What a finish. Two Punjab boys Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul almost stole it for the visiting team SunRisers Hyderabad at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali. But Kings XI Punjab, once again, showed nerves of steel to win yet another thriller this season. Remember how they won against Delhi Capitals some nights ago. KL Rahul played an unbeaten match-high knock of 71 runs from 53 balls with the help of seven fours and a six to anchor the chase. His 114-run second-wicket stand with fellow Karnataka batsman Mayank Agarwal laid the foundation to a tricky chase. Spare some thoughts for David Warner, who hit a seventh successive IPL fifty against KXIP. Without his 70 runs from 62 balls, SRH might not have a game to fight for. In the end, the Aussie became a 'guilty party' with a misfield in the penultimate ball of the match when the hosts needed two from two. And the man of the match KL Rahul, it seems, has presented himself with a chance to win a World Cup ticket with the Indian team announcing next week probably. This was his third fifty in four matches, after another 71 not out against Mumbai Indians and 55 against Chennai Super Kings. And tonight's result means that KXIP have moved to third place, while SRH are in fourth. Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 150 for four in 20 overs (David Warner 70 not out; Ravichandran Ashwin 1/30). Kings XI Punjab: 151 for four in 19.5 overs (K L Rahul 71 not out, Mayank Agarwal 55; Sandeep Sharma 2/21). (REPORT | SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLE | 2019 ELECTION SPECIAL) 11:40 PM IST: Mohammad Nabi on with the last over. Sam Curran plays towards long on, a double. Down the ground and another two. Seven need off four. Manish Pandey, brilliant effort. Wet ball and slippery, but he keeps his nerves. A yorker, and a single. Six from three. And Mohali crowd is reacting to it. KL Rahul then hits a four, just beating the fielder at long off. Now, two need from two. Then David Warner misfields at long-on and two runs. Punjab win by six wickets on the penultimate ball. 11:35 PM IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar keeps his faith in Siddarth Kaul. Five singles and gets the wicket of new man Mandeep Singh, caught at long-on by Deepak Hooda, again. FoW-140/4 (18.6 Over). Punjab need 11 runs from 6 balls. Sam Curran is the new man. 11:28 PM IST: Sandeep Sharma keeps Hyderabad in the hunt. He first had Mayank Agarwal (55 off 43) caught at deep midwicket by Vijay Shankar. FoW-132/2 (17.1 Over). David Miller joined KL Rahul in the centre. And he didn't last long. Holed out at long on with Deepak Hooda taking the catch. That happened off the last ball of the over. Three runs and two wickets from the over. KXIP- 135/3 after 18 overs. Need another 16 runs from 12 balls. Sandeep's figures tonight: 4-0-21-2. This match is not over. Mayank Agarwal hits his fifth IPL fifty. AP Photo 11:21 PM IST: Siddarth Kaul leaking runs. Mayank Agarwal hits the first ball for a six to reach to 49. A single off the next ball and fifth IPL fifty for him, in 40 balls. Agarwal then hits a straight four off the fourth ball even as Manish Pandey tries in vain to stop the ball. KXIP-132/1 after 17 overs. 13 runs from the over. Kaul's figures so far: 3-0-37-0. Punjab need another 19 runs from 18 balls. Yusuf Pathan drops a catch of Mayank Agarwal. PTI Photo 11:12 PM IST: Searching for wickets, captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets himself into the attack and one of the senior members of the team, Yusuf Pathan drops Mayank Agarwal at sweeper cover. Easy. That happened off the fourth ball. Eight runs from the over. KXIP-119/1 after 16 overs. They need another 32 runs from 24 balls. Karnataka duo KL Rahul (59 off 44) and Mayank Agarwal (43 off 38) have added 101 runs from 77 balls. Time out. 11:08 PM IST: Nothing's happening for Hyderabad. Sandeep Sharma on with his third over.Six runs from it -- two singles and two doubles. KXIP-111/1 after 15 overs and they need 40 runs from 30 balls. