Journalism of Courage
KKR were coming from a loss to RCB to face SRH. KKR first posted a fighting 167/7 and then made sure they keep SRH short by their good bowling and fielding to win by 35 runs.
KKR were invited to bat first and Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa shared a 57-run stand for the opening wicket. Gambhir scored 31 and Uthappa 30. (Source: BCCI)
Manish Pandey scored a 26-ball 33 to lift KKR in the middle overs and lay the platform for a good total. (Source: BCCI)
KKR then lost wickets in the middle overs but Yusuf Pathan scored 19-ball 30 to take KKR to 167/7. (Source: BCCI)
Umesh Yadav then bowled his sensational first over and dismissed David Warner and Naman Ojha in the same over. Both batsmen had no clue about the deliveries. (Source: BCCI)
SRH imploded in the middle overs and lost in a heap. Karn Sharma then played a little cameo but SRH lost by 35 runs. (Source: BCCI)
In the other match, CSK took on RCB. Starc dismissed Smith in the first over. (Source: BCCI)
Suresh Raina continued to be the consistent guy for CSK as he steadied the ship with a fluent 52. (Source: BCCI)
Some late hitting by MS Dhoni saw CSK post 148/9. (Source: BCCI)
RCB's chase began with Ishwar Pandey getting Nic Maddinson. He then accounted for the big wicket of AB de Villiers. (Source: BCCI)
Mandeep Singh was run-out but Virat Kohli just seemed so confident in the middle. The right-hander made 48. He was dismissed by Bravo in a sensational manner. (Source: BCCI)
Kohli played it straight back and Bravo jumped high to grab the ball. Kohli held the follow-through. So alert was Bravo that he threw the ball back in a flash and Kohli could not even think what happened there. He was out by some distance. (Source: BCCI)
With just 58 runs needed, RCB lost their last 5 wickets for just 27 runs and lost the match by 24 runs. Ashish Nehra is the purple cap holder after 3 wickets in the match. He just seems to keep taking wickets. (Source: BCCI)
