Match Reports :-
Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wickets
Match Details
- Toss: Kings XI Punjab, who chose to field
- Man of the Match: Chris Gayle
- Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
- Umpires: Richard Illingworth, KN Ananthadpadmanabhan, K Srinivasan, Vineet Kulkarni
- Referee: Narayankutty. V
- Kolkata Knight Riders innings
- Powerplay: 54 runs, 3 wickets
- KKR: 50 runs in 5.6 overs
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (Shubman Gill 24, Eoin Morgan 25)
- KKR: 100 runs in 10.5 overs
- Shubman Gill: 50 off 36 balls (2 x fours, 4 x sixes)
- Innings Break: KKR - 149/9 in 20 overs
- Kings XI Punjab innings
- Powerplay: 36 runs, 0 wickets
- KXIP: 50 runs in 8.5 overs
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (Mandeep Singh 16, Chris Gayle 34)
- KXIP: 100 runs in 13.4 overs
- Mandeep Singh: 50 off 49 balls (6 x fours, 1 x six)
- Chris Gayle: 50 off 25 balls (2 x fours, 5 x sixes)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 60 balls (Mandeep Singh 46, Chris Gayle 51)
- KXIP: 150 runs in 18.5 over