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Live cricket score, IPL 2016, RPS v KKR: Suryakumar Yadav scored his first fifty in the IPL from 39 balls. (Source: BCCI/IPL)
At one stage, RPS didn’t look like getting a big target but they scored 60 runs from the final five overs to reach 160. In reply, KKR were in command and then let go with quick wickets only to reach the target with three balls to spare and an Umesh Yadav six to seal it.
Cricket scorecard, IPL 2016, RPS v KKR (click here)
AS IT HAPPENED:
2318 hrs IST: Umesh Yadav wins it for KKR. SIX down the ground and KKR win by two wickets
2315 hrs IST: Slower ball by Perera and Piyush Chawla hits it straight to Smith. KKR are 156/8 but more importantly need 5 from 4.
2315 hrs IST: Perera with the ball. 2 runs from the first ball. Smith fails to pick it up cleanly.
2314 hrs IST: KKR need 7 from 6 balls
2311 hrs IST: Sathish looks to whip it away down the leg side but misses and it hits middle stump. KKR 151/7
2308 hrs IST: SIX! Under pressure Sathish connects nicely with a Morkel slower ball. KKR 149/6
2305 hrs IST: It’s not done! CAUGHT! Slower ball by Thisara Perera and Andre Russell can only hit it straight down Faf du Plessis’s throat at long on. KKR are 139/6
2303 hrs IST: Difference an over makes:
KKR need 42 runs from 24 balls at a rate of 10.50
Next, KKR need 25 runs from 18 balls at a rate of 8.33
2301 hrs IST: SIX! Once again Russell clears the ropes. 82m this time and it goes over the long on fielder
2259 hrs IST: SIX! MASSIVE HIT! Russell smashes it into the crowd – a huge 98 metres!
2255 hrs IST: Suryakumar Yadav departs for 60
Really liked the way Surya paced his innings on a difficult track
— Devendra (@pdevendra) April 24, 2016
2251 hrs IST: A ball later, though, M Ashwin has Suryakumar Yadav trapped LBW. Yadav tried to play down the leg but spun nicely. Would have hit leg stump. KKR are 119/5.
2250 hrs IST: BEAUTIFUL DELIVERY! M Ashwin with a lovely disguised googly and Suryakumar Yadav fails to read that. Pity that it didn’t hit the stumps though.
2248 hrs IST: KKR are 114/4 with five overs remaining. 47 needed from 30 balls.
2246 hrs IST: LBW! Yusuf Pathan shuffles across in hopes of yet another big shot but is caught in the middle by Rajat Bhatia who, this time, sent it faster down the track. Big wicket for RPS!
2240 hrs IST: SIX! Pathan continues to play with ease as he hits it over long-on for a SIX!
22234 hrs IST: SIX! Yusuf Pathan stands and delivers. Goes on one knee and clears the field for a maximum!
2234 hrs IST: FIFTY for Suryakumar Yadav! 50 runs from 39 balls – his first in the IPL
2229 hrs IST: 10 overs gone, KKR are 78/3. They need 83 runs from 60 balls
2215 hrs IST: Shakib Al Hasan steps down the track to Rajat Bhatia but gets an inside edge off a slower delivery to hit the leg stump. KKR are 60/3.
2210 hrs IST: End of the Powerplay, KKR are 59/2.
2207 hrs IST: Next ball, Yadav clears the in-field and hits it straight past the bowler for a SIX!
2206 hrs IST: 50 comes up for KKR with a wide. Appeal for stumping but Yadav is in
2159 hrs IST: SIX! Suryakumar Yadav clears the long on boundary to hit R Ashwin for a maximum!
2155 hrs IST: RUN OUT! KKR’s skipper and danger man Gambhir departs. Trying to steal a second but he’s short.
2152 hrs IST: Good seam bowling by Thisara Perera. Getting plenty of bounce and pace. But on the downside, allows Suryakumar Yadav to play it fine for a four.
2145 hrs IST: Interesting start to KKR’s inning. Robin Uthappa departs first ball, then three fours, 15 in total to Albie Morkel.
2127 hrs IST: We’d never know…
23 off 12 balls…best strike-rate in this innings. What if he’d batted a bit longer? We wonder… #RPSvRCB
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 24, 2016
2125 hrs IST: 60 runs coming off the final five overs of the inning – 8, 11, 14, 10, 17
2123 hrs IST: A single to finish things off. KKR to chase 161 runs.
2121 hrs IST: This time Dhoni plays it behind for yet another boundary. It was short and allowed him the room to play a shot.
2121 hrs IST: Straying on the leg stump, Dhoni wips it aside for a four.
2120 hrs IST: SIX! Dhoni with a huge hit to give RPS some much needed runs
2119 hrs IST: Last over of the inning, RPS are 143/5.
2114 hrs IST: BOWLED! Morkel drags back the ball on to the stumps as Umesh strikes. Morkel didn’t move his foot much and with little room to play with, he plays it on.
2111 hrs IST: SIX! HUGE SIX by Morkel. Plays it on the turn and it travels 97m into the crowd
2110 hrs IST: GONE! Rahane hits it straight back to Sunil Narine. Rahane departs on 67 (52; 4 X 4, 3 X 6)
2102 hrs IST: SIX! Rahane times it very well and sends the ball into the stands.
2059 hrs IST: 15 overs gone, RPS are 100/3. How many will they get?
2058 hrs IST: BOWLED! Perrera plays his shoot a little too early and Sathish has his first wicket. Rising Pune Supergiants are 99/3.
2056 hrs IST: Thisara Perrera just about clears the ropes and the man on the boundary to bring up the second six of the inning.
2056 hrs IST: FIFTY FOR RAHANE! 50 runs from 42 balls with four boundaries and a six
2046 hrs IST: RUN OUT! Smith comes a little too far down the track at bowler’s end. Sathish with an easy job. RPS are 80/2.
2043 hrs IST: 50 partnership between Rahane and Smith with a four. Smith finding the gap with some power.
2038 hrs IST: At the halfway stage, RPS are 61/1 with Ajinkya Rahane on 40 and Steve Smith on 17
2031 hrs IST: Rahane sweeps and does so nicely for a four.
2025 hrs IST: This time Steve Smith plays off the leg side for a comfortable four.
2023 hrs IST: Ajinkya Rahane pulls and the ball goes running to the boundary.
2015 hrs IST: BEAUTY! BOWLED! Shakib Al Hasan gets slightest turn to beat Faf du Plessis and topple the off stump! RPS are 24/1
2010 hrs IST: A little uppish by Rahane this time but gets the desired result – a four.
2008 hrs IST: Ajinkya Rahane with exquisite timing to play it off his pads and it sails past the rope. SIX!
2005 hrs IST: Good start for KKR. Just two runs from the first over.
1945 hrs IST: Teams:
RPS XI: A Rahane, F du Plessis, S Smith, S Tiwary, MS Dhoni, T Perera, A Morkel, R Bhatia, R Ashwin, A Sharma, M Ashwin
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 24, 2016
KKR XI: R Uthappa, G Gambhir, S Yadav, S Al Hasan, Y Pathan, A Russell, R Sathish, P Chawla, S Narine, M Morkel, U Yadav
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 24, 2016
1940 hrs IST: CHANGES: RPS: Albie Morkel and Saurabh Tiwary in for Kevin Pietersen and Ishant Sharma
KKR: Rajgopal Sathish in for Manish Pandey
1930 hrs IST: TOSS: KKR win the toss and elect to field against RPS
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