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal have stitched 93 runs for the second wicket from 71 balls. 11:03 PM IST: Rashid Khan on with his last over. Three runs from it, and his figures: 4-0-20-1. KXIP-105/1 after 14 overs. They need 46 runs from 36 balls. KL Rahul bats vs Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali. AP Photo 10:59 PM IST: Fifty for KL Rahul, with a four off the last ball of 13th over, in 34 balls. KXIP-102/1. They need 47 runs. Mohammad Nabi's figures: 3-0-31-0. 10:54 PM IST: Rashid Khan on with third over. Hyderabad need him to deliver something for the team even with dew factor coming into play. Tidy over. And it will not be enough. Four singles. KXIP-90/1 after 12 overs. They need 61 runs from 48 balls. 10:50 PM IST: Siddarth Kaul on with his second over and Punjab batsmen continues to find boundaries. Mayank Agarwal hits the first ball for a four through cover. A dot and a single later, KL Rahul finds the gap at deep mid-wicket for a four. He follows it up with a superb six over long-off. A double and 17 runs from the over. A run out check against the return run. Not out. KXIP-86/1 after 11 overs. They need 65 from 54 balls. Rashid Khan gets Chris Gayle's wicket early in the innings. AP Photo 10:46 PM IST: Rashid Khan on with his second over. And seven runs from it - three singles and two doubles. KXIP-69/1 after 10 overs. 51 from 41 between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. They need another need 82 runs from 60 balls. 10:39 PM IST: Punjab boy Siddarth Kaul against his home team. KL Rahul hits the third ball for a sumptuous four, through mid-off. Rahul then survives a direct hit at the bowler's end. Seven runs from the over. KXIP-62/1 after nine overs. They need 89 runs from 66 balls. Time out. 10:34 PM IST: KL Rahul hits the first ball of the eight over, bowled by Mohammad Nabi, for a cracking four through extra cover. A single and an appeal for LBW. A dot ball, then Mayank Agarwal hits a six over deep mid-wicket. Vijay Shankar almost pulls off a stunner. His fingertips manage to get a feel of the ball. A single to end the over. 12 runs from the over. KXIP-55/1 after eight overs. 96 need from 72 balls. 10:30 PM IST: Sandeep Sharma returns for his second over. Five runs from the over -- three singles and a double. KXIP-43/1 after seven overs. They need 108 runs from 78 balls. 10:25 PM IST: Another spinner into the attack. Mohammad Nabi starts his spell with a dot to Mayank Agarwal, then another. Two singles followed, then Agarwal lofts the fifth ball for a straight six. Eight runs from the over. KXIP-38/1 after six overs. Punjab need another 113 runs from 84 balls. 10:20 PM IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar continues with his third over. KL Rahul hits the first ball for a four to deep backward point. Six runs from the over. KXIP-30/1 after five overs. New man Mayank Agarwal takes only two balls to hit his first four. Six runs and a wicket from the previous over. Chris Gayle walks back after getting out against SunRisers Hyderabad. AP Photo 10:13 PM IST: There were warnings against going for sixes. But Chris Gayle (16 off 14) fails to curve his enthusiasm and Rashid Khan gets the big wicket. Caught at long-on by Deepak Hooda. Brilliant catch. FoW-18/1 (3.1 Over). 10:11 PM IST: Chris Gayle hits the first ball for a huge six, over long-on. A dot ball, then the big man plays a wild swing. Top edge and it almost sails over fine leg. But Siddarth Kaul chases it down to restrict to a double. Bhuvi responds with a short ball, but Gayle misses it. Another dot and a single to end the nine-run over. KXIP-18/0 after three overs. 10:06 PM IST: Sandeep Sharma shares the new ball with the skipper. Two dot balls and Chris Gayle hits first four of the innings, to long on boundary. Well timed shot to cover and a good stop by Siddarth Kaul to restrict it to a single. Then a misfield at short midwicket for a single. Seven runs from the over. KXIP-9/0 after two overs. 