KKR flatten Kings XI with season-topping 245
Sunil Narine's 36-ball 75 and Dinesh Karthik's 23-ball 50 outdid KL Rahul's 29-ball 66 in a match that produced an aggregate of 459 runs
12/05Result
44th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Indore, May 12 2018
Player of the Match
12/05Result
44th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Indore, May 12 2018
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SP Narine
75(36) 9x4 - 4x6
Control %63%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 21 runs
- 3x4 - 1x6
KL Rahul
66(29) 2x4 - 7x6
Control %72%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 17 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
AJ Tye
- O4
- M0
- R41
- W4
- Eco10.25
| 1W | ||||
| 2W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W |
AD Russell
- O4
- M0
- R41
- W3
- Eco10.25
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W |
Match Details
Toss
Kings XI Punjab , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50- 19.20
Match days
12 May 2018 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Scorecard Summary
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 245/6 (20 OVERS)
- Dinesh Karthik50 (23)
- Sunil Narine75 (36)
- Andrew Tye4/41 (4)
- Mohit Sharma1/40 (4)
KINGS XI PUNJAB 214/8 (20 OVERS)
- Ravichandran Ashwin45 (22)
- KL Rahul66 (29)
- Andre Russell3/41 (4)
- Prasidh Krishna2/31 (4)
Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu
END OF OVER:20 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | PBKS: 214/8 (32 runs required, RR: 10.70)
- Mohit Sharma4 (3b)
- Barinder Sran1 (1b)
- Prasidh Krishna4-0-31-2
- Andre Russell4-0-41-3
7.40pm That is that. KKR flexed their batting muscle on a small ground and racked up 245 for 6 - their highest in IPL. Sunil Narine hit a 26-ball fifty, before Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, and Shubman Gill all struck at 200 or more to help swell the total. KL Rahul continued his excellent form, but the rest of the batting line-up fell away in the steep chase. The rapidly rising asking rate was just too much for Kings XI to overcome. KKR move to fourth with their sixth win. Thanks for tuning in. Goodbye for now
Munendra Singh: "2nd highest match aggregate in IPL history, 6th in all T20s, 3rd across all club T20s"
Ashwin: "Excellent bowling from Prasidh. Economy of under 8 on this pitch combined with a couple of wickets is just premium"
19.6
0
Prasidh Krishna to Sharma, no run, short and keeps slanting in from over the wicket, Mohit looks to get under it and ramp it over DK. Beaten in the end
19.5
0
Prasidh Krishna to Sharma, no run, lifter, angling in from wide of the crease, Mohit ducks under it and lets it sail through to the keeper
19.4
4
Prasidh Krishna to Sharma, FOUR, full and wide outside off, 144.9ks, backs away and carves a drive through cover-point. Nobody in the deep to cut that off
Mohit
The tracker returns umpire's call on leg stump
19.3
W
Prasidh Krishna to Ashwin, OUT, skiddy full ball, slanting in from over the wicket, 144ks, Ashwin looks to slog over midwicket. He misses it and is hit on the unprotected knee. Trapped in front. The umpire takes his own sweet time before raising his finger
R Ashwin lbw b Prasidh Krishna 45 (22b 4x4 3x6) SR: 204.54
19.2
1
Prasidh Krishna to Sran, 1 run, lifter on middle from round the stumps, spliced over midwicket
19.1
W
Prasidh Krishna to Tye, OUT, DK throws himself to his right to complete an excellent catch. Banged in short at the body, Tye shuffles across and gloves an attempted pull. DK does the rest behind the stumps
AJ Tye c †Karthik b Prasidh Krishna 14 (10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 140.00
Match Coverage
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