Cricket Scorecard

Rovman Powell of KKR presents the orange cap to Abhishek Sharma of SRH.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, ! CAUGHT! That's that for the SRH innings. A job well done by KKR to bowl the home side out for 165. Tyagi rolls his fingers over the ball and bangs it in short, over off. Patel tries to take it on with the pull but fails to get on top of the bounce. It is skewed off a top edge to short fine leg, where Vaibhav Arora moves to his left and completes the catch.

Kartik Tyagi to Eshan Malinga, Hurls it on a nagging length, on middle. Malinga covers the line and pushes it in front of mid off before hurrying to the other end.

Kartik Tyagi to Eshan Malinga, Full and angling across. Eshan Malinga stays rooted to the crease and prods at the ball tentatively. Gets beaten all ends up on the outside edge.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, Honing in on top of off at 143.1 kph, Harshal stands tall and plays it on the up to deep cover for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, Fuller and in the channel, Patel throws his hands at the ball but is beaten for pace.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, ! Gets it away!

Kartik Tyagi to replace Anukul Roy. 

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Off-cutter, bowled into the surface. It goes across the left-hander and Eshan makes the leave.

Vaibhav Arora to Harshal Patel, Arora goes searching for the yorker and gets a bit of tail back into the right-hander. It comes out as a low full toss and Patel pushes it to long off for one.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Dipping low full toss, outside off. Malinga hits it down to long on for a single.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Wide! Down leg, full in length, Malinga misses out on the tickle.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Very full, across off. Eshan drops his bat down but is late in doing so.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Beaten!

Eshan Malinga is the last batter out in the middle for SRH. 

Vaibhav Arora to Shivang Kumar, ! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another one bites the dust. Short and wide down the leg side, Shivang Kumar has a swipe at it but misses as the keeper gathers the ball behind the stumps. Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes up in an appeal, as does the bowler. Anukul Roy at cover also has heard something and he comes charging in. Ajinkya Rahane checks with the bowler and the keeper before taking the review in the nick of time. 

Skipper Pat is gone and Harshal Patel replaces him in the middle. 

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, ! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Anukul Roy strikes now. Very full, wide on off. Cummins reaches out to force it away on the off side. The bat turns in his hands and he miscues it down the strip. Roy gets low with his hands out in front to take the catch in front of his left boot. No real excitement while claiming the catch, but he looks confident.

Is that a fair catch? Anukul Roy looks really confident about grabbing this clean. The umpires have sent this upstairs for an official check. 

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, Spears in a full ball, on middle. Pat digs it out back to the bowler.

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, ! Long enough!

Anukul Roy to Shivang Kumar, Drops it short, on off, Kumar punches it away to deep cover and crosses over.

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, Darted in at the hips, Cummins shovels it to deep fine leg for a run.

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, Short and on off, that is punched off the back foot but straight to the cover fielder.

A massive wicket for KKR.

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, ! TAKEN! Two wickets in an over for Sunil Narine. He has the last laugh. Sunil Narine drops it short, on off, Ishan Kishan moves forward again and looks to loft it, but the ball hits the upper part of his bat. It carries towards long off. Anukul Roy settles under it and takes a comfortable catch. A fine innings from Ishan Kishan comes to an end. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 148/7 and in a spot of bother now.

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, ! Ishan Kishan continues to score runs!

Sunil Narine to Pat Cummins, Flatter, on leg, Pat Cummins pushes it to wide on mid on for a quick single.

Sunil Narine to Pat Cummins, Quicker, outside off, Pat Cummins leaves it alone.

Sunil Narine to Pat Cummins, Full and on leg, Pat flicks it away to the left of deep backward square leg and comes back for the second run.

SRH's skipper, Pat Cummins walks out to bat.

Sunil Narine to Salil Arora, ! TIMBER! 200th IPL wicket for Sunil Narine.

Whom does Ajinkya Rahane turn to now? Here is Sunil Narine for his final over.

Kartik Tyagi to Salil Arora, Excellent over from Kartik Tyagi. Just 4 runs off it. Back of a length, on off, Salil Arora pulls it through mid-wicket for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, A slower bouncer, on off, Ishan Kishan pulls it to mid-wicket for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, outside off, Ishan Kishan cuts it but finds the fielder at cover.

