Live cricket score – SRH vs KXIP, Match 25, IPL 2018

GRITTY FIFTY

Manish Pandey brings up his second fifty this season – both against KXIP. Equals joint slowest 50 for SRH in IPL.

BUTTER FINGERS EVERYWHERE

Wow, #KXIP‘s fielding has been poor to say the least. Vital runs for #SRH these. #SRHvsKXIP

— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika) April 26, 2018

The drops have become infectious. Mayank Agarwal dropped Manish Pandey (46) off Andrew Tye. A couple of balls later, Manoj Tiwary palms one over the ropes. Yusuf Pathan, the lucky batsman on this occasion.

Just another day at the office for the Afghanistan teenager

Mujeeb Ur Rahman, the 17-year-old spinner doesn’t concede a single boundary in quota of four overs. Finishes with impressive figures reading – 4-0-17-1

Partnership broken

Trying to up the ante, Shakib (28) perishes. Doesn’t pick Mujeeb’s wrong ‘un and mishits the slog to deep mid-wicket. SRH 79 for 4

At the halfway stage (10 overs), the hosts are 57/3. Shakib and Manish Pandey are steadying the ship.

Weird bowling action from Manoj Tiwary

I’m loving this from Manoj Tiwary. Irrespective of how he bowls, great to see a player add another dimension to their game and remain relevant, just like Ashwin’s leggies.

— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) April 26, 2018

Manoj “Kedar” Tiwary.

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) April 26, 2018

3 wickets and 2 catches down in the first 5 overs. This is an excellent surface. #SRH will hope Manish Pandey can ride his luck.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 26, 2018

More drama

Shakib is caught at third man off Sran, but hang on! The bowler has overstepped. Shakib survives and scores a couple of boundaries in the same over. Powerplay done – SRH are 37-3

It’s all happening!

An ordinary shot from Saha and he departs for 6, becoming Ankit Rajpoot’s third wicket. Doesn’t pick the slower ball and mistimes the slog to mid-wicket. Rajpoot should have had four, but Tye drops a dolly. A reprieve for Manish Pandey, straightaway.

TWIN STRIKE

Ankit Rajpoot is on fire. He has removed both the openers in two overs. It’s the extra bounce, once again, that results in a wicket. Dhawan nicks an away-curler to slip. Rajpoot’s figures after two overs: 2-0-5-2

A duck for Williamson

Ideal start for KXIP; Ankit Rajpoot removes Kane Williamson for a duck. Extra bounce did the trick as the SRH captain got a top-edge on his cut that ballooned to mid-off. Straightforward catch for Ashwin.

Still no game for @AlexHales1. Really think he needs to come in at the top for #SRH to give them that impetus up front. #SRHvsKXIP

— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika) April 26, 2018

When you have a big marquee player like Yuvraj, it is a really tough call to leave him out. #KingsXI have taken that call today. Offers an opportunity to Manoj Tiwary.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 26, 2018

And here are the playing XIs –

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

TOSS: Kings XI Punjab opt to bowl.

Will Manoj Tiwary get a game tonight?

Tiwary, Finch taking throwdowns,” says Kritika Naidu, our correspondent from the stadium. She adds, “Universe Boss has walked out to a loud cheer. Bhuvneshwar isn’t looking all that comfortable, he might not even play tonight, just bowling at half run-up and looking very gingerly”

Build-up!

April 19, 2018: Kings XI Punjab beat Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mohali for the first time – courtesy a Gayle Storm. This is what the Jamaican said, after his unbeaten knock – “I think Virender Sehwag has saved IPL by picking me.” A week later, the two teams will face off again, now at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Hello and welcome to our live blog of the 25th match of theIndian Premier League. Gayle’s scores in this edition after missing the first two games – 63, 104* and 62*. The Universe Boss, who missed the previous encounter due to stiff back, is likely to return to the playing XI. Is he stoppable?

SRH, who started their campaign with three successive wins, suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of KXIP and CSK respectively. In the absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the Sunrisers managed to defend a paltry score of 118 with ease against a batting-heavy Mumbai Indians line-up. Their opponents, Punjab too come into this clash on the back of a good bowling performance – a nervy 4-run win over Delhi. With the teams placed second and third on the points table, we can expect a cracker of a contest. Read our preview.

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