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Dinesh Karthik:The way Rahul and Mayank batted, we thught we needed to so something really special to come back into the game. With Sunny and Varun there, and Prasidh bowling the way he has done in his first game... McCullum has been encouraging me to bat higher in the order, but I am looking at what the team needs. I have to give him credit for keeping me in this space. Whenever Russell gets injured, you know it is hard. He is a very special player, he is a very special person. We need to go and look at him. Prasidh is special. The way he came back and bowled in the second spell shows how good he is. Sunil Narine stands up for us a lot of time. He is calm. He is always looking to find the best way to contribute to the team. Not only Sunil, a lot of credit needs to be given to Morgan and McCullum. I am very lucky to have the world's best captain by results in my side.
Player of the Match
For smashing a blistering fifty KKR captain Dinesh Karthik is the Player of the Match
KL Rahul: I have no answers. We just need to keep coming harder in the next seven games. We bowled really really well. This was a fresh strip so we didn't know what were good lines and lengths. And the bowlers adjusted really well. And they were brave at the death too. Don't think we were satisfied at any stage in the chase. You are satisfied only when you win the game. Towards the end, we kept losing wickets, and couldn't get us over the line.
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Result
KKR win by 2 runs
KXIP 162/5 after 20 overs.
Narine to bowl the last over. Maxwell is on strike.
19.1 Fuller dleivery and Maxwell plays the ball for 2 runs.
19.2 Fuller delivery and Maxwell misses.
19.3 FOUR! Fuller deivery and Maxwell plays a reverse hit for a boundary.
19.4 1 Bye! Fuller delivery and Maxwell goes for wild swing but misses. Maxwell takes a single.
19.5 WICKET! Mandeep c (sub)Chris Green b Narine 0(1)
Fuller dleivery on leg stump. Mandeep goes for wild swing but misses. The ball goes to deep midwicket and Green takes a good catch.
19.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Maxwell goes over extra cover and gets a boundary.
KXIP 151/4 after 19 overs.
Prasidh Krishna to bowl. Simran is on strike.
18.1 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Simran muscles the ball down the ground for 2 runs.
18.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Simran plays the ball down to third man for a run.
18.3 Short delivery on off stump. Rahul cuts the ball to third man for a single.
18.4 WICKET! Simran Singh c Nitish Rana b Prasidh 4(7)
Short ball outside off. Simran goes for swing. The ball takes the top edge. The ball goes high in the air. Nitish Rana running backward from cover takes a good catch.
Glenn Maxwell is the new batsman.
18.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to sweeper cover for 2 runs.
18.6 WICKET! Rahul b Prasidh 74(58)
Low full toss outside off stump. Rahul swings his bat to smash the ball out of the park. But the ball takes inside edge and goes to hit the stumps.
KXIP 145/3 after 18 overs.
Sunil Narine to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
17.1 Short ball and Rahul pushes the ball through cover for a single.
17.2 WICKET! Pooran b Narine 16(10)
Short delivery and Pooran goes for big shot but misses. The ball craches onto the stumps.
Simran Singh is the new batsman.
17.3 Fuller delivery and Simran plays the ball to leg side.
17.4 Fuller delivery and Simran goes on the backfoot to block the ball.
17.5 Fuller delivery and Simran plays the ball to cover.
17.6 Short delivery and Simran plays the ball to leg side for a single.
KXIP 143/1 after 17 overs.
Varun Chakravarthy is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
16.1 Short delivery outside off. Rahul pushes the ball to off side for a single.
16.2 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Pooran drives the ball to cover.
16.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Pooran nails the ball through off side for a boundary.
16.4 Short delivery on leg stump. Pooran pushes the ball to off side.
16.5 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Pooran plays the ball down to short third man for a single.
16.6 Fuller delivery outside off. Rahul plays the ball to off side for a single.
KXIP 136/1 after 16 overs.
Nagarkoti is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
15.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Rahul drives the ball through cover for 2 runs.
15.2 FOUR! Short delivery outside off. Rahul goes on the top of the bounce and cuts the ball through point for a boundary.
15.3 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul plays the ball to midwicket for 2 runs.