Kartik Tyagi to Salil Arora, Goes fuller this time, on off, Salil Arora pushes it to cover for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Salil Arora, Length again, down leg, Salil Arora looks to flick it but wears it on his pads. The ball rolls towards the right of the bowler. Dot.

Kartik Tyagi (2-0-20-1) returns to the attack.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan tugs it through mid-wicket for a single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Salil Arora, Brilliant over. Too full, on off, Salil Arora leans on and blocks it to short cover. Varun Chakaravarthy ends his spell with figures of 4-0-36-3.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Salil Arora, Too full, on off, Salil Arora stays back and blocks it to the off side.

Salil Arora is the new man in.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, ! TAKEN! Varun Chakaravarthy gets his man.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, ! Streaky, but they all count! Flighted up, outside off, Aniket Verma swings hard but gets an outside edge. The ball lands just short of the fielder at short third, who makes a diving attempt to his left. The ball races away to the fence.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, Another dot. Slower through the air, on off, Aniket Verma rocks back and blocks it to the right of the bowler.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, Fired in, on off, Aniket Verma leans on and blocks it back to the bowler.

STRATEGIC BREAK! This has been a good fightback from the Kolkata Knight Riders after being put under the pump early on.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Oh! Back of a length, on off, and it keeps a tad low. Ishan Kishan looks to pull it but gets beaten on the bottom edge. The ball just misses the stumps and rolls towards the keeper. Dot.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, just outside off, Ishan Kishan stays back and pushes it to the point fielder.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, ! That's a poor delivery! Cameron Green errs his line down leg, Ishan Kishan uses the pace of the ball and helps it through fine leg for a boundary.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Wide! Bangs it short, pace off, outside off, Ishan Kishan gets his hands high for the pull but misses. Wide called for height.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Slightly shorter, on leg, Ishan Kishan looks to pull it but doesn't connect well. The ball lobs to the right of the keeper. Dot.

Cameron Green to Aniket Verma, Keeps it on a length again, on leg, Aniket Verma whips it through backward square leg for a run.

Cameron Green to Aniket Verma, Cameron Green bowls a length ball, on off, Aniket Verma covers the line and blocks it off.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, Full and around off, Aniket Verma punches this through cover for one run. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Nice and full, on off, Ishan Kishan pushes it to cover for a quick single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, BYE! Googly, around off, Aniket Verma looks to defend but plays down the wrong line. The bounce takes it over the sticks, and the keeper fails to gather the ball. A bye is taken as the ball rolls to square leg off the keeper's pads.

From 105/1, SRH have slipped to 122/4. A good phase in the game for KKR.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravichandran Smaran, ! CAUGHT! Not a fruitful debut with the bat for Smaran as he walks back after scoring 4. Tossed up, around off, Ravichandran Smaran shimmies down the track and looks to take on the boundary rider at long on. Gets the ball miscued from the cue end of his bat towards mid off. Ajinkya Rahane tracks back from short cover and takes a good diving catch to send Ravichandran Smaran back. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravichandran Smaran, Quicker one, around off, Ravichandran Smaran looks to works this around mid-wicket but gets it edged off the outside towards short cover's left.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Fuller around middle and off, Ishan Kishan drills this powerfully straight back to the bowler. Varun gets his shoe in the way and the ball just bounces a bit before and hits Varun around his foot. A single is taken as the ball rolls to mid-wicket. 

Cameron Green to Ravichandran Smaran, ! Number 1392 of this season and the first ever in IPL history from the bat of Ravichandran Smaran. Short and around middle and leg, Ravichandran Smaran gets inside the line and hooks this through the backward square leg region for a boundary. 

Cameron Green to Ravichandran Smaran, Full and around off, Ravichandran Smaran drives this to short cover for no run.

Add that to the list of the catch of the season.

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, ! CAUGHT! What an eventful three balls these were to the buildup of this wicket and it took a stunner by Rovman Powell to send Heinrich Klaasen back in the dugout. Short and wide off, Heinrich Klaasen drags this with a pull towards the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket. Rovman Powell runs to his right and runs in a bit too much to start with, but does extremely well to outstretch his right hand and grab a one-handed stunner. 