10:01 PM IST: Bhuvneshwar Kumar on. A single off the first ball as KL Rahul plays to mid-on. Chris Gayle takes another single, off the third ball. Two runs from the first over. 9:50 PM IST: David Warner grinded out for the team, scoring his slowest IPL fifty. In fact, his 62-ball 70 is third lowest scores by an unbeaten batsman in IPL after facing 60 and more balls. But with a brilliant attack, Hyderabad might have posted enough scores. Mind you, Hyderabad have previously defended 150 twice against Punjab at Mohali in 2013 and 2015. For the second time, David Warner has hit seven consecutive fifties against a team in IPL - vs RCB (2014-16) and vs KXIP (2015-19). AP Photo 9:45 PM IST: Mohammed Shami gets his first wicket. He had Manish Pandey (19 off 15) caught at deep mid-wicket by sub Karun Nair. FoW-135/4 (19.1 Over). David Warner misses the bounder. Attempted ramp shot. A single and Deepak Hooda plays it fine for a four. Good yorker and a lucky nick. Meanwhile, reviews showed that ball had indeed flicked Warner gloves off the second ball. Hooda then played two exquisite shots, a straight four and a mighty heave for a six over long-off to end the innings at 150/4. 15 runs from the last over. Shami's figures: 4-0-30-1. Warner remained unbeaten on 70 off 62. Too much room and misses. David Warner against KXIP. AP Photo 9:37 PM IST; Sam Curran on and Manish Pandey gets a four off the first ball, thanks to his innovative shot. Cheeky. Lofted the slower ball over the cordon. A single off the third ball and fifty-run stand between David Warner and Pandey in 31 balls. Warner, after missing the fifth ball by giving himself too much room, gets a thick outside edge for a four to end the penultimate over. 11 runs from it. Curran's figures tonight: 4-0-30-0. SRH-135/5 9:33 PM IST: Ankit Rajpoot on with his final over. Mohammed Shami shows pretty football skills to stop a certain boundary off the third ball. David Warner hits the full toss to the on side, only to see a sprinting Shami denying Warner a four. Eight runs from the over. Rajpoot's figures: 4-0-21-0. SRH-124/3 after 18 overs. Warner is on 64 from 57. 36 runs from the last four overs. 9:28 PM IST: Mohammed Shami returns for his third over, and 12 runs from it. Manish Pandey hits the first ball for a four, dissecting the mid-off, then David Warner hits the third ball for another four, past point. SRH-116/3 after 17 overs. 9:20 PM IST: What a time to launch the attack. David Warner, who's been playing a rather sedate knock, hits the first ball of the 16th over for a six, into the sightscreen. Four singles. Six off the first ball of an over always helps. Warner takes a double to reach his fifty, in 49 balls. One of his slowest in T20s. But his seventh fifty on the bounce for SRH against KXIP. 12 runs from the over. SRH-104/3 after 16th over. Mujeeb Ur Rahman completed his spell for figures: 4-0-34-1. Time out. 9:15 PM IST: Sam Curran continues. Four runs from his third over. SRH-92/3 after 15 overs. Curran's figures: 3-0-19-0. 9:10 PM IST: What a way to get out. Mohammad Nabi (12 off 7) run out as an ever-alert R Ashwin hits the ball from the straight drive from David Warner. Nabi was way off the crease. FoW-80/3 (13.2 Over). But Warner hit the next ball for a four, to fine leg boundary. Manish Pandey is the new man for Hyderabad. Nine runs and a wicket from the over. SRH-88/3 after 14 overs.<doc-sep>A match-winning effort from KL Rahul helped Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) topple Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at home in the final over. After David Warner took the visitors to a decent total despite a slow start, half-centuries from Rahul and Mayank Agarwal ensured that the hosts were racing to the target. But they choked a bit in the death before recovering in time to register their fourth win in six matches. R Ashwin dismisses Nabi During the 14th over of the match, KXIP skipper Ravichandran Ashwin pulled off a brilliant run-out to dismiss the Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi. SRH opener David Warner powerfully hit the ball back to the bowler and Ashwin stopped it with his right hand. Realizing that Nabi was backing away and was miles outside his crease at the non-striker end, Ashwin deflected the ball on to the stumps in a flash. The 34-year-old was sent back to the dug-out on 12. Here’s the video:<doc-sep>
