IPL 2016

IPL, 2016 Live Cricket Score of Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 20th Match

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Kolkata Knight Riders 162-8 (19.3 Ovs)
Rising Pune Supergiant 160-5
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 2 wkts
Suryakumar Yadav scored his first IPL fifty during KKR's chase.
Suryakumar Yadav scored his first IPL fifty during KKR's chase. © Cricbuzz

Pune need a good total here. 180 at the very least. Ajinkya Rahane and Faf du Plessis ought to get them off to a sparkling start. Perhaps, a move back up to No.3 could see a reversal of fortunes for Steven Smith. Here's Morne Morkel. A raucous crowd greets the players. Nice to see full houses in host cities of both the two new franchises.

TRIVIA: We have the Morkel brothers playing, if only Dhoni trusted Irfan's abilities a bit more we'd would have had the Pathan brothers in as well.
TRIVIA: We have the Morkel brothers playing, if only Dhoni trusted Irfan's abilities a bit more we'd would have had the Pathan brothers in as well.

Been a while since we last saw Gautam Gambhir and the Kolkata Knight Riders, hasn't it? They continue on the road owing to the elections in West Bengal. Today they go to the west of India, to face a team from the other end of the the points table - Rising Pune Supergiants. Can they sustain the momentum. Will Pune come roaring back? Welcome to match 20 of the IPL. There's not much riding on the game per say but it offers two valuable points that will be mighty crucial at the end of the league phase.

Bhatia gives Dhoni some hope. The leg cutter deceives Yusuf Pathan completely, who misses the filick and is caught plumb in front of the stumps. Andre Russell comes in but KKR still need 47 from the final 5. We are headed to an interesting finish. Dhoni still doesn't have designated death bowlers and that could come to hurt the team again.

Both teams have absentees for this game. Manish Pandey, for KKR, is down with chicken pox and will miss a couple of games. On the other, Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the tournament with a calf injury. MS Dhoni believes it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the struggling franchise. One of Albie Morkel or Mitchell will replace him, in turn bolstering the bowling.

Here's the full preview of the game from our man on the field - Gokul Gopal.

Not much has gone MS Dhoni's way this IPL season and he finds himself at the wrong end of the coin toss for this crucial game and will now have to bat first. Gambhir reckons that the pitch wouldn't change during the course of the game and that he'd rather continue chasing totals down because it has worked so well for the team. Just the one enforced change for them. Rajagopal Sathish comes in for Manish Pandey.

MS Dhoni jokes about the pressures of captaincy - talk of beard colour and all. Saurabh Tiwary (Remember him) and Albie Morkel make their way into the Pune squad. So Ishant Sharma sits out of this one.

Teams:

Rising Pune Supergiants (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis, Steven Smith, MS Dhoni(w/c), Albie Morkel, Saurabh Tiwary, Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Sharma

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w), Gautam Gambhir(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Rajagopal Sathish, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav

BEAUT! from Shakib Al Hasan. Classica left-armer's delivery... pitches on middle and turns away ever so slightly to beat du Plessis's forward defence and clips the top of off. The South African T20 captain departs, his Australian counterpart comes in. Early pressure for Pune now. The ball's taking significant turn.

Ajinkya Rahane has gotten off to a solid start here for Pune. A couple of sweetly timed boundary sets the Mumbaikar on his way. Faf du Plessis has been the more circumspect of the two. Gambhir doesn't want the batsmen to settle to any particular bowler. Is quick to rotate Morkel, Russell and Shakib around.

Rebuilding phase on for the Supergiants now. The former Royals - Ajinkya Rahane and Steven Smith - have picked up the odd boundary and the run-rate now inches above the six-run mark for the first time. Steady stuff!

Pace off the ball appears to be Gambhir's mantra on this Pune wicket. We've had Shakib, Narine, Chawla and Rajgopal Sathish by the 10th over already. The two batsmen haven't been overly bothered by the overwhelming spin attack. Good batting. Haven't been bogged down by that early wicket. Have rotated smartly. Rahane, in particular, has quietly moved into the forties. Top man!

KKR have 72 in the 11th over. How much can they add in the last nine? I'm going to say Pune will end up with 155. Send in your predictions @kaushik_cb.

Narbavi - 162Deepu - 148Vishaal - 150Ramesh - 177Adil - 136
Narbavi - 162Deepu - 148Vishaal - 150Ramesh - 177Adil - 136

Smith's gone now and it's a rather unfortunate end to a good little partnership. Rahane drills a Sathish delivery back to the bowler, who does well to hold on to the ball on the half-volley. He finds Smith backing up quite too much at the non-striker's end and quickly turns around to effect the run out. Well done. Sathish has quietly bowled two very good overs here. In comes Thisara Perera. RPS need momentum here.

