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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders (SRH vs KKR), Eliminator

Bhuvneshwar Kumar outclasses Kolkata Knight Riders

The big game on 24 May 2016 saw the Royal Challengers Bangalore win that thrilling game and reach the finals of IPL 2016. On 25 May 2016, we had the all-important eliminator. Unlike Qualifier 1, the loser has to go home. 

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad both the times during the league stage and will be upbeat for this game as well. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad slipped in the last few games and approached this game with a fresh mind to come away victorious and move further in the playoffs.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:

Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner (C), Naman Ojha (WK), Yuvraj Singh, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Ben Cutting, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Mustafizur Rahman.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:   

Robin Uthappa (WK), Gautam Gambhir (C), Colin Munro, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Jason Holder, Rajagopal Sathish, Suryakumar Yadav, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Morne Morkel.

Bipul Sharma got a game for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Ben Cutting made the spot over Kane Williamson and Eoin Morgan. Still no Andre Russell for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sunrisers Hyderabad was rocked early, they lost Shikhar Dhawan in the second over. Henriques came up the order and built a decent partnership with David Warner. However, Sunrises Hyderabad lost two wickets in a single over. This rocked the boat again.  

Yuvraj Singh and Deepak Hooda took charge. Hooda was run-out yet again. Yuvraj Singh scored 44 runs off 30 balls. He is starting to find his old form. Sunrisers Hyderabad put 162 runs on the board.

Kolkata Knight Riders was off to a wobbly start as well. KKR lost Robin Uthappa early. Gautam Gambhir could not last long at the crease. Kolkata Lost wickets at regular intervals. Manish Pandey looked dangerous but fell to Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Virat Kohli leads the run-scorers chart. David Warner moves to the second spot. Gautam Gambhir is at number four.

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

High score

Average

Balls faced

Strike rate

1

 Virat Kohli

15

15

4

919

113

83.54

605

151.90

2

 David Warner

15

15

2

686

92

52.76

464

147.84

3

 AB de Villiers

15

15

3

682

129*

56.83

401

170.07

4

 Gautam Gambhir

15

15

2

501

90*

38.53

411

121.89

5

 Rohit Sharma

14

14

3

489

85*

44.45

368

132.88

6

 Ajinkya Rahane

14

14

3

480

74

43.63

379

126.64

7

 Shikhar Dhawan

15

15

4

473

82*

43.00

400

118.25

8

 Murali Vijay

14

14

1

453

89

34.84

364

124.45

9

 Quinton de Kock

13

13

1

445

108

37.08

327

136.08

10

 Suresh Raina

14

14

1

398

75

30.61

307

129.64

 

Kuldeep Yadav struck gold for Kolkata Knight Riders. He removed Moises Henriques and David Warner in a single over. Jason Holder and Morne Morkel picked up two wickets each.

Moises Henriques dismissed Yusuf Pathan for just two runs. This swung the momentum back in SRH’s favour. Overall, Henriques had a good game. He took two wickets.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a great game. He was excellent in the death overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders and move into Qualifier 2 to meet Gujarat Lions.

We have a change in the leading wicket-takers chart. Bhuvneshwar Kumar steals the cap from Shane Watson.

IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

15

15

58.0

438

21

4/29

20.85

7.55

2

 Shane Watson

15

15

52.3

424

20

4/29

21.20

8.07

3

 Yuzvendra Chahal

12

12

45.1

366

20

4/25

18.30

8.10

4

 Dhawal Kulkarni

13

13

45.0

332

18

4/14

18.44

7.37

5

 Mitchell McClenaghan

14

14

53.2

436

17

4/21

25.64

8.17

6

 Mustafizur Rahman

15

15

57.0

384

16

3/16

24.00

6.73

7

 Sandeep Sharma

14

14

50.0

366

15

2/11

24.40

7.32

8

 Jasprit Bumrah

14

14

52.0

406

15

3/13

27.06

7.80

9

 Andre Russell

12

12

36.3

291

15

4/20

19.40

7.97

10

 Dwayne Bravo

14

14

52.0

462

15

4/22

30.80

8.88

 

AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament so far. Naman Ojha dismissed most batsmen as a wicketkeeper in IPL 9.

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