SRH vs KKR Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! HIGH UP IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT! A massive, massive win for Sunrisers Hyderabad as they beat KKR by 110 runs. Eshan Malinga dishes out a slower delivery, bowling it wide of the off stump, on a fuller length. Harshit Rana has to really stretch himself to reach it. He tries to go downtown, but loses his balance in the process. Ends up slicing it beside the pitch on the off side. A couple of fielders converge, but Eshan Malinga calls for the catch. He fumbles at the first attempt as the ball pops out, but luckily for him, the ball lobs just in front of him and he snaffles it in the second attempt.

Nagging length, skidding through over the top of middle. Harshit Rana gets undone by the pace and gets beaten on the pull shot.

An appeal for caught behind, but not entertained! Sunrisers Hyderabad opt for a review! This is too full and outside off. Harshit Rana tries to shovel it out to the off side, but misses and the ball carries back to the keeper. UltraEdge shows no spike and the onfield decision stays.

WIDE! Pace off, again. Surprises? No. Over the leg stump. Harshit Rana goes for the pull shot but it passes over him. Wide given.

FOUR! Shot! Slower delivery, short and on off, Harshit Rana drags the pull shot and gets a boundary to the right of long on.

Slower delivery again, outside off, on a length, Harshit Rana misses to connect as he tries to play across the line. The ball beats the keeper, Ishan Kishan as he fumbles which allows a bye to be taken.

A slower short ball, over the off pole, Rana goes for the pull shot but is through early. Gets beaten.

OUT! RUN OUT! A bizarre way to get out this! Jaydev Unadkat takes pace off, goes fuller, angling at the stumps. Vaibhav gets a thick inside edge onto the front pad. The ball rolls towards the off side, just beside the strip. He gets called on for a single by Harshit and has to hurry a bit. He, though, runs casually, almost jogging his way to the other end. Jaydev Unadkat seizes the opportunity. Picks the ball and scores a bull's eye at the non-striker's end. The third umpire is summoned to check for a run out. And the side-on replay shows that Vaibhav Arora's feet are in the air when the ball hits the stumps at the bowler's end.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Jaydev Unadkat gets his third wicket as Manish Pandey departs for 37 (23). He continues to take the pace off the ball and bangs it into the surface, on the middle stump line. The ball climbs to the shoulder height of the batter, as Manish Pandey shapes up to pull. He mistimes it, probably gets undone by the lack of pace. Airs it straight into the safe hands of Abhinav Manohar stationed at the deep mid-wicket region. Kolkata Knight Riders are 162/8 now.

A very slow delivery, on a length, at just 107.6 kph, on top of middle, Manish Pandey looks to tap it through the point region, but misses and the ball dribbles behind to the keeper.

Wide of off, slower one, nipping away, on a length. Harshit Rana slaps it with a flat bat to long off, where the fielder makes a fumble, but the batters do not run for the second.

Attacks the bodyline, bowls a slower one, 117 kph, on a shortish length. Manish Pandey gets inside the line and works it to the vacant mid-wicket region. Excellent work from Harshal Patel as he sprints to the ball and restricts the batters to a couple. This brings up the 50-run stand between these two!

WIDE! Too short and wide of off, just outside the tramline. Manish Pandey lets it be. Wide given.

Length ball, slower one, outside off, Harshit Rana flat bats it down to long off for a single.

SIX! This time, he connects and connects well enough. A bit too full from Harshal, around off. Harshit Rana strikes it cleanly over long off for a biggie.

Slows it up once again, does Patel, on a nagging length, staying low, outside off. Harshit Rana has an ugly swipe across the line, only to miss.

Again, a slower one, outside off, fuller in length, Harshit Rana swings for the hills, misses.

A slower deceptive bouncer, outside off, Harshit Rana tries to slash it aerially on the off side, but is months early into the shot. Swings the bat in January and the ball arrives in December. Gets beaten.

SIX! That's six number three of the over and brings up the 150 for KKR! Spears it fuller and on the stumps, Manish Pandey again finds the ball in the arc, gets crouched a bit, and spanks it over long on for a cracking six.

SIX! IN THE ARC, OUT OF THE PARK! A half volley, there to be hit, around off, Manish Pandey airs it over long on for a massive six.

At the stumps, full in length, Harshit Rana drags it over mid on for a single.

A slower bouncer that stays low, this is pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! HUGE! Right into the wheelhouse, on a fuller length at the leg stump. Manish Pandey clears his front leg and tonks it easily behind long on for a six.

