That's it from us for tonight. Easy win for the Knight Riders as they climb to the top of the IPL table. We'll be back with coverage from tomorrow's game between the Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore from the Wankhede. Till then, goodbye and goodnight.
MOTM Robin Uthappa said, "I was a little rusty behind the wickets at the start of the tournament, glad to get better and better. It's important to create momentum at the start of the tournament. Gautam and I, we share a very good chemistry, we rotate the strike well. We plan to keep things simple and support each other."
Winning captain Gautam Gambhir said, "We were pretty professional, the opening partnership was very crucial. The way Robin batted took a lot of pressure off me. There's always room for improvement, hopefully we can continue the same. We've been a very stable squad with not too many changes. We trust the players, provided them security and now they're expressing themselves. We want to ease Narine in, the more he plays, the more confident he gets."
Losing captain Miller said, "Always very disappointing losing a game of cricket, we didn't score enough runs. It's T20 cricket, we're not far away from winning. I believe in the boys and I'm sure we'll turn it around. Working on the middle order, we've had great starts. We've also bowled too many boundary balls, we also missed a few chances today. A lot of positives honestly today, and I believe we will turn it around."
So, KKR pick up their 3rd win with a convincing performance against the Kings XI. Gambhir and Uthappa were impressive again, Uthappa getting a 50 and Gambhir extending his lead at the top of the race for the orange cap. For the Kings XI, it's back to the drawing board. Their batting order completely failed and Marsh was the only one who showed any resistance. On the positive side, Maxwell fired in the previous game and Marsh this one. Miller next? KKR can be very happy with the performance of their bowlers as well, as Narine also chipped in with a couple of wickets.
17.1 Mohit Sharma to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, slower ball and driven towards long off, and that is that. It ended with ease for KKR and that shot summed up their innings, it has been all like a stroll in the park in them. Never looked hassled at all, Kings XI will want to forget this game soon.
15.5 Axar to Shakib, OUT! He's got him this time. Goes for an almighty sweep, trying to finish this quickly. Gets an edge and the ball skies in the air. Sandeep Sharma makes no mistake at short third man.
15.4 Axar Patel to Shakib, FOUR, full ball, Shakib looks to smash that, Manan Vohra DROPS it at long off and to make matters worse the ball rolls on to the boundary. What a day for KXIP. Well bowled by Axar, he dragged the ball wide and Shakib did not get the required elevation but all to no avail.
14.4 Mohit Sharma to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, shorter slower, and Surya waits for it and then helps it over Saha. Yadav was ready and it almost seemed like he knew he would bang it in short.
14.3 Mohit Sharma to Shakib, 1 run, backs away, slower ball and mistimes to short point, they rush across, he was struggling there Shakib, had that hit the stumps.
Great spirit on display from the Kings XI. Maxwell earlier said that they will fight and they will scrap, and it's very evident here. Mohit Sharma to bowl.
13.1 Axar Patel to Manish Pandey, OUT, bowled, fires a straight ball in, Manish misses that one and it clatters on to the stumps. Hang on there, wait a minute. Do we still have a match on? Runs have been very hard to come by off late as the spinners have added a new lease of life to this game.