Ajinkya Rahane, steady as a rock, has got to another half-century. So much to like about him. Classy technique, unflappable temperament. Just a really nice guy. With Perera falling to Sathish at the other end, RPS will need Rahane to now flex his muscles in the final five overs to give the Pune total, an iota of respectability. MS Dhoni is not out there yet. Has sent in Albie Morkel ahead of him. Needs to turn it on here.

Good finish from MS Dhoni. Smashes 17 off the final over from Morne Morkel to take Pune to that psychological 160 barrier. Perhaps, it wasn't the smartest thing to do from Gambhir by placing all those close-in fielders. Must have egged him on. Nevertheless, the final flourish should give RPS hope. But like RCB, bowling has been a big problem for them. If they can pull this off, it would do their morale a world of good.

Rahane has fallen for 67. Chips a Sunil Narine delivery straight back to the bowler. Tame end to a breezy innings from the diminutive right-hander. Again, as Dhoni would say - is that a blessing in disguise? Some muscle to come in the form of MS Dhoni now. Look at Gambhir's captaincy. It's the 18th over and Gambhir welcomes his opposite number with a silly point slip and backward short leg. Well done.

What a start here to the chase. Albie Morkel strikes off the very first ball to trap Robin Uthappa in front of the stumps. However, the first over still goes for XX as Gautam Gambhir gets going with a couple of boundaries. Suryakumar Yadav scores a boundary as well and that's 15 of the first over.S

STAT: It's the first Zero partnership for Uthappa and Gambhir for the opening wicket between Gambhir and Uthappa in IPL.

Suryakumar Yadav is making full use of his opportunity to bat at No.3. He has struct a flurry of boundaries, including two more in Albie Morkel's second over. However, for all of KKR's early running, they've now lost both their openers. The in-form Gambhir is the second to go after a misjudged run. Saurabh Tiwary fires in a good throw and Dhoni whips the bails off in a flash to catch his opposite number short. In comes Shakib and that is cue for Dhoni to bring on R Ashwin.

Suryakumar continues to flay the Pune bowling around even as the Supergiants chip away at the other end. The Mumbai batsman has been particularly good against R Ashwin, whose persistent problems with leg stump wides, forced him to come around the wicket only for Surya to then hit him for a towering six. Rajat Bhatia, like Sathish before him, though strikes in his first over. A slow delivery (is there even a quicker one from him) taking Shakib's inside edge on its way to the stumps.

Looks like a close match #RPSvKKR Dhoni's late charge has given #RPS something to play with. Wonder if he should have come earlier though
24 Apr 2016

Pune have enjoyed a nice little spell here. Bhatia, Ankit Sharma and Murugan Ashwin have bowled three disciplined overs to keep Kolkata in check. Suryakumar has found himself off strike for a majority of this period as Yusuf Pathan tries to feel his way into the match. It's tantalisingly poised. We could be in for a good finish here.

Trouble for Pune here as Yusuf starts flexing those big muscles of his to hit Murugan Ashwin for two big sixes. He's adjusted his game now. Murugan was trying to bowl a majority of the deliveries in his half. The minute he tried flighting it up, he's been smoked over the head. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav has quietly reached his 50. After a blazing start, he's dropped anchor.

Dhoni's lower-order heroics propelled Pune to a respectable 160.
Dhoni's lower-order heroics propelled Pune to a respectable 160. ©Reuters

As soon as Yusuf falls, MS brings back Murugan for his final over and what a crucial over this could turn out to be. He's got the big wicket of the well-set SK Yadav. Traps him with a googly. End of a fine innings (60 off 48). The onus is now on Andre Russell to guide the chsase. 42 to get off the final 4. Sathish, Chawla and the bowlers to come after this.

SIt goes away from Pune but comes back in the next over. Dre Russell hits two trademark sixes off Ankit Sharma to put KKR in control but then miscues one of Perera to bring Pune back. However, a shoddy piece of fielding in the deep by Saurabh Tiwary swings the pendulum back in KKR's favour. Sathish then smokes a six off Albie Morkel to rub it in Pune's face. Sathish though falls immediately after. 10 off 8. KKR's to lose.

Umesh Yadav turned out to be KKR's unlikely hero with the bat. Chawla holed out in the deep in that final over but Umesh picked a Perera slower one and slammed it past the sight screen to clinch victory. Superb finish. KKR move back to the top of the table, on net run rate. Many problems for MS Dhoni and co. They have a non-existent bowling line-up. Fourth consecutive defeat for the Pune franchise. On the brighter side, they can only go up from here.

Thanks for joining us. That's it from the blog. We will see you tomorrow!

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