Kolkata Knight Riders decided to bowl first before winning the toss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second qualifier of the IPL-11 in Kolkata's Eden Gardens ground. It is noted that winning team will get the final ticket where they will have to play against Chennai Super Kings. In today's match, the Hyderabad team, who came here to bat first, looked strong in the Powerplay. The team scored 56 runs without any loss. after 7 overs. But in In eighth over , first ball  Kuldeep Yadav trapped Shikhar Dhawan for  lbw. He scored 34 off 24 when Score 56/1 while  in fifth ball SRH captain Kane Williamson who has edged one to be out caught behind on 3 when Score 60/2.

  At the loss of two wickets after 8 overs. Shah (26) and Shakib (4) are present on the crease. Sunrisers innings gave Shikhar Dhawan and Riddhiman Saha a fantastic start. The first over for KKR Shivam Mavi and the second over Krishna thrown out. In the first over, 4 runs were scored in the second over and 10 runs with Dhawan's six. Saha got the lifeline in the third over of the innings when captain and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik did not catch a high catch.

 After 14.6 over score 113/3.

Over 12: Deepak Hooda joins Shakib Al Hasan in the middle. Sunil Narine returns into the attack. Just four singles in the over. Score 90/3

In Over 10.3: Wriddhiman Saha charged forward and Dinesh Karthik  disturbted the bail. Saha scored 35. Wicket no. 1 for Piyush Chawla when Score 84/3

In the fourth over, fast bowler Andre Russell bowled Dhawan for two fours  while Saha hit two fours in the fifth over. After the powerplay (six overs), Sunrisers reached 45 runs. .