KKR beats KXIP by 6 wickets; IPL 2016 Match Highlights of Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL Today's Match

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Another one sided match done and dusted then. Do join us for the big one tomorrow. It will be Mumbai taking on the mighty Bangalore at Wankhede. See you then. Good night!!

KKR should be extremely satisfied with their clinical performance tonight. Punjab will be gutted for not competing at all! Uthappa with a fifty to his name, was outstanding at the top with Gambhir playing second fiddle. Later the game was finished by the likes of Pandey and Yadav. Even Pathan got a couple of boundaries in the end. Robin Uthappa is the man of the match for his quickfire fifty and some excellent work behind the stumps.

KKR beat KXIP by 6 wickets.

KKR: 141/4 after 17.1 overs: RR 8.21

Over 17.1: FOUR!! Its all over!! Driven down the ground by Yadav for a boundary!!

Mohit Sharma to bowl

KKR: 124/4 after 17 overs: RR 8.10

Over 16.3: FOUR!! Driven to long on!! Beats the infield and runs away!! Top stuff from Pathan!!

Over 16.2: FOUR!! Short and hooked by Yusuf for four!!

15 off 24 needed. Kyle Abbott comes back.

KKR: 124/4 after 16 overs: RR 7.75

Yusuf Pathan in now!

Over 15.5: OUT!! Shakib goes for the slog sweep and gets a top edge! Sandeep Sharma takes the catch at short third man!

Over 15.4: FOUR!! Dropped by Vohra! Oh Dear!! Vohra spills a simple chance at long off and the ball trickles away for four!

Axar Patel to bowl

22 off 30 needed

KKR: 117/3 after 15 overs: RR 7.80

Over 14.4: FOUR!! Brilliant from Yadav! Ramps it over the ‘keeper’s head for four!!

Mohit Sharma continues

Just 27 needed off 36

KKR: 112/3 after 14 overs: RR 8.00

Suryakumar Yadav IN! Time to put KKR under some pressure

Over 13.1: OUT!! Pandey goes!! Bowled!! Axar strikes!! Pandey misses a straight back as went for a drive!!

Axar Patel is back

KKR: 110/2 after 13 overs: RR 8.46

Crowd has gone quiet!! Sahu into his last over!!

Just 32 needed now off 48 balls!

KKR: 107/2 after 12 overs: RR 8.92

Over 11.1:FOUR!! WOW!! Beautiful played through the covers. A wonderful little punch from Pandey!

Mohit Sharma is back

KKR: 98/2 after 11 overs: RR 8.93

Shakib Al Hasan is in the house

Over 10.5!! OUT!! Gambhir gone for 34!! Wow Maxi wow!! Gambhir chips it in the air and Maxwell sprints from deep square leg and dives forward full length to complete the catch!! What an athlete he is!!

Sahu into his 3rd over

KKR: 93/1 after 10 overs: RR 9.30

Over 9.5: FOUR!! Cut away behind point!! Nobody moved there!!

Gambhir milking Maxwell for twos here. Also he has brought out his favourite inside out shot here.

KKR: 83/1 after 9 overs: RR 9.22

Sahu beats Gambhir twice on the trot!! Just 3 off that over!!

Manish Pandey comes to the crease!

Over 8.3: OUT!! Uthappa goes for 53!! He misses the sweep and Sahu traps him in front!!

Sahu continues

KKR: 80/0 after 8 overs: RR 10.00

Over 7.4: FOUR!! Deft from Gambhir as he guides this ball past the keeper for four!

This is turning out to be a completely one sided game. Yet another one in this year’s IPL.

Glenn Maxwell into the attack. Can he make ammends for the atrocious shot he played earlier in the match?

Time out. This has been a calculated carnage from KKR. Especially from Uthappa! How can KXIP make a comeback here?

KKR: 72/0 after 7 overs: RR 10.29

Turn for Sahu! Had Gambhir in trouble there!!

Fifty for Uthappa off just 24 balls!!

Over 6.2: FOUR!! Premeditated reverse sweep past first slip for four!

Uthappa batting on 45 off 22 balls!!

Sahu now into the attack!

KKR: 65/0 after 6 overs: RR 10.83

This could be over in a jiffy folks!!

Over 5.1: FOUR!! Swept by Uthappa for a boundary!! The carnage continues!!

into the attack

KKR: 55/0 after 5 overs: RR 11.00

Over 4.5: FOUR!! Genuine edge past the diving keeper for four!! Unlucky for Mohit

Over 4.4: FOUR!! Short from Mohit and Uthappa says thank you very much!! Pulled to the square leg boundary for four!

Mohit Sharma into the attack!! The openers have got KKR off to a flier!!

KKR: 44/0 after 4 overs: RR 11.00

Over 3.5: FOUR!! The orange cap holder Gambhir pulls it strongly through mid wicket here!!

