Andre Russell beats KXIP; JP Duminy leads Dare Devils to win over SRH

Andre Russell played a blinder (66 off 36) to take KKR, reeling at 60/5, past 156 and a four-wicket win in their IPL 8 contest against KXIP. (Source: BCCI)

The match started with KKR winning the toss and deciding to bowl first. The bowlers were on target and rattled the KXIP top-order. At one stage, KXIP were 29/3. (Source: BCCI)

George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell built a partnership. Maxwell was out but Bailey held onto one end and was dismissed in the last over of the innings after scoring 60. KXIP made 159/9, another collapse in the slog overs. (Source: BCCI)

Sandeep Sharma then rattled the KKR top-order to give KXIP the upper-hand upfront. He then bowled in the middle overs and finished with figures of 4-1-25-4 and KKR were reeling at 60/5. (Source: BCCI)

Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan then got together and went hammer and tongs. Russell got to his fifty in 28 balls. From an unlikely position, KKR went onto win the match with 4 wickets in hand. Pathan remained not out on 28. (Source: BCCI)

In the first match of the day, DD faced SRH. Batting first, DD rode on Shreyas Iyer fifty for a good start. (Source: BCCI)

Coming at number 3, JP Duminy ably supported Iyer. He also got a fifty and finished with 54. (Source: BCCI)

After both Iyer and Duminy got out, Angelo Mathews and Kedar Jadhav gave DD the lift and they posted 167 on the board. (Source: BCCI)

SRH began well. Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner added 50 for the opening wicket. (Source: BCCI)

It was Duminy's day. First the 54, then he rolled his arm over to dismiss SRH openers in one over. Duminy picked up two more wickets in the 17th over of Bopara (41) and Morgan (1) head DD towards win. (Source: BCCI)

Karn Sharma then blasted 16 off the penultimate over by Imran Tahir. With 7 required off last 2 balls, Sharma sliced one over point which was clearing the boundary before Mayank Agarwal jumped in the air and threw the ball back in play. Karn was out on last ball giving DD a 4-run win. (Source: BCCI)