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Powerplay done
This is going to be a run-fest again. KKR have scored 76/0 in six overs. Narine is on 38 and Salt on 35.
Harshal hammered
A good pitch to bat on, and it is digging the grave of medium pacers. Harshal Patel is hit for 18, as it is 38/0 after 3 overs.
Match starts
Curran starts, and so does Narine. He creams one through the covers. After 1 over it is 7/0.
Iyer says
We’ve had different players stepping up at different times, that’s the thing I’m pleased about this season. Starcy got a cut on his finger in the last game, Dushmantha Chameera replaces him. Need a great start and then convert it into a big score, hoping to continue the same form and momentum.
Playing XIs
Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Punjab to bowl
Sam Curran has won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Toss time
So we are just minutes away from the start of the match here. An it is toss time.
KKR vs PBKS: Squads
Punjab Kings: Sam Curran (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma (wk). Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada. Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Atharva Taide, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow. Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Woakes, Sikandar Raza, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer. Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Allah Ghazanfar. Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera.
Welcome to the live coverage of Match 42 of the IPL 2024 season between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings.