IPL 2019 Highlights KXIP vs SRH: Kings XI Punjab win by six wickets

23:41 hrs IST

Kings XI Punjab win by six wickets

KL Rahul strikes the ball towards long-on and takes off for a single, Warner fumbles with the ball and slips on the ground because of the dew. Curran and Rahul see the fumble and charge for the second run and seal a six-wicket victory.

23:38 hrs IST

Rahul seals the deal

KL Rahul smashes Nabi for a straight boundary, Punjab need 2 runs from 2 balls to win. Surely, it’s Punjab’s game now.

23:36 hrs IST

Two doubles for Curran

Curran reduces the equation to 7 runs from 4 balls with two doubles. Will Punjab pull through?

23:34 hrs IST

Mandeep falls at a critical moment

Mandeep tries to hit Kaul for a boundary, but gets out caught for two runs. Punjab in trouble now, they need 11 off the last over, with Rahul and Curran at the crease.

23:27 hrs IST

Miller departs for one run

Is there a twist in this tale? David Miller goes for a big one but gets caught by Hooda at long-on. Sandeep picks up another wicket. Punjab need 16 from the last two overs.

23:22 hrs IST

Sandeep dismisses Agarwal

Agarwal doesn’t get his pull shot right and hits the delivery from Sandeep straight to Vijay Shankar. He goes for a well-made 55. Punjab need 18 runs from 16 balls to win.

23:18 hrs IST

Agarwal scores fifty

Agarwal tucks a delivery from Kaul for a single and brings up his fifty off 40 balls. It has been a gem of an innings from the Punjab batsman. KXIP are 19 runs away from victory.

23:10 hrs IST

Yusuf Pathan drops a sitter

Bhuvneshwar Kumar surprised Mayank Agarwal with a bouncer and the Punjab batsman presented an easy high catch to Yusuf Pathan. However, the SRH fielder drops it! Punjab need 32 runs off 24 balls.

23:05 hrs IST

Sandeep bowls a quiet over

Sandeep Sharma concedes just six runs off the 15th over, but the SRH need to pick up wickets and not just contain runs. Punjab need 40 runs off 30 balls to win.

22:56 hrs IST

Rahul’s classy boundary

KL Rahul waits for a delivery from Nabi to come on and helps the ball along to the third man boundary. A couple of deliveries later, he brings up his fifty.

22:49 hrs IST

Huge over for Punjab

Rahul strikes Kaul for a six and a four as Punjab take 17 runs from the 11th over. The Kings XI Punjab need 65 runs from 54 balls to win.

22:45 hrs IST

Punjab reach 69/1 in 10 overs

Rahul and Agarwal eke out seven cautious runs from Rashid Khan and Punjab reaches 69/1 in 10 overs. Punjab are cruising in their chase at the moment.

22:38 hrs IST

Agarwal and Rahul keep Punjab in the chase

Agarwal and Rahul have batted well to string a partnership of 44 runs off 35 balls. Punjab need 89 runs from 66 balls to win.

22:31 hrs IST

Rahul cuts brilliantly

KL Rahul is looking at the crease at the moment. The Punjab batsman rocks back and cuts a delivery for a boundary. Punjab: 48/1 in 7.2 overs.

22:24 hrs IST

Agarwal hits Nabi for a six

Agarwal judges a delivery from Nabi perfectly and hits him for a six over the bowler’s head. Punjab end the Powerplay overs at 38/1.

22:17 hrs IST

Kaul misfields the ball as Rahul scores a boundary

KL Rahul hits the ball towards backward point. Siddarth Kaul moves towards the ball from third man but lets it slip to the boundary. Bhuvneshwar thinks Kaul should have done a better job. Punjab: 30/1 in 5 overs.

22:12 hrs IST

Hooda takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Gayle

Gayle takes on Rashid and hits the ball towards long-on, Hooda covers ground and takes a brilliant sliding catch to dismiss the Universe Boss. Punjab: 18/1 in 3.1 overs.

