IPL 2019 KXIP vs SRH: KL Rahul guides Kings XI Punjab to six-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad

B Kumar to L Rahul, Full and outside off, KL walks down the track and then shoulders arms

B Kumar to L Rahul, Good length ball on off, Rahul solidly blocks it.

B Kumar to C Gayle, Back of a length on middle, Gayle gets off the mark by tucking it towards mid-wicket.

B Kumar to C Gayle, Excellent ball! Good length ball on off, the ball moves away from the southpaw. Gayle tries to play at it but misses. The ball just about beats his outside edge.

B Kumar to L Rahul, Punjab are off the mark straightaway. Good length ball on off and middle from Bhuvneshwar. There is a hint of swing on it. Rahul tucks it on the on side and gets to the other end.

We are back for the chase. The Hyderabad team is out on the field. Chris Gayle and KL Rahul are the openers for Punjab. Hyderabad skipper, Bhuvneshwar Kumar to start the proceedings with the new ball.

The pitch by the look of things appears to be on the slower side but last evening, in a similar situation, Kolkata made a complete mockery of the low target posted by Rajasthan. Are we in for a repeat telecast? Or will we see the Hyderabad bowlers making a match out of it? Do join us in a short while for the run chase.

Vijay Shankar is having a chat with Daren Ganga. Shankar says that it was not easy to bat early on, with the ball skidding on a lot. Hence, keeping wickets in hand initially was the plan as the ball was moving off the pitch. But then, says Vijay, the batting team got a move on as scoring became easier. On playing the spinners, VS says that they were bowling well, so it was important for Hyderabad to run hard between the wickets and play them out watchfully. Regarding the bowling length on this track, Shankar says that good length would be the key, as the ball tends to skid on from that area.

Punjab were brilliant with the ball up front and maintained good intensity in the field. They made Hyderabad sweat hard for every run but once again, just like the last game against Chennai, they faltered in the end overs, conceding 58 runs in the last five overs. All the bowlers did a decent job but they should have done well in the last few overs.

What a cracking finish for Hyderabad! Talk about momentum and they have it heading back to the pavilion. It was a laborious innings for them as scoring runs appeared to be quite tough. David Warner read the pitch nice and early and after losing his opening partner early, he just decided to stay out there and grind for his runs. It was so tough for them to score that they managed just 50 runs at the halfway mark but then the Aussie decided to press on the accelerator and got an able partner in Manish Pandey. Together they put 55 runs off 35 balls to give the much-needed tonic to the scoring rate and then Deepak Hooda finished it in a flurry in the last over.

M Shami to D Hooda, SIX! This has gone the distance. Hooda finishes it in style with a biggie. Receives a full toss around off, makes room and smokes it over the bowler's head for a maximum. 15 runs in this over, HYDERABAD END ON 150/4!

M Shami to D Hooda, FOUR! Gorgeous shot! An overpitched delivery on off at 144 kph, Hooda drills it back past the bowler who jumps and tries to stop the ball with his legs but it screams past him in no time and reaches the long off fence.

M Shami to D Hooda, FOUR! Nothing much wrong with the ball but the batsman gets lucky here. A low full toss on middle, it's speared in, Hooda gets his bat down just in time and deflects it neatly off his pads to fine leg for a boundary. Let me tell you, had he missed that, he was plumb in front of the wickets.

M Shami to D Warner, Knocks a full ball down down through mid off for a run.

M Shami to D Warner, Short delivery on middle and off, Warner tries to pull but misses. The keeper appeals after collecting the ball but nothing from the umpire. The replays later on show that there was some glove involved.

Deepak Hooda is in next.

M Shami to M Pandey, OUT! A straightforward catch for Karun Nair (sub) in the field at deep mid-wicket. Clever bowling by Shami. He follows the batsman down the leg side with a short delivery and Pandey still goes for the pull shot in spite of getting cramped for room. He mistimes it over the infield and Nair doesn't have to move much while accepting the catch. A handy partnership comes to an end.

Mohammed Shami to bowl the final over.

Sam Curran to D Warner, EDGY FOUR! Bad luck for the bowler! Curran delivers it full and in the line of the middle stump, Warner hops back again and tries to loft it over covers but it takes the outside edge and runs fine down to third man for a boundary. 11 from the over, 31 in the last three.

Sam Curran to D Warner, Smart bowling by Curran. He senses the movement from the batsman and bowls it on a shortish length outside off. Warner ends up reaching for it and fails to get bat on ball.