IPL 2020 Live Updates: Kolkata beat Hyderabad by 7 wickets, add first two points

Kolkata beat Hyderabad by 7 wickets to register their first win in Dream11 IPL 2020.

Kolkata are on the verge of winning their first game of Dream11 IPL 2020.

With the match slipping away from their grasp, Hyderabad will be hoping to make a comeback in the death overs.

Kolkata are 120/3 after 16 overs.

Shubman Gill & Eoin Morgan's 50-run stand for the fourth-wicket anchoring Kolkata's innings.

Shubman Gill scores a brilliant 50 off 42 deliveries.

Kolkata are 89/3 after 12 overs.

Kolkata are 72/3 at the halfway mark.

After having lost three early wickets, opener Shubman Gill & veteran Eoin Morgan keep the scoreboard ticking for Kolkata.

Kolkata are 67/3 after 9 overs.

Kolkata in a spot of bother as skipper Dinesh Karthik walks back without troubling the scorers.

Kolkata are 53/3.

Kolkata are 52/2 after 6 overs.

Nitish Rana walks back for a well-made 13-ball 26.

Kolkata are 43/2.

The move of promoting Sunil Narine as an opener has backfired as he failed to open his account.

Kolkata are 6/1.

A decent start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar as he gives away just six runs from his first over that included a boundary.

Kolkata are 6/0 after 1.

Shubman Gill & Sunil Narine to open the batting for Kolkata.

Kolkata need 143 runs to win from their 20 overs.

Hyderabad are 138/4.

Manish Pandey departs for 51.

Hyderabad are 121/3 in the 18th over.

Manish Pandey scores his 16th IPL fifty as the 'Orange Army' eye a big total.

Hyderabad are 118/2 after 17 overs.

Hyderabad are 100/2 after 15.1 overs.

Even though Kolkata bowlers are keeping things tight, Wriddhiman Saha & Manish Pandey continue to keep Hyderabad's scoreboard ticking.

Hyderabad are 93/2 after 14 overs.

Kolkata bowlers bowling good line & length as Hyderabad batsmen are unable to go for big shots.

Hyderabad are 68/2 after 11 overs.

A soft-dismissal for David Warner as he walks back for a 30-ball 36.

Hyderabad are 59/2.

Manish Pandey makes good use of his feet against Kuldeep Yadav to clear the fence as the 'Orange Army' bring up their 50.

Hyderabad are 55/1 after 8.2 overs.

Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav bowls a decent over as he gives away just 5 runs.

Hyderabad are 45/1 after 7 overs.

Skipper David Warner & Manish Pandey are rebuilding Hyderabad's innings after having lost the wicket of star opener Jonny Bairstow.

Hyderabad are 40/1 after 6 overs.

Youngster Shivam Mavi concedes 9 runs off his first over as Manish Pandey clobbers him for a big six.

Hyderabad are 33/1 after 5 overs.

No special innings from 'Birthday Boy' Jonny Bairstow as he walks back for a 10-ball 5.

Hyderabad are 24/1 after 4 overs.

After Pat Cummins had kept the batsmen quiet in his first over, David Warner has finally managed to break the shackles in Sunil Narine's second over.

Hyderabad are 22/0 after 3 overs.

David Warner & Jonny Bairstow play mystery spinner Sunil Narine cautiously in the first over.

Hyderabad are 6/0 after 1.

Hyderabad's explosive openers skipper David Warner & Jonny Bairstow have made their way to the middle.

Here's how Hyderabad skipper has fared against Kolkata's mystery spinner Sunil Narine.

141 runs & 2 wickets,

While Warner has the upper hand, Narine has got his number on a couple of occasions as well.

Meanwhile, Kolkata's pace spearhead Patrick Cummins is just three scalps away from 100 T20 wickets.

David Warner wins the toss and the 'Orange Army' will be batting first.

Hyderabad batsmen will be hoping not to get bamboozled by chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav's spin.

He could not make his bat do the talking during Kolkata's season opener against the title-holders Mumbai but Andre Russell would be looking to prove a point or two against Hyderabad later tonight.

The Abu Dhabi pitch has favoured the batsmen in the two Dream11 IPL 2020 games that have been played here. The last game played here between Kolkata and Mumbai saw the latter score a mountain of 195 while batting first. Fast bowlers will get swing with the new ball and a change in pace could see the batsmen getting in trouble. However, once the batsman sets his eye in, he could add quick runs. 

In the two Dream11 IPL 2020 matches played at the venue so far, the team chasing has lost one and won one. The team winning the toss should opt to bat first as opposed to the trend in the tournament of choosing to bowl first. Both sides have some prominent T20 hitters, which is why a high-scoring game is on the cards.

The two-time winners are clear winners when it comes to the overall head to head record. Kolkata and Hyderabad have faced each other on 17 occasions in the Dream11 IPL. According to the Kolkata vs Hyderabad head to head record, it is Dinesh Karthik's men who edge the Orange Army, 10-7.

During the 2019 season, Kolkata and Hyderabad faced each other on two occasions with both teams winning one contest each. While Kolkata won the first match by 6 wickets in their own backyard, Hyderabad thumped the Men in Purple by 9 wickets in the reverse fixture. Notably, both teams have played all their matches in India and are yet to play on foreign soil.

As far as average scores are concerned, Kolkata's average scored against Hyderabad is 149 while, the Orange Army's average score against the Kolkata outfit is 156. Both the sides have some prominent T20 hitters, which is why a high-scoring game is on the cards.

David Warner is Hyderabad's leading run-scorer against Kolkata with 829 runs to his name and 533 of those have come when he has batted for the Hyderabad team alone. Warner needs 76 runs to go past Rohit Sharma to once again become the highest run-scorer of all-time against Kolkata in the tournament's history.

In the bowling department, Hyderabad's Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the highest wicket-taker of all-time vs Kolkata with 27 wickets to his name and 19 of them have come in Hyderabad colours itself. For Kolkata, Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine top the charts vs Hyderabad with 10 wickets apiece.