The eastern greats, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a thrashing win over R Ashwin-led Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata in the 6th match of IPL 2019. After winning the toss, the KXIP skipper asked the hosts to bat first. Unlike the last game for KKR, Sunil Narine came out to bat with Chris Lynn for the opening position. In the first innings, the hosts registered the score of 2918/4 in their quota of 20 overs and restricted the visitors to a tally of 190/4 to win the match by 28 runs.
During the toss, the KKR skipper, Dinesh Karthik revealed that they have made no changes to the squad, on the other hand, Ashwin revealed four changes in their squad, Nicolas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sam Curran and Ankit Rajpoot made way for, David Miller, Andrew Tye, Varun Chakravarthy and Hardus Viljoen.
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Soon after that both of them dismissed and then Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa added 110 runs for the third wicket. After a stellar partnership between Rana and Uthappa, Andre Russell walked into a standing ovation. However, it was not a very fluent start for the big Jamaican as the Kings XI bowlers executed their plans perfectly.
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Match turning over
In the 17th over, Mohammed Shami came from around the wicket and nailed the perfect yorker which slipped under the bat of the big man and crashed into the stumps. Russell was going back to the pavilion and Shami started celebrating but then the Eden crowd stunned as the umpire intervened. The umpire raised his arm to signal a no-ball as there were only three fielders inside the 30-yard circle.
Here is the video of the same:
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