RISING PUNE SUPERGIANTS (RPS) vs KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) LIVE SCORES IPL 2016 PUNE

LIVE SCORES | RPS vs KKR | IPL 2016 | PUNE

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FULL SCORECARD

  Kolkata Knight Riders innings

• Perera to Umesh. SIX! And it's over. KKR have beaten Pune Supergiants by 2 wickets.

• Perera to Chawla. OUT! Chawla lofted towards long-on and Steve Smith took a good catch there. Piyush Chawla c Smith b Perera 8 (5b 1x4 0x6).
• Perera to Chawla. 2 runs.

• 19 overs: Expensive over but Albie Morkel dimissed Sathish in the over. 11 runs off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 154/7 (7 runs required from 6 balls).

• WICKET! Bowled him. Albie Morkel atones for the SIX he conceded on the first ball. R Sathish is out. R Sathish b Morkel 10 (8b 0x4 1x6).

• 18 overs: Sloppy fielding conceded FOUR off the last ball. 7 runs off Perera's over. Kolkata Knight Riders 143/6 (18 runs required from 12 balls). Chawla 4 (1b 1x4 0x6), Sathish 3 (5b 0x4 0x6), Perera 3-0-20-1, Ankit 3-0-26-0.

• WICKET! Big wicket for Pune Supergiants. Dangerman Andre Russell is out. Andre Russell c du Plessis b Perera 17 (11b 0x4 2x6).

• 17 overs: Expensive over. Pune Supergiants didn't need this. Russell smashed two big SIXes in the over to collect 17 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 136/5 (25 runs required from 18 balls).

• 16 overs: Excellent over to finish his spell. Just 5 runs. Murugan Ashwin didn't bowl to his strength today. Kolkata Knight Riders 119/5 (42 runs required from 24 balls). Sathish 0 (1b 0x4 0x6), Russell 3 (4b 0x4 0x6), M Ashwin 4-0-32-1, Bhatia 4-0-19-2.

• WICKET! Finally Murugan Ashwin bowls like himself. What a ball. Suryakumar Yadav hand no clue which way will it go. Suryakumar Yadav lbw b M Ashwin 60 (49b 6x4 2x6).

• 15 overs: Successful over by Bhatia. Just 4 runs and he provided Pathan's wicket. Kolkata Knight Riders 114/4 (47 runs required from 30 balls).

• WICKET! Gone. Yusuf Pathan was batting well after a long time. Bhatia gets another wicket. Yusuf Pathan lbw b Bhatia 36 (27b 2x4 2x6).

• 14 overs: Murugan Ashwin is not looking effective today. 13 runs off his over. Yusuf hit him for another SIX in the over. Kolkata Knight Riders 110/3 (51 runs required from 36 balls). S Yadav 54 (43b 5x4 2x6), Pathan 36 (26b 2x4 2x6), M Ashwin 3-0-27-0, Bhatia 3-0-15-1.

• 13 overs: Yusuf Pathan is getting dangerous there. Pune need to get him as early as possible. 8 runs off Bhatia's over. Kolkata Knight Riders 97/3 (64 runs required from 42 balls). Pathan 26 (22b 2x4 1x6), S Yadav 52 (41b 5x4 2x6), Bhatia 3-0-15-1, M Ashwin 2-0-14-0.

• 12 overs: 8 runs off the Murugan Ashwin's over. He gave 6 off the last ball otherwise it was a good over. Kolkata Knight Riders 89/3 (72 runs required from 48 balls). Pathan 20 (18b 1x4 1x6), S Yadav 50 (39b 5x4 2x6), M Ashwin 2-0-14-0, Ankit 2-0-9-0.

• 11 overs: Just 3 runs off the over. Ankit Sharma bowled really well. Kolkata Knight Riders 81/3 (80 runs required from 54 balls). Pathan 13 (15b 1x4 0x6), S Yadav 49 (36b 5x4 2x6), Ankit 2-0-9-0, M Ashwin 1-0-6-0.

• 10 overs: Murugan Ashwin into attack. Bowled well but gave away a FOUR. 6 runs off the over. Kolkata Knight Riders 78/3 (83 runs required from 60 balls). S Yadav 48 (34b 5x4 2x6), Pathan 11 (11b 1x4 0x6), M Ashwin 1-0-6-0, Bhatia 2-0-7-1.

• 9 overs: Another good over by Bhatia. Just 4 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 72/3 (89 runs required from 11 overs). Pathan 6 (8b 0x4 0x6), S Yadav 47 (31b 5x4 2x6), Bhatia 2-0-7-1, Ankit 1-0-6-0.

