Sunrisers off to a flying start

May 19, 2018 20:17

Sunrisers 36-0 (3 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Spin straightaway for KKR as part-timer Nitish Rana opens the bowling for the visitors.

Sunrisers have a new opening pair as Shikhar Dhawan opens the batting with wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami.

Rana starts with a loose delivery , short and wide, which Dhawan cuts through the off-side for a four to get off the mark in some style.

But the spinner makes a good comeback conceding just a single from the remaining five deliveries.

The young Prasidh Krishna to bowl the second over. Dhawan gets another freebie as he smashes a short wide delivery past point for a four then repeats the shot a few deliveries later for the same result as Krishna goes for 11 in his first over.

Andre Russell comes into the attack and he strikes in his first over. Goswami looks to pull a short ball but is struck on the gloves and is caught at slip for one.

However, the batsman is not convinced that the ball came off the gloves and he stays his ground, asking the umpire to check the call. And that turns out to be a good call as the ball came off the helmet with no bat involved as the decision is overturned.

That turns out to be a good wake up call for Goswami, who makes room and plays the inside out lofted shot for a six over the covers.

Russell goes short and quick as Goswami has a swing but misses it comfortably as the ball is called a no-ball for being the second ball which passed too high over the batsman.

The free hit delivery is cracked through the covers for another four as Goswami cuts loose.

An angry Russell bowling with some steam as he gets one to jag off length as it bounces over the wicketkeeper for four byes.

The last ball is again on the shorter side as this time Goswami makes room and steers it past point for another as Russell is hit for 20 runs in his first over.

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