IPL 2020, SRH vs KKR highlights: Gill's unbeaten 70 helps KKR beat SRH

In Match 8 of IPL 2020, opener Shubhman Gill's unbeaten 70-run knock along with Eoin Morgan's 42 not out guided Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to its first win this season as Dinesh Karthik's side outsmarted SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets with two overs to spare at Sheikh Zayed Stadiu, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

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Chasing a modest 143-run, KKR, baring few hiccups, overhauled the target comfortably, thanks to the unbeaten knocks by Gill and Morgan. After SRH dragged themselves to 142/4 wickets in 20 overs, KKR finished at 145/3 in 18 overs.

KKR bowlers, too, were clinical with the ball as they restricted SRH to a modest total, before Gill's heroics in the middle. Pat Cummins, who drew a lot of criticism after his poor show in the previous match, made a great comeback as he conceded just 19 runs from four overs and picked up one wicket.

The other KKR bowlers also remained economical and the entire KKR side clicked together as a unit.

Despite losing opener Sunil Narine, who fell without troubling the scorers, early, young opener Gill ensured his side cross the line with ease as he kept the fight on.

For the second wicket, Nitish Rana (26) and Gill added 37 runs before the former became a victim of T. Natarajan in the fifth over with KKR being reduced to 43/2.

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As KKR managed another 10 runs, Afghan spin sensation struck as he trapped KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik before the wickets with KKR scorecard reading 53/3. The tumbling of wickets hardly affected Pandey, who continued to rotate the strike and forged a crucial 92-run unbeaten partnership with Eoin Morgan (42 not out) to drive his side home with two overs to spare. Morgan's innings contained three boundaries and two sixes.

For SRH, Khaleel Ahmed, Natarajan and Rashid bagged a wicket each.

Earlier, SunRisers Hyderabad rode Manish Pandey's valiant effort to reach 142/4. Pandey's innings was decorated with three boundaries and couple of hits into the stands. En-route to his knock, Manish was involved in a 62-run stand for the third wicket with stumper-cum batsman Wriddhiman Saha (30).

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 Match 8: IPL, KKR vs SRH scorecard
 
 
 
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KKR playing 11:  Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi.

SRH playing 11: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan

11:04 PM

KKR beats SRH by 7 wickets

11:03 PM

Over 18, KKR vs SRH live score: 146-3

Over Summary: 1 1 0 Wd 1 6 4 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 145-3 ; Shubman Gill (70), Eoin Morgan (42)

T Natarajan [2.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Morgan smashes down the round for FOUR. 

 

Ball 5: Morgan heaves towards long-on for SIX.

Ball 4: Gill smashes straight to no-striker's end stumps, one run taken.
 

Ball 4: WIDE

 

Ball 3: Gill hits towards short extra cover for no run.

 

Ball 2: Morgan collects a single towards mid-wicket.

 

Ball 1: Gilll works towards mid-wicket region for a single.

10:56 PM

Over 17, KKR vs SRH live score: 131-3; KKR needs 12 runs in 18 balls

Over Summary: 6 1 1 1 1 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 131-3 ; Shubman Gill (68), Eoin Morgan (31)

Abhishek Sharma, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack

Ball 6: Gill pushes down the ground for a single.

 

Ball 5: Morgan hits down the ground for a single.

 

Ball 4: Gill punches towards point region for a single.

 

Ball 3: Morgan cuts towards deep backward point for a single.

 

Ball 2: Gill tucks towards mid-wicket for a single.

 

Ball 1: Shubman Gill dances down the track and hits down the ground for SIX.

10:53 PM

Over 16, KKR vs SRH live score: 120-3; KKR needs 23 runs in 24 balls

Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 1 4 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 120-3 ; Shubman Gill (59), Eoin Morgan (29)

Rashid Khan [3.0-0-18-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: Morgan sweeps towards deep backward square leg for SIX. 

 

Ball 5: Gill collects a single down the ground.

 

Ball 4: Morgan collects a single.

 

Ball 3: Gill collects a single down the ground.

 

Ball 2: Gill cuts towards backward point for no run.

 

Ball 1: Gill drives towards extra cover for no run.

10:48 PM

Over 15, KKR vs SRH live score: 113-3; KKR needs 30 runs in 30 balls

Over Summary: 0 1 1 2 1 6 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 113-3 ; Shubman Gill (57), Eoin Morgan (24)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack

Ball 6: A short and wide delivery and Morgan smashes towards deep cover for SIX.

 

Ball 5: Gill collects a single.

 

Ball 4: Gill flicks towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs, an extra runs thanks to mis-field.

 

Ball 3: Morgan drags down the ground for a single.

 

Ball 2: Gill collects a single and brings up 50-run stand. 

 

Ball 1: DOT

10:43 PM

Over 14, KKR vs SRH live score: 102-3; KKR needs 42 runs in 36 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 0 Wd 1 0 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 102-3 ; Shubman Gill (53), Eoin Morgan (17)

Nabi continues...

Ball 6: A single for Gill.

 

Ball 5: DOT

 

Ball 4: A single for Morgan.

Ball 4: WIDE down the leg side
 

Ball 3: DOT 

 

Ball 2: Gill collects a single.

 

Ball 1: Morgan collects a single.