• 8 overs: Good over by Ankit Sharma. 6 runs off it. Run rate has slowed after the powerplay. Kolkata Knight Riders 68/3 (93 runs required from 12 overs). Pathan 4 (4b 0x4 0x6), S Yadav 45 (29b 5x4 2x6), Ankit 1-0-6-0, Bhatia 1-0-3-1.

• 7 overs: Successful over by Bhatia. He got a wicket in the over and gave just 3 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 62/3 (99 runs required from 13 overs). S Yadav 42 (26b 5x4 2x6), Pathan 1 (1b 0x4 0x6), Bhatia 1-0-3-1, R Ashwin 2-0-21-0.

• WICKET! Bowled him. Rajat Bhatia provides the third wicket. Shakib went hard for drive but inside edge sent the ball on to his stumps. Shakib Al Hasan b Bhatia 3 (9b 0x4 0x6).

• 6 overs: Again expensive over by R Ashwin. Surya hit him for another SIX in the over to collect 10 runs. Powerplay over. Kolkata Knight Riders 59/2 (102 runs required from 14 overs). Shakib 3 (7b 0x4 0x6), S Yadav 40 (23b 5x4 2x6), R Ashwin 2-0-21-0, Perera 2-0-13-0.

• 5 overs: Better over by Perera. 7 off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 49/2 (112 runs required from 15 overs). S Yadav 32 (19b 5x4 1x6), Shakib 2 (5b 0x4 0x6), Perera 2-0-13-0, R Ashwin 1-0-11-0.

• 4 overs: Suryakumar Yadav is in great touch today. 11 runs of R Ashwin's first over. Yadav hit him for a SIX in the over. Kolkata Knight Riders 42/2 (119 runs required from 16 overs). S Yadav 26 (15b 4x4 1x6), Shakib 1 (3b 0x4 0x6), R Ashwin 1-0-11-0, A Morkel 2-0-25-1.

• 3 overs: Another expensive over by Albie Morkel. 10 runs off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 31/2 (130 runs required from 17 overs). Shakib 0 (1b 0x4 0x6), Surya Yadav 18 (11b 4x4 0x6), A Morkel 2-0-25-1, Perera 1-0-6-0.

• WICKET! Gambhir is Run Out. It was a suicide. Wanted two runs but Sourabh Tiwary sent a good throw from midwicket. Gautam Gambhir run out 11 (5b 2x4 0x6).

• 2 overs: Good over by Thisara Perera. Just 6 runs off it. Kolkata Knight Riders 21/1 (140 runs required from 18 overs). S Yadav 9 (7b 2x4 0x6), Gambhir 10 (4b 2x4 0x6), Perera 1-0-6-0, A Morkel 1-0-15-1.

• 1 over: Very expensive over by Morkel. He got a wicket on the first ball and was unlucky that he didn't get another wicket. Kolkata Knight Riders 15/1 (146 runs required from 19 overs). Suryakumar Yadav 4 (2b 1x4 0x6), Gambhir 9 (3b 2x4 0x6), A Morkel 1-0-15-1.

• WICKET! Robin Uthappa is out on first ball. Morkel strikes. Pune Supergiants off to a thrilling start. Robin Uthappa lbw b Morkel 0 (1b 0x4 0x6).

• Pune Supergiants players are in. Robin Uthappa to face the first ball. Gautam Gambhir is his opening partner. Albie Morkel has the ball.

 

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Rising Pune Supergiants innings

• 20 overs: Very expensive over by Morne Morkel. Dhoni hit him for 17 runs. Rising Pune Supergiants 160/5.

• 19 overs: 10 runs off the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 143/5.

• WICKET! Bowled him. Umesh Yadav gets wicket on the first ball of his second over. Albie Morkel chops it on to his stumps. Albie Morkel b UT Yadav 16 (9b 0x4 2x6).

• 18 overs: Narine took Rahane's wicket in the over. After that Albie Morkel hit him for two SIXES to collect 14 runs off the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 133/4. A Morkel 16 (8b 0x4 2x6), Dhoni 1 (2b 0x4 0x6), Narine 4-0-32-1, Yadav 1-0-10-0.

• WICKET! Soft dismissal. Rahane departs. Hits back to Narine. Ajinkya Rahane c & b Narine 67 (52b 4x4 3x6).

• 17 overs: Umesh Yadav got first over in the match and he was hit for 11 runs. Rahane hit another SIX in the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 119/3. Rahane 67 (51b 4x4 3x6), A Morkel 3 (5b 0x4 0x6), Yadav 1-0-10-0, Chawla 3-0-26-0.