22:05 hrs IST

Chris Gayle looking good

Chris Gayle smashes Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a big six in the first ball of the third over. The Universe Boss is looking good at the crease.

21:59 hrs IST

Bhuvneshwar starts well

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is getting the ball to move around in the first over of Punjab’s innings. He concedes just two runs. Punjab need 149 more runs to win.

21:44 hrs IST

Good finish for SRH

The Sunrisers Hyderabad were struggling throughout most of their innings, but in the last over, Deepak Hooda smashed Mohammed Shami for two boundaries and a six to take Hyderabad to a decent total of 150/4 in 20 overs.

21:38 hrs IST

Pandey goes for 19

Pandey pulls a delivery straight to Nair. The SRH batsman gets out for 19. Warner is back on strike, can he take SRH past 145?

21:36 hrs IST

Warner edges Curran for a boundary

Warner slashes at a delivery outside the off-stump from Curran and the ball runs away for a boundary through third man. Hyderabad: 135/3 in 19 overs.

21:29 hrs IST

Warner carries SRH single-handedly

Rajpoot concedes just 21 runs in his four overs as Hyderabad move to 124/3 at the end of the 18th over. David Warner, who is batting on 64 off 57 balls, is taking SRH to a defendable total single-handedly.

21:21 hrs IST

Warner scores fifty

David Warner has brought up another half-century, but he hasn’t been in the best of touch in this match. The Sunrisers have moved past 100 in the 16th over, can they get to 140?

21:09 hrs IST

Ashwin runs out Nabi at the non striker’s end

Relax, it’s not another Mankading by Ashwin. Warner smashed a delivery in the 14th over back to Ashwin and the KXIP skipper fielded the ball and took off the bails at the non striker’s end as Nabi was outside his crease.

21:05 hrs IST

Mayank Agarwal leaves the field

Maynak Agarwal carries out a dive and saves a boundary, but seems like he has incurred a finger injury. He walks off the field with the physio.

20:54 hrs IST

Ashwin dismisses Shankar

Ashwin finds the breakthrough for Kings XI Punjab. Shankar looks to run the ball behind the wicket, but edges the ball to the wicket-keeper KL Rahul. Shankar goes for 27 as Hyderabad lose their second wicket.

20:48 hrs IST

Hyderabad post 50/1 in 10 overs

The Kings XI Punjab have bowled brilliantly in the first ten overs. They bowled on good line and lengths consistently to restrict Hyderabad to 50/1 at the ten-over mark.

20:40 hrs IST

Hyderabad under pressure

It seems like the pitch is slowing up as the game has progressed in Mohali. Shankar and Warner have not been able to hit the big shots. Hyderabad are struggling at 42/1 in 8.4 overs.

20:34 hrs IST

Ashwin starts well

Punjab skipper Ashwin concedes just four runs in his first over of the match. The off-spinner bowled on tight line and lengths. Hyderabad move to 31/1 in 7 overs.

20:29 hrs IST

Excellent Powerplay for Kings XI Punjab

Shami concedes just two runs in the sixth over as Kings XI Punjab restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to just 27/1 in six overs. Warner has to bat until the end of the innings if SRH would like to post a defendable total.

20:25 hrs IST

Warner finds a boundary

David Warner clips a ball through mid-wicket off Rajpoot’s and brings up his first boundary of this innings. Is Warner going to switch gears now?

20:20 hrs IST

Shami bowls an excellent over

Shami stuck to a good line and length throughout the fourth over. Vijay Shankar took a single off the first ball of the fourth over and then Warner played out five consecutive dot balls. Warner is struggling at 3 from 14 balls.

20:15 hrs IST

Rajpoot keeps Warner under pressure

David Warner is finding it difficult to get going in Mohali. Rajpoot bowls three consecutive dot balls before Warner sneaks a double off the last ball of the third over.

20:09 hrs IST

Mujeeb dismisses Bairstow

Mujeeb Ur Rahman has got the big wicket of Jonny Bairstow in the second over. Bairstow has been one of SRH’s best batsmen in this tournament. If KXIP dismiss Warner early then SRH could be in deep trouble.

