15th Match

Prince Yadav to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run, to backward square leg

Prince Yadav to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, 137.9ks very full and close to yorker length, Raghuvanshi digs it back to Prince

Prince Yadav to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, wide, wayward slower ball bouncer, Raghuvanshi moves inside the line and lets it pass. Called wide for height

Prince Yadav to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 135.2ks fraction short at the stumps, Rahane drags the pull to fine leg

Prince Yadav [1.0-0-10-1] is back into the attack

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, 111.4ks slower ball around off, Raghuvanshi carves it straight to backward point

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, 131.7ks full pitcher around off, Raghuvanshi drives and picks out extra cover

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX, Avesh continues to leak runs. He has already gone for 30 in 1.4 overs. 119.9ks off-pace delivery on the pads and Raghuvanshi has no problems putting that away, uses his bottom hand and whips it over backward square leg

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 2 runs, 116.9ks slower delivery on off, Raghuvanshi tucks it into the vacant mid-wicket pocket and the pair race back for the second

Avesh Khan to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 131.5ks full and outside off, Rahane creams the drive straight to sweeper cover

Avesh Khan to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX, whoa! That's an incredible shot. Rahane loses control of his bat and it flies towards square leg, but the ball lands beyond the deep backward point fence. Plenty of width on offer and Rahane literally threw his bat at the slash, sliced it behind square and sent it all the way

Avesh Khan [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack

LSG pacers in PP in this IPL (by lengths) \nFull: 0/12 (9 balls), ER: 8.0 \nGood: 8/18 (54 balls), ER: 2.0 \nShort: 0/34 (21 balls), ER: 9.71

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 94.7ks slows it up a bit, draws Rahane forward and the flick is chipped to the right of Rathi. He was moving away in his followthrough and had no chance of catching that

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run, 99.2ks shortens the length around off, Raghuvanshi punches to sweeper cover

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 95.6ks tossed up on off, Rahane works it into the mid-wicket pocket and Rathi chases it himself

The KKR’s run-rate of 10.75 in powerplay (1-6 overs) is the second best after RR’s 12.88 in this season

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, what timing! Just a clip an the ball races away. Bit more flight on this delivery, drifts into leg-stump, Rahane picks it off his pads and splits the two fielders perfectly in the deep

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, leg byes, 1 run, appeal for LBW. Pant and Rathi have a chat. The skipper gestures the impact is outside off. Raghuvanshi attempts the reverse sweep and gets himself outside off-stump. He misses the shot and the ball rolls off the pad towards backward point

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 95.9ks googly around off, Rahane check drives it down to long-off

Digvesh Singh Rathi [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

Manimaran Siddharth to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, 100.4ks fullish delivery on middle, Raghuvanshi makes room and drives straight to cover

Manimaran Siddharth to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 102.3ks fired at the stumps, Rahane nurdles it backward of square leg

Manimaran Siddharth to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run, flatter and skidding in, Raghuvanshi carves it to backward point and Marsh makes a diving stop

Manimaran Siddharth to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, Raghuvanshi on the move now. This is full and sliding in, Raghuvanshi sits down and gets under the length, sweeps it behind square and beats the fielder in the deep

Manimaran Siddharth to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 2 runs, 99.9ks quicker and fuller, Raghuvanshi drives in front of square and Rathi had some ground to cover from sweeper, easy couple

Manimaran Siddharth to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 97.3ks drifting in from round the wicket, Rahane nudges it through mid-wicket

Manimaran Siddharth [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack

Powerplay summary: 56/1 - KKR recover well after a slow start \n- Shami swings the ball both ways and troubles Finn Allen \n- Allen takes Prince Yadav for a couple of fours \n- But Prince roars back and has Allen caught smartly on the third man fence \n- Raghuvanshi gets a promotion and shows maturity at the crease \n- Avesh leaks 16 runs in his first over

Timeout! That last over makes it an even powerplay. Allen departed in the second over and there was some help for the pacers. But Pant decided to bowl a couple of overs of spin which allowed the batters to get themselves going. Raghuvanshi started slowly but has made up by hitting Avesh for 4, 6 and 4.

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, 15 from the last powerplay over. Not much wrong with the delivery but a terrific shot. Good length ball close to off, Raghuvanshi gets on top of the bounce and crunches the drive in front of square, finds the small gap between cover-point and cover and picks up the boundary

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX, Kolkata Knight Riders on the move. Avesh overcompensates with his length - feeds it in the slot and Raghuvanshi desposts it into the stands. Full pitcher around off, Raghuvanshi stays leg-side and gets under the length, lofts it handsomely and sends it sailing over deep extra cover

Prince Yadav in PP in this IPL \nOvers: 4.0 \nWickets: 4 \nAvg: 6.25 \nER: 6.25 \nDot%: 66.7

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, short of length outside off, ample width on offer for Raghuvanshi to play the upper cut, he goes over the backward point region and picks up a much needed boundary

Avesh Khan to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, 134.3ks full toss outside off, Rahane creams the drive but Mukul denies him a boundary - dives full stretch to his right and parries it to mid-off. He saved three runs..

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, leg byes, 1 run, shuffles across and sits down to play the lap/sweep, gets a low full toss and misses the shot, the ball deflects off the pad into the leg-side

Avesh Khan to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, uhhh! Still something on offer for the pacers. Back of a length and in the channel, Raghuvanshi looks to punch off the back foot but the ball nips in to beat the inside-edge

Avesh Khan, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, 2 runs, fuller and drifting in, Rahane works it wide of long-on and scampers back for the second

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, back to back fours. Once again Rathi is full in his length, Rahane backs away and opens the bat face, slices the lofted drive over backward point and the ball trickles into the rope

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR, Rahane gets this away. Rathi missed his length - overpitched around off, Rahane makes a bit of room and lofts straight down the ground. Not off the middle but enough to beat the long-on fielder

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, uhhh! Flatter and fraction short, Rahane crouches low and aims to pull, ekes out an inside-edge and the ball gets lodged in the back pad

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, 100.4ks fired fuller and around off, Rahane works it wristily and picks out square leg

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, 98.6ks short of length outside off, Rahane gets on top of the bounce and mistimes the punch to cover

Digvesh Singh Rathi, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

Manimaran Siddharth to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, sliding down leg, Raghuvanshi drags the sweep straight to short fine

Manimaran Siddharth to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, no run, 98.4ks short of length around off, Raghuvanshi stays leg-side and punches it to cover-point

Manimaran Siddharth to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, flatter and at the stumps, Rahane turns it to the right of Siddharth and crosses over

Manimaran Siddharth to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX, fabulous shot! 99.8ks pushed through, keeps coming with the angle, Rahane comes down the track, gives himself room and lofts it inside out over extra cover. The timing takes it all the way..

Manimaran Siddharth to Ajinkya Rahane, no run, shortens the length and drifts in, Rahane tucks it to square leg