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IPL Updates! Sunrisers thrash Knight Riders by 22 runs

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23:31   IPL Updates! Sunrisers thrash Knight Riders by 22 runs

Kolkata: 140-8
Hyderabad: 162-8

Mustafizur (4-0-28-0) to bowl the penultimate over. He gives away just eight runs, with Holder getting a boundary off the fourth ball. 

Bhuvneshwar, the purple cap holder, to bowl the final over. Kolkata need 25 to win. He cleans up Sathish (8) with his second ball. 

Three balls later, Bhuvneshwar (4-0-19-3) has Holder (6) caught by Cutting at long-off. 

KKR fall short by 22 runs. 

Sunrisers will play Gujarat Lions on Friday, for a spot in the final - against Royal Challengers Bangalore. 

We are guaranteed a new champion. 
23:19   IPL Updates! Sunrisers inch closer to win at Kotla

Kolkata: 130-6
Hyderabad: 162-8

Bhuvneshwar strikes in his third over, having the dangerous Manish Pandey (36) caught by Hooda at long-on. 

And there goes KKR's last hope. 

Jason Holder joins Sathish at the crease, with KKR needing 38 to win, off 16 balls. 
23:15   IPL Updates! Manish Pandey fights it out for KKR

Kolkata: 124-5
Hyderabad: 162-8

A single by Suryakumar, off Cutting, helps KKR reach the 100-run mark in the 14 overs. 

However, Henriques has Suryakumar (23) caught by Dhawan shortly after. 

All KKR hopes now rest on Manish Pandey. 
22:45   IPL Updates! Bowlers put Sunrisers in control at Kotla

Kolkata: 81-4
Hyderabad: 162-8

Manish Pandey joins his captain at the crease. Ben Cutting and Bipul Sharma bowl tight first overs.

The pressure tells and Gambhir (28) hits a Cutting delivery straight to substitute fielder V Shankar straight to long-on. At the halfway stage KKR have reached 66 for three. 

Henriques has Yusuf Pathan (2) caught by Bhuvneshwar at deep midwicket. 

Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in. 
22:21   IPL Updates! Gambhir fights it out for KKR at Kotla

Kolkata: 53-2
Hyderabad: 162-8

Munro starts off well, with a boundary apiece off Sran, while Gambhir gets one off Bhuvneshwar. 

Mustafizur Rahman gets the ball in the sixth over, replacing Sran (2-0-19-1). He gives away just three runs. KKR manage 46 for one in the powerplay. 

Moises Henriques is handed the ball in the seventh over, replacing Bhuvneshwar (2-0-12-0). A boundary by Gambhir, off the fifth ball, helps KKR get past the 50-run mark. 

However, in the next ball, a direct hit by Yuvraj finds Munro (16) short of crease. 
22:03   IPL Updates! Sran strikes early for Sunrisers at Kotla

Kolkata: 23-1
Hyderabad: 162-8

Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa to open the batting for Kolkata, and it will be Bhuvneshwar Kumar first up for Hyderabad. He gives away just three runs. 

Barinder Sran to bowl the second over. Uthappa (11) hits the first ball to the fence but the bowler responds with his fifth ball, having the opener caught by Henriques at short extra cover. 

Colin Munro joins his captain at the crease. And Hyderabad make a bowling change in the third over, Hooda getting the ball. Gambhir smashes the fifth ball for a huge six.
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21:36   IPL Updates! KKR restrict Sunrisers to 162 -8 at Kotla

Hyderabad: 162-8

Ben Cutting, a replacement for Kane Williamson, is the new man in. He survives just one ball, A googly by Kuldeep sees him get stumped, handing the bowler his third wicket. 

Yuvraj eases the pressure with successive boundaries in the over. Kuldeep ends an impressive spell (4-0-35-3).

Narine ends a wicket-less spell (4-0-35-0) in the 18th over. 

Holder (4-0-33-2) to bowl the penultimate over. He cleans up Yuvraj (44) with his third ball. And has Naman Ojha (7) caught behind off the fifth ball. 

Morkel (4-0-31-2) to bowl the final over. Bipul Sharma hits a six over long-off in the first ball, and another six down the ground off the third. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1) skies the fifth, Manish Pandey making no mistake at mid-off.

