That brings us to the end of our live coverage from this game. Join us again tommorrow for a double-header as we have DC vs RR starting at 4 PM followed by RCB vs SRH at 8 PM. Till then it's goodbye.
KXIP vs KKR Playing XI:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Sam Curran, Simran Singh (WK), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Andrew Tye
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (W/C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Warrier and Harry Gurney
KXIP vs KKR Dream 11: Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (C & WK) Chris Gayle, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sunil Narine, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami and Hardus Viljoen.
KXIP vs KKR Mohali Pitch report: With the track at Mohali known to be flat, we could be in for yet another high-scoring encounter. The team batting second should have a slight advantage as the dew factor makes it difficult for bowlers.
KXIP vs KKR Toss: KKR win toss, opt to bowl.
That brings us to the end of our live coverage from this game. Join us again tommorrow for a double-header as we have DC vs RR starting at 4 PM followed by RCB vs SRH at 8 PM. Till then it's goodbye.
(Man of the Match):Feels big, Man of The Match award in my home ground. It was important to build partnerships. When I was batting 80-90 strike rate the team was doing well. That's when I decided to bat till the end. My whole family was there, even some relatives from the village. It was good to play here. I'm still trying to figure out my game in T20s.
(Winning Captain):We live another day. We've been fighting, it's been a hard couple of weeks. [On the angry team talkj] I wasn't happy with the body language. The kind of things I didn't expect from them. I'm not too into the results, just the processes. So I had to let the boys know what I thought. [Sheepishly] I think it's a bit rare. I should be true to myself. If I show that and it gets the best out of them, so be it.
In the last over, we gave ten runs too many. But gotta give credit to Curran. At the end of the day the IPL's beauty is that all team's have good balance and someone is always coming up here and there. It's a big ground but I think we did the small things well. We ran well, we put pressure, so it was good execution from the batsmen.
[Gill] is a terrific player, it was only fair we gave him a run at the top of the order. He'd been looking for it.
It is good to play with a smile, we missed that in the last couple of games. Boys put on a good show tonight. He (DK) lost his bowels there but that is DK and we have lived upto it in the last couple of weeks. We got a couple of wickets early but Sam Curran got them to a decent total in the end. We were clinical with the bat. It was a good wicket, momentumis massive in this game. We lost it in the back end but grabbed it back quickly. Gill was brilliant for us. I am not a TV person but will be glued to the TV for the Sunrisers game tomorrow.
(Losing captain):It's been a par total. We have defended 175-180 before but we knew very well that there's gonna be dew in the second half and I thought they batted really well. Starting with Lynny and then Gill played superbly.We bowled well in the first three overs and then it just got a little away from us and obviously that edges didn't help. Massive positives for us with respect to Pooran and Sam. Sam batted beautifully, we all know he is got the ability and he's got the fight in him and he pulled off pretty well.
Curran to bowl out. Karthik clips the 1st ball to long-on for a single. Curran bangs the 2nd ball short and Gill swats it to long-on for a run. Karthik gets a thick outside edge to the 3rd ball sending it past the keeper for FOUR. Curran bangs the next ball short but it’s too high and called a . Karthik cuts the 4th ball to deep backward point for 2 runs. He then pulls the 5th ball over deep square leg for a SIX. Karthik does well as he just helps the last ball down to fine leg for a FOUR. That seals the win for KKR keeping them in the hunt for a playoff berth.
KKR 185/3 after 18 overs.
Karthik helps the last ball down to fine leg for a boundary. That seals the win for KKR!
The 5th ball is a tad short and Karthik pulls it over deep square leg and into the stands.
Karthik opens the face of his bat and gets an edge on the 3rd ball past the keeper.
Andrew Tye comes back into the attack. Both batsmen take singles off the first two balls. Karthik flicks the 3rd ball to deep midwicket for a run. Gill does brilliantly as he pulls the 4th ball beautifully for a FOUR. He then punches the 5th ball to long-on for a single. Karthik drives the last ball to mid-off for a quick single. 9 runs off the over. KKR need just 18 from 18 balls to win.
The 4th ball is a length delivery at the stumps and Gill pulls it to deep midwicket beautifully.
Sam Curran comes back into the attack. Both batsmen take singles off the first two balls. Gill flicks the 3rd ball beautifully to cow corner for 2 runs. He then chops the 4th ball to point but the fielder cuts it off. He looks to cut the 5th delivery but misses. Gill clips the last ball to deep square leg for 2 runs. 6 runs off the over. KKR need 27 from 24 balls to win.
Mohammed Shami comes back into the attack. Gill tucks the 1st ball to square leg for a single. Russell has a swipe at the 2nd ball but misses. He then connects beautifully as he slaps the 3rd ball through extra cover for a FOUR. Russell backs away on the 4th ball but Shami follows him and Russell misses. CAUGHT! Russell connects with the top-edge on the 5th delivery and finds Tye who takes a good catch at cow corner. Dinesh Karthik walks out to bat. Gill misses with the flick on the last ball as it comes off the pads for a leg bye. 6 runs and a wicket from the over. KKR need 33 off 30 balls to win.