Hard-length delivery, angling on the leg stump, skidding through quickly off deck. Harshit Rana is cramped for space as he looks to work it into the leg side. Gets a faint inside edge and the ball deflects off the body to the leg side for a single. Harshit Rana looks in some discomfort as that might have stung on the body.

Pitched fuller and on the stumps, drifting in, Harshit Rana slogs it over mid-wicket for a single.

Around off, played inside out over cover for a couple of runs.

DROPPED AND SIX! Pitched right up, full and drifting into the leg stump line. Harshit Rana gets low and slogs it towards wide long on. Harshal Patel tries to settle underneath it with a reverse cup at long on, but he gets put off by the other fielder, Abhinav Manohar, converging towards him from deep mid-wicket. The ball ends up bursting through the hands of Patel.

SIX! Gee, that has gone miles! Into the slot from Sharma, around off, Harshit Rana clears the front leg and sends it sailing over the bowler's head for a huge six.

Angles into the pads, full in length, Harshit pads it away.

FOUR! Good shot! Overpitched around off, Harshit Rana crouches and smacks it over cover for a boundary.

Tossed up on off, Harshit Rana eases the cover drive, along the ground to deep extra cover fielder. Single taken.

OUT! BOWLED! Harsh Dubey has his revenge! Dubey goes wide of the crease and bowls it shorter on leg, Ramandeep Singh stays leg side of the ball and looks to flick it as he closes his bat face. The ball turns just enough to go past his outside edge and crash into the leg stump.

SIX! Back to back! Full again, around off, Ramandeep Singh makes some room and again lofts it down town, over long off, for another six.

SIX! Tonked! Slot delivery on off, Ramandeep Singh lofts it over the bowler's head for a big six.

A touch short on off, Manish Pandey plays the cut along the ground to deep extra cover for a single.

Fuller on middle, Manish Pandey drives it back to the bowler.

Yorker on middle, Ramandeep Singh flicks it to short mid-wicket. Dot ball.

Full toss, on middle, Manish Pandey flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

Bouncer, just outside off, Manish Pandey plays a smash, which goes on the bounce to mid off. No run.

Back of a length on leg, Ramandeep Singh works it behind square to the deep fine leg fielder for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! Eshan Malinga has his second! Off cutter on a length, on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes for the pull but he is deceived by the change of pace as he is already through the shot, and ends up hitting it straight to deep square leg where Nitish Kumar Reddy runs in front and takes a nice catch.

Length ball swinging in, just outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to cut it and gets beaten on the inside edge.

Shorter and slower through the air, on off, Manish Pandey goes on the back foot and pushes it to short cover.

FOUR! Lofted over the bowler's head! Full and quick on middle, Manish Pandey lofts it downtown, as the ball goes one bounce over the ropes. No chance for long on to cut it off.

On the pads, on a nagging length, flicked to deep backward square leg for another single.

On a nagging length, on off, Manish Pandey steps out and pushes it past cover for one.

Pushed through, full and on middle, played back to the bowler.

Fuller on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi sweeps it behind square to the right of deep backward square leg for a single.

FOUR! Short on leg, Manish Pandey makes some room and plays the pull. The ball goes one bounce over the ropes for four in the deep mid-wicket region.

Short on off, Manish Pandey punches it to short cover.

Flatter and quicker on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi pushes it off the back foot, into the leg side and takes a single.

Short on leg, Manish Pandey rocks on the back foot to pull it and doesn't get any bat on it. The ball hits his front pad and goes behind the stumps. The short fine leg fielder cuts it off. Batters run a leg bye.

Short and outside off, slower through the air, Manish Pandey looks to cut it and gets an under edge which goes to short third man.

Full on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to defend it off the front foot. The ball takes the inside half of the bat and goes to the left of short fine leg. Single taken.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi charges down the track, seeing that, Harsh Dubey fires it flat and short on middle. Angkrish Raghuvanshi flicks it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on and calls for two. But the second run isn't there as the fielder from the deep was quick enough to collect the ball and release it.

Slows it down, fuller and on off, Pandey eases it to long off for one more.

On the fuller side, Manish Pandey gets on the front foot and crunches the drive to the left of cover for a brace.

Pushed through, short and on off, knocked to long on for one.

Turning away, short and on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hangs back and keeps it out on the leg side.

A touch fuller, quicker orthodox delivery, on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi blocks it off the front foot.

Length ball on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides it down to third man for a single to keep the strike.

Full toss on middle, Manish Pandey flicks it down the ground to the right of long on. Single taken.

Back of a length well outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi cuts this one in front of square to the left of deep extra cover for a single.

Short and wide outside off. Angkrish Raghuvanshi leaves it alone. Wide given.

