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

  • Kings XI Punjab Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    M Vijay
    28
    21
    23
    4
    1
    133.33
    5.5 Narine takes his butter-fingered fielders out of the picture by hitting Vijay's leg stump! Vijay moved a long way across his stumps and got down on one knee to sweep, he exposed his leg stump and Narine spun the offbreak past his front thigh and hit it 45/1
    M Vohra
    39
    34
    48
    1
    3
    114.7
    10.5 Return catch, Narine strikes! Vohra is hanging around, though. They go to the TV umpire. This was pushed through flatter and quicker just outside off, he seeks to pull it but does not control it, lobbing it back to the bowler. Narine bends low to complete a clean catch. Umpire Dharmasena raises his forefinger 78/2
    WP Saha †
    33
    25
    57
    0
    2
    132
    16.6 Narine has his fourth wicket! Saha gets down on one knee to slog across the line but the length is quick and the pace is faster, it sneaks under his bat and bowls him 149/4
    GJ Maxwell
    43
    22
    30
    4
    3
    195.45
    16.3 finally they have caught one! Maxwell top edges a pull - the ball might have bounced a bit more than expected - and Botha comes running in from the deep midwicket boundary to take a well-judged catch. Once he has it safely, he celebrates with a rugby-like kick 143/3
    DA Miller
    not out
    27
    11
    18
    2
    2
    245.45
    Gurkeerat Singh
    4
    7
    13
    0
    0
    57.14
    19.3 caught and bowled! Russell's short ball is too quick for Gurkeerat, who swivels towards the off and tries to pull. He gets a top edge that lobs towards short leg, Russell runs across and catches it easily 169/5
    GJ Bailey (c)
    not out
    0
    0
    2
    0
    0
    -
    Extras
    9 (b 1, lb 3, w 5)
    TOTAL
    183/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.15)
    Did not bat: AR Patel, BE Hendricks, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma
    Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Murali Vijay, 5.5 ov), 2-78 (Manan Vohra, 10.5 ov), 3-143 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.3 ov), 4-149 (Wriddhiman Saha, 16.6 ov), 5-169 (Gurkeerat Singh Mann, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    UT Yadav40360984110
    AD Russell4050112.573410
    SP Narine401944.75131100
    J Botha1090920100
    GB Hogg403007.5122210
    PP Chawla3035011.6621200

  • Kolkata Knight Riders Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    RV Uthappa †
    17
    11
    16
    3
    0
    154.54
    3.3 caught at short midwicket! Uthappa simply chips the length ball off his hips in the air, Axar Patel moves forward quickly and dives to take the catch 31/1
    G Gambhir (c)
    24
    23
    39
    4
    0
    104.34
    8.5 what a soft dismissal that is! The ball was short and Gambhir went on the back foot and simply lofted it so tamely towards long-on, Vijay came cruising in from the boundary and caught it easily 69/3
    MK Pandey
    22
    15
    16
    4
    0
    146.66
    7.3 he was timing it so well against the faster bowlers but Pandey has mis-timed this straight to long-on, a soft dismissal really, hit it flat and limply towards Axar. He dragged it from wide outside off 63/2
    SA Yadav
    9
    9
    16
    1
    0
    100
    10.5 bowled him! Yadav moved a long way across his stumps, exposing all three, to try and paddle the ball towards short fine leg, the length was too full and it beat the bat and hit the stumps 83/4
    YK Pathan
    29
    19
    29
    1
    3
    152.63
    14.6 caught behind! The short ball does it for Kings XI. Yusuf tried to ramp this short ball over the keeper and got an edge through to Saha, he almost walks off before the umpire raises the finger 136/5
    AD Russell
    51
    21
    30
    5
    4
    242.85
    16.5 caught behind! Russell goes back to cut and gets a thick edge so that's a sharp catch by Saha to his right. He followed the ball superbly. Has Russell done enough to take KKR to the top of the table? 159/6
    J Botha
    2
    4
    15
    0
    0
    50
    17.2 Botha's been run out by a direct hit! The match is swinging again. Botha played the ball to extra cover and ran, Axar swooped on the ball, picked up and nailed the throw, catching Botha at least a foot and a half short 161/7
    PP Chawla
    18
    11
    18
    2
    1
    163.63
    19.4 caught down the leg side! That would have been wide had Chawla let it go but he tries to glance the short of a length ball and Saha does splendidly to move to his right to catch it. That was so wide outside leg, and he gloved it. 183/9
    GB Hogg
    5
    5
    11
    0
    0
    100
    19.2 it's all happening at Eden Gardens! Anureet bowls it in the blockhole outside leg to counter Chawla's movement outside leg stump. He inside edges the ball on to the pad and the ball rolls towards the bowler. Hogg charges for the single but Chawla sends him back. Anureet rushes to the ball, picks up, turns around and hits the stumps with Hogg well short 177/8
    UT Yadav
    not out
    0
    0
    4
    0
    0
    -
    SP Narine
    not out
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    Extras
    7 (lb 3, w 4)
    TOTAL
    184/9 (19.5 Overs, RR: 9.27)
    Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Robin Uthappa, 3.3 ov), 2-63 (Manish Pandey, 7.3 ov), 3-69 (Gautam Gambhir, 8.5 ov), 4-83 (Suryakumar Yadav, 10.5 ov), 5-136 (Yusuf Pathan, 14.6 ov), 6-159 (Andre Russell, 16.5 ov), 7-161 (Johan Botha, 17.2 ov), 8-177 (Brad Hogg, 19.2 ov), 9-183 (Piyush Chawla, 19.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Sandeep Sharma403508.7586010
    BE Hendricks403518.75107000
    Anureet Singh3.5056214.666400
    AR Patel403318.25101310
    Gurkeerat Singh301725.6680120
    GJ Maxwell1051510000

Match Notes

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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.