IPL 2015, Match 14: KXIP vs KKR - As it happened...

Andre Russell lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab on Saturday at the MCA International Stadium in Pune. 

IPL 2015, Match 14: KXIP vs KKR - As it happened...

New Delhi: Andre Russell lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab on Saturday at the MCA International Stadium in Pune. The West Indian picked up two wickets and then played a blistering knock of 64 runs to cap off a solid allround show.

KKR Innings

Over 18 | Score 159/5

Chawla edged Johnson's wide delivery to the third man region to hit the winning runs.

Russell b Johnson 66 (36b)


Over 17 | Score 152/5

Russell scored another two fours off Anureet to bring KKR closer to their target. The West Indian has developed into a fine finisher in the T20 format.


Over 16 | Score 139/5

Russell got to his fifty with a four to the long-on boundary and then successfully hit a six off a low full toss over the same area. In a bid to end the game early, the right-hander went fox another maximum over the same boundary, however, his skier was dropped by Maxwell. Surely its Russell's day today.


Over 15 | Score 125/5

Anureet Singh was brought back into the attack by Bailey. His full toss down the leg was easily dispatched by Pathan for a boundary. The right hander capped off that over with another four in the third man region. The momentum is now with KKR.


Over 14 | Score 113/5

After a very quiet start, Pathan finally got into the act as he score two boundaries from the Mitchell Johnson over.


Over 13 | Score 103/5

Russell absolutely demolished Axar in that 13th over.

4 6 4 2 2 1 ....the big West Indian is on fire. We have a game on here in Pune!


Over 12 | Score 84/5

Perera's slower ball is picked early by Russell and spanked over the covers for a one-bounce four. The West Indian appears to be the aggressor among the KKR batting duo.


Over 11 | Score 77/5

Russell smacked Johnson through the covers covers for his second boundary of the innings. The 6th wicket partnership is now 17 runs.


Over 10 | Score 68/5

Andre Russell got some pressure off KKR with a boundary off Perera. Pathan and Russell need to re-build now.


Over 9 | Score 63/5

Axar Patel was introduced into the attack and bowled a very good first over, conceding only 3 runs.


Over 8 | Score 60/5

Sharma's delivery outside the off-stump was slashed at hard by Gambhir, but the left-hander bottom edged it to the keeper's hands. Sharma then got rid off Tendo in the same over with an in-swinger that trapped him lbw.

Doeschate lbw b Sandeep Sharma 0 (1b)

G Gambhir c Saha b Sandeep Sharma 11 (19b)


Over 7 | Score 60/3

Surya's promising innings ended as he tried to glide a slower delivery from Perera to third man, but ended up edging it to Saha.

S Yadav c Saha b Perera 23 (10b)


Over 6 | Score 53/2

Mitchell Johnson was introduced into the attack by Bailey. Suryakumar Yadav made good use of the crease and flicked the over long leg for a maximum. He then capped off the over with another six over backward square. Special play from a special player!

That was a special shot from a very special player.


Over 5 | Score 38/2

After hitting two back-to-back fours off the first two Sandeep deliveries, he perished on the third ball after spooning a simple catch Bailey at short midwicket.

M Pandey c Bailey b Sandeep Sharma 12 (6b)


Over 4 | Score 26/1

Gambhir flashed Anureet's wide delivery over the point region to score his first boundary. The Punjab bowler followed it up with a vicious and well directed bouncer that the left-hander failed to connect with his attempted pull.


Over 3 | Score 21/1

Robbie's shuffled and attempted flick trapped him LBW off Sharma's bowling. Manish Pandey walked out to the middle after KKR lost their first wicket.

R Uthappa lbw b Sandeep Sharma 13 (10b)


Over 2 | Score 16/0

Anureet Singh strayed on Robbie's pads and the righ-hander flicked the ball wide of fine leg fielder for another boundary.


Over 1 | Score 8/0

Uthappa scored his first boundary off the innings as he beat short midwicket and mid-on with a flick off Sandeep Sharma.


KXIP Innings

Over 20 | Score 155/9

Bailey smoked a delivery from Morkel that was tipped over at the long-off boundary by Tendo. KXIP lost two wickets on the final two deliveries of the match and failed to end their innings with a big over.

Johnson c Gambhir b Morkel 1 (2b)

Bailey run out 60 (45b)


Over 19 | Score 146/7

Bailey brought up his fifty in that over. Also, Narine picked up his first wicket of the day as Axar Patel's attempted slog sweep went straight into Yadav's hands at long-off.

Patel c SA Yadav b Narine 2 (3b)


Over 18 | Score 140/6

Gurkeerat Singh hit a full delivery from Yadav straight down the throat of the long-on fielder. Bailey then scored back-to-back boundaries off Yadav's last two deliveries.

Gurkeerat Singh c S Yadav b U Yadav 11 (10b)


Over 17 | Score 129/5

Chawla came under attack from Gurkeerat Singh and Bailey in his final over as they hit one six each off the leg spinner.


Over 16 | Score 115/5

Narine came back into the attack and was right on the money. KXIP need to get a move on now.


Over 15 | Score 112/5

Another excellent over from Chawla came to an end with him giving away only 5 runs. The leg-spinner's figures read: 3-0-15-0.


Over 14 | Score 107/5

Short delivery from Russell was smoked six over deep backward square leg by Perera for a six. However, the West Indian had the last laugh as the left-hander was holed out to backward point to hand Pandey a simple catch.

Perera c Pandey b Russell 9 (8b)


Over 13 | Score 95/4

Chawla continued to bowl well as he conceded only 4 runs off his second over. The leggie has been quite impressive so far.


