Mohammad Shami to Sunil Narine, Hits the deck hard, on middle. Sunil Narine looks to flick it to the leg side, but closes the bat face early and gets a leading edge over the bowler's head for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Rinku Singh, Back of a length, from around the stump, outside off. Rinku steers it to deep third for a run.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, Good length, on the pads, Rinku Singh works this through mid-wicket and takes a single to close the over.
Prince Yadav to Sunil Narine, Yorker on off, Sunil Narine jams this around silly mid off and takes a single. Prince Yadav fields this in his followthrough and has a go at the non-striker's end but misses the stumps.
Prince Yadav to Sunil Narine, Hard length, around off, Sunil Narine stays leg side and pokes at it away from his body but gets beaten.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, Good length, around the pads, Rinku Singh flicks this to the fine leg region for a single.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, Bumper, down the leg side, Rinku Singh looks to hook this towards fine leg but gets it chopped off the under-edge back to Pant behind the stumps.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, FOUR! A crafty touch by Rinku to add four to the total. On a length, wide of off, angling across the left-hander. Rinku Singh stays deep inside the crease and opens his bat face to guide this through the gap between short third and backward point for four.
Another one comes and goes. Sunil Narine is the new batter in at number 9.
George Linde to Ramandeep Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Linde has his first now as Ramandeep falls. Flighted delivery, around off, Ramandeep Singh goes down on a knee and looks to take on 'The Bison' at long on. Ramandeep Singh fails to get right underneath this and ends up hitting this straight to Mitchell Marsh at long on and he takes it with ease. Kolkata Knight Riders are 93/7.
George Linde to Ramandeep Singh, Slightly short and on off, Ramandeep Singh cuts this to the right of point for no run.
George Linde to Rinku Singh, Tossed up, on the pads, Rinku Singh flicks this gently through square leg and jogs to the other end.
George Linde to Rinku Singh, Much slower, fuller around off, Rinku Singh backs away to his leg side and cuts this on the bounce to point.
George Linde to Ramandeep Singh, Flighted around off, Ramandeep Singh jumps down the track and drives this through mid off for a single.
George Linde to Ramandeep Singh, Quicker one, on middle and leg, Ramandeep Singh gets right on top of the bounce and dead bats it.
Digvesh Singh to Ramandeep Singh, Pushed through on off, Ramandeep Singh goes deep inside the crease and milks this through the mid-wicket region for one more.
Digvesh Singh to Rinku Singh, Quicker one, on the pads, Rinku Singh tucks this to deep backward square leg for a single.
Digvesh Singh to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Way too short by Digvesh Singh and outside off, Rinku Singh accepts this width on offer and smashes this up and over the extra cover fielder for four more runs.
Digvesh Singh to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Rinku connects and finds the boundary this time. Googly, around off, Rinku Singh reads this well and hits this over the fielder at covers for a boundary.
Digvesh Singh to Rinku Singh, A repeat of the previous delivery. Digvesh Singh bowls this on a short of a length, around off, Rinku Singh goes for a late cut but misses out.
Digvesh Singh to Rinku Singh, Floated around off, Rinku Singh looks to cut this square on the off side but gets beaten.
STRATEGIC BREAK! Things haven't improved for Kolkata Knight Riders since the last break. In fact, they have lost Cameron Green as well, who showed some positive intent. It all rests on the Rinku-Ramandeep duo to take the innings deep to post something respectable on the board. Narine is yet to bat and everyone knows how dangerous he can be once he gets going. And if need be, Manish Pandey could also come in as their impact sub, but that would come at the expense of leaving out Chakaravarthy. With 7 overs to spare, KKR would still hope to get in the 150-run territory to make a fight out of this. LSG will simply look to break this stand and collapse the spine of this KKR batting order completely. Digvesh Singh (2-0-10-0) to bowl after the break.
Prince Yadav to Ramandeep Singh, An excellent yorker, on off by Yadav and Ramandeep Singh jams this to Himmat Singh at short covers.
Prince Yadav to Ramandeep Singh, Low full toss, on middle and off, Ramandeep Singh helps this to mid-wicket for no run.
Prince Yadav to Ramandeep Singh, Perfect wide yorker, outside off. Ramandeep Singh is a bit late to bring his bat down and it sneaks behind to the keeper, beating his willow, possibly the under edge.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, Good length, around middle and off, Rinku Singh guides this to the deep third region for one run.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, WIDE! Another short one, that's a bit too high, flies over the head height. Rinku Singh lets it be. Wide again.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, WIDE! Bumper, a bit too high for the umpire's liking. Rinku tries his best to play the upper-cut but gets beaten. Wided.