20:05 hrs IST

Ankit Rajpoot gets KXIP off to a good start

Ankit Rajpoot has mixed up his lines well in the first over. He concedes just three runs as Kings XI Punjab get off to a good start in this match. They will need to keep the pressure on Warner and Bairstow.

19:58 hrs IST

Team Changes

Punjab have made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Ankit Rajpoot in place of Andrew Tye and Murugan Ashwin.

19:53 hrs IST

Pre-match Stats

1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs 1 more wicket to complete 100 wickets for SRH.

• 34: Manish Pandey needs 34 runs to score 500 runs against KXIP.

• 2: Sidharth Kaul needs 2 more wickets to complete 50 wickets in the IPL.

• 100: KL Rahul will be playing his 100th T20 if he starts in the playing XI vs SRH.

• 4: Yusuf Pathan needs 4 more wickets to complete 100 T20 wickets.

• 3: Mohammad Nabi needs 3 more catches to complete 100 catches in T20s.

• 8: fifty plus scores for D Warner vs KXIP, joint most by a batsman alongside C Gayle (8 fifty plus).

• 2: wickets Sam Curran needs to complete 50 T20 wickets.

• 77.45 vs 21.69: 77.45 % of the have come from SRH top-order and only 21.69 % have been scored by the middle order.

• 20.00 %: KXIP’s win rate vs SRH at Mohali in IPL, least as compared to against any other current IPL teams. (KXIP have won only 1 match out of the 5 played)

19:43 hrs IST

KXIP Playing XI

Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

19:38 hrs IST

SRH Playing XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

19:31 hrs IST

KXIP opt to field

Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and they will be fielding first. “We will be bowling first. We have two changes it is more in respect to the venue - AJ and Murugan Ashwin miss out. Mujeeb and Rajpoot come in for them. It is more to do with the venue and the opposition. Mujeeb knows the conditions here and will use Rajpoot to swing the ball early. They (Warner and Bairstow) are quality players. Obviously a good ball is a good ball, there is a bit in it (surface), just try and swing the ball and probably have them nick off,” Ashwin said at the toss.

19:24 hrs IST

Pitch Report

“An even covering of grass. 180 is the par score here. It looks good for batting. Little mosaic looking. It is a little bit challenging to hit sixes on this ground because of the dimensions,” reckons Darren Ganga.

19:20 hrs IST

Rahul checking out Gayle’s bat

.@klrahul11 checking on @henrygayle's run making willow 😋😋 pic.twitter.com/WKGc8SrH1S

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2019

19:11 hrs IST

A look at the top squads

Kings XI Punjab: Chris Gayle, Lokesh Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot, Karun Nair, David Miller, Andrew Tye, Moises Henriques, Varun Chakravarthy, Murugan Ashwin, Simran Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan

19:05 hrs IST

Warner-Bairstow

Bhuvneshwar Kumar will hope that the faster pace of the wicket in Mohali will help his opening combination of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow. They had a rare failure on Saturday when Joseph sent them packing, but considering their desire to excel, they will come back roaring on Monday.

18:59 hrs IST

Player Battle: Bhuvi vs Mayank

Bhvuneshwar Kumar did not have the best start to his Indian Premier League (IPL) season this year but in the last two matches, he has regained confidence after taking few wickets. As a result, he will be a tough test for Mayank Agarwal who is sort of the gatekeeper for the KXIP middle order. When it comes to head-to-head, Mayank has scored 11 runs off 11 balls against Bhuvi with the SRH skipper dismissing him once in the IPL.

18:53 hrs IST

Player Battle: Bairstow vs Shami

Mohammed Shami has been the pick of the KXIP fast bowlers but he will be facing one of his biggest challenges till now when he takes on the opening pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow. Warner has enjoyed a brilliant run of form and Bairstow is not far behind as he slammed his maiden IPL century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bairstow was also instrumental in guiding his team to victory against Delhi Capitals and after missing the mark against Mumbai Indians, the England international will surely be looking to bounce back on Monday.

