Talking Points: Dinesh Karthik, IPL 2018's best finisher? There's a slight dip in momentum but Hyderabad will believe they have the arsenal to tee off. Sunrisers and Knight Riders have played some memorable encounters over the years, including an intense playoffs contest at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during the 2017 season. Buttler played a great lone hand - Fleming, Rahane will be key in coming matches - Unadkat, Buttler keeps Royals relevant in race to playoffs, Gallery - Raina crashes into umpire Erasmus. Really? Talking Points: Brathwaite at the death? Hyderabad 45/1 after 7 overs. Kolkata 131/3 after 17 overs. 3h ago. Country-wise, which internationals had the most and least impact so far? Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (C/WK), Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jonny Bairstow (WK), David Warner (C), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan. WICKET! Hyderabad unleashes its trump card in Rashid Khan and he traps Dinesh Karthik for a duck. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Hyderabad 22/0 after 3 overs. Du Plessis does a Dhoni, and seals it with a six, Time taken to settle on best XI costs RCB dear, Daredevils fail to translate on-paper potential, Top-heavy Kings XI waste an excellent start. To continue enjoying Sportstar, you can turn off your adblocker or subscribe to Sportstar Plus. Eoin Morgan comes to the party with a brilliant six as 11 runs come from Bhuvneshwar Kumar's over. But, the young spinner finishes with excellent figures of 4-0-25-1. Stephen Fleming talks about MS Dhoni's batting and captaincy, Aakash Chopra, Gaurav Kalra and ESPNcricinfo staffers look back at the recently concluded edition of the IPL, Who will our readers pick in their team of IPL 2018? Hello and welcome to Sportstar's Live coverage of Match 8 of the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.Here's our review of the game: Kolkata Knight Riders beats Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. Having finished their mandatory quarantine periods closer to the contest, they did not have enough time at the nets. End of Innings: SRH 142/4 after 20 Overs. Excellent bowling performance by Kolkata Knight Riders as it restricts Sunrisers Hyderabad to 142/4. SRH vs KKR, Qualifier 2, Indian Premier League, 2018, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opt to bowl, © 2020 Cricbuzz.com, Times Internet Limited. Varun Chakravarthy starts off brilliantly and has bowled an immaculate line, not giving the batsmen any room. A touch of madness, perhaps, but as always there was a method to Dhoni's madness, Ajit Agarkar and Graeme Swann also look back at Kings XI Punjab's season and how they slid out of the top four, Ashwin promised to defy convention in this IPL, but it was his former franchise captain who took things to a new level, Super Kings won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining), Kings XI needed to win by 53 runs, but CSK cruised to victory instead in the final league game of IPL 2018, From Ngidi's dream figures to Tye's nightmare spell, five reasons why CSK came out on top in Pune, Chasing 175 in a game they had to win to make the playoffs, Rohit Sharma's team fell 11 runs short, Graeme Swann, meanwhile, says Amit Mishra turned the match around in the middle overs with his 3 for 19, Middle-over troubles, relay catches and more, KKR won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining), KKR's top-order muscle helped them chase down 173 against one of the best bowling attacks, Shreyas Gopal and K Gowtham played crucial roles in defending 164 in Jaipur, The RCB captain said too much had been left to AB de Villiers, He lost his wicket to spinners eight times this season. Can rookie Shaun Tait hold his own against pro-basketballer Palpreet Singh Brar in a three-pointer shootout? Bairstow, on his part responding to his skipper's call. Talking Points - What was Ajinkya Rahane thinking? Talking points: How did Thampi concede 70 in four overs? Pitch Report: Ian Bishop and JP Duminy reckon there is more of a pronounced green grass covering but there hasn't been a lot of swing with the new ball, it will be interesting to see how it goes. Hyderabad 55/3 after 7 overs. Warner has shown positive intent with quick running between the wickets. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Shubman Gill dropped anchor with an unbeaten half-century and along with Eoin Morgan forged a 92-run stand to gun down a target of 143 with two overs to spare. Narine, Kuldeep and Varun doing a fabulous job and are peeling off some very important overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (Captain), Jonny Bairstow (Wicketkeeper), Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Vijay Shankar, Sanjay Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha (Wicketkeeper), Shreevats Goswami (Wicketkeeper), Bavanaka Sandeep, Basil Thampi, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma.