IPL 2020, KKR vs SRH Highlights: KKR beat SRH by 7 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders seal an easy win over Sunrisers Hyderabad as they beat them by seven wickets on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. 

With that loss, SRH go at the bottom of the table after losing two consecutive matches. After this loss, teams winning the toss have lost seven out of eight matches.  

For full match report: IPL 2020: KKR register first win in tournament after beating SRH by 7 wickets

Morgan strikes!

Looks easy for KKR now. They have wickets in hand and they don't even have to risk boundaries now.

Kolkata Knight Riders need 30 runs in 30 balls

Brave innings by Gill! 

India's future is in safe hands. Yesterday Shaw, today Gill.  Fifty for the young man. The partnership with Morgan also near 50. 

David Warner needs a couple of wickets to get back into the game. 

The dreadful Afghan duo!

Warner must be solely relying Nabi and Rashid! The spin wizards can change the course of the match.  

Karthik departs!

Players out there pretty sure that KKR asked for a review after 15-second time lapsed. However, the skippy still has to go. SRH bowlers keeping the team in the game. Anyone's match right now. 

Karthik lbw b Rashid Khan 0(3) 

KKR lose third wicket. 

T Natarajan gets the breakthrough! 

Impressive bowling from Natarajan! Caught behind by W Saha. Nitish Rana was on roll here, but will have to walk towards pavilion. 

Nitish Rana c W Saha b T Natarajan 26(13) [4s-6]

KKR skipper on crease now. 

Nitish Rana show!

Welcome to Nitish Rana show! Three consecutive boundaries! He is timing the ball so well. Warner looks worried! 

KKR clawing back

Despite losing an early wicket, Rana and Gill hitting some much needed boundaries to put the pressure back on SRH.

KKR 24/1 (3 overs)  CRR: 8  REQ: 7

KKR lose an early wicket!

SRH will be mighty happy with that wicket. Khaleel Ahmed with the wicket. Narine goes for a duck. 

Narine c Warner b Khaleel Ahmed 0(2)

SRH very much in the game. 

End of first innings

SRH must be disappointed here. 9 runs off the final over. The score seems 20-30 runs below target. All pressure on SRH ballers now. KKR need  143 runs off the 120 balls. Easy run chase? Or will Bhuvi and Co. stage a comeback for the orange army? Stay tuned. 

SRH: 142/4 (20 overs)
 

Final over left

SRH players failing to smack boundaries here. They have good intent but the ball is not connecting will with the swinging batting. Nabi and Saha need more than one booundary in an over. Final over left. 

Russell removes Pandey!

WICKET! Easy caught and bowled by Russell! Full-toss misjudged by Pandey. He thought it was above waistline but umpires confirm that it was well below it. Manish Pandey c and b Russell 51(38) [4s-3 6s-2]

SRH struggling right now. 

Winning the toss has been in this year's IPL this year. 

50 for Manish Pandey

Manish has been the best batsman for SRH tonight. He scores 50 runs off 35 balls. He smashed three 4s and two 6s. SRH might want more boundaries now. The innings nears end. They have wickets in the hand and they should go for it now. 

KKR on top

KKR have really done well with the ball. While Pandey and Saha have struggled to find boundaries, KKR bowlers have made sure they don't spray it around. SRH need to make it big in the last five overs. SRH 99/2 after 15 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad fighting hard!

SRH are bagging an occasional boundary or two but are mainly struggling to find big shots. Manish Pandey and Wriddhiman Saha really need to up the tempo. SRH 93/2 after 14 overs.

SRH struggling to keep up the run-rate

It has been long since SRH struck their last boundary. Wriddhiman Saha and Manish Pandey are struggling a bit to get things going in the middle with KKR bowling tight lengths. Only one boundary since the ninth over. SRH 76/2 after 12 overs.

Varun Chakravarthy bags David Warner

WICKET! Varun Chakravarthy gave it a good flight as David Warner miscued his defensive shot only to hand it straight back to the bowler. Wriddhiman Saha comes in. Warner c and b Chakravarthy 36(30) SRH 61/2 after 10 overs

KKR still keeping it tight

After a tidy over by Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy follows with a tight over and SRH are struggling to find boundaries here. SRH 49/1 after 8 overs.

Economical start by KKR bowlers

While Warner and Pandey are playing a cautious game, KKR bowlers have done well to restrict their stroke-playing. However, KKR would know they will need wickets to restrict SRH to a modest score. SRH 45/1 after 7 overs.

Manish Pandey joins the party

Shivam Mavi comes into the attack and bowls a decent over barring one short ball which was pulled away for a six by Manish Pandey. The Indian batsman is looking good early on for Hyderabad. SRH 33/1 after 5 overs.

Cummins gets Bairstow

WICKET! Pat Cummins has cleaned up Jonny Bairstow. The Aussie pacer has been terrific today with his lengths and reaps the rewards of his consistency. Next up Manish Pandey. Bairstow b Cummins 5(10)

Warner gets it going

After being watchful in Narine's first over, David Warner slams a massive six and a boundary in this over as SRH get 14 off it. SRH 22/0 after 3 overs.

Pat Cummins with just two runs!

After being hammered all over the park in his last match, Pat Cummins comes back stronger with much better line and length. Warner and Bairstow are cautious. SRH 8/0 after 2 over.

Sunil Narine with a tidy start to KKR

A good first over by Sunil Narine as only six runs came off it. Bairstow and Warner ran hard for their twos. Pat Cummins comes in from the other end. SRH 6/0 after 1 over.

Play!

Jonny Bairstow and David Warner are at the crease for Sunrisers Hyderabad! Sunil Narine with the new ball for KKR.

Moments before play

Teams, after completing their final warm-up drills, are heading back to the field. 

Here are the playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): 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

Here's what the captains said at the toss:

Dinesh Karthik: We are kind of okay with the decision to bowl. Couple of changes. We have Nagarkoti and Varun coming in for Sandeep and Nikhil.

David Warner: We are going to bat. I don't think too much is going to change throughout the course of this game. Nabi comes in for Marsh, Saha comes in for Vijay Shankar and Sandeep Sharma misses out as Khaleel comes in.

Toss update!

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and opted to bat first!

KKR vs SRH: Head-to-head

In head-to-head encounters between KKR and SRH, the Kolkata outfit have won 10 out of their 17 encounters with SRH winning the remaining seven.