- BATSMENRB4s6sSR15.2 bottom-edged to the keeper! The knuckle ball earns him the wicket. Full and wide outside off, and Lynn actually followed him to the off side, but the ball's too low and it takes a feather edge. An excellent innings comes to an end 147/41.3 in the air, and brilliant catch by Karun Nair. Looked for a moment as though this was the usual Narine, making merry against spin early on. It was a back-of-the-hand variant from Mujeeb, not quite the flipper, but it slides into Narine's pads, and he steps down the track and mows this over long-on. Nair moves to his right and slides in front to complete a brilliant catch 6/18.1 , and the time-out comes with a break in concentration! Good length on middle, and Uthappa goes for the big one first up. Rocks back and tries to pull, but has no elevation behind that shot. Straight to deep midwicket. Fifth time Ashwin gets Uthappa in ten T20 matches 78/29.4 miscommunication! Good-length on off stump, and Rana's cramped for space. Still tries to cut, but straight to backward point. Rajpoot collects and throws at the keeper's end, but Rana's halfway down the track. Lynn took a few steps forward but quickly said no to the single, but it was all too late... 85/318.5 rolls his fingers over this one again, and this time DK's leg-side heave has been taken in the deep. Deceived by the (lack of) pace, and Tye at deep backward square does the rest 185/616.5 drilled to long off, but taken! Big wicket for Sran. Full on off, and Russell tries to slog it down the ground. It's hit very hard, but too flat. Karun Nair - at long off - runs to his right and sticks his hands out 159/519.2 Yorker outside off stump, and Curran sticks his bat out. Takes a thick outside edge, and goes straight and flat to short third man. Even the fielder is surprised, by the looks of it 186/7Extras9 (lb 1, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL191/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.55)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Sunil Narine, 1.3 ov), 2-78 (Robin Uthappa, 8.1 ov), 3-85 (Nitish Rana, 9.4 ov), 4-147 (Chris Lynn, 15.2 ov), 5-159 (Andre Russell, 16.5 ov), 6-185 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.5 ov), 7-186 (Tom Curran, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AS Rajpoot 3 0 32 0 10.66 6 4 1 2 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 32 1 8.00 9 5 0 1 0 BB Sran 4 0 50 2 12.50 7 5 3 2 0 AJ Tye 4 0 30 2 7.50 9 2 1 1 1 R Ashwin 4 0 33 1 8.25 5 3 0 1 0 Yuvraj Singh 1 0 13 0 13.00 0 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.4 holes out to deep midwicket! Short on middle, and Rahul top-edges the pull! Curran gets under it, and dives forward to take the catch 116/1Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL126/1 (11.1 Overs, RR: 11.28)Fall of wickets: 1-116 (KL Rahul, 9.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shivam Mavi 3 0 29 0 9.66 8 4 1 2 0 AD Russell 1.5 0 31 0 16.90 2 4 2 0 0 N Rana 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 SP Narine 3 0 23 1 7.66 9 3 1 0 0 PP Chawla 2 0 24 0 12.00 4 2 2 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 1 0 13 0 13.00 1 1 1 0 0 TK Curran 0.1 0 6 0 36.00 0 0 1 0 0
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
21 April 2018 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kings XI Punjab 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (37 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (CA Lynn 20, RV Uthappa 33, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (68 balls), Extras 3
- CA Lynn: 50 off 30 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (CA Lynn 23, KD Karthik 28, Ex 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (99 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 191/7 in 20.0 overs (Shubman Gill 14, PP Chawla 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 73 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 3.4 overs (22 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (KL Rahul 26, CH Gayle 24, Ex 1)
- Rain: Kings XI Punjab - 96/0 in 8.2 overs (KL Rahul 46, CH Gayle 49)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 1
- CH Gayle: 50 off 28 balls (5 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 51 balls (KL Rahul 46, CH Gayle 55, Ex 1)
- KL Rahul: 50 off 24 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsDLS explainer: Why Kings XI had to chase just 125
How dose the DLS system work? And would the VJD method have made a difference to KKR's chances?
Dinesh Karthik questions Kings XI's revised target
Knight Riders captain also suggests considering VJD method for revising targets in IPL, instead of current DLS system
What happened to Lynn's weakness against spin?
Andre Russell was kept quiet by Kings XI but when he came on to bowl, he was taken apart by fellow Jamaican Chris Gayle
Rahul seamlessly wipes out Knight Riders
The opener shellacked 60 off 27 balls to propel Kings XI Punjab to the top of the table
Gayle, Rahul launch Kings XI to the top
The two openers smashed fifties in a revised chase of 125 off 13 overs to crush Kolkata Knight Riders