OVERS 20: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS POST 191/7 IN 20 OVERS.

OVERS 19.2: OUT! Kings XI Punjab are crawling back in the death overs now. Tom Curran out for 1 as Andrew Tye gets his second wicket. KKR 186/7

OVERS 18.5: OUT! Dinesh Karthik looking to go big but falls short as Barinder Sran has him caught at deep backward square leg on 43 (28b). End of a superb knock from the KKR skipper. KKR 185/6

OVERS 18: Dinesh Karthik is doing the job for KKR as he struck the first two deliveries of the over from Ankit Rajpoot to collect two boundaries. Rajpoot then bowled two wides and off his final delivery, Shubhman Gill scored his second boundary. 17 runs came from it. KKR 180/5

OVERS 16.5: OUT! The crowd goes silent as Andre Russell has been caught by Karun Nair near the long-off boundary off Barinder Sran on 10. KKR 159/5

Barinder Sran, who was taken for 23 runs in his second over, is back.

OVERS 16: An excellent over from Andrew Tye comes to an end. A wicket and just two runs from it. KKR 148/4

OVERS 15.2: OUT! Andrew Tye returns and gets his man! Chris Lynn moves across to smack it over midwicket but Tye cleverly keeps it well outside off. Lynn fails to connect and only manages a faint edge to be out caught behind on 74. KKR 147/4

OVERS 15: Another productive over for KKR, 10 runs from it. It was going well for KXIP till R Ashwin dropped one short and wide which was expertly cut by Dinesh Karthik for a four. KKR 146/3

Second and final strategic time-out of KKR innings

OVERS 14: Mujeeb brought back to finish his quota. And Lynn welcomes him back with a four to deep square leg. The young spinner does well to allow five off his next five deliveries. KKR 136/3

OVERS 13: An eventful over from Andrew Tye. Chris Lynn smacked a six off his second delivery and followed it with a four over point region. He went aerial off the final delivery as well but Barinder Sran, running in from deep cover, failed to hold on to the difficult chance. KKR 127/3

OVERS 11.6: FIFTY for Chris Lynn! With a couple, Lynn brings up his fourth IPL half-century. KKR 112/3

OVERS 11: A good over after two quick blows for KKR. Captain Dinesh Karthik leading from the front. Two consecutive fours to midwicket off Ashwin. 13 runs from it. KKR 99/3

OVERS 9.4: OUT! A terrible mix-up results in KKR losing another wicket. Nitish Rana goes on the backfoot for a cut and sets off for a run before being sent back by his partner. However, he’s already halfway down the track and therefore no chance of a safe return. Rajpoot collects and throws the ball to the ‘keeper who does the rest. Rana scored 3. KKR 85/3

OVERS 9: End of a successful over from Ashwin. Five runs and a wicket in it. KKR 83/2

OVERS 8.1: OUT! The break has broken Robin Uthappa’s rythm as he holes out right after the resumption to walk back on 34. Captain R Ashwin breaks the 72-run stand to bring some respite for KXIP. KKR 78/2

Time-Out has been taken

OVERS 8: WHAT AN OVER FOR KKR! 23 runs in it. Robin Uthappa began it with a six over deep square leg, took a single off the next ball and gave the strike to Chris Lynn. The Australian then came into his own and clattered a four and a six off consecutive deliveries before finishing the assault with another six over deep square leg. KKR 78/1

Barinder Sran returns to the attack. His first over went for just six runs

OVERS 7: Five singles from Ashwin’s first over of the innings. KKR 55/1

Captain R Ashwin brings himself into the attack now

OVER 6: End of the Powerplay overs and Kolkata Knight Riders are off to a steady start at 50/1

Now, Andrew Tye to bowl his first over of the innings

OVER 5: A decent over from Barinder although Chris Lynn managed to pull one of his slower deliveries for a boundary. KKR 42/1

Left-arm medium pacer Barinder Sran introduced into the attack.

OVER 4: Another good over for KKR. Robin Uthappa made the most of it by striking three consecutive fours off Mujeeb in it. 15 runs from the over took KKR’s total to 36/1

OVER 3: An expensive over from Rajpoot. He began it with a short delivery outside off as Robin Uthappa got an edge that flew well over the slip fielder for a four. Then Chris Lynn ended the over with a six over backward square leg. Score 21/1

OVER 2: End of a successful first over from young Mujeeb. Five runs and a wicket in it. KKR 10/1

OVER 1.3: OUT! Mujeeb strikes in his first over as Sunil Narine holes out for 1! Karun Nair misjudged the catch but did well to recover and complete the catch. KKR 6/1

Right-arm off break Mujeeb Ur Rahman will bowl the second over

OVER 1: A good start from Rajpoot, just five runs from it. Score 5/0

Chris Gayle has rung the bell. Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine will open the innings for KKR, Ankit Rajpoot, who represented KKR last season, has the new ball for KXIP. Should be a cracker of a contest
PLAYING XIs
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin (captain), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(wk/captain), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav
TOSS: KXIP captain R Ashwin wins the coin toss, opt to field first at Eden Gardens

Even as Kolkata is limping back to normalcy after a severe storm ravaged the city earlier this week, Kolkata Knight Riders are preparing to tackle another storm threat – from the blade of Chris Gayle – when they take on Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. After being ignored in the first two matches, the KXIP opener has been on fire. He followed up a 33-ball 63 against Chennai Super Kings with his sixth IPL hundred – and 21st overall in T20s – to consign Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first defeat of the season on Thursday night. Click to read more

Source : timesofindia