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, ! Up and over!

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, ! KKR fans will consider this as a dropped chance and out of all the players it was Rinku Singh underneath it. Back of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen looks to slog this out of the park but connects this from the bottom part of his bat. 

Time for pace as Cameron Green comes on, replacing Varun Chakaravarthy. Green conceded 14 runs in his only over so far.

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, Good length, around off, Heinrich Klaasen rolls this to mid off for no run.

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Tossed up, around middle and off, Heinrich Klaasen flicks this through the right of the bowler for a single down to long on. What an over from Sunil Narine as he gives away just 2 runs off it. 

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Short and on off, Heinrich Klaasen punches this off his back foot towards short extra cover. 

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Narine drags his length back a shade and bowls this around off, Heinrich Klaasen gets an inside edge onto the pads for no run.

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Pushed through on off, Heinrich Klaasen rocks deep inside the crease and pushes this back to the bowler. 

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, Quicker one, around off, Ishan Kishan pulls this flat towards the deep mid-wicket region for one run. 

End of a top knock from Travis Head. Heinrich Klaasen comes in at number 4 for SRH. Sunil Narine is back for his 3rd over. He went for 20 runs in his first two overs.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, ! CAUGHT! Varun provides the much-needed breakthrough. Quicker one, short and into the batter, cramping Head to free his arms. Travis Head goes for a pull but mishits this and ends up hitting this straight into the hands of Cameron Green at the deep mid-wicket fence. Cameron Green takes it reverse cup around his shoulder and sends Head back. 

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, Fuller and flatter on off, Ishan Kishan blocks this back to the bowler. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, ! 100 comes up for SRH in the 9th over.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, Floated on middle and off, Travis Head backs away to his leg side and pushes this back to the bowler. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, WIDE! Quicker one, wide outside off, Travis Head leaves it. Wided.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Tossed up, wide of off, Ishan Kishan pushes this down to long off for a single. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, ! Back-to-back boundaries. Short of a length, around middle and off, Ishan Kishan swivels and pulls this through the mid-wicket region for yet another boundary. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, ! The fielders are nowhere to be found at the moment. Tossed up, on middle and off, Ishan Kishan muscles this down the ground for a boundary in front of the sight screen. 

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Back of a length, on off, Travis Head looks to pull it but miscues it off the toe end to the fielder at short third. Dot.

Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, 1 run, there comes the upper cut, but just for a single, down to covers.

Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Arora goes full this time, on off, Ishan Kishan gets low and steers it through cover for just a single.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Back of a length, on middle, Travis Head hops a bit and tugs it to square leg for one more.

Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Short, on middle, Ishan Kishan hangs back and knocks it to mid on for a single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, ! Clean as a whistle! Travis Head gets to his FIFTY in style. Floated up, full and on leg. Head clears the front leg and swings through the line of the ball. Tonks it way over long on for a biggie.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, 1 run.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, 1 run.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, MISFIELD AND ! That should have been stopped! Full, on middle, Travis Head gets down on one knee and slogs it over backward square leg. Anukul Roy moves to his right near the fence but fails to judge the bounce as the ball parries through his hands and goes to the fence for a boundary.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Short, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan hangs back and pulls it to mid-wicket for a single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakaravarthy starts with a fuller one, on leg, Ishan Kishan blocks it to the left of the bowler.

STRATEGIC BREAK!

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Kartik Tyagi goes full, on off, Travis Head flicks it but finds the fielder at mid-wicket. A brilliant start from SRH. They are 71/1 after the end of Powerplay.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Good length again, on leg, Ishan Kishan tucks it to square leg for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, ! Perfect placement from Ishan Kishan! Hard length, outside off, Ishan Kishan reads it well and steers it in the gap through backward point for a boundary.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, ! Ishan Kishan joins the party now! Back of a length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan winds up and pulls it over backward square leg for a flat six. Brilliant start from SRH so far.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Nice and full, on off, Travis Head digs it down the ground for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Back of a length, on off, Travis Head slaps it but finds the cover fielder.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, Slightly shorter, on off, Travis Head turns it to square leg for a single. Not a convincing over from Cameron Green. 14 runs coming off it.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, AGAIN! A hat-trick of boundaries from Head.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, MORE! Back-to-back from Travis Head! Slightly shorter again, outside off, Travis Head stays back and pumps it over extra cover for yet another boundary.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, ! The onslaught continues from Travis Head! Back of a length, outside off, Travis Head picks it well and chips it magnificently over extra cover for a boundary.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, On a good length, just outside off, Ishan Kishan stays back and steers it through backward point for a single.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green starts with a dot. He bowls a back-of-a-length delivery, on off, Ishan Kishan hops a bit and blocks it to cover.

