20:10 Kolkata to win toss, invite Punjab to bat:
Colin de Grandhomme is Umesh’s bowling partner.
Vohra opens his account with whip off his hips to backward square.
Guptill pushes the next ball straight down the ground for a single.
Vohra gets another single off his hips.
That is 3 runs off the over.
Martin Guptill opens the batting for Punjab with Manan Vohra.
Umesh Yadav gets some good shape off the opening ball and that ball has been sent for a couple of runs off Guptill’s blade.
Play and a miss ! Peach of a delivery!
Guptill whips the ball off his hips for a four through fine leg. First boundary of the night at Mohali.
A bouncer now and well evaded.
A crisp push through covers gives Guptill another 2 runs and that makes it 8 off the opening over.
19:57 KKR captain Gambhir opts to bowl first:
Welcome to the updates of Match 49 of the Indian Premier League to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and King XI Punjab.
KKR have won the toss and elected to field.
Having sealed their play-offs spot after a resounding victory in their previous match, Kolkata Knight Riders would be aiming for a top-two finish with a win when they take on an inconsistent Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League match, in Mohali,
Having sealed their play-offs spot after a resounding victory in their previous match, Kolkata Knight Riders would be aiming for a top-two finish with a win when they take on an inconsistent Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League match, in Mohali,
The Gautam Gambhir-led side are second in the league table with 16 points from 12 matches with the help of eight wins and they would look to consolidate their position with a win over Punjab, who suffered a six-wicket loss against Gujarat Lions.
Glenn Maxwell-led Punjab, on the other hand, have a slender chance to make it to the play-offs as they have only five wins from 11 matches and are placed at the fifth spot with 10 points. They need to win all their remaining three matches and also hope other results go their way if they have to progress to the play-offs. Howver, it will be easier said than done, as Punjab face formidable Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant in their last two games.
Playing XIs for tonight:
KXIP: Manan Vohra, Martin Guptill, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, WriddhimanSaha, Axar Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Matt Henry, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Swapnil Singh
KKR: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Uday Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot
Source: Rediff