• 16 overs: There was a SIX hit yet Chawla bowled a good economical over. Just 8 off it. Rising Pune Supergiants 108/3. Morkel 2 (3b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 58 (47b 4x4 2x6), Chawla 3-0-26-0, Sathish 3-0-20-1.

• 15 overs: 10 runs off Sathish's over but he provided a wicket. And that made it a good over. Rising Pune Supergiants 100/3. A Morkel 1 (1b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 51 (43b 4x4 1x6), Sathish 3-0-20-1, Narine 3-0-18-0.

• WICKET! Bowled him. Sathish avenged the SIX Perera hit him two balls ago. Thisara Perera b Sathish 12 (9b 0x4 1x6).

• 14 overs: 7 runs off Narine's third over. He is not getting wickets but he is bowling economical overs for KKR. Rising Pune Supergiants 90/2. Perera 5 (6b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 49 (41b 4x4 1x6), Narine 3-0-18-0, Sathish 2-0-10-0.
• 13 overs: Using Sathish's gentle medium was a good move by Gambhir. There is no pace in the pitch and that is making it difficult to hit him. 4 runs off his second over. Rising Pune Supergiants 83/2. Perera 1 (2b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 47 (39b 4x4 1x6), Sathish 2-0-10-0, Narine 2-0-12-0.

• WICKET! Steven Smith is again Run Out. Rahane hit the ball back firmly but Sathish stopped it in follow through and removed the bails. Smith was out a long way. Steven Smith run out 31 (28b 2x4 0x6).

• 12 overs: 8 runs off Narine's second over. Smith hit him for a FOUR in the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 79/1. Smith 30 (27b 2x4 0x6), Rahane 45 (36b 4x4 1x6), Narine 2-0-12-0, Chawla 2-0-18-0.

• 11 overs: Much better over for Pune Supergiants. 10 runs off Chawla's. They need to score at a good pace if they like to have a good score. Rising Pune Supergiants 71/1. Rahane 44 (35b 4x4 1x6), Smith 23 (22b 1x4 0x6), Chawla 2-0-18-0, Sathish 1-0-6-0.

• 10 overs: Runs are not coming for Pune Supergiants. 6 runs off Sathish's over. Rising Pune Supergiants 61/1. Rahane 40 (33b 4x4 1x6), Smith 17 (18b 1x4 0x6), Sathish 1-0-6-0, Chawla 1-0-8-0.

• 9 overs: 8 runs off Piyush Chawla's first over. There was a FOUR in the over hit by Rahane. Rising Pune Supergiants 55/1. Rahane 36 (30b 4x4 1x6), Smith 15 (15b 1x4 0x6), Chawla 1-0-8-0, Shakib 3-0-14-1.

• 8 overs: Shakib bowled his three overs on the trot and bowled them well. 4 runs off the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 47/1. Smith 13 (12b 1x4 0x6), Rahane 30 (27b 3x4 1x6), Shakib 3-0-14-1, Russell 2-0-16-0.

• 7 overs: Some runs for Pune. Russell was expensive in the over. 12 runs off it. Rising Pune Supergiants 43/1. Smith 11 (9b 1x4 0x6), Rahane 28 (24b 3x4 1x6), Russell 2-0-16-0, Shakib 2-0-10-1.

• 6 overs: Another good over by Shakib. Just 3 runs. KKR have done really well in the powerplay overs. Rising Pune Supergiants 31/1. Rahane 23 (21b 2x4 1x6), Smith 4 (6b 0x4 0x6), Shakib 2-0-10-1, Narine 1-0-4-0.

• 5 overs: Sunil Narine brought in early and he bowled well. Just 4 runs off the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 28/1. Smith 2 (2b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 22 (19b 2x4 1x6), Narine 1-0-4-0, Shakib 1-0-7-1.

• 4 overs: Excellent over by Shakib. He provided a big wicket in the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 24/1. Rahane 20 (15b 2x4 1x6), Shakib 1-0-7-1, Morkel 2-0-13-0.

• WICKET! Bowled him. Faf du Plessis had no clue about that ball. Shakib Al Hasan strikes in his first over. Faf du Plessis b Shakib Al Hasan 4 (9b 0x4 0x6).

• 3 overs: Better over for RPS. 11 runs off it. Rahane hit Morkel for a FOUR and a SIX in the over. Rising Pune Supergiants 17/0. du Plessis 3 (7b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 14 (11b 1x4 1x6), Morkel 2-0-13-0, Russell 1-0-4-0.

• 2 overs: Andre Russell also provides a good over. Just 4 runs off it. Two back to back good overs for KKR. Nice start. Rising Pune Supergiants 6/0. Rahane 3 (6b 0x4 0x6), du Plessis 3 (6b 0x4 0x6), Russell 1-0-4-0, Morkel 1-0-2-0.