15.4 Fuller delivery outside off. Rahul drives the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
15.5 FOUR! Good length delivery outside off stump. Pooran hammers the ball through extra cover for a boundary.
15.6 SIX! Short ball outside off. Pooran swings the bat and sends the ball over deep midwicket fence for a maximum.
KXIP 117/1 after 15 overs.
Prasidh Krishna to bowl. Mayank is on strike.
14.1 Fuller delivery and Mayank drives the ball to extra cover for 2 runs.
14.2 WICKET! Mayank c Shubman Gill b Prasidh 56(39)
Short ball and Maynak plays the ball to deep midwicket. The ball goes straight into the hands of Shubhman Gill.
Nicholas Pooran is the new batsman.
14.3 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Pooran works the ball down to third man for a single.
14.4 Fuller delivery and Rahul drives the ball to sweeper cover for a run.
14.5 Short delivery and Pooran plays the ball into the ground.
14.6 Fuller delivery and Pooran blocks.
KXIP 113/0 after 14 overs.
Nitish Rana to bowl. Maynak is on strike.
13.1 Short ball and Mayank plays the ball to leg side for a single.
13.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to short fine for a single.
13.3 Fuller delivery and Mayank plays the ball to long on for a run.
13.4 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to off side for a single.
13.5 Short delivery and Mayank plays the ball to leg side for a single.
13.6 Short delivery and Rahul plays the ball to sweeper cover for 2 runs.
KXIP 106/0 after 13 overs.
Pat Cummins is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
12.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery on leg stump. Rahul works the ball to leg side for a boundary.
12.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Rahul drives the ball through mid off for a boundary.
KL Rahul completes his fifty!
12.3 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a single.
12.4 Short ball outside off. Mayank pulls the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
Mayank Agarwal completes his fifty!
12.5 Short ball outside off. Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a single.
12.6 Fuller delivery and Mayank pushes the ball to off side for a single.
KXIP 94/0 after 12 overs.
Varun Chakravarthy to bowl. Mayank is on strike.
11.1 Short ball outside off stump. Mayank slashes the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
11.2 Short ball and Rahul cuts the ball for another single.
11.3 Fuller delivery outside off. Mayank goes for slash but misses.
11.4 Good length delivery and Mayank plays the ball to long off for a single.
11.5 Full toss outside off. Rahul plays the ball down to third man for a single.
11.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Mayank drives the ball through cover for a boundary.
KXIP 86/0 after 11 overs.
Nagarkoti is back in the attack. Rahul is on strike.
10.1 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball towards fielder at point.
10.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball through off side for a single.
10.3 FOUR! Pitched up delivery outside off stump. Maynak drives the ball through cover for a boundary.
10.4 FOUR! Short delivery outside off. Mayank pulls the ball to send it deep midwicket for a boundary.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Maynak drives the ball through cover for a single.
10.6 Short delivery and Rahul plays the ball to midwicket.
KXIP 76/0 after 10 overs.
Narine continues. Rahul is on strike.
9.1 Short ball. Rahul plays the ball through midwicket for 2 runs.
9.2 Short ball and Rahul plays the ball to leg side.
9.3 Short ball and Rahul hits the ball down to long off for a single.
9.4 Short ball and Mayank plays the ball through point for a single.
9.5 Short delivery and Rahul plays the ball to short fine for a run.
9.6 Fuller delivery and Mayank works the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
KXIP 67/0 after 9 overs.
Chakravarthy to bowl. Rahul is on strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery. Rahul plays the ball through extra cover for 2 runs.
8.2 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a single.
8.3 Fuller delivery outside off. Mayank plays the ball to off side for a single.
8.4 Short delivery and Rahul pushes the ball to cover.
8.5 Short delivery outside off. Rahul plays the ball just in front of him.
8.6 Short delivery outside off. Rahul plays the ball through midwicket for a single.
KXIP 62/0 after 8 overs.
Sunil Narine to bowl. Maynak is on strike.
7.1 Short delivery and Maynak plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
7.2 Short ball and Rahul pulls the ball to backward square leg for a single.
7.3 FOUR! Short delivery. Mayank plays a late cut to play the ball down to third man for a boundary.
7.4 Fuller delivery and Mayank plays the ball to off side for a single.
7.5 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to midwicket.
