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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Bowlers seal incredible win for KXIP Play with freedom, not with survival Chakravarthy stars with five-for against SRH to stay afloat in IPL mind-set: Shreyas Iyer to teammates DUBAI, Oct 24: making the play-offs, but for that to but both the players struggled to up ABU DHABI, Oct 24: held to 135/9 as mystery spinner in KKR's 59-run win over DC happen they will need to win their the ante and departed in the process. Kings XI Punjab made an Varun Chakarvarthy (5-20) ABU DHABI, Oct 24: successive loss but they still main- In his next over, Chakravarthy remaining three games with good From thereon, SRH batsmen Delhi Capitals skipper wrecked the in-form line-up. incredible comeback at the death, net run rates. made heavy weather of the chase as Shreyas Iyer today urged his tained the second spot. dismissed Marcus Stoinis and then taking five wickets in the final two Delhi have won seven of their 11 Leg-spinner Varun Skipper Sheryas Iyer was the picked his five-for in the fifth ball, SRH made a brisk start to their KXIP bowlers reduced the equation teammates to toughen up their games so far. Chakravarthy dished out the best overs to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad chase with skipper Warner and to 17 runs off the last two overs. minds after they crashed to a 59- top-scorer for DC with 47 as he, cleaning up Axar Patel with a by 12 runs in an Indian Premier "We need to be strong in our bowling performance of this IPL along with Rishabh Pant (27), held straight one. Bairstow adding 56 runs for the Bowling the penultimate over, run loss at the hands of Kolkata mind and play with freedom, not with a five-for after his batting col- League match here today. opening stand in 6.2 overs before Chris Jordan (3/17) dismissed Jason Chasing a modest 127-run tar- have a survival mind-set," Iyer leagues stepped up in style as SCOREBOARD KXIP bowlers inflicted three quick Holder and Rashid Khan in succes- Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi get, SRH batsmen committed told official broadcaster 'Star Kolkata Knight Riders Innings: blows to make a return to the con- sive deliveries to tilt the match in Sports' in the post-match presen- Capitals by 59 runs here today. 'harakiri' after a solid 56-run open- test. KXIP's favour. Shubman Gill c Patel b Nortje 9 tation ceremony. Promoted to open the innings, Nitish Rana c Deshpande b Stoinis 81 ing stand between skipper David Both Warner and Bairstow soon With 14 runs needed from the Warner (35) and Jonny Bairstow "...We could've put more Nitish Rana revelled in his new role Rahul Tripathi b Nortje 13 perished in quick succession before last over, Arshdeep Singh (3/23) pressure on them and we as he overcame a personal tragedy Dinesh Karthik c Pant b Rabada 3 (19) to be all out for 114 in 19.5 Abdul Samad (7) too failed to rise to dismissed Priyam Garg and overs. could've gone more attacking to smash a whirlwind 81 and shared Sunil Narine c Rahane b Rabada 64 the occasion. Sandeep Sharma, and Khaleel Eoin Morgan c Rabada b Stoinis 17 The win, their fourth on the trot, but the way they played in a game-changing 115-run stand After the three quick blows, the Ahmed was run out as KXIP between especially Sunil Narine with Sunil Narine (64) to lift KKR Pat Cummins not out 0 kept KXIP in the fray for play-offs Extras: (LB-1,W-6) 7 going became tough for SRH as recorded a memorable victory. coming and changing the to an imposing 194/6 after being put Earlier, SRH bowlers produced Total: (for 6 wickets in 20 overs) 194 Today’s Fixture momentum towards them. in to bat. Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-35, 3-42, 4-157, 5-194, 6-194 a clinical performance to restrict "I think that was the chang- Chasing a stiff target, RCB V/s CSK (Dubai) 3.30 PM Bowling: Tushar Deshpande 4-0-40-0, Anrich Nortje 4-0-27-2, Kagiso KXIP to a modest 126 for seven. ing point and also we could've Chakravarthy (5/20) and Pat Rabada 4-0-33-2, Axar Patel 1-0-7-0, Marcus Stoinis 4-0-41-2, Rajasthan Royals V/s Mumbai Indians (Abu Dhabi) 7:30 PM SRH bowlers responded Knight Riders, a rare poor show bowled in perfect areas, we Cummins (3/17) gave the Delhi Ravichandran Ashwin 3-0-45-0. impressively to their Warner's deci- for the side this IPL season. SCOREBOARD couldn't execute our plans," he