PLAYER	Team	TI	Runs	I. Runs	B. Impact	Bowl	I. Wkts	Bo. Impact
Sunil Narine	KKR	107.9	37(18)	44.2	52.96	1/19	0.96	54.94
Umesh Yadav	KKR	92.08	-	-	0	4/33	4.84	92.08
Gautam Gambhir	KKR	73.43	72(49)	81.06	73.43	-	-	0
Manan Vohra	PBKS	35.27	28(19)	31.77	35.27	-	-	0
Colin de Grandhomme	KKR	33.24	-	-	0	1/15	1.23	33.24

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11.20pm Chris Lynn was out injured and popular opinion was that Uthappa should be reunited with Gambhir at the top. Instead, Narine walked out to open with Gambhir. It wasn't really a surprise, given Narine had opened three times for Melbourne Renegades in the BBL. Narine was also among the top six-hitters in the PSL. After a few plays and misses, Narine unleashed his favourite leg-side swats, while Gambhir played more orthodox shots. KKR moved to 76, their best score in the Powerplay. Narine and Uthappa fell, but Gambhir stayed till the end to seal the 171 chase with eight wickets and 21 balls to spare.

Maxwell, Kings XI captain: I thought we had a chance with 170, the ball was swinging and seaming. We had an extra quick. I was not surprised by Narine opening the batting, he has done it in the Big Bash. They got away from us and that opening partnership basically took the wind out of us. One poor over where we lost three wickets, then we lost our way. We will have to regroup for Delhi.

Gambhir, orange-cap holder and Knight Riders captain: This is a beautiful wicket to bat on and we had some quality fast bowlers. Umesh coming back made it easy for us. I need to start trusting Narine with the bat now! He is a quality bowler, and the leader of the attack irrespective of the conditions. Narine can hit a big ball, we have a long batting line-up, and so we sent Sunil in at the top. He won't face many balls at No. 9 anyway.

Narine, Man of the Match: It came off today. Some days it might not. Yes, I enjoyed batting [shades of WG Grace in your batting?] I opened there at the BBL, and today I said 'anything for the team'. I just try to keep things simple with my bowling. Just stick to the basics.

This is Narine's first Man-of-the-match award in the IPL since 2014. That is all we have for you from this match. Do come back for the double-header tomorrow. Until then, goodbye and good night.

Deepnash: "That 3 wicket over from Umesh Yadav made the difference in the end"

16.3

Stoinis to Pandey, SIX runs

attempted slower cutter outside off, Pandey jumps down the track, takes it on the half-volley and mows it over the man at long-on. Eighth successive win for KKR v Kings XI

16.2

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Stoinis to Pandey, no run

another slower delivery outside off, even slower at 105ks, asks Pandey to reach out wide outside off. Guided to point

16.1

Stoinis to Gambhir, 1 run

slower offcutter outside off, 107ks, moves away, Gambhir squirts to cover

end of over 167 runs

KKR: 164/2CRR: 10.25 • RRR: 1.75

Gautam Gambhir71 (48b 11x4)

Manish Pandey19 (14b 2x4)

Sandeep Sharma 3-0-28-0

Mohit Sharma 3-0-30-0

15.6

Sandeep to Gambhir, 1 run

low full-toss on off, punched down to long-on

15.5

Sandeep to Gambhir, FOUR runs

short of a length and outside off, square-cut away to the right of Miller at point now

15.4

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Sandeep to Gambhir, no run

Miller, at backward point, is claiming a catch. Umpires Llong and Deshmukh converge and refer it to the TV umpire. The soft signal is not out. Wide yorker, Gambhir angles his bat and aims to squeeze it away. The ball hit the ground before Miller grabbed it

15.3

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Sandeep to Gambhir, no run

off-stump yorker, accurate stuff, dug out to cover

15.2

Sandeep to Pandey, 1 run

length and outside off, now it's Pandey's turn to chop a single to third man

15.1

Sandeep to Gambhir, 1 run

back of a length and outside off, guided to third man

end of over 159 runs

KKR: 157/2CRR: 10.46 • RRR: 2.80

Gautam Gambhir65 (43b 10x4)

Manish Pandey18 (13b 2x4)

Mohit Sharma 3-0-30-0

Axar Patel 4-0-36-1

14.6

Mohit to Gambhir, 1 run

seam-up, length ball on the hips, which is chipped over midwicket

14.5

Mohit to Pandey, 1 run

seam-up, full on middle and leg, clipped away through midwicket

14.4

Mohit to Pandey, FOUR runs

another slower ball, 103ks, barely rises up to the hip. Pandey swivels on the back foot and banishes this legcutter to the square leg boundary

14.3

Mohit to Gambhir, 1 run

full offcutter outside off from the front of the hand, dabbed in the direction of third man

Jasir: "Gambhir can take motivation from the comeback of Yuvraj who is 35 like himself, and has really taken over the short bowling and returned with a bang!"

Khan: "David Warner missed by 1 run yesterday.."

14.2

Mohit to Pandey, 1 run

back of a length and outside off, Pandey opens the face and steers a single down to third man

14.1

Mohit to Gambhir, 1 run

slower cutter, hip-high ball on the off stump, which is swatted away to deep square leg

end of over 1412 runs

KKR: 148/2CRR: 10.57 • RRR: 3.83

Manish Pandey12 (10b 1x4)

Gautam Gambhir62 (40b 10x4)

Axar Patel 4-0-36-1

Mohit Sharma 2-0-21-0

13.6

Axar Patel to Pandey, FOUR runs

floated up pretty full and outside off - right in the slot for the drive - Pandey presses forward and eases it through the covers

13.5

Axar Patel to Gambhir, 1 run

full and straight, clipped away to deep midwicket

13.4

Axar Patel to Gambhir, FOUR runs

Gambhir backs away outside leg, this arm ball bounces, Gambhir late-cuts it past the left shoulder of Saha

13.3

Axar Patel to Pandey, 1 run

arm ball, slides in, nurdled to backward square leg

13.2

Axar Patel to Gambhir, 1 run

flighted on the leg stump, no turn, slugged away to deep midwicket

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Best performances - batters

Spike Graph

Wagon Zone

G Gambhir

KKR

72 runs (49)

11 fours0 six

Productive shot

flick

18 runs

2 fours0 six

Control

81%

SP Narine

KKR

37 runs (18)

4 fours3 sixes

Productive shot

on drive

12 runs

0 four2 sixes

Control

68%

Best performances - bowlers

UT Yadav

KKR

ECO

8.25

FTYFGSGS

OFFLEG

RHB



		1W

		1W

LEGOFF

LHB

		1W

	1W

CR Woakes

KKR

ECO

FTYFGSGS

OFFLEG

RHB




	1W
	1W

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Match details

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss	Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2017
Player Of The Match	Sunil Narine
Hours of play (local time)	20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days	13 April 2017 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Abhijit Deshmukh Nigel Llong
TV Umpire	Anil Dandekar
Reserve Umpire	Nitin Pandit
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft
Points	Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Kings XI Punjab 0