Sunrisers manage 162 for eight. 
21:14   IPL Updates! Yuvraj keeps Sunrisers on track at Kotla

Hyderabad: 124-4

Holder is back in the 16th over. Hooda welcomes him with a huge six over midwicket. Yuvraj also finds the leg side fence in the over. 

However, lack of communication means Hooda (21) is run out, courtesy a Kuldeep direct hit, having helped Yuvraj add 49 runs (in six overs) for the fourth wicket. 

Yuvraj hits the last ball to the fence as 15 come off the over. 
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21:05   IPL Updates! Yuvraj, Hooda fight it out for Sunrisers

Hyderabad: 109-3

Narine replaces Holder (2-0-13-0) in the 11th over. He gives away just two runs. 

Deepak Hooda and Yuvraj Singh are the two new batsmen at the crease. They have a lot to do if Sunrisers are to make a match off it. 

R Sathish is handed the ball in the 12th over, replacing Kuldeep (2-0-14-2). He gives away nine runs, with Yuvraj slashing the last ball past the third man for a boundary.

Kuldeep is back in the 13th over. Yuvraj hits the second ball over wide long-on for his second boundary, and follows it up with a huge six straight down the ground. 

A huge six by Hooda, off Narine, helps Sunrisers get past the 100-run mark, in the 15th over. Yuvi also hits a boundary as 11 come off Narine's third over. 
20:46   IPL Updates! Kuldeep's strikes put KKR in command

Hyderabad: 71-3

Jason Holder replaces Pathan (3-0-17-0) in the seventh over. He gives away just four runs. 

Another bowling change in the eighth over. Narine is taken off after just one over and Kuldeep Yadav comes in. Sunrisers get past the 50-run mark in the over, courtesy of a single by Henriques. 

Kuldeep strikes in his second over, catching Henriques (31) off his own bowling. 

Henriques' 21-ball innings was inclusive of a boundary and two sixes, and he helped his captain add 59 runs (off 46 balls) for the second wicket. 

Kuldeep gets past the defense of Warner (28) in the next ball. 

Sunrisers reach 71 for three at the halfway mark.
20:46   IPL Updates! Kuldeep's strikes put KKR in commad

Hyderabad: 71-3

Jason Holder replaces Pathan (3-0-17-0) in the seventh over. He gives away just four runs. 

Another bowling change in the eighth over. Narine is taken off after just one over and Kuldeep Yadav comes in. Sunrisers get past the 50-run mark in the over, courtesy of a single by Henriques. 

Kuldeep strikes in his second over, catching Henriques (31) off his own bowling. 

Henriques' 21-ball innings was inclusive of a boundary and two sixes, and he helped his captain add 59 runs (off 46 balls) for the second wicket. 

Kuldeep gets past the defense of Warner (28) in the next ball. 

Sunrisers reach 71 for three at the halfway mark.
20:26   IPL Updates! Warner leads Sunrisers' recovery at Kotla

Hyderabad: 43-1

Moises Henriques is promoted up the order. He is off to a very slow start. The move is not working at the moment. 

Pathan is given a third over, and he puts down Warner (on 10) on the follow through. Henriques adds salt to his woes by smashing the last ball for a six over midwicket. 

KKR make their first bowling change in the sixth over, Sunil Narine replacing Morkel (2-0-14-1). Warner welcomes him with a boundary, and hits another off his fifth.

Sunrisers reach 43 for one after the powerplay phase. 
20:09   IPL Updates! Morkel strikes early for KKR at Kotla

Hyderabad: 12-1

David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan to open the batting and it will be Yusuf Pathan to open the bowling for KKR. Four off it. 

Morne Morkel to bowl the second over. Dhawan (10) helps himself to successive boundaries in the same. But the bowler has the last laugh, shattering the stumps with his final ball.
19:34   IPL Updates! KKR win toss, invite Sunrisers to bat first
Good evening and welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League Eliminator between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Ferozshah Kotla. 

KKR go into the match as favorites, having beaten the Sunrisers twice in the league phase. Besides, they also welcome back star player Andre Russell. 

The news is Gautam Gambhir has called it correctly and predictably elected to field first. 

"It looks like a good wicket, that won't change much, and we will look to restrict them," reasons the KKR captain. David Warner, his opposite number, concurs with the decision. 

"I wasn't sure. Pribably would have bowled first. But we are happy either way," he says. 

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