Capitals batsmen a torrid time to Delhi Capitals Innings: sion to field first, picking wickets at Chasing a massive 194/6, added. restrict them to 135 for 9 in 20 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Cummins 0 Kings XI Punjab Innings: regular intervals to control the which KKR posted courtesy half Iyer also said that losing overs. Shikhar Dhawan b Cummins 6 KL Rahul b Rashid Khan 27 Shreyas Iyer c Nagarkoti b Varun 47 innings. centuries by Nitish Rana (81) early wickets did no good for the Cummins gave a perfect start, Mandeep Singh c Rashid Khan b Sandeep Sharma 17 KXIP Skipper KL Rahul (27), and Sunil Narine (64), DC were Rishabh Pant c Shubman Gill b Varun 27 Chris Gayle c Warner b Holder 20 team especially while chasing a dismissing both the openers Shimron Hetmyer c Tripathi b Varun 10 Chris Gayle (20) Mandeep Singh Nicholas Pooran not out 32 Our most complete big total. Ajinkya Rahane (0) and in-form Marcus Stoinis c Tripathi b Varun 6 Glenn Maxwell c Warner b Sandeep Sharma 12 (17), who lost his father Hardev "I feel it's really important Shikhar Dhawan (6) in his first two Axar Patel b Varun 9 Deepak Hooda st Bairstow b Rashid Khan 0 Singh earlier on Saturday, all got performance so far: that you get off to an amazing overs. Kagiso Rabada c Tripathi b Cummins 9 Chris Jordan c Ahmed b Holder 7 starts but their innings never got start when you are chasing a Then Chakravarthy played the Ravichandran Ashwin not out 14 Murugan Ashwin run out (Shankar) 4 going as they failed to grab the Morgan total in excess of 190, need 50 finisher's act in the back-end of the Tushar Deshpande c Morgan b Ferguson 1 Ravi Bishnoi not out 0 momentum. innings to choke the DC run chase. Anrich Nortje not out 0 Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-5) 7 ABU DHABI, Oct 24: runs at least in the first six overs. Extras: (LB-1, NB-2, W-3) 6 Even though Mandeep didn't Losing two wickets put a lot of Coming on the back of a horror Total: (for 7 wickets in 20 overs) 126 make a significant score, he and Total: (for 9 wicckets in 20 overs) 135 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-66, 3-66, 4-85, 5-88, 6-105, 7-110 Kolkata Knight Riders skip- pressure on the batsmen coming batting show against Royal Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-13, 3-76, 4-95, 5-95, 6-110, 7-112, 8-132, 9-135 Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 4-0-29-2, Khaleel Ahmed 4-0-31-0, Jason Nitish Rana, who made 81 for KKR per Eoin Morgan on Saturday behind but you can't give that as Challengers Bangalore when they Bowling: Pat Cummins 4-0-17-3, M Prasidh Krishna 2-0-19-0, Kamlesh Holder 4-0-27-2, Rashid Khan 4-0-14-2, T Natarajan 4-0-23-0. despite the bereavement of his said his team produced its most a reason. crumbled to 84/8, KKR ticked all Nagarkoti 2-0-11-0, Lockie Ferguson 4-0-30-1, Sunil Narine 4-0-37-0, CV Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings: father-in-law Surinder Marwah, complete performance of the He said that the loss has the boxes to keep their playoff Varun 4-0-20-5. David Warner c Rahul b Bishnoi 35 drew appreciation from batting season so far when it upstaged come at the right time and there hopes alive by securing their sixth on after Cummins' twin strike. They Earlier, Nitish Rana revelled in Jonny Bairstow b M Ashwin 19 maestro Sachin Tendulkar for their the fancied Delhi Capitals by 59 are several lessons to be taken win, with three matches left. Manish Pandeyc (sub) Suchith b Jordan 15 took on the opposition attack in the his new opening role with a whirl- lion-hearted efforts to play the runs to stay alive in the IPL For DC, this was their second Abdul Samad c Jordan b Shami 7 from the game.(PTI) second half but KKR's strategy to wind 81, while Sunil Narine, play- games. here. Vijay Shankar c Rahul b Arshdeep 26 "Loss of loved one hurts, but press in Chakravarthy paid divi- ing in her first match after being Jason Holder c Mandeep b Jordan 5 Having suffered a massive dends. cleared of suspect bowling, Priyam Garg c Jordan b Arshdeep 3 what's more breathtaking is when defeat to Royal Challengers one doesn't get to say a final good- The spinner opened his account smashed a 32-ball 64 to propel Rashid Khan c Pooran b Jordan 0 Bangalore after putting up 84/8 after Pant holed out at deep square KKR to 194 for 6 after being asked Sandeep Sharma c Ashwin b Arshdeep 0 bye.