26 October 2020, 23:01 PM
KXIP beat KKR by 8 wickets ! KXIP 150/2 (20 overs)
26 October 2020, 22:46 PM
Kings XI Punjab have reduced their chase to 14 runs needing from 18 balls. Mandeep Singh (55) brought up a half-century by picking up a single on the fourth ball of 16th over by Pasidh Krishna, while Chris Gayle (51) too notched up a fifty with one run on the fourth ball of 17th over by Lockie Ferguson.KXIP 136/1 (17 overs)
26 October 2020, 22:34 PM
Mandeep Singh and Chris Gayle continue to stand strong at the crease at 45 and 38 runs, respectively as Kings XI Punjab have crossed the 100-run mark against Kolkata Knight Riders. KXIP now need 37 runs off 30 balls. KXIP 113/1 (15 overs)
26 October 2020, 22:17 PM
19 runs off the last two overs. Chris Gayle (25) smashed the last delivery of 11th over from Sunil Narine over wide long-on for six runs before he beat point to his right on the fifth ball of the next over by Lockie Ferguson. Mandeep Singh (33) lofted a Ferguson delivery wide of long-on for four runs. KXIP 86/1 (12 overs)
26 October 2020, 22:05 PM
Mandeep Singh (26) sent the second ball of 10th over by Varun Chakravarthy over short third man for four runs before Chris Gayle smashed the KKR bowler for the back-to-back sixes. KXIP now need 83 runs from 60 balls. KXIP 67/1 (10 overs)
26 October 2020, 22:04 PM
WICKET!! Varun Chakravarthy gave breakthrough to KKR by trapping KXIP skipper KL Rahul leg before wicket on the last delivery of the eighth over. KXIP 47/1 (8 overs)
26 October 2020, 21:53 PM
Kl Rahul and Mandeep Singh are currently batting at the crease at their respective scores of 19 and 17 as Kings XI Punjab ended the Powerplay without the loss of any wicket. KXIP 36/0 (6 overs)
26 October 2020, 21:48 PM
Pat Cummins bowled a tight third over before Prasidh Krishna gave away 10 runs to KXIP. KL Rahul (18) lofted the first ball of the fourth over towards wide mid-on for four runs before driving the very next ball straight of mid-off for another boundary. KXIP 21/0 (4 overs)
26 October 2020, 21:33 PM
Nine runs off the first two overs. KL Rahul (8) got off the mark by steering the first ball of the first over to third man for four runs, while Mandeep Singh (1) flicked the fifth ball of the next over by Prasidh Krishna wide of mid-off to open his account for a single. KXIP 9/0 (2 overs)
26 October 2020, 21:24 PM
KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh to begin chase for Kings XI Punjab.Pat Cummins opens the attack for KKR.
26 October 2020, 21:17 PM
INNINGS BREAK!!
26 October 2020, 21:14 PM
WICKET!! Shubman Gill (57) and Varun Chakravarthy (2) fell in quick succession. Gill was caught by Nicholas Pooran at deep midwicket on the third ball of 19th over by Shami, Varun was clean bowled by Chris Jordan in the next over. KXIP restrict KKR to 149/9 in their stipulated 20 overs
26 October 2020, 20:57 PM
Shubman Gill (57) continues to stand strong at the crease, while Lockie Ferguson is batting at 15 at the other end. Ferguson guided the fourth ball of 16th over by M Ashwin past slip for four before hammering Chris Jordan on back-to-back boundaries. Gill, meanwhile, lofted the last ball from Ashwin over extra cover for a four. KKR 135/7 (18 overs)
26 October 2020, 20:56 PM
WICKET!! Pat Cummins is caught by Ravi Bishnoi leg before wicket on the fourth delivery of the 16th over to depart cheaply for one run. KKR 114/7 (16 overs)
26 October 2020, 20:50 PM
Menawhile, BCCI has announced squads for India tour of Australia.
India's Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj
India's ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur
India's T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy"
26 October 2020, 20:49 PM
WICKET!! Kamlesh Nagarkoti departed cheaply for six runs after being bowled out by M Ashwin on the second ball of the 15th over. KKR 114/6 (15 overs)
26 October 2020, 20:41 PM
26 October 2020, 20:39 PM
WICKET!! Shortly after Eoin Morgan fell for 40, Sunil Narine (6) followed his skipper back to the pavilion after being clean bowled by Chris Jordan on the last ball of the 11th over. KKR, however, have crossed the 100-run mark. KKR 101/5 (11 overs)
26 October 2020, 20:28 PM
WICKET!! Skipper Eoin Morgan (40), who was looking good at the crease, fell short of a half-century after being caught by Murugan Ashwin at deep backward square leg on the fifth ball of 10th over by Ravi Bishnoi. At the halfway mark, KKR stand at 92/4.
26 October 2020, 20:16 PM
Eoin Morgan (38) and Shubman Gill (34) continue to stand strong at the crease and have brought up a half-century stand for the third wicket. Morgan hammered Maxwell for a six and a boundary in the seventh over before he cleared long-on with ease on the third ball of the next over by Murugan Ashwin. Gill, on the other hand, sent the last delivery of Ashwin's over towards wide long-on for a maximum. KKR 80/3 (8 overs)
26 October 2020, 20:05 PM
Expensive last two overs from Kings XI Punjab as they conceded 31 runs in it. Eoin Morgan (20) edged the third ball from Arshdeep Singh in the fifth over fine of third man to collect four runs before smashing Mohammed Shami for two boundaries in the next over. Shubman Gill (26) pulled the fifth ball from Arshdeep through square leg for a boundary before he hammered Shami for back-to-back sixes in the next over. At the end of Powerplay, KKR stand at 54/3.
26 October 2020, 19:54 PM
13 runs off the last two overs.Shubman Gill (9) clipped away the first ball of the third over from Arshdeep Singh towards the leg side to collect four runs before skipper Eoin Morgan (6) played an upper-cuts over point on the fourth delivery of the next over by Mohammed Shami.KKR 23/3 (4 overs)
26 October 2020, 19:47 PM
WICKET!! Two wickets in an over for Mohammed Shami. While Ravi Tripathi fell for seven runs after being caught behind the wicket by KL Rahul on the fourth ball of the second over, Dinesh Karthik (0) too departed in a similar fashion on the last delivery of the over. KKR 10/3 (2 overs)
26 October 2020, 19:34 PM
WICKET!! Glenn Maxwell gave breakthrough to Kings XI Punjab as early as in the very first over. Nitish Rana fell for a duck after being taken by Chis Gayle at short fine leg on the second ball of the match. KKR 9/1 (1 over)
26 October 2020, 19:23 PM
Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill have walked down the crease to begin KKR's innings. Glenn Maxwell to open the attack for KXIP.
26 October 2020, 19:21 PM
Both Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab are going with an unchanged Playing XI for the clash. This means, Andre Russell is still not available.
26 October 2020, 19:21 PM
LINEUPS:
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI: KL Rahul(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
26 October 2020, 18:55 PM
Kings XI Punjab win toss, opt to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders !
26 October 2020, 18:54 PM
The toss for the second tie between KKR and KXIP of the season will take place shortly.