Cameron Green replaces Sunil Narine in the attack.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, At the hips, Ishan goes back and just glances it through the fine leg region for a run.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Seam-up ball, on a short of a good length, on leg. Kishan closes the bat face to work it away on the leg side with a closed bat face. The ball seems to have stopped in the surface. It pops up off a leading edge and goes well over the bowler's head before dropping just behind the umpire.

Ishan Kishan replaces Abhishek out in the middle. 

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, ! CAUGHT! A much-needed breakthrough for KKR. At 144.4 kph, Tyagi goes short and keeps it on middle and leg. Abhishek hangs on the back foot and swivels a bit for the pull. He is cramped for space and ends up spooning it toawrds mid-wicket.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Following the batter with a good-length delivery. Head flicks it behind square leg and gets to the other end.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Wide! Pace off and into the surface, over off. Head backs away to go up and over the in-field on the off side but misses. Wide given for height. Tyagi is not happy with the wide call. Did not look to be going over the head in real-time.

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, A good short ball at the bodyline of the batter, denying him the room. Abhishek is rushed and he mistimes the pull through square leg for a run.

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, ! Streaky! Pushed across the left-hander, on a back of a length. Abhishek Sharma swings for the hills, looking to go down the ground. The ball flies off the outer half over the man at short third and goes away into the fence.

Kartik Tyagi comes in to replace Vaibhav Arora. 

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Sunil drops it short, on middle, that is cut away but straight to the fielder at point.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, ! The runs continue to flow.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, ! All the way! Flighted delivery, a little too straight, on the pads, on a length. Head sinks to a knee and plays the sweep over deep square leg for a six.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Shorter and on off, Travis gets on the back foot and punches it well but picks out the cover fielder.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, No run.

The fireworks have begun in Hyderabad. Head has smoked Vaibhav to all the corners of the park. 17 runs came off this over. 

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, that is just a mere push for a run.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! A hat-trick of boundaries from the Aussie. Vaibhav continues to be on the shorter side, over off. Head hops to get on top of the bounce and hits it all along the ground. Pulls it to the right of deep square leg for the fourth boundary of the over.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! A cleaner strike this time! Arora switches to around the wicket and bashes the hard length, on off. Travis rocks back and pulls it aerially over mid-wicket for another boundary.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! Not off the middle but Head will take it. Width offered by Arora, on a back of a good length. Head leans back to flay it away.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Dug in short by Arora, across off. Head is early into the pull and drags it towards without much timing to mid-wicket.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! Off to the fence in a flash!

Vaibhav Arora to Abhishek Sharma, Angling away, on a good length. Abhishek waits back and steers it to the right of backward point with an open bat face. They cross.

Pacer to operate from the other side. Vaibhav Arora will be bowling from the other end. 

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, This spins back in and catches Abhishek by surprise. One hand comes off the bat handle as Sharma pushes this short ball away to the left of cover and picks up a single. 9 runs off the first over of the game.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Tighter line and quicker too. On top of off, on a nagging length. Abhishek stabs it down on the off side.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, ! Abhishek Sharma tees off! Narine drags the length back and this is outside the off stump. Sharma is allowed to free his arms and he stands tall to dispatch it over wide long on for a biggie.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Floated up, across off, Head extends his hands and eases the drive to wide long off. He also opens his account with a single.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Right on the money! Starts with an off-break, full and in line with the off stump. Abhishek brings his bat out in front and watchfully defends.

Rovman Powell of KKR presents the orange cap to Abhishek Sharma of SRH.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, ! CAUGHT! That's that for the SRH innings. A job well done by KKR to bowl the home side out for 165. Tyagi rolls his fingers over the ball and bangs it in short, over off. Patel tries to take it on with the pull but fails to get on top of the bounce. It is skewed off a top edge to short fine leg, where Vaibhav Arora moves to his left and completes the catch.

