Robin Uthappa top-scored (53 of 28) as Kolkata Knight Riders made short work of Kings XI Punjab's total of 138, winning the match 17 balls to spare and six wickets in hand. ▲
The opening act of the Gautam Gambhir-Robin Uthappa show continued its successful run in the season, as they stitched a 83-run partnership for the first wicket. Gambhir made a run-a-ball 34. ▲
Gambhir was caught at midwicket by a brilliantly running, diving Glenn Maxwell, who is celebrating the dismissal with captain David Miller. That, however, was to be the only high point for KXIP in the second innings. ▲
Put in to bat first, Kings XI faltered yet again. Murali Vijay did his bit and scored a brisk 26 of only 22 balls. ▲
However, he was castled by Piyush Chawla, completing misreading the the leggie's wrong one. ▲
Shaun Marsh finally came good for the host, scoring an unbeaten 56 to help Kings XI post a reasonable total as the rest of the big names didn't fire. ▲
Sunil Narine was the pick of the bowlers as he returned figures of 4 for 22 in his four overs that included the big scalp of Glen Maxwell, who was dismissed cheaply for only four. ▲
