New Delhi:
Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) romped to an eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League 2017 face-off at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Thursday.
Here are the highlights from the match:
#11.23pm
Game over!!! KKR beat KXIP by eight wickets
#11.15pm
KKR need 12 runs to win from 28 balls
#11.07pm
12 runs from 14th over. Two boundaries included
#11pm
Skipper Gambhir completes fifty
#10.56pm
Kolkata Knight Riders need 49 runs in 54 balls
#10.51pm
Axar Patel removes dangerous Robin Uthappa, KKR 2 wickets down
#10.49pm
Cracking shot by Uthappa. Four!!!
#10.44pm
100 up for KKR. Skipper Gambhir continues his power hitting display
#10.42pm
Kolkata Knight Riders in last 4 overs: 54 runs, 1 wkts
#10.30pm
Robin Uttappa joins captain Gambhir in the middle
#10.28pm
Sunil Narine departs after a superb knock of 37 off just 18 balls
#10.25pm
Now the match looks like a one-sided contest. Sunil Narine on a roll. Another six
#10:18 pm
Maxwell to Gambhir, FOUR, to deep square leg, its the turn of the Kolkata skipper now to take on Maxwell's bowling. Score: 60/0 off 5 overs
#10:16 pm
Narine hits two brilliant FOURS off Maxwell's bowling. He is simply relishing the opener's role.
#10:15 pm
Punjab captain Glenn Maxwell comes to bowl is off-spinners. The first ball is sent for a FOUR by the Knight Riders skipper Gambhir
#10:14 pm
Kolkata openers on fire as the score reaches 42/0 off just 4 overs.
#10:11 pm
Poor ball from Ishant and Gambhir sends it to the boundary for another FOUR!
#10:09 pm
Ishant to Gambhir, 5 leg byes. Ishant has bowled with fire but has been a bit unlucky today.
#10:08 pm
KKR 31/0 IN 3 overs.
#10:07 pm
Gambhir uses all his experiences as he hit two cracking FOURS off Sandeep Sharma's bowling
#10:05 pm
Narine takes a single as veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir comes to the crease
#10:04 pm
First ball of third over SIX! What a lovely shot by Narine off Sandeep Sharma; KKR makes a flying start
#10:02 pm
Ishant Sharma bowls an expensive over as ten runs are leaked in the over along with a FOUR
#10:00 pm
Narine hits a FOUR in the first over and misses few deliveris in the first over. Nice over by Sandeep Sharma as only five runs came off it.
#9:58 pm
Big surprise here. Sunil Narine comes to open innings with KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir
#9.42pm
Another wicket falls, Mohit Sharma departs, caught by Suryakumar Yadav
#9.32pm
Umesh Yadav picks fourth wicket. Removes Axar Patel
#9.29pm
David Miller departs, Punjab 5 wickets down
#9.26pm
Punjab in last 4 overs: 41 runs, 0 wkts
#9.13pm
SIX!! That was big from Saha over long-off. Chawla punished for poor delivery
#9.11pm
Miller punishes de Grandhomme. A six on a no ball and a four on a free hit
#9.06pm
Four!! Wriddhiman Saha gets a boundary
#9.06pm
100 comes up for Punjab after a slight delay
#9.03pm
Big blow for KXI, Umesh Yadav scalps Maxwell. Punjab now 4 wickets down
#9.01pm
David Miller joins skipper Maxwell at the crease
#9pm
de Grandhomme to Amla, out Caught by Gambhir!! Amla c Gambhir
#8.58pm
KXIP in last 4 overs: 35 runs, 1 wkts
#8.56pm
Punjab inching closer to 100-run mark. 96/2
#8.52pm
A six and a boundary from Maxwell. Punjab 92/2
#8:33 PM:
Bowled! Sunil Narain gives Kings XI another blow as Stoinis departs.
#8.30pm
KKR draw first blood, Piyush Chawla removes Manan Vohra
#8.26pm
50 comes up for Punjab, last 4 overs: 52 runs, 0 wkts
#8.24pm
SIX!!! Another big hit from dangerman Vohra
#8.24pm
Woakes to Manan Vohra, FOUR, to fine leg
#8.19pm
Tough luck for KKR as Sunil Narine drops Vohra at third man
#8.17pm
Four!!! More runs for Punjab and Vohra
#8.15pm
Yadav to Vohra, SIX, to deep mid wicket
#8.13pm
Umesh Yadav struggling to find line. Two wides in his first over. KXIP 14/0 (1.4 Ovs)
#8.12pm
Welcome Umesh Yadav to the KKR squad
#8.10pm
Good first over for Punjab. 10 runs off it
#8.08pm
Hashim Amla and Manan Vohra open batting for Punjab
#7:46 pm
#IPL Match 11 - Here are the Playing XIs for @KKRiders vs @lionsdenkxip #KKRvKXIP pic.twitter.com/MrEOMOpoDo
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2017
#7.59pm
Just one change to the Kings XI Punjab lineup, Ishant Sharma comes in for Natarajan
Match Officials
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh, Nigel Llong Third Umpire: Anil Dandekar Match Refree: Andy Pycroft
#7:43pm
Playing Eleven for the teams
Kings Eleven Punjab: Manan Vohra, Hashim Amla, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Varun Aaron
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Robin Uthappa (wk), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Trent Boult, Umesh Yadav
#7.38pm
Gautam Gambhir wins toss, invites KXIP to bat first
Play Hard, Play Fair - Spirit of Cricket at #IPL - @GautamGambhir and @Gmaxi_32 pic.twitter.com/3XiVnLm7kn
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2017
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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