Kings XI Punjab have faced Kolkata Knight Riders twelve times in the Indian Premier League and both teams have won six matches each. Catch all live updates from the match here.
Kings XI Punjab take on Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 34 of IPL 7. Follow live updates here: (Scorecard | Commentary | Points table | Schedule)
16:06 IST: Morne Morkel with the new ball and WICKET! The South African pacer has struck off his third ball and sees off Mandeep Singh for a duck. KXIP 17/1 as Saha joins Sehwag in the middle.
16:05 IST: Sehwag has taken four boundaries off the first over from Kallis - what a frenetic start for KXIP, who are 17/0.
16:03 IST: FOUR! Kallis drops on the pads and Sehwag whips it away. That was easy meat for a man eager to get back into the Indian team - that was his 25th boundary this IPL.
16:00 IST: Kallis with the new ball for KKR. Sehwag faces up. FOUR! Sehwag slams that through covers first ball to get off the mark. Signature shot from him, as Mandeep Singh watches from the non-striker's end.
15:40 IST: Here are the Playing XIs:
KXIP: Mandeep Singh, V Sehwag, WP Saha (WK), GJ Maxwell, GJ Bailey (Captain), DA Miller, AR Patel, MG Johnson, R Dhawan, P Awana, Sandeep Sharma
KKR: RV Uthappa (WK), G Gambhir (Captain), MK Pandey, JH Kallis, RN ten Doeschate, YK Pathan, SA Yadav, PP Chawla, M Morkel, UT Yadav, SP Narine
15:37 IST: KKR won the toss and elected to bowl vs KXIP. Both teams have made two changes. KKR recall Morne Morkel and Piyush Chawla while KXIP have added Parvinder Awana and Rishi Dhawan.
The erratic Kolkata Knight Riders will look to challenge the seemingly unstoppable force of table-toppers Kings XI Punjab when the two sides clash in an Indian Premier League match in Cuttack on Sunday.
While Kings XI Punjab beat once again showed why they have been amongst the best this IPL season by beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 32 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders also registered a convincing victory over Delhi Daredevils in their last match, putting them in contention of reaching the playoffs.
The last time the two sides faced off, it turned out to be a low-scoring affair but even in that Punjab came out trumps after doing the job well with the ball. But given the sparkling form the duo of Glenn Maxwell and David Miller are in, KKR bowlers are likely to be put to the sword in Sunday's game at the Barabati stadium. (KXIP and Their Big Four )
On paper, it looks a lop-sided contest given that Punjab have a batting line-up, which has been in marauding form. If Maxwell and Miller were not a big enough headache to deal with for rival teams, out-of-form veteran Virender Sehwag is also slowly rediscovering his touch.
Kolkata Knight Riders will take heart from the fact that their skipper Gautam Gambhir has finally struck some form along with the explosive opener Robin Uthappa, who looks to be in great touch during this year's IPL. Among bowlers, they have the experienced Sunil Narine, who can be a major force to reckon with for the big-hitters in the Punjab team.
Gambhir Backs Narine-Shakib to Propel Kolkata Knight Riders
Back playing in familiar Indian surroundings, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is looking at the possibility of winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) a second time.
He realises that it is not going to be easy for a team that won only three matches of the eight it has played, but he still sees a ray of hope, and to be on course it needs to win the remaining six matches to make the play-off.
For that to happen, Gambhir feels his two overseas spinners, Sunil Narine (West Indies) and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), are the key to pulling the Knight Riders back into contention on the turning Indian tracks. (Read more)
Kings XI Punjab and Their Big Four
Of the six top totals in the IPL this year, Kings XI Punjab have scored five of them. Punjab's winning total of 198 for eight on Friday night at Chinnaswamy Stadium was the highest by any team against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2014. The total was a combined effort of KXIP's top batsmen: Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller and of course, Mandeep Singh and Mitchell Johnson.
It's the team's ability to back each other up has made the biggest difference. King's XI have looked like a well-knit outfit where almost every player - whether batting, bowling or fielding - have done his bit, gave his 100 per cent. (Read more)
Story first published on: Sunday, 11 May 2014 13:24
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