Kartik Tyagi to Eshan Malinga, Hurls it on a nagging length, on middle. Malinga covers the line and pushes it in front of mid off before hurrying to the other end.

Kartik Tyagi to Eshan Malinga, Full and angling across. Eshan Malinga stays rooted to the crease and prods at the ball tentatively. Gets beaten all ends up on the outside edge.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, Honing in on top of off at 143.1 kph, Harshal stands tall and plays it on the up to deep cover for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, Fuller and in the channel, Patel throws his hands at the ball but is beaten for pace.

Kartik Tyagi to Harshal Patel, ! Gets it away!

Kartik Tyagi to replace Anukul Roy. 

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Off-cutter, bowled into the surface. It goes across the left-hander and Eshan makes the leave.

Vaibhav Arora to Harshal Patel, Arora goes searching for the yorker and gets a bit of tail back into the right-hander. It comes out as a low full toss and Patel pushes it to long off for one.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Dipping low full toss, outside off. Malinga hits it down to long on for a single.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Wide! Down leg, full in length, Malinga misses out on the tickle.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Very full, across off. Eshan drops his bat down but is late in doing so.

Vaibhav Arora to Eshan Malinga, Beaten!

Eshan Malinga is the last batter out in the middle for SRH. 

Vaibhav Arora to Shivang Kumar, ! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another one bites the dust. Short and wide down the leg side, Shivang Kumar has a swipe at it but misses as the keeper gathers the ball behind the stumps. Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes up in an appeal, as does the bowler. Anukul Roy at cover also has heard something and he comes charging in. Ajinkya Rahane checks with the bowler and the keeper before taking the review in the nick of time. 

Skipper Pat is gone and Harshal Patel replaces him in the middle. 

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, ! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Anukul Roy strikes now. Very full, wide on off. Cummins reaches out to force it away on the off side. The bat turns in his hands and he miscues it down the strip. Roy gets low with his hands out in front to take the catch in front of his left boot. No real excitement while claiming the catch, but he looks confident.

Is that a fair catch? Anukul Roy looks really confident about grabbing this clean. The umpires have sent this upstairs for an official check. 

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, Spears in a full ball, on middle. Pat digs it out back to the bowler.

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, ! Long enough!

Anukul Roy to Shivang Kumar, Drops it short, on off, Kumar punches it away to deep cover and crosses over.

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, Darted in at the hips, Cummins shovels it to deep fine leg for a run.

Anukul Roy to Pat Cummins, Short and on off, that is punched off the back foot but straight to the cover fielder.

A massive wicket for KKR.

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, ! TAKEN! Two wickets in an over for Sunil Narine. He has the last laugh. Sunil Narine drops it short, on off, Ishan Kishan moves forward again and looks to loft it, but the ball hits the upper part of his bat. It carries towards long off. Anukul Roy settles under it and takes a comfortable catch. A fine innings from Ishan Kishan comes to an end. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 148/7 and in a spot of bother now.

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, ! Ishan Kishan continues to score runs!

Sunil Narine to Pat Cummins, Flatter, on leg, Pat Cummins pushes it to wide on mid on for a quick single.

Sunil Narine to Pat Cummins, Quicker, outside off, Pat Cummins leaves it alone.

Sunil Narine to Pat Cummins, Full and on leg, Pat flicks it away to the left of deep backward square leg and comes back for the second run.

SRH's skipper, Pat Cummins walks out to bat.

Sunil Narine to Salil Arora, ! TIMBER! 200th IPL wicket for Sunil Narine.

Whom does Ajinkya Rahane turn to now? Here is Sunil Narine for his final over.

Kartik Tyagi to Salil Arora, Excellent over from Kartik Tyagi. Just 4 runs off it. Back of a length, on off, Salil Arora pulls it through mid-wicket for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, A slower bouncer, on off, Ishan Kishan pulls it to mid-wicket for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, outside off, Ishan Kishan cuts it but finds the fielder at cover.

