April 13, 2017
VIVO IPL 2017 season 10 13th encounter between Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 13, 2017 at 8:00 pm. Kolkata restricted inform Punjab on 170 with UT Yadav's 4 for 33 and SP Narine's tight bowling and chased the given target having lost just2 wickets to secured comprehensive win over KXIP by 8 wickets. Gambhir played good inning of 72* runs but Narine given man of the match for his tight bowling and quick 37 of 18 balls from the top.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first. Kings XI Punjab putting into bat first by Kolkata got excellent start wirh HM Amla and M Vohra initialy. Both added 53 runs jist in 5.1 overs before Manan Vohra got out bowled by PP Chawla on his first ball. He made 28 runs of 19 balls. Momentum changed for KXIP and lost next coming man MP Stoinis scoring 9 runs. HM Amla also left the field scoring 25 runs. Skipper Maxwell and Milller took the charge in hand and made quick 25 and 28 runs before lost their wickets. WP Saha also played good inning of 25 runs and put Punjab on good score of 170 runs in 20 overs. UT Yadav bowled well and picked up 4 wickets of 33 runs.
Following target of 171 runs, Kolkata open inning with G Gambhir and surprisely Sunil Narine. The stratehy works and Narine made quick 37 runs of just 18 balls with 4 fours and 3 towring sixes. RV Uthappa joined with G Gambhir and took the charge in hand with skipper as well. Uthappa gone scoring 26 runs and MK Pandey came in middle to did the rest with skipper. Gambhir completed his 2nd fifty of IPL 2017 and also 33rd fifty of IPL all times record. He the the leading half century maker with this splendid fifty as well. Kolkata won by 8 wickets and got No.1 position in points tally of IPL 2017 as well with higher net run rates.
Player of the match - Sunil Narine (KKR)
Points - Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Kings XI Punjab 0.