Over 12 | Score 91/4

Umesh got rid off the dangerous Maxwell as Russell coming in from sweeper completed a fine diving catch. 

Maxwell c Russell b U Yadav 33 (26b)


Over 11 | Score 83/3

Piyush Chawla was introduced in the attack The leggie kept things tight and did not allow the KXIP duo to cut loose.


Over 10 | Score 77/3

Incredible shot by Maxwell off Russell to plant the ball over backward square for a six.


Over 9 | Score 64/3

Maxwell shot through the covers off Narine's bowling beat the long-off fielder to hand the Aussie another boundary.


Over 8 | Score 54/3

Yusuf Pathan at deep midwicket put down a simple catch as Maxwell top edged a delivery from Russell. Is this the defining moment of Match 14?


Over 7 | Score 50/3

Spin was introduced for the first time in the match in the form of Sunil Narine. The off-spinner bowled a great first over conceding only 2 runs. His spell is critical for KKR.


Over 6 | Score 48/3

Maxwell went after Morkel in that over with a six and a four off his first two balls. Superb counter-attack from the Aussie duo here.


Over 5 | Score 37/3

Andre Russell was introduced in to the attack and he immediately got rid off the dangerous Sehwag, courtesy a smart catch by Chawla short midwicket. New batsman George Bailey arrived to the creased and eased off the pressure with back-to-back 4's. 

Sehwag c Chawla b Russell 11 (10b)


Over 4 | Score 23/2

Viru opened the face of the bat to guide a Morkel delivery to third man. Chasing Chawla got to the ball, only to collect it and roll over the boundary to hand Viru his first 4 of the match.

Saha's attempted slog off Morkel flew to Pathan in the slips for a simple catch.

Saha c Pathan b Morkel 15 (11b)


Over 3 | Score 18/1

Saha pulled Yadav for a four over over backward square leg and then top edged a quick bouncer for a six.


Over 2 | Score 6/1

Saha came in to bat after Vijay's dismissal. Sehwag, playing in his 100th IPL match, got off the mark with a single as Morne Morkel targeted his rib cage.


Over 1 | Score 2/1

KXIP got off to a horror start as Vijay chipped a delivery from Umesh Yadav to Andre Russell who completed a simple catch, coming in from midwicket.

Vijay c Russell b U Yadav 0 (4b)


Toss and team news

KKR won the toss and opted to bowl. The defending champions have brought in Doeschate for Shakib who is on international duty. While the KXIP have included Perera and Gurkeerat Singh in place of Miller and Dhawan.

KXIP XI: M Vijay, V Sehwag, W Saha, G Maxwell, G Bailey, N Perera, A Patel, Gurkeerat Singh, M Johnson, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma

KKR XI: RV Uthappa, G Gambhir, M Pandey, S Yadav, Y Pathan, R Doeschate, A Russell, P Chawla, S Narine, M Morkel, U Yadav

Match preview

Their campaign off to a sedate start, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders would look to return to winning ways when they take on a dangerous Kings XI Punjab in their next Indian Premier League match, here on Saturday.

The Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata side had a mixed outing in the T20 tournament so far, having registered a win and a loss in the two matches they have played this season.

After getting off their title defence with a seven wicket mauling of Mumbai Indians, KKR slumped to a three-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last match.

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And come Saturday, KKR would be looking to get their campaign back on track with some consistent show in the tournament.

KKR's batting has been rock solid in their first two matches having registered scores in the range of 170.

Skipper Gautam Gambhir is in rollicking form striking back-to-back fifties, while the likes of Manish Pandey, Surya Kumar Yadav, Robin Uthappa and Andre Russell also contributing with the willow.

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But it KKR's bowling which is a cause of concern. The likes of Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan and Piyush Chawla need to take up more responsibility to help the team's cause. In fact, Narine has been economical in both the matches but he went wicket-less and that is what is hurting KKR the most.

On the other hand, Kings XI too did not have the best of starts in this year's IPL having lost two and won just one out of their three games so far.

After losing by 26 runs to Rajasthan Royals in their tournament opener, Kings XI bounced back strongly to beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs. But their campaign suffered another jolt when they lost by five wickets to Delhi Daredevils here on Wednesday.

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In the presence of Murali Vijay, Virender Sehwag, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Glenn Maxwell and skipper George Bailey, Kings XI possesses a heavy batting line-up which has the capability to tear apart any bowling attack. But for that to happen they need to fire in unison, which has not been the case so far.

The likes of Vijay, Sehwag, Saha, Bailey and Miller all got starts but they need to convert their starts into big scores.

But the main cause of concern for Bailey would be the form of explosive Maxwell, whose highest score in three matches was just 15.

Kings XI's bowling attack also has been inconsistent as the likes of Mitchell Johnson, Sandeep Sharma, Anureet Singh and Rishi Dhawan leaked runs in crucial junctures.

Teams (from):

Kings XI Punjab: George Bailey (Capt), Anureet Singh, Parvinder Awana, Rishi Dhawan, Yogesh Golwalkar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Beuran Hendricks, Mitchell Johnson, Karanveer Singh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Nikhil Naik, Axar Patel, Thisara Perera, Wriddhiman Saha, Sandeep Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Murali Vijay, Manan Vohra.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (Capt), Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha, KC Cariappa, Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins, Aditya Garhwal, Brad Hogg, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Sumit Narwal, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Veer Pratap Singh, Vaibhav Rawal, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Chris Lynn, James Neesham.