IPL 2016: Kings XI Punjab beat Gujarat Lions by 23 runs.

The man of the match is Axar Patel for his magnificent bowling, taking 4 wickets for 21 runs.

At the halfway stage in this game, it looked as if Gujarat would hunt this target down. But it wasn't to be as the change in captaincy did work for Punjab this evening. Axar Patel picked up 4 wickets with a hat-trick, while Mohit Sharma picked up three wickets, including the wicket of McCullum. It was a complete performance by the Kings XI in the field, and they have earned this victory!

19.6 Sandeep Sharma to Kulkarni, 2 runs, full and outside off, driven to deep extra cover. The KINGS XI PUNJAB win by 23 runs!

19.5 Sandeep Sharma to Kulkarni, 2 runs, full and wide, plays the cut shot to the deep.

19.4 Sandeep Sharma to Kulkarni, 2 runs, plays the uppercut smartly, well fielded in the deep to prevent a boundary.

19.3 Sandeep Sharma to Kulkarni, no run, played to long off and decided not to take the single.

Perhaps this wicket would make this a rapid fire T20 match instead of a timeless Test that it has become now. Or does Vijay have plans for Kaushik as well?

19.2 Sandeep Sharma to Faulkner, OUT! Low full toss, Faulkner gets down and smashes it in the air, is caught gratefully by David Miller at long on. That's the game.

19.1 Sandeep Sharma to Faulkner, no run, full and straight, smashed to long on. Simple equation now. They need 5 sixes in 5 balls.

Dhawal Kulkarni walks out to bat! Sandeep Sharma to bowl the last over. 30 runs are needed off it.

Sharma finishes with 3 wickets to his name. Excellent bowling by him tonight!

18.6 Mohit Sharma to Praveen Kumar, OUT! Back of a length, straight, Praveen opens the face of the bat and guides it expertly straight to the fielder at short third man.

18.5 Mohit Sharma to Praveen Kumar, no run, bouncer, down the track, wild heave and misses it.

18.4 Mohit Sharma to Praveen Kumar, 2 runs, down the track and plays a pull, again flies in the air and lands near mid on.

18.3 Mohit Sharma to Praveen Kumar, FOUR! Down the track, slaps the ball, gets an edge and the ball skies past short third man, Cariappa tries to take a catch there but fails, and the ball rolls to the boundary.

18.2 Mohit Sharma to Praveen Kumar, no run, down the track and attempts to pull it away, completely misses.

18.1 Mohit Sharma to Faulkner, 1 run, slower ball, full, swept away towards square leg. They can't cross for the second.

This game has been so close to being one of those timeless Tests of the era gone by!

Mohit Sharma to bowl the penultimate over.

12 runs off the 18th over as well. 37 needed off 12. Can Gujarat still do it?

17.6 Marcus Stoinis to Faulkner, 1 byes, wild heave but he misses the ball that was full and outside off, Saha doesn't collect which lets them cross. Crucially, Faulker remains on strike.

17.5 Marcus Stoinis to Praveen Kumar, 1 run, on the pads, lifted towards deep fine leg.

17.4 Marcus Stoinis to Praveen Kumar, FOUR, full toss, Praveen backs away and plays a cheeky shot opening the face of his bat and beats Saha behind the stumps. Very nice.

17.3 Marcus Stoinis to Faulkner, 1 run, short ball outside off, smashed towards long on.

50 needed from 18 ..is this Faulkner's evening ??#KXIPvGL
— yashasva tungare (@yashasva) May 1, 2016

17.2 Marcus Stoinis to Faulkner, FOUR! Full toss, smashed away wide off long on, Maxwell puts in a dive and almost picks up a marvellous catch. Maxwell tried his best to grab that, as only he could have taken that, but failed.

17.1 Marcus Stoinis to Praveen Kumar, 1 run, short ball, pulls it away towards long on.

Nobody seems to be in any sort of hurry tonight. It seems that they have taken the Sunday too seriously. The game is progressing at a snail's pace!

7 runs from that over. Good one by Sandeep.

16.6 Sandeep Sharma to Faulkner, FOUR, full toss outside off, smashes past the fielder at long off. Mann, who was stationed there was in two minds as to whether to go for the catch or stop the ball. He ended up doing neither.

16.5 Sandeep Sharma to Praveen Kumar, 1 run, full ball, wild heavy, ball rolls to Maxwell at long on.

16.4 Sandeep Sharma to Praveen Kumar, no run, bouncer, plays the pull shot and misses.

16.3 Sandeep Sharma to Faulkner, 1 run, yorker outside off, manages an inside edge and that skips in the air.

16.2 Sandeep Sharma to Praveen Kumar, 1 run, full and smashed to long off.

16.1 Sandeep Sharma to Praveen Kumar, no run, low full toss, defended back down the ground.

Sandeep Sharma to bowl!

12 runs off the 16th over. They need all four remaining overs to go that way!

15.6 Mohit Sharma to Faulkner, 2 runs, full toss, drilled in the gap between long on and deep midwicket.

15.5 Mohit Sharma to Praveen Kumar, 1 run, short, makes room and guides it to short third man to get off the mark.

Praveen Kumar is the new man!

15.4 Mohit Sharma to Faulkner, 1 run, short, straight, pulled away to deep midwicket.

15.3 Mohit Sharma to Faulkner, 2 runs, slower ball, Faulkner opens the face of the bat and guides it towards backward point.

15.2 Mohit Sharma to Faulkner, 2 runs, full and straight, driven to long off, the fielder gets his fingers on it to prevent the boundary.

15.1 Mohit Sharma to Faulkner, FOUR. Tracer bullet. Right in the slot, full and straight, smashes it back over the umpire's head. Raced away. Faulkner, certainly hasn't given up!

14.6 Marcus Stoinis to Faulkner, slower ball, flat batted slap to long off for a single to retain strike.

That would probably be the last nail in the coffin for Gujarat unless Faulkner does something extraordinary. It's time for the strategic timeout as well!

14.5 Marcus Stoinis to Kishan, KISHAN RUT OUT. Down the ground and smashed towards the covers, they try to take on a quick single but taking on Glenn Maxwell is hardly ever a good choice and he runs him out at the non-striker's end. Kishan gone.

14.4 Marcus Stoinis to Faulkner, 1 run, full delivery on the pads, helped towards long on for a single.

First real opportunity for India U19 captain Ishan Kishan.He can make a name for himself if he comes through today. #KXIPvGL #IPL9
— Manikanta Aravind (@ManikantaAravi4) May 1, 2016

14.3 Marcus Stoinis to Kishan, 1 run, slower ball, full, outside off, driven towards deep cover.