7.6 Short delivery and Rahul plays the ball to short fine for another single.
KXIP 54/0 after 7 overs.
Varun Chakravarthy to bowl. On strike is Mayank.
6.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Mayank drives the ball and takes a single.
6.2 Fuller delivery fired on middle stump. Rahul pushes the ball to cover for a single.
6.3 Short delivery and Mayank punches the ball past the bowler for a single.
6.4 Short delivery and Rahul works the ball to midwicket for 2 runs.
6.5 Short delivery and Rahul plays the ball to short fine for a single.
6.6 Short delivery and Maynak plays the ball down to long on for a single.
KXIP 47/0 after 6 overs.
Kamlesh Nagarkoti to bowl. Mayank is on strike.
5.1 Fuller delivery and Mayank plays the ball to point for a single.
5.2 Fuller deivery and Mayank drives the ball through mid-off for a 3 runs.
5.3 Good length delivery on off stump. Maynak pushes the ball of the backfoot and takes a run.
5.4 FOUR! Short ball outside off stump. Rahul pulls the ball through midwicket for a boundary.
5.5 Fuller delivery and Rahul plays the ball to leg side for a run.
5.6 Fuller delivery. Mayank drives the ball to mid off for a single.
KXIP 36/0 after 5 overs.
Cummins to bowl his third over. Rahul is on strike.
4.1 Fuller delivery and Rahul blocks.
4.2 Good length delivery. Rahul plays the ball just in front of him and takes a single.
4.3 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Mayank plays the ball on the on side for a single.
4.4 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Rahul comes on front foot to drive the ball but the ball takes the inside edge of the bat and hits the pads.
4.5 FOUR! Short delivery going down leg side. Rahul pulls and sends the ball to fine leg for a boundary.
4.6 Fuller delivery and Rahul works the ball to midwicket for 2 runs.
KXIP 28/0 after 4 overs.
Prasidh Krishna to bowl. Mayank is on strike.
3.1 Short ball and Mayank plays the ball to mid off.
3.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Mayank chips the ball over mid on for a boundary.
3.3 Good length delivery outside off. Mayank drives the ball to cover.
3.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery. Mayank plays an on-drive and the ball goes past KL Rahul at non-striker's end for a boundary.
3.5 Good length dellivery on off stump. Mayank plays the ball to point.
3.6 SIX! Fuller delivery, Mayank comes down the track and smacks the ball over cover for a maximum.
KXIP 14/0 after 3 overs.
Cummins continues. Rahul is on strike.
2.1 Good length delivery and Rahul plays the ball to off side for a single.
2.2 Fuller delivery and Mayank plays the ball to cover for a single.
2.3 Fuller delivery outside off. Rahul drives the ball through backward point for 2 runs.
2.4 Short ball and Rahul works the ball to short third for a single.
2.5 Good short ball. Mayank ducks and leaves the ball for the keeper.
2.6 Fuller delivery. Mayan pushes the ball to long on for a single.
KXIP 8/0 after 2 overs.
Prasidh Krishna to bowl from the other end. Rahul is on strike.
1.1 Good yorker. Rahul digs the ball out.
1.2 DROPPED and FOUR! Fuller delivery. Rahul lifts the ball over mid off. Russell running backward almost takes the cacth but he misjudges and drops the ball. The ball goes down to log off for a bounadry. Russell seem to have injured himself. The team physio is attending him.
1.3 Fuller delivery and Rahul drives the ball to off side.
1.4 Good length delivery outside off stump. Rahul jabs his bat and plays the ball to off side for a single.
1.5 Short delivery. Mayank looks to work the ball to leg side but misses.
1.6 Fuller delivery fired on middle stump. Mayank blocks.
KXIP 2/0 after 1 over.
Pat Cummins to open the bowling for KKR. KL Rahul is on strike.
0.1 Good length delivery on middle stump. Rahul blocks the ball.
0.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Rahul plays the ball to third man and takes a single.
0.3 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Mayank plays the ball to leg side for a single.
0.4 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Rahul plays the ball to leg side.