Kartik Tyagi to Salil Arora, Goes fuller this time, on off, Salil Arora pushes it to cover for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Salil Arora, Length again, down leg, Salil Arora looks to flick it but wears it on his pads. The ball rolls towards the right of the bowler. Dot.

Kartik Tyagi (2-0-20-1) returns to the attack.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan tugs it through mid-wicket for a single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Salil Arora, Brilliant over. Too full, on off, Salil Arora leans on and blocks it to short cover. Varun Chakaravarthy ends his spell with figures of 4-0-36-3.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Salil Arora, Too full, on off, Salil Arora stays back and blocks it to the off side.

Salil Arora is the new man in.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, ! TAKEN! Varun Chakaravarthy gets his man.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, ! Streaky, but they all count! Flighted up, outside off, Aniket Verma swings hard but gets an outside edge. The ball lands just short of the fielder at short third, who makes a diving attempt to his left. The ball races away to the fence.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, Another dot. Slower through the air, on off, Aniket Verma rocks back and blocks it to the right of the bowler.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, Fired in, on off, Aniket Verma leans on and blocks it back to the bowler.

STRATEGIC BREAK! This has been a good fightback from the Kolkata Knight Riders after being put under the pump early on.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Oh! Back of a length, on off, and it keeps a tad low. Ishan Kishan looks to pull it but gets beaten on the bottom edge. The ball just misses the stumps and rolls towards the keeper. Dot.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, just outside off, Ishan Kishan stays back and pushes it to the point fielder.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, ! That's a poor delivery! Cameron Green errs his line down leg, Ishan Kishan uses the pace of the ball and helps it through fine leg for a boundary.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Wide! Bangs it short, pace off, outside off, Ishan Kishan gets his hands high for the pull but misses. Wide called for height.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Slightly shorter, on leg, Ishan Kishan looks to pull it but doesn't connect well. The ball lobs to the right of the keeper. Dot.

Cameron Green to Aniket Verma, Keeps it on a length again, on leg, Aniket Verma whips it through backward square leg for a run.

Cameron Green to Aniket Verma, Cameron Green bowls a length ball, on off, Aniket Verma covers the line and blocks it off.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, Full and around off, Aniket Verma punches this through cover for one run. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Nice and full, on off, Ishan Kishan pushes it to cover for a quick single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, BYE! Googly, around off, Aniket Verma looks to defend but plays down the wrong line. The bounce takes it over the sticks, and the keeper fails to gather the ball. A bye is taken as the ball rolls to square leg off the keeper's pads.

From 105/1, SRH have slipped to 122/4. A good phase in the game for KKR.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravichandran Smaran, ! CAUGHT! Not a fruitful debut with the bat for Smaran as he walks back after scoring 4. Tossed up, around off, Ravichandran Smaran shimmies down the track and looks to take on the boundary rider at long on. Gets the ball miscued from the cue end of his bat towards mid off. Ajinkya Rahane tracks back from short cover and takes a good diving catch to send Ravichandran Smaran back. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravichandran Smaran, Quicker one, around off, Ravichandran Smaran looks to works this around mid-wicket but gets it edged off the outside towards short cover's left.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Fuller around middle and off, Ishan Kishan drills this powerfully straight back to the bowler. Varun gets his shoe in the way and the ball just bounces a bit before and hits Varun around his foot. A single is taken as the ball rolls to mid-wicket. 

Cameron Green to Ravichandran Smaran, ! Number 1392 of this season and the first ever in IPL history from the bat of Ravichandran Smaran. Short and around middle and leg, Ravichandran Smaran gets inside the line and hooks this through the backward square leg region for a boundary. 

Cameron Green to Ravichandran Smaran, Full and around off, Ravichandran Smaran drives this to short cover for no run.

Add that to the list of the catch of the season.

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, ! CAUGHT! What an eventful three balls these were to the buildup of this wicket and it took a stunner by Rovman Powell to send Heinrich Klaasen back in the dugout. Short and wide off, Heinrich Klaasen drags this with a pull towards the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket. Rovman Powell runs to his right and runs in a bit too much to start with, but does extremely well to outstretch his right hand and grab a one-handed stunner. 

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, ! Up and over!

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, ! KKR fans will consider this as a dropped chance and out of all the players it was Rinku Singh underneath it. Back of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen looks to slog this out of the park but connects this from the bottom part of his bat. 

