IPL 2016 Match 55: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 22 runs

YUSUF PATHAN is the MAN OF THE MATCH.

Except for Shikhar Dhawan's half century, none of the Hyderabad batsmen could stay for long in the middle. The rest of the top order tumbled to poor shots, and the middle order was strangled by a tight spin attack in the middle. Gambhir used his bowlers cleverly, and never let any batsman settle. Narine picked up three crucial wickets and was ably supported by Kuldeep Yadav who picked up two. The KKR innings tailed off at the end, but the target of 171 was still beyond the Hyderabad batsmen's reach. The action now shifts to Raipur, where Bangalore take on Delhi in the final league stage match:

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19.6 Ankit Rajpoot to Karn Sharma, KKR WIN! 1 run, full ball on leg, lifted in front of long on.

19.5 Ankit Rajpoot to Barinder Sran, 1 run, full ball, played to square leg.

19.4 Ankit Rajpoot to Karn Sharma, 1 run, full ball on off, carved over the head of point for a single.

19.3 Ankit Rajpoot to Barinder Sran, low full toss, smashed to long on.

19.2 Ankit Rajpoot to Karn Sharma, 1 run, low full toss, sliced to deep point.

Sran comes in...

19.1 Ankit Rajpoot to Bhuvneshwar, OUT! Full ball, can't get under it completely and picks out who else, but that man, R Sathish at long off!

18.6 Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar, 1 run, length ball outside off, nudged to backward point.

18.5 Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar, FOUR! Makes room to a full delivery and creams this over cover for a boundary. Nice shot.

18.4 Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar, no run, full ball outside off, beats the outside edge.

18.3 Jason Holder to Karn Sharma, 1 leg bye, nasty bouncer, crashes into the helmet, Karn regains his bearings and crosses for a quick single.

18.2 Jason Holder to Karn Sharma, 2 runs, full ball on leg, worked past the fielder at short fine leg.

18.1 Jason Holder to Karn Sharma, no run, bouncer, looks to play an upper cut, misses.

Holder to bowl the 19th...

36 needed from 12, and Bhuvneshwar walks in to give Karn Sharma company in the middle.

17.6 Narine to Henriques, OUT! Drags the length back and bowls it much, much slower. Henriques comes down and looks to smash it halfway across Calcutta, misses and the ball crashes into the stumps. Game over, surely.

17.5 Narine to Karn Sharma, 1 run, full ball, pushed to the left of Narine and they take a single.

17.4 Narine to Henriques, 1 run, length ball, pushed to midwicket.

17.3 Narine to Henriques, FOUR! Short ball, plays it very very very late, just nudges it past the keeper and it beats Ankit Rajpoot in an agonising run chase.

17.2 Narine to Karn Sharma, 1 run, short ball, wild spin, worked to midwicket.

17.1 Narine to Henriques, 1 run, gets back and flicks a short ball to square leg.

Narine is back...

44 needed from the last 3.

16.6 Shakib to Karn Sharma, 2 leg byes, down leg side, Gambhir runs and saves very well.

16.5 Shakib to Henriques, 1 run, full ball, flicked to midwicket.

16.4 Shakib to Henriques, no run, gets back and digs it out straight back.

16.3 Shakib to Henriques, 2 runs, short, pushed to midwicket for a brace.

16.2 Shakib to Henriques, no run, gets back, the spin beats him and the ball rolls to mid off.

16.1 Shakib to Karn Sharma, 1 run, full ball on leg, dabbed to short fine leg.

50 needed in 24

16.1 Shakib to Karn Sharma, 1 WIDE, repeat.

16.1 Shakib to Karn Sharma, 1 WIDE, down the leg side.

Shakib to bowl the 17th...

120-6 after 16. Can Henriques pull off something, or will it be an easy win in the end for KKR?

15.6 Kuldeep Yadav to Karn Sharma, 1 byes, short ball, spins wildly and beats Karn Sharma, Uthappa fails to collect and they cross.

15.6 Kuldeep Yadav to Karn Sharma, 1 WIDE, too far off side.

Karn Sharma is the new man in...

15.5 Kuldeep Yadav to Henriques, 1 run, full ball, guided to long on.

All the recognized batsmen are back in the hut. With 55 needed from 26, seems a tall task from here.

15.4 Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, OUT! Short ball, WIlliamson swivels and pulls, he picks out Suryakumar Yadav at deep square leg. Easy dismissal.

15.3 Kuldeep Yadav to Henriques, 1 run, gets back and looks to play it to square leg, gets the edge and loops to point.

15.2 Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, 1 run, full ball, eased on the leg side.

The SRH chase is crumbling under pressure here. And it is the second time-out of the innings.

15.1 Kuldeep Yadav to Hooda, Hooda RUN OUT! Gets back and pulls this nicely, Shakib throws at the keeper's end. Williamson never seemed interested in a second but Hooda had made up his mind and got his head up too late to realize Williamson wasn't interested and runs himself out.

Yadav to bowl out...

Crucial over from Shakib yields only 5 runs. Two new batsmen at the crease, can they pull it off? 58 needed from 30.

14.6 Shakib to Williamson, 2 runs, full ball, lifts this over the covers for a brace.