Bailey-led KXIP beat Kolkata comfortably

KXIP (Shar)made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Shivam and Lakshmipathy Balaji made way for Rishi Dhawan and Parvinder Awana.

KKR made a couple of Cha(wla)nges to their playing (Mork)eleven – Shakib Al Hasan and Vinay Kumar made way for Piyush and Morne.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49, and lost a couple of wickets.

Mandeep Singh, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Nine balls (Rob)into the match, he was caught by Uthappa. Morne broke the 17-run stand.

Wriddhiman Saha, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-two balls later, Morne broke the 31-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point.

Glenn Maxwell, whose run-a-nall innings included a boundary, scored 14. Thirty-two balls after Saha’s dismissal, he was caught by Morne. Chawla broke the 39-run stand.

Virender Sehwag’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 35 balls.

KXIP scored 100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point.

Sehwag, whose 50-ball innings included 11 boundaries, in addition to the six, eventually scored 72. Twenty-four balls after Maxwell’s dismissal, Chawla broke the 25-run stand.

David Miller, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Five balls later, Umesh Yadav broke the eight-run stand.

George Bailey, KXIP’s skipper, faced 11 balls, scoring a dozen. He was unbeaten.

Rishi, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Ten balls after Miller’s dismissal, Chawla had a reason to be in seventh heaven.

Mitchell Johnson, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. Seventeen balls later, he was stumped by Uthappa. Sunil Narine broke the 21-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a run. Axar Patel, who faced a ball, scored a run. The next ball, Suryakumar Yadav and Uthappa ran him out.

KKR eventually conceded five extras. KXIP scored 149 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Ryan ten Doeschate, who bowled an over, conceded half-a-dozen. He was wicketless, as was Jacques Kallis, who bowled three overs, conceding 38.

Umesh and Narine bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 30.

Morne, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Chawla, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 55, without the loss of a wicket.

KKR’s openers put on 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). KXIP had conceded three extras at that point. While Uthappa’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Gambhir’s contribution to it was 22.

Uthappa, whose 28-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, eventually scored 46. Axar had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he caught him. Awana broke the 68-run partnership.

KKR scored 100 off 11.3 overs (69 balls). KXIP had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 45 balls. While Gambhir’s contribution to the partnership was 28, Manish Pandey’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Gambhir’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 38 balls.

He eventually scored 63 off 45 balls. He was unbeaten, as was Manish, who scored 36 off 35 balls, which included three boundaries.

KKR, who scored 150 for the loss of a wicket off 18 overs (108 balls), lost by nine wickets with a couple of overs to spare.

Maxwell bowled a wicketless over, conceding 11.

Johnson bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 33.

Sandeep Sharma, Rishi, and Axar bowled four wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 32, 32, and 20, respectively.

Awana bowled two overs, conceding 20. He picked up the only wicket that fell.