Good length delivery around off, Manish Pandey drives it to mid off and calls for a quick single.

Length ball angling into the right hander on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi steers it down to third man for a single.

Length ball well outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi looks to cut it and gets beaten on the outside edge.

OUT! Oh, the Kolkata Knight Riders are falling apart here! Beautiful bit of bowling from Harsh Dubey and he has the big wicket of Andre Russell! Quick, short and turning away. The ball pitches on middle and turns just a bit to beat the back foot defence of Andre Russell and hit his back pad. A loud appeal and the umpire's finger is up in a flash. Dubey will be on a hat-trick at the start of his next over.

OUT! CAUGHT! Harsh Dubey has his man and makes an impact for his side straightaway! Rinku Singh has found the fielder to perfection! Short and just outside off, Rinku Singh stands tall and middles the pull, but ends up hitting it flat, without getting adequate elevation for the ball to sail behind the fence. He ends up hitting it straight to deep mid-wicket, where Nitish Kumar Reddy takes an easy catch as he doesn't have to move a muscle in the deep. Another underwhelming outing for Rinku Singh as he goes for 9 (6).

SIX! Full and in the slot, Rinku Singh clears his front foot and slog sweeps it over the deep square leg fence for a six.

Short and outside off, angled across the left hander, Rinku Singh cuts it to backward point.

Short and outside off, Rinku Singh this time cuts it well, as he hits it to the left of deep extra covers for two runs.

Flatter, shorter and quicker, outside off. It is the arm ball. Rinku Singh looks to cut it and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Yorker on middle, Rinku Singh digs it out as he pushes it to short cover. Superb over from Eshan Malinga! Just three runs off it!

OUT! CAUGHT! Quinton de Kock's struggle comes to an end! Full toss on middle, Quinton de Kock goes for the pull and hits it straight down to the throat of the deep mid-wicket fielder, where Abhinav Manohar takes an easy catch. Quinton de Kock has reviewed it for NO BALL, as he feels the ball was over waist height. The third umpire is summoned. There it is. The technology shows that at the point of contact, the ball was below de Kock's waist height. QDK departs for 9 (13) and KKR slip down to 61/3.

Slower short ball on middle, Quinton de Kock is again deceived by the change of pace, as he misses out on the pull.

Full toss on middle, Angkrish Raghuvanshi drives it down to long on for a single.

Pace off delivery, on a length, outside off, Quinton de Kock looks to pull it and is deceived by the change of pace. The ball hits the bottom off the bat and goes to short cover. Single taken.

Yorker on leg, Quinton de Kock looks to loft it over mid-wicket but he doesn't get any bat on it as the ball hits his front pad and goes into the off side.

Beats the bat to end the over! On a back of a length and takes pace off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi premeditates as he comes down the track. Tries to adjust to the length by opening the bat face and steering it down but misses on the outside edge.

Slower and fuller, on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi eases it to cover.

FOUR! Angkrish Raghuvanshi is up and running! Pace on with a slip in place. Not that bad a ball, just short of a length, on off, Angkrish plays it on the up and hits it between cover and mid off for a boundary.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Wickets off successive overs for Jaydev Unadkat! Off-pace delivery, going away from the batter with the angle, on a nagging length. Ajinkya Rahane does not pick the change of pace and swings to go across the line. Swings early and a leading edge is induced. It goes straight up towards cover where Abhishek Sharma settles under it and does the rest. Jinx departs for 15 (8) and the Knight Riders are 55/2.

FOUR! Threads it through! A bit too full from Jaydev Unadkat, angling across, Ajinkya Rahane makes use of the angle and splits the gap between cover and point for a boundary.

Into the wicket, slower one, Quinton de Kock pulls it through mid-wicket for a single.

Direct hit missed! But have SRH managed to trap Ajinkya Rahane in front of the stumps? LBW not given but Pat Cummins has taken the review. On a back of a length, off-pace delivery, on off, Rahane stays back and goes across the line. He gets beaten on the inside edge. The ball hits him high on the thigh and it rolls towards point. UltraEdge shows no bat but the Ball Tracking shows that the ball is going over the stumps. Coming to the run out chance, Ajinkya had set off for the run before being sent back. He had given up but the fielder failed to knock the stumps down at the batting end.

HALF A CHANCE! Did Pat Cummins manage to lay a hand on it? Another slower one from Harshal, on a nagging length, on off, Ajinkya Rahane is early into the shot as he looks to go down the ground. Skies it straight up over mid off and Pat Cummins turns around and goes after it. He stretches his hands out in front but the ball falls out of his reach in the deep as it keeps swirling until the last moment. Two runs taken.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for the KKR skipper! Off-cutter from Harshal, on a good length, on off, Rahane swings across and heaves it to the left of deep square leg for four more.

