In a normal game, 48 off the last six overs would be a breeze to most T20 teams. But KKR, perhaps spooked by the possibility of further rain, pushed Yusuf Pathan up the order and played some rash strokes in the two-over Powerplay to be three down in seven balls. Then came Gautam Gambhir and he did what was necessary. Got a few risk-free boundaries away and then nudged the singles around. He made 32 not out in the target. That's 66% of the runs.

5.2
1
Bipul to Jaggi, 1 run

KKR are through! The defending champions are knocked out! And the match ends finally at 1.27 am. The final act, a miscued pull to midwicket and a harried single. Gambhir punches the air and bellows out a war cry.

5.1
1
Bipul to Gambhir, 1 run

it's a length ball down leg, Gambhir flicks it through to long leg for a single. Then comes up with a big smile to punch gloves with his partner

Bipul Sharma for the last over, from over the wicket

end of over 55 runs
KKR: 46/3CRR: 9.20 RRR: 2.00
Ishank Jaggi4 (7b)
Gautam Gambhir31 (18b 2x4 2x6)
Rashid Khan 2-0-11-0
Siddarth Kaul 1-0-14-0

KKR need two more runs in six balls to knock the defending champions out.

4.6
Rashid Khan to Jaggi, no run

picks the googly, looks to swat it, but he mistimes the shot, and it doesn't carry to mid-on

4.5
1
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, 1 run

this is the legspinner, and Gambhir, backing away to cut, is surprised by the ball turning into him. Manages to chop it through behind point

4.4
1
Rashid Khan to Jaggi, 1 run

tosses it up outside off, he guides it to deep point and gives the strike over to the captain

4.3
1
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, 1 run

now he's playing for the googly as the stock ball. Shortish and outside off, he cuts to point

4.2
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, no run

googly again, and Gambhir doesn't pick it. Goes for the flick, seeing the ball pitching on leg stump and is beaten

4.1
2
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, 2 runs

lifts him over cover. Beautiful batting, as he shifts on the leg side and hits inside out

Rashid to bowl the penultimate over. Can he pull off a little miracle?

end of over 414 runs
KKR: 41/3CRR: 10.25 RRR: 3.50
Gautam Gambhir27 (14b 2x4 2x6)
Ishank Jaggi3 (5b)
Siddarth Kaul 1-0-14-0
Rashid Khan 1-0-6-0

KKR need only seven off 12 balls now

3.6
1
Kaul to Gambhir, 1 run

short and slow again, Gambhir gets up with it and pats it down to point for a single. Simple cricket. And he retains strike too.

Vishal: "Not sure why Uthappa and Pathan had to play ahead of Gambhir. Scoring 48 in 6 overs shouldn't trigger such shuffling of order. Probably nervousness, panic!?"

3.5
1
Kaul to Jaggi, 1 run

full on middle, Jaggi clips it to deep square leg and gets a single

Walks up to his partner and makes sure he doesn't do anything unnecessary. This chase is KKR's

3.4
1
Kaul to Gambhir, 1 run

shortish offcutter on leg stump, Gambhir rises with it, turns it around the corner and pinches a single towards square leg

Only 10 off 15 needed. Bhuvi will bowl the next over, probably, if it goes that long. He is currently in conversation with Warner and Kaul on what to bowl. Meanwhile, we have had to change the ball because the old one got lost in the crowd

3.3
6
Kaul to Gambhir, SIX runs

makes it soar over short fine leg! The captain's making a statement. Launches a short ball on his hips and then pumps his fist. He's feeling it

3.2
4
Kaul to Gambhir, FOUR runs

one bounce to the third man boundary. If you keep bowling short, you can't give room. He gives room and Gambhir, very experienced Gambhir, lifts it to the unmanned part of the ground

Sunrisers taking their time. Warner having a chat with his bowler again. It had happened before the over began

3.1
1
Kaul to Jaggi, 1 run

goes back of a length on off stump, Jaggi defuses it to deep third man

Siddharth Kaul now. Will he back himself to bowl his yorkers?

end of over 36 runs
KKR: 27/3CRR: 9.00 RRR: 7.00
Gautam Gambhir15 (10b 1x4 1x6)
Ishank Jaggi1 (3b)
Rashid Khan 1-0-6-0
Chris Jordan 1-0-9-1

Karthek: "As long as Gambhir is there , I don't think the panic button will be on. He must be knowing the way to score 21 off 18"

2.6
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, no run

shortish and outside off, cuts to point

2.5
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, no run

googly again, pitching on leg stump, and ripping away across the left-hander. The quick pace of Rashid is not allowing Gambhir any sighters. He has to pick it off the hand - he doesn't - and ends up beaten

2.5
1w
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, 1 wide

he's not happy. Doesn't seem to be able to grip the ball properly as he slips in another wide down leg

2.5
1w
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, 1 wide

this one drifts down leg, as he tries to fire them in quick and flat

2.4
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, no run

deceives him with a big, spinning googly. He is superb against spin, but this good length ball, pitching on leg stump, spins right past his leading edge as he tries to flick against the turn

2.3
2
Rashid Khan to Gambhir, 2 runs

lovely shot! He gets inside the line of a tossed up delivery on off stump and nails an extra cover drive. Vijay Shankar, moving to his right from long-off does well

Match details
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series
Season2017
Player Of The Match
Series resultKolkata Knight Riders advanced
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days17 May 2017 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
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Match Referee
Win Probability
KKR 100%
SRHKKR
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Over 6 • KKR 48/3

KKR won by 7 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (D/L method)
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MI14104200.784
RPS1495180.176
SRH1485170.599
KKR1486160.641
KXIP147714-0.009
DC146812-0.512
GL144108-0.412
RCB143107-1.299