The win was thanks to some extraordinary performances from of Kolkata Kni9ght Rider's players.
Sunil Narine who bowled superb when bowling spell 4 overs 19/1, he surprisingly promoted to open the innings in the KKR 's chase of KXIP's 170 runs. Gautam Gambhir 72*(49), Sunil Narine 37(18), both gave fantastic start of 76 run in just 5.4 overs. Then Rabin Uthappa 26(16) and finally Gambhir and Manish Pandey managed to reach the winning target of 171 runs. With this win KKR rose rose to top of the points table, while KXIP dropped down to the third position.
Befor this KKR won the toss and put Kings XI Punjab to bat first and KKR's bowler has managed to restricted for 170 runs. Punjab's Openers gave good start for the team, they makes 56 runs in the power play. KXIP at one moment 155/4 with more than 22 balls to go, Umesh Yadav who had walked back into the starting XI, in Ankit Rajpoot place, and delivered what KKR expected from him. H ecarried on form where he'd left off in Dharamshala, as he picked picked 3 important wickets of KXIP's in one over, H e'd already gotten maxwell's wicket (25 run of 14) early in the innings. He stopped KXIP to reach promising position and slumped to a below par total of 170/9 by picking up 33/4 in his 4 overs.
KKR Unbeaten: Kolkata Knight Riders have not lost the last 10 games they have chased in Kolkata from 2013 IPL season, it was always going to be. When KKR won the toss and elected to field, it confirmed to the narrative they liked.The decition at the toss might not have been surprising, but kkr's starting XI definitely was.
Man of the match: Sunil Narine
