OUT! Bowled. Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed. That brings the first innings to a close. Lucknow Super Giants have posted a decent total on the board. Nicholas Pooran batted exceptionally well and top-scored with 45. Mitchell Starc and Sunil Narine bowled economically and picked up some crucial wickets. Stay tuned for the run chase.
19.5
Mitchell Starc to Krunal Pandya. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, hit pad to point for 1 run, fielded by Singh.
19.4
Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Reverse Swing-In yorker, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for 1 run, fielded by Salt.
19.3
Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
19.2
FOUR! Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled past fine leg for 4 runs.
19.1
OUT! Caught. Mitchell Starc to Nicholas Pooran. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, outside edge, caught by Salt. A fine knock comes to an end.
18.6
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Singh.
18.5
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
18.4
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
18.3
FOUR! Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled past deep square leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Starc.
18.3
Wide Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Salt.
18.2
FOUR! Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot Slog, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
18.2
Wide Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Full toss, wide outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Salt.
18.1
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, bottom edge to short third man for no runs, mis-fielded by Arora.
17.6
Vaibhav Arora to Krunal Pandya. Full toss, to leg on the front foot flick, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to mid off for 2 runs, fielded by Starc.
17.5
Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Russell.
17.4
Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Iyer.
17.3
SIX! Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.
17.2
SIX! Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.
17.1
Vaibhav Arora to Krunal Pandya. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Raghuvanshi.
16.6
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
16.5
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
16.4
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
16.3
SIX! Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, to leg on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
16.2
Harshit Rana to Krunal Pandya. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot driving, in the air under control to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Raghuvanshi.
16.1
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot cutting, mis-timed to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Raghuvanshi.
15.6
Varun Chakravarthy to Nicholas Pooran. Googly length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
15.5
Varun Chakravarthy to Krunal Pandya. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
15.4
Varun Chakravarthy to Nicholas Pooran. Quicker length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run.
15.3
Varun Chakravarthy to Krunal Pandya. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
FOUR! Ravi Bishnoi to Phil Salt. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. A dominating victory for Kolkata Knight Riders as they win by eight wickets. Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer demonstrated sensible batting and successfully controlled the run chase. Mohsin Khan bowled economically and picked up two wickets. Phil Salt has been adjudged as Player of the Match for his astonishing batting performance.
15.3
Ravi Bishnoi to Phil Salt. Quicker length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs.
15.2
Ravi Bishnoi to Shreyas Iyer. Googly back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Joseph.
15.1
Ravi Bishnoi to Phil Salt. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Pooran.
Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Hooda.
14.5
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, to leg on the front foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Badoni.
14.4
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Hooda.
14.3
Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Length ball, to leg on the front foot Slog, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Pandya.
14.2
SIX! Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
14.1
FOUR! Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Badoni.
13.5
FOUR! Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
13.4
Yash Thakur to Shreyas Iyer. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Badoni.
13.3
Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Stoinis.
13.2
FOUR! Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Full toss, to leg on the front foot Slog, inside edge past fine leg for 4 runs.
13.1
FOUR! Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep cover for 4 runs.
13.1
Wide Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.
FOUR! Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past third man for 4 runs.
12.5
FREE HIT. Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, inside edge back to bowler for no runs.
12.5
No ball Shamar Joseph to Phil Salt. Off cutter full toss, middle stump moves in front slog sweeping, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg and it was a no ball, fielded by Khan.
12.4
Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Thakur.
12.3
Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs.
12.3
Wide Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.
12.2
FOUR! Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Khan.
12.1
Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Full toss, off stump on the front foot flick, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs.
FOUR! Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled past fine leg for 4 runs.
11.5
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Joseph.
11.4
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, down leg side on the back foot dropped, to backward point for no runs, shy attempt by Hooda.
11.3
Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Joseph.
11.2
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot dropped, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Khan.
OUT! Bowled. Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed. That brings the first innings to a close. Lucknow Super Giants have posted a decent total on the board. Nicholas Pooran batted exceptionally well and top-scored with 45. Mitchell Starc and Sunil Narine bowled economically and picked up some crucial wickets. Stay tuned for the run chase.
Mitchell Starc to Krunal Pandya. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, hit pad to point for 1 run, fielded by Singh.
Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Reverse Swing-In yorker, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for 1 run, fielded by Salt.
Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
FOUR! Mitchell Starc to Arshad Khan. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled past fine leg for 4 runs.
OUT! Caught. Mitchell Starc to Nicholas Pooran. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, outside edge, caught by Salt. A fine knock comes to an end.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Singh.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter back of a length, middle stump on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
FOUR! Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled past deep square leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Starc.
Wide Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Salt.
FOUR! Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot Slog, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Wide Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Full toss, wide outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Salt.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, bottom edge to short third man for no runs, mis-fielded by Arora.
Vaibhav Arora to Krunal Pandya. Full toss, to leg on the front foot flick, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to mid off for 2 runs, fielded by Starc.
Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Russell.
Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Iyer.
SIX! Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.
SIX! Vaibhav Arora to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.
Vaibhav Arora to Krunal Pandya. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Raghuvanshi.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Salt.
SIX! Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, to leg on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
Harshit Rana to Krunal Pandya. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot driving, in the air under control to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Raghuvanshi.
Harshit Rana to Nicholas Pooran. Off cutter length ball, off stump on the front foot cutting, mis-timed to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Raghuvanshi.
Varun Chakravarthy to Nicholas Pooran. Googly length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
Varun Chakravarthy to Krunal Pandya. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
Varun Chakravarthy to Nicholas Pooran. Quicker length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run.
Varun Chakravarthy to Krunal Pandya. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Iyer.
FOUR! Ravi Bishnoi to Phil Salt. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs. A dominating victory for Kolkata Knight Riders as they win by eight wickets. Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer demonstrated sensible batting and successfully controlled the run chase. Mohsin Khan bowled economically and picked up two wickets. Phil Salt has been adjudged as Player of the Match for his astonishing batting performance.
Ravi Bishnoi to Phil Salt. Quicker length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs.
Ravi Bishnoi to Shreyas Iyer. Googly back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Joseph.
Ravi Bishnoi to Phil Salt. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Pooran.
Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Hooda.
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, to leg on the front foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Badoni.
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Off cutter short, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Hooda.
Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Length ball, to leg on the front foot Slog, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Pandya.
SIX! Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
FOUR! Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Badoni.
FOUR! Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
Yash Thakur to Shreyas Iyer. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Badoni.
Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Stoinis.
FOUR! Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Full toss, to leg on the front foot Slog, inside edge past fine leg for 4 runs.
FOUR! Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep cover for 4 runs.
Wide Yash Thakur to Phil Salt. Off cutter half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.
FOUR! Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past third man for 4 runs.
FREE HIT. Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, inside edge back to bowler for no runs.
No ball Shamar Joseph to Phil Salt. Off cutter full toss, middle stump moves in front slog sweeping, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg and it was a no ball, fielded by Khan.
Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Thakur.
Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs.
Wide Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Rahul.
FOUR! Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep backward square leg for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Khan.
Shamar Joseph to Shreyas Iyer. Full toss, off stump on the front foot flick, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs.
FOUR! Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled past fine leg for 4 runs.
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Joseph.
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Length ball, down leg side on the back foot dropped, to backward point for no runs, shy attempt by Hooda.
Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Joseph.
Mohsin Khan to Shreyas Iyer. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot dropped, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Khan.