0.5 Fuller delivery on middle and leg stump. Rahul pushes the ball to mid off.
0.6 Fuller delivery and Rahul pushes the ball to mid on for a single.
KXIP chase is about to get underway. KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal walk out to open the inning for KXIP. KKR bowlers have been warming up in the field for 6-7 minutes already.
KKR 164/6 after 20 overs.
Jordan to bowl the last over of the inning. Cummins is on strike.
`19.1 Fuller delivery and Cummins plays the ball to mid off for a single.
19.2 FOUR! Back of the length delivery and Karthik cuts the ball to third man for a boundary.
19.3 1 Leg Bye! Short ball. The ball raps on the pads and goes to leg side as karthik completes a single.
19.4 Low full toss outside off stump. Cummins plays the ball to cover for a single.
19.4 WIDE! Short ball going down the leg side.
19.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik looks to play the ball to off side but misses.
19.6 WICKET! Karthik run out (Pooran/Simran Singh) 58(29)
Short ball. Karthik plays the ball to midwicket. He takes the first run quickly. He is running back for the second run. The throw from the deep is great. Keeper collects the ball and hits the stump. Karthik puts in a dive but is short of his ground.
KKR 155/5 after 19 overs.
Arshdeep to bowl. Russell is on strike.
18.1 FOUR! Fuller deivery outside off stump. Russell pokes his bat. The ball takes the outside edge and it runs down to third man for a boundary.
18.2 WICKET! Russell c Simran Singh b Arshdeep Singh 5(3)
Fuller delivery outside off stump. Russell goes after the ball. The ball takes the outside edge and flies ino the keeper's gloves.
Pat Cummins is the new batsman.
18.2 WIDE! Poor ball from Harshdeep as he bowls way outside off stump.
18.2 WIDE! Poor ball from Harshdeep as he again bowls way outside off stump.
18.3 Fuller delivery fired on the leg stump. Cummins plays the ball to off side for 2 runs.
18.4 Fuller delivery fired on middle stump. Cummins hits the ball to midwicket and gets a single.
18.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik moves across his stumps to play the ball to leg side but misses.
18.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik goes for a shot on the off side but misses.
KKR 146/4 after 18 overs.
Shami to bowl. Karthik is on strike.
17.1 Fuller delivery and Karthik reverse sweeps the ball to short third man. Karthik takes the first run fast. An overthrow gifts Karthik an exatr run.
17.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Karthik flicks the ball to backward square leg for a boundary.
17.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Karthik makes room and creams the ball past the fielder at point for a boundary.
Karthik completes his fifty!
17.4 1 Bye! Short ball and Karthik goes for swing. The ball goes to the keeper as Karthik completes a single.
17.5 WICKET! Shubman Gill run out (Mandeep/Simran Singh) 57(47)
Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to leg side. He takes the first run. He is slow in taking the second run. The throw from the deep is sharp. The keeper has the ball and he dislodges the bails. Gill is short of his ground.
Andre Russell is the new batsman.
17.6 Good short ball to Russell. Russell jumps and plays the ball to cover and takes a single.
KKR 133/3 after 17 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl. Gill is on strike.
16.1 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Gill plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
16.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik cracks the ball over extra-cover for a boundary.
16.3 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off. Karthik sends the ball over long off for a maximum.
16.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik swings his bat. The ball takes thick outside edge and runs down to third man for a boundary.
16.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik moves across his stumps and plays the ball to leg side for a single.
16.6 Fuller delivery outside off. Gill plays the ball over cover and takes 2 runs.
KKR 115/3 after 16 overs.
Arshdeep is back in the attack. Karthik is on strike.
15.1 Short ball outside off stump. Karthik pulls the ball to fine leg and gets 2 runs.
15.2 FOUR! Short ball and Karthik spanks the ball to backward square leg for a boundary.
15.3 Fulleer delivery outside off stump. Karthik chases the ball. The ball goes past his bat. There is a fain noise as the ball goes past the bat. The bowler appeals for caught behind but the umpirs is not interested.
15.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Karthik smashes the ball to long off for a boundary.
15.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Karthik moves across his stumps and looks for a paddel shot but misses.