Over 3.2: FOUR!! Jeez this is pure genius!! Silky smooth drive by Uthappa over covers for four!!

KKR: 33/0 after 3 overs: RR 11.00

Over 2.6: FOUR!! Clipped beautifully by Uthappa through fine leg!!

Sharma continues

KKR: 20/0 after 2 overs: RR 10.00

Over 1.6: FOUR!! Square driven brilliantly by the man from Coorg! Superb shot Uthappa!!

Kyle Abbott into the attack

KKR: 12/0 after 1 over: RR 12.00

A couple of boundaries off the first over. One off the bat and one off the pads. Both inswingers from Sharma. Not an ideal start for the Kings.

Gambhir and Uthappa in and Sandeep Sharma has the ball

That was a strong finish to an otherwise sedate innings. But is 138 enough? Don’t think so, specially against a team as formidable as KKR. We will find out soon how the chase pans out!

KXIP: 138/8 after 20 overs: RR 6.90

Excellent end to the innings here. 18 off the last over.

Over 19.5: SIX!! Now Abbott smashes it over long on!! Tremendous stuff this!!

Over 19.3: SIX!! Fifty for Shaun Marsh!! Well played!! The Full from Russell was smashed over long on!!

Andre Russell into the attack

KXIP: 120/8 after 19 overs: RR 6.31

Kyle Abbott in

Over 18.3: OUT!! Run OUT!! Pradeep Sahu was all at seas there! Was was he doing there!! He probably didn’t hear Marsh’s call there!!

KXIP: 115/7 after 18 overs: RR 6.38

Pradeep Sahu in now!

Over 17.6: OUT!! Mohit Sharma goes!! Gloves a short ball from Morkel and Uthappa does the rest!! Was beaten by the paceand bounce on that occasion!

Over 17.1: FOUR!! Shot of the match!! It was short from Morkel and Marsh hooks it behind square for a crunching boundary!

Mohit Sharma comes to the crease

Morne Morkel into the attack

KXIP: 108/6 after 17 overs: RR 6.35

Over 16.6: OUT!! Axar Patel goes!! Going for a mighty hoick but doesn’t get it off the middle! Suryakumar Yadav takes the skier comfortably!!

So far so good from Yadav. Singles won’t hurt KKR

Umesh Yadav into the attack. Important from KKR’s point of view that he doesn’t leak runs here.

KXIP: 102/5 after 16 overs: RR 6.38

Good over that from Shakib

Shakib to bowl his last now!

KXIP: 95/5 after 15 overs: RR 6.33

Narine has finished his spell. Just 22 runs given by him and he has taken 2 crucial wickets. Great job Narine!!

Axar Patel in

Over 14.5: OUT!! Why Maxi why!! Goes for the switch hit but the ball doesn’t clear the infield. Chawla takes a good catch at covers!!

Over 14.3: FOUR!! Swept hard over the infield by Marsh!! He smacked that !!

Narine into his final over

KXIP: 85/4 after 14 overs: RR 6.07

Over 13.2: FOUR!! Marsh charges and smashes Shakib to long on! The fielder can’t cut it off!

Shakib into the attack

KXIP: 78/4 after 13 overs: RR 6.00

The Bigshow Glenn Maxwell in!!

Over 12.1: OUT!! Miller goes!! This IPL is turning out to be quite forgettable for Miller! Pathan striking straightaway! It was shortish, Miller went for a cut and edged it to Uthappa! KKR right on top now!!

Yusuf Pathan into the attack

KXIP: 72/3 after 12 overs: RR 6.00

Over 11.6: FOUR!! Half tracker and put away by Marsh!! Horrible ball that!!

Over 11.1: FOUR!! Miller gets it fine as Chawla errs in line!

KXIP: 62/3 after 11 overs: RR 5.60

David Miller in now!!

Over 10.4: OUT!! Saha goes!! Narine induced a bottom edge when Saha went to cut a shortish ball. Uthappa hangs on!!

Narine into his third.

KXIP: 56/2 after 10 overs: RR 5.60

These two are finding it really tough. Just 4 off the over.

Chawla continues. This is excellent from the spinners. Someone has to play a blinder for KXIP here.

KXIP: 52/2 after 9 overs: RR 5.78

Narine continues. They are stringing in some dot balls now. Good phase of play for KKR!!

KXIP: 48/2 after 8 overs: RR 6.00

Wriddhiman Saha comes in.

Over 7.5: OUT!! Vijay goes for 26!! The googly getting the better of Vijay who went back to cut and the Chawla googly skidded through to disturb his stumps! That googly turned big!

KKR doing alright!

Piyush Chawla into the attack. And turn straightaway!

KXIP: 44/1 after 7 overs: RR 6.29

These two are dealing in singles here. May be the plan is to play Narine out.

Sunil Narine now.

