He smashed two fours and a six, managing 24 runs off 23 balls. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Sunil Narine was exemplary, to say the least. On the field, he dropped KL Rahul’s catch and then injured himself. The coming to form of a mis-firing top order is what CSK needed to come out of a miserable start and having done that, they would certainly look favourites against a struggling KKR. 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT, 17 Oct, 2020 In the last four overs, the Punjab-based franchise needed to score at almost a run-ball to secure a victory. Captain Smith on what went wrong for Royals vs Delhi, Iyer lauds bowlers as Delhi defend 'under-par score', China's Xi tells troops to focus on preparing for war, Dhawan all praise for Delhi pace duo Rabada, Nortje, TCS to recruit 10,000 staff in US by 2022, PIX: Nortje, Rabada bowl Delhi to victory as RR choke. Images from Saturday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab, in Abu Dhabi. Fine knocks by Lokesh Rahul and Mayank Agarwal were vain as Kings XI Punjab went down to Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 runs in the Indian Premier League match, in Abu Dhabi, on Saturday. Karthik will need to back his bowlers, especially Indian lead spinner Kuldeep Yadav who seems to have been under-utilised and bowled just nine overs after being dropped from the Delhi game. The speedster gave away three fours in his spell, and most importantly, churned out six dot deliveries. You can find out more-. He came to bat in the 18th over and got off the mark with a streaky four through third man off Arshdeep. They were 47 for no loss after powerplay, with Pat Cummins bowling three of the first six overs. 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT, 18 Oct, 2020 Pat Cummins couldn’t get a wicket, but he was economical, especially in the first three overs upfront. Karthik's decision to bat first seemed to be backfiring as Kolkata were struggling at 63 for 3 in the 11th over, but he changed the complexion of the innings with a magnificent knock that included eight fours and two sixes. That the seamer bowled only two dots showed how easily the Punjab batters played him. Then he pulled Mohammed Shami for a four to get going. Kolkata posted their 50 in the 10th over and were 60 for 2 at the halfway mark. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League.The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta.The home of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens stadium.. He was hit for two fours and the Punjab batsmen mostly creamed him for singles. Nitish Rana hasn’t scored for KKR in the last few games and he would have wanted some runs under his belt. IMAGE: Sunil Narine, centre, is congratulated by his Kolkata Knight Riders teammates after dismissing Nicholas Pooran. He was cautious in the powerplay after KKR lost a couple of early wickets. KKR acquired England’s World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan but the management reposed confidence in Karthik and asked him to lead the side. Along with Narine, Krishna put the breaks on KXIP’s batting in the death overs. Will Stokes return to inspire struggling Royals? Needing 20 runs in the last two overs, they then lost two more wickets in the space of three balls, including that of Rahul, in the penultimate over bowled by pacer Prasidh Krishna. Welcome to the Grand Priory of England & Wales Website. Rahul and Agarwal notched 74 and 56 runs respectively, but their efforts went in vain. Pat Cummins’ not-so-impressive performance has added to the team’s woes. © 2020 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. PICS: Knights extend Kings' misery with narrow win. The pair of Morgan and Rahul Tripathi looked to seal it but Delhi’s bowlers strangulated KKR’s batting at the death. 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT, 16 Oct, 2020 Kolkata, however, made a disastrous start, losing two wickets for just 25 runs in the powerplay. Kings XI Punjab staged a comeback in the last two overs, which yielded just 18 runs. Young opener Gill contributed a 47-ball 57 which was studded with five fours. He bowled in the middle overs and gave away 27 runs in his spell of four overs. 15:30 IST | 10:00 GMT, 17 Oct, 2020 Shubman Gill had another decent outing with the willow. But they finally got the breakthrough when Agarwal holed out to Subhman Gill in the 15th over. They then needed 14 runs from the last over and six of the final delivery to take the match to Super Over but Glenn Maxwell could only score a boundary. The opposition batsmen laid into him and didn’t allow him to settle into a rhythm. For Punjab, their campaign has gone from bad to worse as they lost their sixth game in the event. Earlier, Rahul and Agarwal, the top two run-getters in this IPL, avoided taking undue risk while getting the odd boundaries to keep the asking rate under control. The scoring rate picked up a bit with Eoin Morgan (24), who was promoted to number four, looking for runs. With the triumph, the Knights moved to third in the points table and are level with Mumbai Indians (MI) with eight points. He played quite a few dots to start his knock. Consequently, he didn’t bowl. Not known to tweak his side much, Dhoni persisted with Shane Watson and the Aussie veteran finally came to form with an unbeaten 83. Just as the Gill-Morgan third-wicket stand was looking to grow big, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi removed the England limited-overs’ captain, who offered a simple catch to Glenn Maxwell at long-on. 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