15.6 FOUR! Short delivery outside off. Karthik pulls and sends the ball down to midwicket for a boundary.
KKR 100/3 after 15 overs.
Bishnoi to bowl. Gill is on strike.
14.1 Fuller delivery and Gill pushes the ball down to long off for 2 runs.
14.2 Short ball and Gill cuts the ball to point.
14.3 FOUR! Short ball on leg stump. Gill sweeps the ball to backward square leg for a boundary.
Gill completes his fifty!
14.4 Fuller delivery and Gill pushes the ball to off side for 2 runs.
14.5 Short ball and Gill punches the ball to off side for a run.
14.6 Fuller delivery and Karthik works the ball to leg side for a single.
KKR 91/3 after 14 overs.
Mujeeb to bowl his last over. Karthik is on strike.
13.1 Fuller delivery and Karthik plays the ball to leg side for a single.
13.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Gill goes for big shot. The ball takes thick outside edge and the ball runs down to third man for a boundary.
13.3 Fuller delivery. Gill leans and drives the ball through off side for 2 runs.
13.4 Short delivery outside off. Gill cuts the ball through cover for a single.
13.5 Fuller delivery and Karthik plays the ball down to long off. Great work by Maxwell in the deep saves a certain boundary. Karthik takes 2 runs.
13.6 SIX! Short ball outside off stump. Karthik smashes the ball over long on for a maximum.
KKR 75/3 after 13 overs.
Bishnoi to bowl. Karthik is on strike.
12.1 Tossed up delivery and Karthik plays the ball to cover for a single.
12.2 Short delivery and Gill pulls the ball through midwicket for a single.
12.3 Short delivery outside off. Karthik cuts the ball to short third man.
12.4 Short delivery and Karthik plays the ball through cover for 2 runs.
12.5 Fuller dleivery and Karthik plays the ball to long off for a single.
12.6 Short delivery and Gill hammers the ball down to long on for 2 runs.
KKR 68/3 after 12 overs.
Mujeeb to bowl. Gill is on strike.
11.1 Tossed up deivery and Gill pushes the ball to cover.
11.2 FOUR! Short ball on middle and leg. Gill creams the ball through cover for a boundary.
11.3 Fuller delivery and Gill pushes the ball to cover.
11.4 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to off side.
11.5 Fuller dleivery and Gill sweeps the ball to leg side.
11.6 Fuller delivery and Gill cuts the ball to point.
KKR 64/3 after 11 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi to bowl. Gill is on strike.
10.1 Fuller delivery outside off. Gill plays the ball through off side for a single.
10.2 Short ball and Morgan plays the ball to leg side for a single.
10.3 Short ball and Gill cuts the ball through backward point for a run.
10.4 WICKET! Morgan c Maxwell b Ravi Bishnoi 24(23)
Googly from Bishnoi. The ball is outside off stump. Morgan goes for big shot. He has not timed his shot well and the ball goes straight into the hands of Maxwell at long on.
Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman.
10.5 Short ball and Gill plays the ball to leg side for a single.
10.6 Fuller delivery and Karthik leans in and blocks the ball.
KKR 60/2 after 10 overs.
Mujeeb to bowl his second over. Gill is on strike.
9.1 Short ball outside off stump. Gill plays the ball down to sweeper-cover for a single.
9.2 SIX! Fuller delivery on middle stump. Gill slogs the ball and the ball clears the midwicket boundary with ease.
9.3 Short delivery and Gill plays the ball to leg side for a single.
9.4 Fuller delivery outside off. Gill plays the ball through cover and takes a single.
9.5 Short ball outside off. Gill cuts the ball down to third man for a single.
9.6 Short ball on leg stump. Gill pushes the ball down to long on for a run.
KKR 49/2 after 9 overs.
Ravi Bishnoi to bowl. Morgan is on strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery. Morgan goes for reverse sweep but misses.
8.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Morgan slaps the ball to the fielder at point.
8.3 Good length delivery which spins and beats the outside edge of Morgan's bat.
8.4 Fuller delivery and Morgan reverse sweeps the ball to the fielder at third man for a single.
8.5 Short delivery on leg stump. Gill plays the ball to fine leg for 2 runs.
8.6 Short delivery on leg stump. Gill punches the ball through off side for a run.
KKR 43/2 after 8 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl his second over. Morgan is on strike.