KL Rahul scored his 13th IPL fifty on Monday to help Kings XI Punjab gun down a 151-run target in a last over thriller against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. KXIP has now moved up to the top-four after the six-wicket win at home. This was also their seventh straight win at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, which has been their fortress over the last two seasons of the IPL. Earlier, after put in to bat, Sunrisers batsmen struggled to get their timing right and ended up posting a below-par score of 150. David Warner played an uncharacteristic inning on what was a sluggish wicket as he scored his slowest IPL fifty. Here’s how Twitter reacted: The @lionsdenkxip are elated and how. What a victory this for the home team 🙌🙌#KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/tQ6JSTxSkO — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2019 Gud win 4 Kings11 tonight.#Rahul really played well to take his team over d line, dats wat current indian players needs to do more often. Being consistent nd takin d team over the line is wat is expected of them. I think SRH missed a trick by not playing #stanlake in dis pitch 👍 — MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) April 8, 2019 So good to see @klrahul11 finish it for @lionsdenkxip! His partnership with @mayankcricket saved the day for Punjab. Well played boys✅#KXIPvSRH — R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) April 8, 2019 Warner’s misfield to give Pinjab a win sums up poor night’s cricket by SRH. Barring few wickets falling before close, Punjab always in control. Hyderabad were 20-25 runs short. The bowlers made up for it to an extent, but a dropped catch and some sloppy fielding put paid to hopes — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 8, 2019 Good to see that KXIP got past the winning line. They will go back thinking about the manner in which they have gone about their chase in the last 2 games. They got the game under control for most part but for some strange reason they find themselves in these tight situations. — Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) April 8, 2019 Well played @klrahul11 closing a game is very very important. @SunRisers were 15 short and that’s what made the difference. — Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) April 8, 2019 Warner mistakes, Punjab win. Story of the day — Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) April 8, 2019 How often have two opposing openers batted through an IPL innings? Warner, and KL Rahul more especially have shown the value even in this format sometimes of someone batting deep in the innings. Well played @lionsdenkxip . K L for that No4 slot for World Cup? — Ian bishop (@irbishi) April 8, 2019 That boundary from KL Rahul in the last moments of the 20th over was quite Dhoni-esque. Giving him no. 4 spot for the World Cup (at least for tonight) #KXIPvSRH — Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 8, 2019 Seventh consecutive victory for the home side KXIP at Mohali since 2017. Their best winning sequence at any venue.#IPL2019#KXIPvSRH#IPL — Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 8, 2019 Most consecutive 50+ scores vs a team in IPL: 7 D Warner vs RCB (2014-16) 7 D Warner vs KXIP (2015-19*) 4 C Gayle vs KXIP (2012-13) 4 J Buttler vs KXIP (2017-19*)#KXIPvSRH — Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) April 8, 2019 Smallest victories for KXIP in IPL – by balls remaining: 0 v KKR, Port Elizabeth, 2009 0 v Chargers, Mohali, 2012 1 v Chargers, Kimberley, 2009 1 v Warriors, Mohali, 2013 1 v SRH, Mohali, 2019*#KXIPvSRH — Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) April 8, 2019 big win for Kings XI Bangalore #KXIPvSRH — Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 8, 2019 Warner during Mujeeb’s bowling Vs Warner during Ashwin’s bowling. The fear is Unreal. 😂😂 #KXIPvSRH #IPL2019 pic.twitter.com/N9bbZwmT9x — Ankush Sharma (@Myself_ankush) April 8, 2019