09/05Result
44th match (D/N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Kolkata, May 9 2015
KKR won by 1 wkt (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Andre Russell
Andre RussellKolkata Knight Riders
09/05Result
44th match (D/N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Kolkata, May 9 2015
KKR won by 1 wkt (1b rem)
Player of the Match
Andre Russell
Andre RussellKolkata Knight Riders

Match Day

3124dKarthik Krishnaswamy in Kolkata

Narine carrom ball still potent

The defending champions tested at home, Kings XI's attack exposed, Maxwell against spin, Vijay's wasted starts, and Narine's potent carrom ball. ESPNcricinfo presents five talking points from Eden Gardens

3124dAbhishek Purohit

The Narine DIY method

Plays of the Day from the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab

2627dESPNcricinfo staff

Batting promotion a tactical move - Chawla

Piyush Chawla said the decision to promote him to No. 4 was tactical, so Knight Riders could have a left-hand batsman to upset the rhythm of Daredevils' legspinners

Awesome Andre

197.93

Andre Russell's strike rate in this IPL - the highest for any batsman with at least 250 runs in a season.

Axar's worst

24

Runs conceded Axar Patel in his third over - his most expensive in the IPL. He had conceded only 4 runs from his first-two.

Brakes applied

19/2

KKR's score in overs No. 6 to 10; they had scored 55 for the loss one wicket in the first five.

Rapid fifty!

29

Balls taken by KKR for their first-fifty runs; this was the second-fastest fifty by them at the Eden Gardens.

Favourite opposition

20

Wickets taken by Sunil Narine against KXIP - the most he has taken against any team in T20s.

Expensive at the Eden

21

Runs off Brad Hogg's third over (including a bye) - equal the highest scored off an over from any KKR spinner at the Eden Gardens.

Narine's at No.2

193

Wickets Sunil Narine has taken in T20s - the second-most by any player from West Indies. Only Dwayne Bravo (234 wkts) is ahead of him.

Narine in Powerplays

4.66

Sunil Narine's eco in 6 overs in the Powerplays; only Marchant de Lange, eco of 2.5, has done better this season.

Four on the trot

4-0

KKR's record against KXIP in the last-four games between the teams. The last they lost to KXIP was in 2014, in Abu Dhabi.