IPL 2017

Live Cricket Score: RPS vs KKR, IPL 2017

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Kolkata Knight Riders 184-3 (18.1 Ovs)
DM Bravo  6 (5)
Rising Pune Supergiant 182-5
Christian  4-0-31-1
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wkts
Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir put on a 158-run stand for the 2nd wicket.
Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir put on a 158-run stand for the 2nd wicket. © BCCI

KKR go top with comfortable win

Easy-peasy at the end. Not quite like bowling an opposition for 49 but eventually KKR chased down 183 with 11 balls and seven wickets to spare. Their sixth victory from eight games takes them to 12 points and they'll leapfrog Mumbai Indians to the top by virtue of the Net Run Rate.

RPS will have to go back to the drawing board. Team selection was off. Replacing an all-rounder with a pure batsman who didn't even bat! Then the dropped catches. Unadkat dropped Uthappa when on 12. The KKR star didn't need another invitation, bludgeoning his way to his highest IPL scored - 87. This was after he effected three stumpings on the field. Gambhir was as elegant as ever in his 62 (now the Orange Cap holder) and the 158-run stand effectively killed the game.

The KKR juggernaut rolls on. That's it from us today. Catch us for another game tomorrow.

Uthappa, Gambhir fall on the cusp of win

Too little, too late for RPS. This magnificent 158-run stand is over and Gambhir follows Uthappa back to the pavilion with KKR needing only 4 more runs for victory. Both of them hole out anticipating the big shot. Chance for Darren Bravo to spend some time in the middle.

Gambhir gets 50; Too easy for KKR

How good has Gambhir been, here? A half-century on his 100th game for KKR. He has played under the shadow of Uthappa's brilliance here. But he's been just as effective, holding his end like a rock. Less than a run-a-ball now. What an innings, what a partnership!

A 26-year-old half-century for Uthappa

Carnage here at the MCA stadium. It was barely some time ago that Uthappa was dropped on 12 off Tahir. Now he's raced off to a 26-ball 50. KKR are absolutely bossing this chase. Four sixes for the Bangalore boy already and RPS feeling the pinch of going a bowler short.

That said, they aren't helping their case with their fielding. Now Washington Sundar has dropped a rather straightforward chance at short-fine off Gambhir.

Uthappa had predicted fireworks in IPL 2017 in an interview with Harsha Bhogle. Now is as good a time as any to revisit it.

Uthappa ups the ante:

The drop chances appears to have flicked a switch on here. Uthappa, since the drop, has gone 1, 4, 6, 6, 1, 6. The fifty partnership is up. Trouble for RPS, who remember, are a bowler short.

Involved in most 100+ stands in #IPL: 17 V Kohli 15 C Gayle 13 G GAMBHIR 12 D Warner 11 AB de Villiers/ S Dhawan 09 R UTHAPPA#RPSvKKR
26 Apr 2017

Unadkat puts Uthappa down:

A period of consolidation for KKR but Pune have been guilty of a faux pas on the field that's allowed Uthappa to continue. Imran Tahir should have got Uthappa when he had the KKR batsman mistiming a slog sweep. Unadkat never got under the catch and dropped to the floor without holding on to the ball. Bangs his head on the turf. But unlike the incident from the last game, this isn't a big blow.

The drop catch, though, will hurt.

Smart run-out gets rid of Narine

Just what RPS wanted RPS wanted in their target defence. Narine had hit three boundaries already when Gambhir called him for a quick single. Thakur, from short-fine, fired a flat throw, and Dhoni was smart to deflect the throw on to the stumps. Caught short ! Inimitable keeping. Terrific game awareness. Here's Uthappa!

Chase begins: Here's Narine

Narine will throw his bat around. Will RPS's bowlers come prepared with a different strategy. Here's Undakat. 183 to chase. Let's go!

Innings break - RPS 182/5 in 20 overs

Steve Smith has scored a fine half-century and finished unbeaten on 51 off 37 balls. The KKR bowlers did their job well, picked wickets but a strong start for the home side - provided by Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi - meant they always had a high scoring rate going. Dhoni too came out and helped that, albeit for a brief period, with a 11-ball 23. Can KKR chase this down? Will Narine open again and blaze away? Will this be RPS' fourth-straight win? Hang around for the second innings...

Three stumpings in an inngs in #IPL: MS Dhoni v KKR, Chennai, 2010 MS Dhoni v KKR, Chennai, 2011 ROBIN UTHAPPA v RPS *#RPSvKKR #IPL2017
26 Apr 2017

Manoj Tiwary goes

There's no sign of Faf du Plessis still. Manoj Tiwary walked out at the fall of Dhoni's wicket and went back in a flash, as he too was stumped off Kuldeep (for 1 off 2 balls). Next man in? Daniel Christian.

