IPL 2018, KKR vs KXIP: 3 reasons why Kolkata Knight Riders lost

#3 Batting failures for big guns

Russell was not at his destructive best today

KKR always found it difficult to get a good score in their first innings considering the loss of wickets at regular intervals.

The failure of big guns and their consistent performers in the previous matches came as a setback for the home team.

The run-out of Nitish Rana and Russell's inability to fire in the end made it impossible for Kolkata to score runs in excess of 200 runs.

The lower order crumble in the death overs, thus became the prevailing reason for low DLS par score in the end for Kings XI.

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