10:38 PM

Over 13, KKR vs SRH live score: 97-3; KKR needs 46 runs in 42 balls

Over Summary: 1 1 4 1 1 0 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 97-3 ; Shubman Gill (51), Eoin Morgan (15)

T Natarajan [1.0-0-5-1] is back into the attack

Ball 6: DOT

 

Ball 5: A short delivery, Morgan pulls it along the ground towards deep backward square leg for a single.

 

Ball 4: A low full and Gill hits back to bowler, who fails to catch it.

 

Ball 3: Gill cuts through left of backward point for FOUR.

 

Ball 2: Morgan tucks towards mid-wicket for a single.

 

Ball 1: Gill drives down the ground for a single. 

10:33 PM

Over 12, KKR vs SRH live score: 89-3; KKR needs 54 runs in 48 balls

Over Summary: Wd2 1 L1 1 1 2 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 89-3 ; Shubman Gill (45), Eoin Morgan (13)

Nabi continues...

Ball 6: Gill punches down the ground for a single.

 

Ball 5: Gill drive down the ground for a couple of runs.

 

Ball 4: Morgan gets a thick inside edge to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

 

Ball 3: Gill drags towards long-on for a single.

 

Ball 2:  One leg byes for SRH.

Ball 1: Gill clips towards square leg for a single.

 

Ball 1: TWO WIDES down the leg side.

10:30 PM

Over 11, KKR vs SRH live score: 80-3; KKR needs 63 runs in 54 balls

Over Summary: 1  1 0 4 1 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 80-3 ; Shubman Gill (40), Eoin Morgan (12)

 

Rashid Khan continues

Ball 6: Morgan clips towards square leg for a single

 

Ball 5: Gill drives towards sweeper cover for a single.

 

Ball 4: Gill sweeps towards deep backward square leg for FOUR.

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: Morgan collects a single.

 

Ball 1: Gill collects a single.

10:27 PM

Over 10, KKR vs SRH live score: 72-3

Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 0 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 72-3 ; Shubman Gill (34), Eoin Morgan (10)

Nabi continues

Ball 6: A single for Gill.

 

Ball 5: DOT

 

Ball 4: A single for Morgan.

 

Ball 3: A single for Gill down the groud.

 

Ball 2: Morgan collects a single.

 

Ball 1: Gill collects a single.

10:23 PM

Over 9, KKR vs SRH live score: 67-3; Timeout

Over Summary: 1 0 0 4 1 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 67-3 ; Shubman Gill (31), Eoin Morgan (8)

Rashid Khan continues...

Ball 6: A single for Gill down the ground.

 

Ball 5: Morgan collects a single.

 

Ball 4: Morgan reverse sweeps over backward point for FOUR.

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: DOT

 

Ball 1: Gill collects a single.

10:19 PM

Over 8, KKR vs SRH live score: 60-3

Over Summary: 1 1 0 1 1 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 60-3 ; Shubman Gill (29), Eoin Morgan (3)

Mohammad Nabi, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Ball 6: A single for Gill.

 

Ball 5: Morgan sweeps towards deep backward square leg for a single.

 

Ball 4: A single for Gill.

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: Morgan collects a single.

 

Ball 1: Gill collects a single.

10:15 PM

Over 7, KKR vs SRH live score: 55-3; Rashid scalps Karthik

Over Summary: 1 W 0 0 1LB 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 55-3 ; Shubman Gill (26), Eoin Morgan (1)

Rashid Khan, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

Ball 6: Gill drives towards long-off for a single.

 

Ball 5: One run for Morgan.

 

Ball 4: DOT

 

Ball 3: Eoin Morgan, left handed bat, comes to the crease and tries to sweep, misses.

 

Ball 2: A googly from Rashid, Karthik has no idea, plays a forward defensive shot, hits on the pads, follows by loud appeal. Umpire raises the finger. Karthik takes review and it is THREE REDS, KKR lost its review.  Karthik lbw b Rashid Khan 0(3)

 

Ball 1: Shubman Gill flicks towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

10:08 PM

Over 6, KKR vs SRH live score: 52-2

Over Summary: 0 0 0 4 4 1 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 52-2 ; Shubman Gill (24), Dinesh Karthik (0)

Khaleel continues...

Ball 6: Gill nudges behind square on leg side for a single.

 

Ball 5: Gill moves towards leg side and cuts through backward point for FOUR.

 

Ball 4: A short delivery, angling across and Shubman Gill smashes towards extra cover boundary for FOUR.

 

Ball 3: DOT

 

Ball 2: DOT

 

Ball 1: DOT

10:03 PM

Over 5, KKR vs SRH live score: 43-2; Natarajan scalps Rana

Over Summary: 0 1 4 W 0 0 ; Kolkata Knight Riders: 43-2 ; Shubman Gill (15), Dinesh Karthik (0)

T Natarajan, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Ball 6: DOT

 

Ball 5: Dinesh Karthik, right handed bat, comes to the crease and drives towards cover for no run.

 

Ball 4: A good length delivery, Rana tries to drive on the up, gets an outside edge, Saha completes the catch. 

 

Ball 3: A low full toss and Rana knocks down the ground for FOUR.

 

Ball 2: Gill flicks towards mid-wicket region for a single.

 

Ball 1: DOT