Rain, run-out and a KKR win

May 17, 2017

Umesh Yadav found extra bounce on a slow pitch to take out Shikhar Dhawan early•BCCI

David Warner struggled to find his characteristic fluency on a pitch where the ball did not come on to the bat•BCCI

Two balls later, Piyush Chawla flattened Warner's middle stump•BCCI

Sunrisers eventually finished on 128 for 7 even as the rain began to fall•BCCI

With a revised target of 48 to get off six overs, Knight Riders sent Chris Lynn to open the innings with Robin Uthappa•BCCI

With only 12 runs on the board, Knight Riders lost their third wicket as Shikhar Dhawan snaffled Robin Uthappa in the deep off Chris Jordan•BCCI

Gambhir's unbeaten 19-ball 32 set up Knight Riders' clash with Mumbai Indians in the second Qualifier on Friday •BCCI

With Trent Boult also bowling accurately, KKR limited Sunrisers to 27 in a five-over opening spell•BCCI

But the Sunrisers captain shared a second-wicket stand of 50 with Kane Williamson to build a platform•AFP

When Umesh snuffed out Yuvraj Singh with a short ball, Sunrisers were reeling at 99 for 4 with less than five overs remaining•BCCI

With no reserve day scheduled for the Eliminator, a washout threatened to spell the end for Knight Riders•BCCI

Lynn hammered the second ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar's opening over for a six, but perished the very next delivery•BCCI

Gautam Gambhir announced his arrival at the crease with a range of drives and cuts that pushed Knight Riders closer to the target•BCCI

Williamson was done in by the slowness, picking out extra cover off Nathan Coulter-Nile•BCCI

Coulter-Nile produced a double-strike in the penultimate over•AFP

Umpires Nitin Menon and Anil Chaudhary gave the go-ahead for play to resume after several inspections of the pitch and the outfield•BCCI

Bhuvneshwar dealt Knight Riders the second blow with a quick pick-up and throw, catching Yusuf Pathan short of his crease•BCCI

He strung an unbeaten fourth-wicket stand of 36 runs with Ishank Jaggi, closing the doors on Sunrisers' chances of a second successive IPL title•BCCI