IPL 2018, KKR vs SRH: 5 Talking points

#2 Pandey's blinders to dismiss Nitish Rana and Andre Russell

Manish Pandey celebrates after taking a ripper to send Andre Russel back to the pavilion

Nitish Rana walked into the crease following Robin Uthappa's dismissal and though the 24-year-old managed to get off the mark right away with a boundary off the first ball, he struggled against the pace of Billy Stanlake managing just two runs off the fourth over of the KKR innings.

He made amends though, scoring 12 runs off the final powerplay over bowled by Rashid Khan, including a massive slog sweep six off a googly before rain interrupted play.

Any hopes Rana would have had to carry on from his positive start was thwarted soon after play resumed with Pandey taking a spectacular catch at point off Stanlake's bowling after fumbling his initial attempt.

The ball was cut hard to Pandey and the 28-year-old reacted in time to catch the ball just before it hit the ground and he was not done for the day.

He nearly pulled off another great catch, this time of Narine, at the long on boundary, as he pushed the ball back inside the ropes after initially but just couldn't take it clean as he dived back into the ground. Nevertheless, he did save five runs for his side.

Pandey did manage to send another West Indian back into the pavilion and it was the dangerous Russell who couldn't recreate his magic against CSK again as Pandey took a splendid diving catch after running back from backward point with Stanlake the beneficiary yet again.