Time for pace as Cameron Green comes on, replacing Varun Chakaravarthy. Green conceded 14 runs in his only over so far.

Cameron Green to Heinrich Klaasen, Good length, around off, Heinrich Klaasen rolls this to mid off for no run.

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Tossed up, around middle and off, Heinrich Klaasen flicks this through the right of the bowler for a single down to long on. What an over from Sunil Narine as he gives away just 2 runs off it. 

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Short and on off, Heinrich Klaasen punches this off his back foot towards short extra cover. 

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Narine drags his length back a shade and bowls this around off, Heinrich Klaasen gets an inside edge onto the pads for no run.

Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, Pushed through on off, Heinrich Klaasen rocks deep inside the crease and pushes this back to the bowler. 

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, Quicker one, around off, Ishan Kishan pulls this flat towards the deep mid-wicket region for one run. 

End of a top knock from Travis Head. Heinrich Klaasen comes in at number 4 for SRH. Sunil Narine is back for his 3rd over. He went for 20 runs in his first two overs.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, ! CAUGHT! Varun provides the much-needed breakthrough. Quicker one, short and into the batter, cramping Head to free his arms. Travis Head goes for a pull but mishits this and ends up hitting this straight into the hands of Cameron Green at the deep mid-wicket fence. Cameron Green takes it reverse cup around his shoulder and sends Head back. 

Sunil Narine to Ishan Kishan, Fuller and flatter on off, Ishan Kishan blocks this back to the bowler. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, ! 100 comes up for SRH in the 9th over.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, Floated on middle and off, Travis Head backs away to his leg side and pushes this back to the bowler. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, WIDE! Quicker one, wide outside off, Travis Head leaves it. Wided.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Tossed up, wide of off, Ishan Kishan pushes this down to long off for a single. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, ! Back-to-back boundaries. Short of a length, around middle and off, Ishan Kishan swivels and pulls this through the mid-wicket region for yet another boundary. 

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, ! The fielders are nowhere to be found at the moment. Tossed up, on middle and off, Ishan Kishan muscles this down the ground for a boundary in front of the sight screen. 

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Back of a length, on off, Travis Head looks to pull it but miscues it off the toe end to the fielder at short third. Dot.

Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Hard length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan tucks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, 1 run, there comes the upper cut, but just for a single, down to covers.

Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Arora goes full this time, on off, Ishan Kishan gets low and steers it through cover for just a single.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Back of a length, on middle, Travis Head hops a bit and tugs it to square leg for one more.

Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, Short, on middle, Ishan Kishan hangs back and knocks it to mid on for a single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, ! Clean as a whistle! Travis Head gets to his FIFTY in style. Floated up, full and on leg. Head clears the front leg and swings through the line of the ball. Tonks it way over long on for a biggie.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, 1 run.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, 1 run.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Travis Head, MISFIELD AND ! That should have been stopped! Full, on middle, Travis Head gets down on one knee and slogs it over backward square leg. Anukul Roy moves to his right near the fence but fails to judge the bounce as the ball parries through his hands and goes to the fence for a boundary.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Short, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan hangs back and pulls it to mid-wicket for a single.

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakaravarthy starts with a fuller one, on leg, Ishan Kishan blocks it to the left of the bowler.

STRATEGIC BREAK!

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Kartik Tyagi goes full, on off, Travis Head flicks it but finds the fielder at mid-wicket. A brilliant start from SRH. They are 71/1 after the end of Powerplay.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Good length again, on leg, Ishan Kishan tucks it to square leg for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, ! Perfect placement from Ishan Kishan! Hard length, outside off, Ishan Kishan reads it well and steers it in the gap through backward point for a boundary.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, ! Ishan Kishan joins the party now! Back of a length, on middle and leg, Ishan Kishan winds up and pulls it over backward square leg for a flat six. Brilliant start from SRH so far.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Nice and full, on off, Travis Head digs it down the ground for a single.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Back of a length, on off, Travis Head slaps it but finds the cover fielder.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, Slightly shorter, on off, Travis Head turns it to square leg for a single. Not a convincing over from Cameron Green. 14 runs coming off it.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, AGAIN! A hat-trick of boundaries from Head.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, MORE! Back-to-back from Travis Head! Slightly shorter again, outside off, Travis Head stays back and pumps it over extra cover for yet another boundary.