KXIP: 41/1 after 6 overs: RR 6.83

Over 5.2:FOUR!! Vijay pulls the slower bouncer from Morkel quite elegantly!! He is looking in excellent touch!!

KXIP: 35/1 after 5 overs: RR 7.00

Over 4.4: FOUR!! Vijay cuts the half tracker through point!! Easy peasy!

Shakib continues

KXIP: 26/1 after 4 overs: RR 6.5

Over 3.6: FOUR!! What a way to start for Marsh!! Driven fiercely through the covers!! Wow!!

Shaun Marsh comes to the crease!

Over 3.4: OUT!! Vohra goes!! Trying to up the ante, he wanted to smash it over mide wicket but got the inside half of his bat. Ball goes to deep square leg where Shakib takes a good catch.

Change of ends for Morkel. He is back!

KXIP: 17/0 after 3 over: RR 5.67

Over 0.5: FOUR!! Wow!! Class written all over!! Square driven by Vijay for four!!

Shakib Al Hasan into the attack. Interesting move this!

KXIP: 11/0 after 2 over: RR 5.50

The openers will take some time to get into their stride.

Umesh Yadav into the attack

KXIP: 5/0 after 1 over: RR 5.00

Over 0.4: FOUR!! Beautifully lofted straight down the ground by Vijay!! Glorious stuff!!

Manan Vohra and Murali Vijjay to open the innings. Morne Morkel to open the bowling

Right then!! The game about to begin!!

As expected, no changes for both the sides. Why tinker when things are going well!!

Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa(wk), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Morne Morkel

Kings XI Punjab : Manan Vohra, Murali Vijay, Shaun Marsh, David Miller(c), Glenn Maxwell, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Axar Patel, Kyle Abbott, Mohit Sharma, Pardeep Sahu, Sandeep Sharma

1930 IST: TOSS!! Gambhir has won the toss and elected to field

Welcome to the live blog of the match between KKR and KXIP.

The Kings XI Punjab host the Kolkata Knight Riders at the PCA Stadium, Mohali for Match 13 of the Indian Premier League 2016. Both teams come into this match after having won their previous encounters and would look take the momentum forward into the league. While Punjab had defeated Pune at home in their previous game to open their account in the IPL 2016, the Knight Riders secured an impressive away victory against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 16. You can follow Live Scores and commentary for today’s IPL match between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with us here.

While Yadav picked up 3 wickets in KKR's previous game against SRH, Morkel chipped in with two and Russell finished with one wicket to restrict the opposition to a measly total of 142/7. The platform was then laid for the KKR batsmen to complete a relatively easy run chase with Gambhir and Uthappa, for the umpteenth time, leading the way. As for the team combination, it is highly unlikely that Gambhir would be tempted to make changes to the winning combination, as the team clicked together perfectly in the previous game. Bringing back Brad Hogg, who was out with food poisoning in the last game, would mean dropping either Morkel or Narine, both of whom did well in the last game. So, it is likely to be another unlucky miss for the veteran.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: Gautam Gambhir has been in some rampaging form since the inception of the tournament and is currently the Orange Cap holder with 192 runs from 3 games, and his opening partnership with Robin Uthappa has been doing wonders for the team. In Manish Pandey and Shakib-Al-Hasan they have two of the best middle order batsmen in IPL cricket. Andre Russell, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan constitute the lower-middle order and they have some serious hitting abilities. Brad Hogg, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine form a formidable trio of spin bowling capable enough of running through any batting line up. And, in Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav they have fast bowlers with serious pace.

KINGS XI PUNJAB: As for Punjab, Glenn Maxwell's late cameo in the last game, wherein he finished the game for his side against the Rising Pune Supergiants after having come in to bat in a precarious situation, would give them a lot of joy, as he has been one of the mainstays for the team over the past three years and had failed to perform in the first couple of games. Murali Vijay and Manan Vohra have been sublime at the top of the order, and both batsmen scored big runs in their previous match to provide Punjab with a solid start. However, Shaun Marsh and David Miller, the other superstars of the Punjab line-up have been unimpressive in the tournament so far and they got out for single digit scores in the last game as well. That would be a cause of concern for them. Had it not been for Glenn Maxwell's counter-attack towards the fag end of the innings, Punjab would have still been win-less in the tournament. But that was not to be, as Maxwell regained some lost from through a brilliant cameo of 32 off 14 with 3 fours and 2 sixes to swing the match in KXIP's favour and win them their first IPL game of the season. It must also be remembered, that the run chase of 153 against Pune was set up by the bowlers, who did exceptionally well to restrict strong Pune line-up to 152. Mohit Sharma was the pick of the bowlers with 3/23 in his 4 overs, while Sandeep Sharma and Kyle Abbott chipped in with 2 wickets and 1 wicket respectively. Pradeep Sahu, the leg spinner, has also been impressive for Punjab in the few opportunities that he has got so far.