Prince Yadav to Rinku Singh, Short and around off, Rinku Singh looks to help this over the short third fielder but misses out.
Prince Yadav to Ramandeep Singh, On a length, around off, Ramandeep Singh dabs this to George Linde at point and looks for a run but is sent back by Rinku. Linde misfields and the batters eventually take the single.
Prince Yadav (1-0-6-0) is brought back on.
Aiden Markram to Rinku Singh, Nicely bowled by Markram, another tidy over for him and LSG. Markram slows it up and drifts it onto middle, Rinku Singh stays watchful and smothers it away.
Aiden Markram to Rinku Singh, Good length, in and around off, punched off the back foot by Rinku but straight to the point fielder.
Aiden Markram to Ramandeep Singh, Slightly shorter and on leg, Ramandeep hops inside the line and nudges it down to short fine leg for a quick single.
Aiden Markram to Ramandeep Singh, Good, positive running. Flatter delivery on middle, Ramandeep Singh stays compact and hits it into the vast open spaces at mid-wicket and picks up a couple of runs.
Aiden Markram to Rinku Singh, Oh, a misfield. Shortish length, wide outside off, Singh reaches out and cuts it to the left of backward point. The fielder moves across and only makes a half-stop, allowing the batter to pick up a run.
Aiden Markram to Rinku Singh, Stump-to-stump line, on a length, Rinku Singh presses back and blocks it.
Mohsin Khan is substituted by Himmat Singh
A 5-for for Mohsin. He ends his spell with fantastic numbers of 4-1-23-5. Dream figures for any bowler, especially in the shortest format. Ramandeep Singh is in at number 8. Live visuals also show that Mohsin has gone off the field. LSG have decided to use their Impact Sub option. Himmat Singh replaces Mohsin.
Mohsin Khan to Anukul Roy, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the fielder and Mohsin has a five-wicket haul. Mohsin Khan brings out the subtle change of pace again, bowling it quicker at over 143 clicks. This is fuller and on the pads, and Anukul Roy gets a bit tucked up. Roy tries to flick it away but ends up clipping it uppishly towards short mid-wicket. Ayush Badoni squats down and takes a safe catch there. Golden duck for Anukul and Kolkata Knight Riders are 73/6.
It is going down south for KKR quickly now. They have lost half their side and have absolutely no momentum. Anukul Roy walks in at number 7.
Mohsin Khan to Cameron Green, OUT! CAUGHT! Cameron Green was itching to go big on every ball and Mohsin Khan gets his man. Mohsin bowls it back of a length and darts the ball well across the right-hander. Green leans across and tries to drag the big shot across the line, but ends up slicing it off the outer half of the blade. The ball gets lobbed up around the gully region and it is the keeper, Rishabh Pant who calls for it, running to his right and he pouches it with ease.
Mohsin Khan to Cameron Green, Hard length around off, Green has a slog across the line but gets it off the inner half of the blade to square leg.
Mohsin Khan to Cameron Green, In the air, will land safely. Slightly back of a length, around middle, Cameron Green leans across and gets under it but swings it high and without much timing towards mid-wicket. Prince Yadav and Digvesh Singh converge towards the ball, but again, there's no communication between them and they both just look at each other as the ball lands between them. Green picks up a couple of runs as well.
Mohsin Khan to Cameron Green, SIX! Mohsin errs in line and Cameron Green helps himself to six runs. Off pace delivery, on a shortish length and down leg. Green picks it early, gets inside the line and swings it over long leg for a biggie.
Mohsin Khan to Rinku Singh, Dug in short and outside off, Rinku Singh fetches the ball and pulls it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for one.
Halfway reached. KKR are 64/4, still crawling just above run a ball. They need some big overs to get their innings back on track. Mohsin Khan will bowl out. His figures read 3-1-14-3 so far.
Aiden Markram to Rinku Singh, Dragged length around middle, angled into the batter, Singh pushes it down to long on for one more. Just five singles off Markram's first over.
Aiden Markram to Rinku Singh, Tight line on off stump, pushed through quicker. Rinku Singh backs away and jams the cut down to short third.
Aiden Markram to Cameron Green, Markram is bowling to his field and making the batters hit to the longer side of the ground. Fuller on the pads. Cameron steers to deep mid-wicket for just one.