Cameron Green to Travis Head, ! The onslaught continues from Travis Head! Back of a length, outside off, Travis Head picks it well and chips it magnificently over extra cover for a boundary.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, On a good length, just outside off, Ishan Kishan stays back and steers it through backward point for a single.

Cameron Green to Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green starts with a dot. He bowls a back-of-a-length delivery, on off, Ishan Kishan hops a bit and blocks it to cover.

Cameron Green replaces Sunil Narine in the attack.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, At the hips, Ishan goes back and just glances it through the fine leg region for a run.

Kartik Tyagi to Ishan Kishan, Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Seam-up ball, on a short of a good length, on leg. Kishan closes the bat face to work it away on the leg side with a closed bat face. The ball seems to have stopped in the surface. It pops up off a leading edge and goes well over the bowler's head before dropping just behind the umpire.

Ishan Kishan replaces Abhishek out in the middle. 

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, ! CAUGHT! A much-needed breakthrough for KKR. At 144.4 kph, Tyagi goes short and keeps it on middle and leg. Abhishek hangs on the back foot and swivels a bit for the pull. He is cramped for space and ends up spooning it toawrds mid-wicket.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Following the batter with a good-length delivery. Head flicks it behind square leg and gets to the other end.

Kartik Tyagi to Travis Head, Wide! Pace off and into the surface, over off. Head backs away to go up and over the in-field on the off side but misses. Wide given for height. Tyagi is not happy with the wide call. Did not look to be going over the head in real-time.

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, A good short ball at the bodyline of the batter, denying him the room. Abhishek is rushed and he mistimes the pull through square leg for a run.

Kartik Tyagi to Abhishek Sharma, ! Streaky! Pushed across the left-hander, on a back of a length. Abhishek Sharma swings for the hills, looking to go down the ground. The ball flies off the outer half over the man at short third and goes away into the fence.

Kartik Tyagi comes in to replace Vaibhav Arora. 

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Sunil drops it short, on middle, that is cut away but straight to the fielder at point.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, ! The runs continue to flow.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, ! All the way! Flighted delivery, a little too straight, on the pads, on a length. Head sinks to a knee and plays the sweep over deep square leg for a six.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Shorter and on off, Travis gets on the back foot and punches it well but picks out the cover fielder.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, No run.

The fireworks have begun in Hyderabad. Head has smoked Vaibhav to all the corners of the park. 17 runs came off this over. 

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, that is just a mere push for a run.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! A hat-trick of boundaries from the Aussie. Vaibhav continues to be on the shorter side, over off. Head hops to get on top of the bounce and hits it all along the ground. Pulls it to the right of deep square leg for the fourth boundary of the over.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! A cleaner strike this time! Arora switches to around the wicket and bashes the hard length, on off. Travis rocks back and pulls it aerially over mid-wicket for another boundary.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! Not off the middle but Head will take it. Width offered by Arora, on a back of a good length. Head leans back to flay it away.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, Dug in short by Arora, across off. Head is early into the pull and drags it towards without much timing to mid-wicket.

Vaibhav Arora to Travis Head, ! Off to the fence in a flash!

Vaibhav Arora to Abhishek Sharma, Angling away, on a good length. Abhishek waits back and steers it to the right of backward point with an open bat face. They cross.

Pacer to operate from the other side. Vaibhav Arora will be bowling from the other end. 

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, This spins back in and catches Abhishek by surprise. One hand comes off the bat handle as Sharma pushes this short ball away to the left of cover and picks up a single. 9 runs off the first over of the game.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Tighter line and quicker too. On top of off, on a nagging length. Abhishek stabs it down on the off side.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, ! Abhishek Sharma tees off! Narine drags the length back and this is outside the off stump. Sharma is allowed to free his arms and he stands tall to dispatch it over wide long on for a biggie.

Sunil Narine to Travis Head, Floated up, across off, Head extends his hands and eases the drive to wide long off. He also opens his account with a single.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run.

Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Right on the money! Starts with an off-break, full and in line with the off stump. Abhishek brings his bat out in front and watchfully defends.