Kuldeep strikes back

Gambhir gives Kuldeep the ball in the 18th over and the youngster responds. Unfurls a googly and Dhoni doesn't have a clue of it. Dhoni steps down the track expecting the ball to turn in but the ball has turned slightly away, allowing Uthappa to earn another stumping.

Kuldeep Yadav picked up two crucial wickets to bring KKR back.
Kuldeep Yadav picked up two crucial wickets to bring KKR back. ©BCCI

Dhoni is in the mood

He's responded to the field-placement pressure in the only way he knows - sent the ball flying into the stands. He came down the track against Piyush Chawla and smacked one straight. In the following over, he belted a long hop from Kuldeep Yadav over deep square leg. Chants of 'Dhoni, Dhoni' resonate from the stands. Big knock coming up? Stand-by...

Gambhir does it again...

MS Dhoni has walked out to massive cheers of his name, but Gautam Gambhir has reverted to his old tactics of placing close-in fielders for the former Indian captain. He'd done it before twice in last year's IPL, as well as the domestic tournaments Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy and Vijay Hazare. How is Dhoni going to respond? Get cramped and nurdle around? Or will there be some whacks into the stands?

Ajinkya Rahane falls

Sunil Narine has done the RPS opener in. Robin Uthappa gets a stumping right. It was a carrom ball from the West Indian and Rahane, who danced down the track to hit over covers, was beaten and stumped.

Rahane takes charge:

Ajinkya Rahane was playing second fiddle in the opening stand with Tripathi, but with new batsman Smith in the middle, there's a noticeable change in approach from the Indian batsman. From 26 off 26, a couple of boundaries has taken him to 43 off 36.

Oh yes, and Steve Smith has started rather briskly as well!

Tripathi fails to cash in on reprieve

De Grandhomme should have had his man off just his second delivery. Short delivery, Tripathi's attempted pull takes a top-edge and flies towards mid-on where Yusuf Pathan shells a rather simple chance.

Young Tripathi can't make most of his chance as the introduction of Piyush Chawla bears dividends for KKR. The wrong 'un castles the youngster. He's done his job. 65 for 1

Tripathi, Rahane get going:

Enough horsing around. After a conservative start, Pune's openers have gone up the gears rather seamlessly. Tripathi begins with a couple of wonderfully timed fours through the off-side. Rahane chips Woakes for a six over long-on and then his younger partner takes Narine for three fours in an over.

In fast forward mode now. RPS 57 in the powerplay!

Pace & Bounce:

Quite a spicy pitch this, as per early evidence. A delivery from Umesh Yadav has taken Tripathi's outside edge and zoomed past the slip cordon. Woakes is generating quite some pace and bounce as well.

Toss: KKR elect to bowl; Bravo and Chawla come in

Surprise, surprise from KKR. Darren Bravo comes in for Nathan Coulter-Nile for his IPL debut. The visitors have also dropped Suryakumar Yadav in favour of Piyush Chawla.

There's one big news in the Pune camp as well. Ben Stokes misses out because of some soreness. Faf du Plessis comes in.

KKR are clearly looking at a left-hander to counter the Tahir and Sundar threats. Bravo's inclusion otherwise is not straight out of the KKR books.

Here's Gautam Gambhir talking to Harsha Bhogle about how KKR brings in players with conviction as opposed to hope. This is a must watch.

Most consecutive matches in #IPL for a team: 132 S Raina (CSK) 129 V Kohli (RCB) 105 R Sharma (MI) 100 G Gambhir (KKR) *#RPSvKKR #IPL2017
26 Apr 2017

So, the MoTM winners from both the teams' previous games will sit this one out.

Warm-up for the clash:

We're still about 10 minutes away from the toss in Pune. But here's something to keep you busy.

Did you know Shakib Al Hasan can cook pretty decently? Well... at least he did some time ago...

"I can fry eggs (laughs). I can make fried rice also. Thing is when I went to play County cricket in England, we were pretty much on our own. That is when I learnt cooking but I am sure I have forgotten all that I mentioned some time back."

Read the fun interview, here:

Build Up:

We're at the exact half-way stage of IPL 2017. The games keep rolling on and on! A fresh KKR - they bowled only 9.4 overs in their last game - take on a resurgent Rising Pune Supergiant at the MCA Stadium. These are two teams looking to catch Mumbai Indians at the top of the table and distance themselves from the chasing pack.

KKR aren't travelling with their full squad for this one. One of the stars of the RCB annihilation - Nathan Coulter-Nile, will not play this one. So expect changes for sure.

Welcome to Match 30, this should be a cracker between two good sides.

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