KXIP vs KKR LIVE: Powerplay update – Sandeep Warrier’s double-strike reduces Kings XI Punjab to 41/2 in six overs vs Kolkata Knight Riders

KXIP vs KKR live score: Kings XI Punjab lost the in-form KL Rahul and Chris Gayle early in the Match 52 of IPL 2o19 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the IX Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali on Firday, and managed to post 41/2 in the powerplay over.

Kings XI Punjab lost the in-form KL Rahul and Chris Gayle early in the Match 52 of IPL 2o19 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the IX Bindra PCA Stadium, Mohali on Firday, and managed to post 41/2 in the powerplay over.

Kerala’s Sandeep Warrier, playing only his second game of the season, made the two telling blows by removing Rahul in his second over and then added the scalp of Gayle in his third. Rahul was foxed by a slower one and was caught at mid-on, while Gayle clipped a half-tracker straight to Shubhman Gill at deep square leg.

Warrier’s first spell read 3-0-22-2. Harry Gurney started well, but was taken for XXX runs in his second over with Nicolas Pooran hitting the first six off the night over long-on. SuniL Narine bowled one over so far giving away just three runs. At the end of powerplay overs, KXIP had the ultra-aggressive Pooran on (16* off 9 balls) and India international Mayank Agarwal (9 off 6 balls) in the middle, rebuilding for their team.

TOSS UPDATE

KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to bowl first against KXIP. KKR are unchanged while KXIP bring in Sam Curran and Andrew Tye in place of Mujeeb ur Rahman and David Miller.

Teams:

Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Sam Curran, Simran Singh(w), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Andrew Tye

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney

Karthik: We’re going to bowl first. After a long time I won the toss so I was a bit confused as to what I should be saying, but they say there is a bit of dew out here. You have to control what you can control and I don’t think you should be thinking too far ahead. We’re playing with the same team.

Ashwin: I would’ve bowled first as well, but I’ll take batting too. We’ve lost players at the brink of the game, one of the captains was in fact kind enough to let me swap after the toss as well. We’ve got Sam Curran and AJ Tye back for us. Miller and Mujeeb are out.