18:48 hrs IST

Player Battle: Warner vs Ashwin

The strongest area for Sunrisers Hyderabad has been their opening partnerships and one of the main reasons for that has been the form of David Warner. Warner, who has already scored two fifties and a century, is currently leading the Orange Cap table and it will take a special effort from Ravichandran Ashwin to dismiss him early. However, the KXIP skipper has also enjoyed a good run of form and early wickets are always on the cards for him.

18:42 hrs IST

Player Battle: KL Rahul vs Rashid Khan

KL Rahul was one of the top performers for KXIP in their last match against Chennai Super Kings but he was unable to take his team to the victory. On Monday, he will surely be looking to make amends with another significant knock but in order to achieve that, he will have to overcome the brilliance of Rashid Khan. Rashid is the top ranked T20I bowler in the world and over the years, he has bothered Rahul with his variations. When it comes to their head-to-head, Rashid has dismissed Rahul twice in the IPL and the KXIP batsman has struggled against him.

18:37 hrs IST

Sayan: Sam Curran magic

Sam Curran is living a dream. Bought by Kings XI Punjab for a whopping R7.2 crore, the 20-year-old England all-rounder took the first hat-trick of this IPL. Son of former Zimbabwe all-rounder Kevin, he bagged the Man-of-the-Match award in the famous Edgbaston Test win over India last month. He has impressed everyone with his bowling and if he fires once again, it will be difficult to stop Kings XI Punjab in front of their home support.

18:30 hrs IST

Rohan: Don’t forget about Nabi

The biggest find for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season has been Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi. Nabi has been one of the most economical bowlers for SRH in the IPL. Out of the top 10 most economical spells by SRH bowlers in the IPL, he features twice: He is their most economical bowler among players to have bowled a minimum of 20 overs for them in the IPL and he averages 15.00 in the 8 matches he has played for SRH, which is the best bowling average for them in IPL. So if he fires again, it will be advantage SRH all the way!

18:28 hrs IST

Sayan: Sarfaraz is in great form

Sarfaraz Khan has been the standout performer for Kings XI with the bat this season. He has played in 4 innings out of which in 3 of them he has a score of 30+ runs. Currently with 165 runs, he is the highest run getter for Kings XI this season and his average of 55.00 is second only to David Miller’s 61.50. He has scored the most runs in this season as compared to in any other season and his batting average is also the best in 2019. So, even if the top order fails to fire, KXIP have a dependable batsman in their middle order to steady the innings.

18:25 hrs IST

Rohan: Gayle’s kryptonite

The ‘Universe Boss’ has been a destructive force for Kings XI Punjab but in Sandeep Sharma, Sunrisers Hyderabad have found the perfect kryptonite for the West Indian ‘Superman’. Sharma is well known for his ability to get a lot of movement with the new ball and in IPL, he has dismissed Gayle four times. The opener does boast of 58 runs from 54 balls against the medium pacer but he will surely be cautious against Sharma on Monday.

18:22 hrs IST

Sayan: We have Gayle and Rahul

The history may not be on KXIP’s side but considering the destructive stroke play which has become a staple for KL Rahul and Chris Gayle, it will be impossible to underestimate the hosts. The ‘Universe Boss’ can turn any game on its head and Rahul also regained his form with a good knock against Chennai Super Kings.

18:18 hrs IST

Rohan: History on SRH’s side

A look at the head-to-head record and it is clear that Sunrisers Hyderabad are the clear favourites in this match. KXIP and SRH have locked horns together in the IPL a total of 12 times and KXIP have managed to win only 3 times.This win percentage of 25.00% is the lowest for KXIP against SRH than against any othercurrent IPL teams.KXIP’s win rate at Mohali is also the least against SRH as compared to against any other IPL team.

18:15 hrs IST

Hello and welcome

Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2019 match between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both KXIP and SRH lost their last game and both the teams will be looking to bounce back from that disappointment. My name is Sayan Ghosh and I believe that Kings XI Punjab will be the favourites to win the match at their home ground but my colleague Rohan Pathak has decided to place his bets on Sunrisers Hyderabad.