End of eighth plus: An excellent start from Varun Chakravarthy. Only 4 races since his first change. Both of them David warner and Manish Pandey finds it difficult against the KKR spinners right now. SRH 49/1
End of the seventh time: A good start for Kuldeep Yadav. Only 5 races since his first change. Mysterious spinner Varun Chakravarthy, his second game in the IPL, now enters the attack from the other end. SRH 45/1
End of the sixth time: So the power game is over and SRH is off to a quiet start with 40 on the board for the loss of Jonny Bairstow (5). David Warner has racked up 7 runs since the last Pat Cummins over, but so far the KKR bowlers seem to be in control. And pattern Dinesh Karthik now he has led Kuldeep Yadav to the attack. SRH 40/1
4.4 overs: SIX! Stand up and deliver! An imposing attack from Manish Pandey in front of Shivam Mavi. He was in the Manish arc and wasted no time on it. He hits it over the deep half-gate fence. SRH 31/1
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3.6 overs: Knocked it down! To top! Pat Cummins delivers for KKR. Wicket on the last ball of his second over. Jonny Bairstow castles with a ball of perfect length. Bairstow survived a previous ball review, but couldn’t take advantage of that. Walk back by 5 out of 10 as Cummins provides an early preview. SRH 24/1
2.6 overs: FOUR! And David Warner finishes the Sunil Narine with a four towards the long region. The outfielder was inside the circle and that made things pretty simple for Warner. SRH 22/0
2.3 overs: SIX! And here comes the first limit of the match. A David Warner hit off Sunil Narine and the ball sails over the deep fence. That came right in the middle of Warner’s bat. SRH 16/0
End of the second round: An excellent start for Pat Cummins. Only 2 races since his first change. The Australian looks at a good pace today. Sunil Narine to continue from the other end. SRH 8/0
End of 1st.: A Tidy First Time From Sunil Narine. Six races from there as both David Warner and Jonny Bairstow are out of place. Pat Cummins to share the new ball with Narine from the other end. SRH 6/0
0.1 envelope: David Warner leaves the mark immediately with a partner. He hits the ground and completes two runs before Pat Cummins interrupts him at pitch. SRH 2/0
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow are in the middle for Hyderabad sunrises entry. Sunil Narine to initiate the process of Kolkata Knight Riders. Warner to face the first ball. Here we go!
Playing XI for both teams
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Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (w / c), Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi
Hyderabad sunrises: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (w), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
Captains to the draw!
David warner: “We’re going to hit. I don’t think much is going to change over the course of this game. Nabi comes in for Marsh, Saha comes in for Vijay Shankar and Sandeep Sharma misses when Khaleel comes in.”
Dinesh Karthik: “We somewhat agree with the decision to go bowling. A couple of changes. We have Nagarkoti and Varun instead of Sandeep and Nikhil.”
TOSS NEWS: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner wins the draw and opts to bat against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi.
Launch report: “A bright sun in the middle. There is a more pronounced green grass cover. We haven’t seen much swing with the new ball, it will be interesting to see how it goes. The only advantage on the ground is that the wind will push the ball when you hit it but overall it’s a beautiful surface, “said Ian Bishop and JP Duminy.
Match facts
– SRH has a 3-2 lead against KKR when it comes to head-to-head matches
– David Warner scored 152 runs, including two fifty, in the last 2 games against KKR. Had a strike rate of over 167
– Mighty Andre Russell averages under 15 against SRH
The players of both teams are in the middle, warming up before the start. We are less than 15 minutes from launch.
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After sustaining an ankle injury during the first game, SRH Mitchell Marsh’s all-rounder is out for the remainder of the tournament. Antillean Jason Holder has been hired as his replacement and will soon join the team in the United Arab Emirates.
Both Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad lost their respective tournament starters to Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore respectively and will now seek to set their course on the right track.
Hello and welcome to TimesofIndia.com’s live coverage of Match 8 IPL 2020 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi.
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