7.1 Fuller delivery on middle and leg stump. Morgan drives the ball through off side for 2 runs.
7.2 Good length delivery fired on the pads. Morgan comes down the track and plays the ball to off side.
7.3 Short delivery on middle and off stump. Morgan works the ball to third man for a single.
7.4 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Gill plays the ball to leg side and takes a single.
7.5 Short delivery on leg stump. Morgan plays the ball to midwicket and is happy with a single.
7.6 Slow fuller delivery. Gill plays the ball wide of the fielder at short fine leg and gets 2 runs.
KKR 38/2 after 7 overs.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl. Gill is on strike.
6.1 Short delivery outside off. Gill plays the ball through off side for 2 runs.
6.2 Short delivery and Gill plays the ball to sweeper-cover for 2 runs.
6.3 Fuller delivery and Gill plays the ball to backward square leg for a single.
6.3 WIDE! Poor ball by Majeeb as he bowls down the leg side. The keeper fails to collect the ball . Morgan takes 2 runs.
6.4 Fuller delivery and Morgan pushes the ball.
6.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Morgan plays a reverse sweep for a boundary.
6.6 Short delivery. Morgan plays the ball to midwikcet for a single.
KKR 25/2 after 6 overs.
Shami to bowl his third over. Morgan is on strike.
5.1 Short ball on middle stump. Morgan goes on the top of the bounce and plays the ball to leg side.
5.2 Short delivery on leg stump. The ball hits the thigh pads and goes to off side.
5.3 FOUR! Short delivery outside off stump. Morgan whacks the ball through midwicket for a boundary.
5.4 Fuller delivery on middle and leg stump. Morgan drives the ball to point.
5.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Morgan drives the ball to mid off for a single.
5.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Gill drives the ball to mid off for a single.
KKR 19/2 after 5 overs.
Chris Jordan to bowl. Gill is on strike.
4.1 Back of the length delivery. Gill plays the ball to mid off.
4.2 Length delivery around off. Gill plays the ball to mid off.
4.3 Good length delivery on middle stump. Gill pushes the ball to cover.
4.4 Fuller delivery outside off. Gill pushes the ball back to the bowler.
4.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery on leg stump. Gill plays the ball to backward square leg for a boundary.
4.6 Fuller delivery on leg stump. The ball brushes the pads and goes to the keeper.
KKR 15/2 after 4 overs.
Arshdeep continues. Rana is on strike.
3.1 Short ball. Rana ducks and leaves the ball for the keeper.
3.2 Good length delivery and Rana plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
3.3 WICKET! Nitish Rana run out (Shami/Pooran) 2(4)
Short delivery on middle stump. Gill plays the ball to short fine leg. Rana startrs running from the non striker's end. Gill has not moved an inch. Shami throws the ball to the keeper's end. Pooran collects the ball and runs down the bowler's end to dislodge the bails.
Eoin Morgan is the new batsman. Gill is in strike.
3.4 Good length delivery and Gill plays the ball to midwicket for a single.
3.5 Fuller delivery and Morgan plays the ball to leg side.
3.6 Fuller delivery and Morgan takes no run from it.
KKR 13/1 after 3 overs.
Shami continues. Gill is on strike.
2.1 Short delivery outside off stump. Gill goes for cut. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes to backward point as Gill takes a single.
2.2 Short delivery on leg stump. Tripathi ducks and leaves the ball for the keeper.
2.3 FOUR! Short delivery on middle stump. Tripathi swings his bat and send the ball to square leg for a boundary.
2.4 WICKET! Tripathi b Shami 4(10)
Short delivery on middle stump. The ball nips back in. Tripathi goes for wild swing. The ball goes past the bat and knocks the stumps.
Nitish Rana is the new batsman.
2.5 Good length delivery outside off stump. The ball swings back in. Rana shows full face of his bat but the ball beats the outside edge.
2.6 Short delivery and Rana manages to play the ball over the keeper's head down to third man for a single.
KKR 7/0 after 2 overs.
