Hyderabad XI vs Kolkata XI at Chennai, 11 Apr, 2021

Toss: Hyderabad , who chose to bowl
Kolkata XI 187/6 (20)
Hyderabad XI 177/5 (20)
Kolkata won by 10 runs
Man of the Match: Nitish Rana

    Over 2.1 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a good length delivery to Wriddhiman Saha, out Bowled!! Saha goes behind for a cut, but this Shakib delivery has come in, held its line off the pitch, the ball takes the inside edge on to the pads,

    Over 2.2 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets forward and  punched out to cover.

    Over 2.3 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 2.4 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets behnd the line on the back foot and blocks it out.

    Over 2.5 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Jonny Bairstow, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it to cover.

    Over 2.6 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Jonny Bairstow,1 run, leans forward and drives it to llong-off.

    Over 4.2 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Jonny Bairstow,Six!  Came down the track and  free up of the hands to inside-out this over extra cover.

    Over 4.3 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a quicker arm ball to Jonny Bairstow,1 run, backs away, gets cramped and taps it back down the pitch

    Over 4.4 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey, no run, steps away again, steering it out to point.

    Over 4.5 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and heaves it over mid-on and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

    Over 4.6 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long-off for one.

    Over 6.1 Shakib Al Hasan bowls it short of length to Manish Pandey,1 run, goes back and pulls to deep midwicket

    Over 6.2 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Jonny Bairstow,1 run, gets forward and lofts it down to long-off and picks up just a single.

    Over 6.3 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey, Six! Getting close enough to the ball and lofts through the line. The contact is good enough to take it over long-off.

    Over 6.4 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,1 run, gets forward and punched down to long-on

    Over 6.5 Shakib Al Hasan bowls a slower one to Manish Pandey,1 run, goes back in the crease and drags the pull to deep midwicket

    Over 6.6 Shakib Al Hasan bowls it short of length to Manish Pandey, no run, backs away in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at cover.

    Over 8.1 Pat Cummins bowls a pitched up delivery to Jonny Bairstow, Boundary! Gets forward and smashes back past the bowler and gets a boundary.

    Over 8.2 Pat Cummins bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow,1 run, makes room looking to go through the off-side, mistimes it off the toe-end and this falls just short of a diving Russell at mid-off. 

    Over 8.3 Pat Cummins bowls a pitched up delivery to Manish Pandey, 2 runs, gets forward and whips it down to deep mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 13.1 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,1 run, gets forward and drives it hard past the bowler and picks up a single.

    Over 13.2 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Mohammad Nabi,1 run, gets forward and nudges down to long-on

    Over 13.3 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground through cover and picks up a single.

    Over 13.4 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Mohammad Nabi,1 run, goes back and drives to long-on and picks up one more.

    Over 13.5 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,Six! Step out again, darts it in short at leg stump. Pandey stays put in his crease though and wallops the pull over square leg.

    Over 13.6 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,1 run, gets forward and lofts it down to long-on and picks up a single.

    Over 14.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Manish Pandey,1 run, gets inside the line and works it off the back foot to long-on

    Morgan (KKR): Delighted. Build up to the tournament has been pretty good. The camp that we had pre-tournament, the guys gelled well. Never quite sure what performance they will produce. Today was quite magnificent the way the guys batted. Guys at the top of the order. Nitish and Tripathi were absolutely outstanding and set up the game for our middle order to play in the manner we want to play. Certainly the bowling, we couldn't have asked for a better start. Chopped and changed a bit in the powerplay. Wouldn't say that. Huge amount of structure that goes into the decisions on the field. Have got a fantastic head coach in McCullum. Great back room staff. Main job is to get the best out of the squad. IPL is all about the results. Guys buying into what we want to do. Bhajji starting really well in the first over and then not playing a part but using his experience to get around the guys in the game shows the selflessness in the side. Nice to start like this it's obviously a long tournament.

    Morgan (KKR): Delighted. Build up to the tournament has been pretty good. The camp that we had pre-tournament, the guys gelled well. Never quite sure what performance they will produce. Today was quite magnificent the way the guys batted. Guys at the top of the order. Nitish and Tripathi were absolutely outstanding and set up the game for our middle order to play in the manner we want to play. Certainly the bowling, we couldn't have asked for a better start. Chopped and changed a bit in the powerplay. Wouldn't say that. Huge amount of structure that goes into the decisions on the field. Have got a fantastic head coach in McCullum. Great back room staff. Main job is to get the best out of the squad. IPL is all about the results. Guys buying into what we want to do. Bhajji starting really well in the first over and then not playing a part but using his experience to get around the guys in the game shows the selflessness in the side. Nice to start like this it's obviously a long tournament

    Nitish Rana, man of the match

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