• 1 over: Excellent over by Morkel. Just 2 runs off it. Rising Pune Supergiants 2/0. du Plessis 1 (4b 0x4 0x6), Rahane 1 (2b 0x4 0x6), Morkel 1-0-2-0.

• Players are in. Ajinkya Rahane and Faf du Plessis mark their guards while Gambhir spreads his fielders. Morne Morkel has the ball.

• Kolkata brought in R Sathish for Manish Pandey who is down with chicken pox.

• Two changes for Rising Pune Supergiants. Sourabh Tiwary has come in place of Kevin Pietersen, who has been ruled out of the IPL. Ishant Sharma has made way for Albie Morkel.

PLAYING XIs KKR: R Uthappa, G Gambhir, S Yadav, S Al Hasan, Y Pathan, A Russell, R Sathish, P Chawla, S Narine, M Morkel, U Yadav. RPS: A Rahane, F du Plessis, S Smith, S Tiwary, MS Dhoni, T Perera, A Morkel, R Bhatia, R Ashwin, A Sharma, M Ashwin.

• Toss time. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has won the toss and he decided to bowl first against hosts Rising Pune Supergiants.

• TRIVIA: Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa have scored 2/3rd of Kolkata Knight Riders's runs so far in the tournament. The duo has three fifty-plus partnerships in KKR's three wins.

• TRIVIA: KKR have the best averages in the IPL so far. Their batting average is 47.75 while their bowling average is 19.51.

• PITCH REPORT: The pitch used in Friday's match was slow and the ball was holding up in the surface.

• Good evening everyone. This is the 20th match of the Indian Premier League 2016 edition.

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PREVIEW Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be eager to break the sequence of reverses and get Rising Pune Supergiants' campaign back on track when they lock horns with in-form Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Having moved to Pune this year from the banned Chennai Super Kings, where he enjoyed great success, Dhoni will be keen to replicate that in his new jersey with a bit of help from his teammates. So far, it hasn't been a smooth campaign for India's twin World Cup winning captain, barring the tournament opener against defending champions against Mumbai Indians, which his side won comprehensively by nine wickets at the Wankhede Stadium. The next three outings, including last night's against Royal Challengers Bangalore in front of the home crowd, ended in defeats for Supergiants. Not the result a team comprising Kevin Pietersen, Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis and Ajinkya Rahane, besides Dhoni, deserves. The overseas trio of Pietersen, Smith and Du Plessis failed miserably in the last game, and the Supergiants would hope for a much-improved performance from the batting heavyweights. Thissara Perera and Rajat Bhatia, who almost guided RPS to a win yesterday with their brilliant hitting, will look to continue in similar fashion. While Perera was the pick of the bowlers the other day, the likes of Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Murugan Ashwin will have to be among the wickets for Pune to harbor hopes of a victory at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. On the other hand, led by discarded India opener Gautam Gambhir, Kolkata Knight Riders have been on a roll, winning three of their four matches. Such has been their form that the two-time former champions continue to top the standings in the eight-team league. Barring the defeat against Mumbai Indians, the Knight Riders had been convincing in their wins. PTI AH Gambhir has been leading the team from the front and has held the orange cap for long. The left-handed batsman would be too happy to continue in same vein. His opening partner Robin Uthappa blazed away to the third fastest half century of the season against Kings XI Punjab. If the two gets going, the task can difficult for the opponents. Thanks to the opening pair's good run in the league so far, the middle-order hasn't had the opportunity to be tested. How the batsmen, following Gambhir and Uthappa, perform when confronted with pressure, remains to be seen. Should they get an opportunity tomorrow, the likes of Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan could be tested for sure. In bowling, Morne Morkel has led the pace department well, with support from Umesh Yadav. Left-arm spinner Shakib has been steady, and so was Piyush Chawla. Then there is Sunil Narine and all-rounders Russell and Yusuf. SQUADS Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautham Gambhir (capt), Piyush Chawla,  John Hastings, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Manan Sharma, Morne Morkel, Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusaf Pathan, Ankit Rajput, Andre Russell, Rajgopal Satish, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaydev Unadkat, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav and Umesh Yadav. Rising Pune Supergiants: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Kevin Pietersen, Faf du Plessis, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Jaskaran Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ankit Sharma, Albie Morkel, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Thisara Perera, Saurabh Tiwary, RP Singh, Rajat Bhatia, Ankush Bains, Baba Aparajith, Murugan Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Deepak Chahar, Scott Boland, Peter Handscomb, Adam Zampa.