Arshdeep Singh to bowl from the other end. On strike is Rahul Tripathi.
1.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Tripathi goes to push the ball but the ball beats him.
1.2 Short delivery outside off stump. Tripathi goes for cut. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes on one bounce to the keepe.r
1.3 Good length delivery on leg stump. Tripathi gets a leading edge and the ball almost carries to the fielder at cover.
1.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Tripathi goes for drive outside off stump but the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.
1.5 Good short ball. Tripathi goes for pull but misses. The ball flies to the keeper.
1.6 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Tripathi goes on the backfoot to block the ball.
KKR 7/0 after 1 over.
Mohammed Shami to bowl the first over for KXIP. On strike is Rahul Tripathi.
0.1 1 Leg Bye! Fuller delivery on the pads. The ball hits the pads and goes to leg side. Tripathi takes a single.
0.2 Short delivery outside off stump. Gill leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.3 Short delivery on middle stump. Gill works the ball to backward square leg for 2 runs.
0.4 FOUR! Short delivery on middle and leg stump. Gill works the ball to fine leg for the first boundary of the match.
0.5 Good length delivery outside off stump. Gill leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.6 Good length delivery outside off stump. Gill leaves the ball for the keeper.
KXIP players are in a huddle. Rahul Tripathi and Shubhman Gill walk out to open the inning for KKR.
KXIP Playing XI
KL Rahul(c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Simran Singh(w), Glenn Maxwell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
KKR Playing XI
Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
KL Rahul: We have a lot of experience like Anil, Andy and Jonty. We have Gayle and Maxi and seniors who have kept it positive. We just haven't turned it around in the big moments that's why we are at the bottom of the table. Jordan comes in for Cottrell, who has a niggle and might miss out on a couple of games.
Dinesh Karthik: The wicket looks dry so we'll have a bat first. As the tournament progresses we'll get the right batting order, but it worked well in the last game. Mavi has a few niggles so Prasidh comes in.
Toss
KKR captain Dinesh Karthik wins the toss and opts to bat
Impact player for KKR
Andre Russell: His batting may not have come good so far but his bowling is encouraging. The all-rounder is KKR’s second-highest wicket-taker with five scalps and has bowled economical spells when needed. Against the hapless KXIP bowling, Russell can...
Impact player for KXIP
Nicholas Pooran: He has smashed the fastest fifty in IPL 2020 and has the second-highest number of sixes this season. However, he needs middle- or top-order support to win matches.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
Everyday before the start of the match Deccan Herald brings to you the Deccan Herald's Dream XI. The team consists of the best 11 players from the two teams to help you pick you chose your IPL fantasy teams. Which of these players find a spot in your IPL teams?
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Ravi Bishnoi, Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Shami
Form Guide (last five matches)
Kings XI Punjab: L-L-L-L-W
Kolkata Knight Riders: W-L-W-W-L
Head to Head:
Matches Played: 25
Kings XI Punjab: 8
Kolkata Knight Riders: 17
KKR have dominated KXIP in the fixture. It is a bad news for KXIP who are desperate for a win and end their losing streak.
First up we have KXIP vs KKR at Sheik Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Kings XI Punjab are struggling with just 2 wins from their first 6 matches and are at the bottom of the points table. Kolkata Knight Riders have won 3 matches and lost 2 of the 5 matches they have played. They are fourth in the league at the moment. A win against KXIP will bring KKR in top-3.
Good afternoon and welcome to the coverage of match 24 of the Indian Premier League. Today we have two matches lined up. First up it is Kings XI Punjab against Kolkata Knight Riders, then later in the evening Chennai Super Kings face Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Kings XI Punjab have task cut out against Kolkata Knight Riders
Kings XI Punjab will have to play out of their skins to get their stuttering campaign back on track when they face fancied Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday.
Smarting from a 69-run drubbing at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad, it will not be an easy task for a struggling KXIP side to stand up to the challenge thrown by an all-round KKR team, which is a fine blend of youth and experience.
Following five losses and a solitary win, Kings XI Punjab are currently placed at the bottom of the table with two points, whereas the Knight Riders are fourth with six points from three wins.
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