IPL 2019 highlights: Bairstow, Warner lead Sunrisers to 9-wicket victory
Chasing a target of 160, Warner struck 67 off 38 balls hitting 3 fours and five sixes while Bairstow punished KKR attack with seven boundaries and four Sixes in his unbeaten knock of 80 off 43 balls
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Jonny Bairstow, David Warner. Photo: PTI
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KKR were sloppy in the field and ended up paying heavily for their mistakes. Bairstow was dropped twice, once on 5 by Cariappa off debutant Prithviraj's delivery in the second over and then again on 58 by Piyush Chawla off Sunil Narine. The troika of spinners were the reason for KKR's downfall as Sunil Narine (0/34 in 4 overs), KC Cariappa (0/34 in 2 overs) and Piyush Chawla (0/38 in 3 overs) gave away 106 runs in nine overs. Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav was dropped from the playing 11.
Prithvi (1/29) got the only breakthrough for KKR dismissing the threatening Australian but it was a little too late as the hosts needed just 29 runs off 40 balls.
With Warner gone, Kane Williamson (8 off 9 balls) walked in but the captain had little to do with Bairstow hitting a four and two sixes to seal the victory.
With the win, Sunrisers Hyderabad jumped to the fourth spot with 10 points from nine matches while KKR remain on the sixth spot with eight points from 10 games.
Earlier, young left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed grabbed three wickets in an impressive spell. The 21-year-old speedster removed Sunil Narine (25 off 7 balls), who was looking dangerous in his first spell and then came back to dismiss Shubman Gill (3) and Chris Lynn (51) in his corresponding spells to keep KKR in check.
Senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with the figures of 2/35 while leg-spinner Rashid Khan (1/23) and seamer Sandeep Sharma (1/37) took a wicket apiece with the Sunrisers' bowlers making life difficult for the KKR batsmen.
For KKR, Lynn was the top-scored with a dogged 47-ball 51. Rinku Singh was the other notable contributer with a 25-ball 30.
Put in to bat, Lynn and Sunil Narine took the opposition to the cleaners. Both openers hitting boundaries of their first balls. The duo quickly stitched a 42-run partnership before Ahmed dismissed Narine in the third over.
Narine's blistering innings of 24 runs off eight balls was laced with three boundaries and two maximums.
With the wicket of Narine, the momentum shifted in SRH's favour. In Khaleel's next over, he dismissed Gill (3). Nitish Rana (11) and captain Dinesh Karthik (6) also returned to the dressing room in quick succession.
Rinku and Lynn shared a 51-run stand for the fifth wicket to stabilise the innings before Sandeep Sharma dismissed the 21-year-old Indian. Big-hitter Andre Russel scored 15 off 9 balls.
He hit two sixes off Kumar before the right-arm seamer dismissed the Jamaican in the penultimate over.
Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets
Over 15; SRH win
Piyush Chawla [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack and Williamson fails to score off the first ball. Williamson pushes the 2nd ball to long-on for a single. Bairstow hits the 3rd ball to sweeper cover for a couple of runs and cuts the next ball towards backward point for FOUR. Bairstow slog sweeps the 5th ball over square leg for SIX. Bairstow smashes the last ball for SIX towards mid-wicket region and win the match for SRH
Over 14; CRR: 10.14 REQ: 3
Narine continues and Bairstow clips the first ball towards leg side for a single. Williamson fails to score off the next two balls while picks a single off the 4th. A single each for Bairstow and Williamson to end the over.
Over 13; Warner OUT
Yarra Prithviraj and bowls slow delivery outside-off, Bairstow gets a top-edge and to deep mid-wicket but again KKR don't want to take easy catches as Chawla makes mess of it, one run taken. David Warner bowled as he is undone by a slow delivery. Warner b Yarra Prithviraj 67(38) [4s-3 6s-5]. Kane Williamson, right handed bat, comes to the crease and blocks the first ball while drives the 4th ball through the covers for a couple of runs. A bumper for Prithviraj, called WIDE. Williamson drives the 5th ball between extra cover and mid-off for 3 runs. Bairstow guides the last ball to third-man for a single.
Over 12
Narine continues and Warner collects a single off the first ball. Bairstow sweeps the 2nd ball to backward square leg for a single. Warner hits the 3rd ball to long-on for a single. Bairstow sweeps and gets a top-edge but Harry Gurney makes a mess of it, 3 runs taken. Warner smashes the 5th ball straight down the ground for FOUR. Warner wallopes the last ball over long-on for SIX.
Over 11
Yarra Prithviraj [1.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack and Warner steers the first ball to third-man for a single. Bairstow hits the 2nd ball to sweeper cover for a single. Warner dabs the 3rd ball to extra cover for a single. DOT... Bairstow hits the 5th ball uppishly to third-man for a single. Bairstow drags the last ball to square leg for a single.
Over 10; CRR: 10.9 REQ: 5.1
Sunil Narine [1.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack and Warner takes a couple of runs off the first ball. Warner clips the 2nd ball through midwicket for a single. Bairstow hits the 3rd ball for a single. Warner collects one leg byes for SRH. DOT... Bairstow tucks the last ball towards square leg for a couple of runs.
Over 9; CRR: 11.33 REQ: 5.27
KC Cariappa [1.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack and Bairstow hammers the first ball into the stands for SIX follows by a FOUR to third-man region. Bairstow collects a single off the 3rd ball. Warner takes a single off the 4th ball. A single for Bairstow and Warner to end the over.
Over 8; CRR: 11 REQ: 6
Piyush Chawla [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack and Warner collects a single off the first. Bairstow picks a single off the 2nd towards cover point regiom. Warner works the 3rd ball to fine leg for a single. DOT... Bairstow sweeps the 5th ball through short fine leg for FOUR. A single for Bairstow towards sweeper cover for a single.
Over 7
Andre Russell, right-arm fast, comes into the attack and Bairstow takes a single off the first ball. Warner takes a single off the 2nd ball. Bairstow hits the 3rd ball for FOUR. DOT and one single each for Bairstow and Warner to end the over.
Time-out
Over 6
KC Cariappa, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and starts the spell with a WIDE. Bairstow takes a single off the first ball. Warner collects a couple of runs off the next. A half tracker and Warner smashes the 3rd ball for SIX and guides the next delivery through short fine leg for FOUR. An over pitch delivery and Warner wallopes it straight down the ground for SIX. DOT to end the over.
Over 5; CRR: 10.4 REQ: 7.2
Sunil Narine, right-arm off break, comes into the attack and Baistow collects a single off the first ball. DOT... Warner smashes the 3rd ball for SIX. DOT.. One leg byes. A single for Bairstow to end the over.
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First Published: Apr 21 2019 | 1:36 PM IST