FOUR! Cracked away! On a short of a length by Harshal Patel, but he errs in line. Offers width on off, Ajinkya Rahane stands tall and thumps it over cover for a boundary.

On a back of a length, on off, Quinton de Kock punches it to mid off.

On off, on a nagging length, Quinton de Kock dabs it towards backward point. Ajinkya Rahane wants to sneak in a quick single but QDK sends him back quickly.

On a length, around leg, Ajinkya Rahane backs away to swipe it away on the leg side. Gets it off the inner half towards mid-wicket.

Risky single! Off-cutter, on a length, Quinton de Kock taps it beside the pitch on the off side and is off for a quick single. Jaydev Unadkat gets to the ball quickly and flicks it with his left hand towards the stumps at the batting end. Wow, the replays show that Rahane was a goner had the throw hit. Jaydev looked to be in some discomfort as his right shoulder made contact with the turf while diving, but he is fine to resume.

Angling across, on a length, Ajinkya Rahane knocks it in front of mid off and takes a quick single to get off the mark.

OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Jaydev Unadkat gets his man! A well-disguised slower from Jaydev as he rolls the fingers over the ball, on a length, at the stumps from over the wicket, Sunil Narine backs away a bit and has a hoick across the line. He is early into the shot and the ball sneaks under the horizontal blade to hit the leg stump. The 37-run opening stand is broken, in which Sunil Narine scored 31 (16). So, no fifty-plus opening partnership for KKR this season.

FOUR! Nowhere close to where Sunil Narine tried to hit, but he will take it! Full and straight, at the stumps, Sunil Narine looks to swipe it away but is late on the shot. Gets an outside edge that races away to the right of short third for a boundary.

Low full toss, sliding onto the pads, Quinton de Kock bunts it in the vacant mid-wicket region for a single.

FOUR! Up and over! Low full toss but the line this time is closer to the batter. Sunil Narine manages to make contact and slices it over point for a boundary.

Nicely bowled! Changes the angle of attack does Pat as he comes from around the wicket. Sunil Narine gives himself too much room too early. Pat nails the wide yorker and it sneaks just inside the tramline.

Wide! An off-cutter from Cummins, bowled into the wicket, Sunil Narine lets it be. Wide called for height. Pat Cummins looks at the keeper, Ishan Kishan but they decide against the review.

Goes a lot fuller and just outside the off stump, Sunil Narine crouches to squeeze it away but misses.

SIX! Ungainly but effective! On a back of a length, following the batter, Sunil Narine is a bit hurried in the shot and does not get it from the middle of the bat, but it is enough to clear the deep square leg fence.

Going across the left-hander from over the wicket, on a length, Sunil Narine looks to go through the off side but gets it right off the toe end and the ball dribbles towards extra cover.

On off, on a length, swatted away to deep backward square leg for a single.

Another slower one but this is a bit full, on middle and leg, Sunil Narine swings for the hills but gets beaten on the inside edge.

Dug in short but this is the slower one, over middle, Sunil Narine sways away and lets it be.

This is on a back of a length, on middle, Quinton de Kock tucks it in front of mid-wicket for a single.

Low full toss, seemed to be the off-pace ball, at the stumps, Sunil Narine chips it back over the bowler's head to the left of mid off for one.

FOUR! Streaky but they all count! On the fuller side, on off, Sunil Narine stays leg side of the ball and swings to go back over the bowler's head. Gets a thickish outside edge that sails over short third for a boundary.

Jaydev Unadkat is on the money! On a good length, on the off stump, QDK dabs it down in front of cover for a single.

SIX! Astonishing shot! Pat spots Narine backing away, and he follows him, but he still gets the shot away. On a nagging length, Narine picks it up nicely and sends it over mid-wicket for another flat six.

Varies the length by bowling it on a shortish length, on off, Sunil Narine swings for the pull but the ball kicks up a bit and goes over the blade.

Gets it right up there and tucks the batter up for room. Sunil Narine squeezes it out and inside edges onto the pads.

Swing and a miss! Drags the length back and keeps it around middle, Sunil Narine stays back and has a swipe across the line but fails to lay any bat on it.

SIX! Sunil Narine is away! Pitched up, attacking the stumps, Narine gets his front leg out of the way and tonks it back over the bowler's head for a flat six.

Starts on a hard length, on middle and leg, Quinton de Kock hops and tucks it behind square on the leg side for a single to get off the mark.