- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 Tye drags his length back, cramps the batsman for room, and bowls him. Short and angling into the body from over the wicket, Lynn swivels into a pull. The ball hits the thigh, then his arm, the ball swivels, and bounces up to trim the bails. Lucky break for Kings XI 53/111.3 Tye bangs it short and has Narine nicking behind. Banged in short and slanting away outside off from over the wicket, Narine can't get on top of it. He pulls weakly and edges it behind to Rahul 128/211.5 Mohit pulls off a smart catch to his right. He gets into a side-on position and snags the ball. Slower one outside off, possibly a knuckle ball, Uthappa is early into his shot and ends up carving it in the air. So, Tye gets both set batsmen in the same over 129/316.6 top-edges the pull because he's beaten for pace, went a mile in the air. KL called loud and clear, and ensured he didn't take his eyes off. 205/419.2 walks across, slaps this length ball straight down Miller's throat at long off. Sran deliberately angled it across so that the batsman would've to fetch it. Excellent change of pace as well. 230/617.5 to the moon and back, Miller settles underneath to take a tumbling catch. Rana looks to hoick this short of length knuckleball from across the line, didn't get the power he would've liked. 218/5Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL245/6 (20 Overs, RR: 12.25)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Chris Lynn, 5.2 ov), 2-128 (Sunil Narine, 11.3 ov), 3-129 (Robin Uthappa, 11.5 ov), 4-205 (Andre Russell, 16.6 ov), 5-218 (Nitish Rana, 17.5 ov), 6-230 (Dinesh Karthik, 19.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.6 Narine comes from around the wicket and has Rahul chopping a sweep back onto the stumps. Rahul's wicket exposes Kings XI's lengthy lower order. Full and slid through on middle, Rahul stretches across for a sweep, the ball sneaks through the legs. Oh wait, the replays suggest the ball brushes the thigh and disturbs the stumps. Kings XI lose Rahul and with it the game? Narine says enough of the deadpan and celebrates the big wicket 93/45.4 the bouncer has done the trick! Pacy bouncer, Gayle is late on the pull and in doing so, feathers one to a leaping Karthik. Fist pumps. One Jamaican gets the other 57/15.5 pulled straight down the throat of deep square. This is a fiery bouncer, Agarwal had decided yesterday that he'll pull this, got big on him but he went through with the stroke but showed signs of pulling out very late. But by then, the deed was done. Sensational from DreRuss. I have no reason why the onfield umpire even went upstairs to check for the no-ball. Agarwal didn't control the pull because he wasn't even looking at the delivery. His poor IPL season after a magnificent breakout domestic season continues. 57/27.6 backs away, swings through but picks out the tall Prasidh, who takes it with his wrong hand at long on. He went for it with two hands, but it took a while for him to bring them together, by which time the ball had lodged in his right hand. Lucky he managed to hold on, has a sheepish smile but years later when someone sees the scorecard, all they'll know is this was Prasidh's catch. Kings XI in trouble 79/315.2 Maiden IPL wicket for Searles. Full on middle, Finch's strength is to muscle the ball. He, instead, searches for a paddle and picks out Kuldeep at short fine leg 156/611.6 Axar aims to clear long-off, no dice. Searles plucks another catch. Full and spinning away outside off, lofted with the turn but the Bajan judges it well and claims an excellent overhead catch 119/519.3 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 210/819.1 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 209/7Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL214/8 (20 Overs, RR: 10.7)Did not bat: Mujeeb Ur RahmanFall of wickets: 1-57 (Chris Gayle, 5.4 ov), 2-57 (Mayank Agarwal, 5.5 ov), 3-79 (Karun Nair, 7.6 ov), 4-93 (KL Rahul, 8.6 ov), 5-119 (Axar Patel, 11.6 ov), 6-156 (Aaron Finch, 15.2 ov), 7-209 (Andrew Tye, 19.1 ov), 8-210 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SP Narine 4 0 44 1 11.00 6 2 4 0 0 M Prasidh Krishna 4 0 31 2 7.75 10 3 1 2 0 JPR Scantlebury-Searles 4 0 52 1 13.00 4 3 4 3 0 AD Russell 4 0 41 3 10.25 10 2 4 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 2 0 29 1 14.50 2 1 3 1 0 PP Chawla 2 0 16 0 8.00 1 1 0 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
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
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (CA Lynn 27, SP Narine 26, Ex 0)
- SP Narine: 50 off 26 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (SP Narine 28, RV Uthappa 20, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (AD Russell 21, KD Karthik 29, Ex 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 2
- KD Karthik: 50 off 22 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 245/6 in 20.0 overs (Shubman Gill 16, JPR Scantlebury-Searles 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (KL Rahul 35, CH Gayle 14, Ex 1)
- Over 4.5: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Umpire - CK Nandan, Batsman - CH Gayle (Struck down)
- KL Rahul: 50 off 22 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 3
- Kings XI Punjab: 200 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 6
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (R Ashwin 35, AJ Tye 14, Ex 3)
Match Coverage
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