IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking after the match, Player of the Match Bairstow said, "We got off to a good start. That was the key. They got off to a good start as well thanks to Sunil. You have to take risks. Sometimes luck will go your way. Some days it won't be your day. Tried to whack it as far as possible. If it is in your area, you had to go. We had a couple of quiet overs when it was Sunil was bowling as we knew how important he is for them. Shashank Singh is a special player. The knowledge he has had been amazing. How clean he hit it! Was indeed very special."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking after the match, PBKS skipper Curran said, "Very pleasing. Most importantly the win. Cricket is turning into baseball. We have had a few tough weeks. But we hung in there. The way guys train. The confidence and the coaches. The small grounds and the dew. The reviews which might give you an extra ball. We hung in there and managed to chase it down with balls to spare. Pleased for Johnny. What an amazing knock. Shashank Singh has been the find of the tournament for us. Asutosh as well. Proud of everyone."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking after the match, PBKS' Shashank said, "When I was in the dug-out, I was just watching the behaviour of the pitch, felt it was coming on nicely with good bounce. Just backed myself to hit the other bowlers, was happy to take the singles and doubles off Narine, we wanted to play him out. He has given me complete freedom (on coach Trevor Bayliss), has told me to play the way I can. A big positive when Jonny (Bairstow) supports you (from the other end), he has played 100 Test matches and to see him clap for you, you'll feel happy and vindicated. We still have 5 matches to go, we'll take it one match at a time and I believe that we can still qualify to the playoffs."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking after the match, KKR captain Shreyas said, "I would have (taken 260 at the start of the day). The way the batters batted was tremendous to see, Sunny coming in.. the way Salt batted, they delivered and it was a treat for the eyes. Both the teams played tremendously, one of those games where you go back to the drawing board and see where it went wrong especially not being able to defend 260. We have to sum up the conditions and come up with better ideas. It is brilliant to see him (Narine) go out there and strike the ball, hopefully he keeps continuing with such performances."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A full toss by Ramandeep and Shashank takes a single as PBKS win by eight wickets!

PBKS: 262/2 (18.4), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A short delivery by Rana, and Shashank slams it over deep mid for a six! Then he slams him over deep mid again for another six, and gets his fifty! Then he hits Rana for a four over point. It is a single next, and then Bairstow gets a six! 

PBKS: 253/2 (18), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A full toss by Chameera an Shashank slams it over fine leg for a six! Umpire gives no ball, and KKR review. It was waist height and it is a legal ball! 

KKR need 40 off 20 balls!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Bairstow gets his ton! A full delivery by Rana, outside off. Bairstow slices it to deep cover for a double, gets his ton off 45 balls! 

PBKS: 210/2 (16), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: 5 runs in this over as Bairstow gets a double in the final ball. PBKS now need 61 runs in 30 balls!

PBKS: 201/2 (15), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A full delivery by Chakaravarthy, and Shashank slog sweeps it over deep square. THen he hammers a short ball for a six over deep mid.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Narine tosses it up, outside off. Rossouw goes for the slog sweep, top edges it to the fielder at cover for a catch!

Rossouw c Shreyas b Narine 26 (16)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A slow delivery by Russell and Rossouw let it go, wide! Then he hammers Russell for a six, and gets a wide again. Then it is a single, followed by a six over deep backward square. In the fourth ball, it is a six again, over deep square, followed by a double and then a single! 

PBKS: 173/1 (12), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A poor delivery by Chakaravarthy and Bairstow slices it over long-off for a six! Then, he drills him down the ground for a four! FIFTY PARTNERSHIP!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A flat delivery by Chakaravarthy, outside off. Bairstow slices it to long-off, goes past the hands of the fielder for a six! SHOT! FIFTY FOR BAIRSTOW!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Short of a length delivery by Rana and Rossouw pulls it in front of sqaure, goes past a sliding Russell for a four near deep midwicket! PBKS: 105/1 (8), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Bairstow inside edges Ankul to short fine and runs off for a single. Prabhsimran fails to reach on time, direct hit rattles the stumps! RUN OUT! Prabhsimran run out (Narine) 54 (20) PBKS: 93/1 (6), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A poor delivery by Narine and Prabhsimran sweeps it into the stands for a six and gets his fifty!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: 23 off this over! First Prabhsimran smacks Chameera for a six! Then it is a dot ball, followed by a four and six. Then it is a double, and a wide. Prabhsimran smacks a four in the final ball, to make it 23 in this over! PBKS: 45/0 (3), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A full delivery by Rana, on leg stump. Prabhsimran skies it over deep square leg for a six! Then it is a dot, followed by another six, over deep backward point!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: 8 runs in the opening over, Bairstow also smacked Chameera for a four! PBKS: 8/0 (1), Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran and Bairstow to open for PBKS in this run chase. Chameera to bowl the first over for KKR. Target: 262

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: First, Rinku slices Harshal past short third for a four, then loses his wicket in the next ball, gets caught by Ashutosh behind short third! 

Rinku c Ashutosh b Harshal 5 (4) 

Facing his first ball, Ramandeep fires a six, shot! Then it is a dot ball, followed by byes and then a wide. Then Iyer gets run out! Innings end! KKR: 261/6 (20)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A full deilvery by Arshdeep and Shreyas Iyer directs it to deep third for a catch! Shreyas c Rabada b Arshdeep 28 (10)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE! A short delivery by Curran and Iyer pulls it over deep square leg for a six, followed by a four over extra cover. Then he clobbers him for another six over deep midwicket and makes it back-to-back in the next ball! KKR: 239/3 (18)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A good delivery by Arshdeep and Russell was ducking. He plays the hook shot at the last moment and top-edges it to Harshal near square leg for a catch! Russell c Harshal b Arshdeep 24 (12)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Brar sends it in the slot and Iyer clatters it over long on for a six! SHOT! KKR: 190/2 (15)

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IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Curran sends a stunning yorker, full and straight. Salt goes for it, misses, hits his off stump! FINALLY! Salt b Curran 75 (37)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: First breakthrough for PBKS and it comes in the 11th over! Chahar sends a wrong'un and Narine goes for the pull, ends up sending it off the bottom to Bairstow for a catch at long-on! Narine c Bairstow b Chahar 71 (32)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: First, Harshal sends a full delivery, wide of off. Narine slices it over backward point for a four! Then it is a dot, followed by a six over long-on! Then a single and Salt comes to strike. He gets a good length ball on the stumps, he launches it over long-on for a six and gets a free-hit in the nextball. Takes a single off it! 

KKR: 137/0 (10)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A short delivery by Chahar and Salt launches it wide of cover for a four! GETS HIS FIFTY!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A top-spin delivery by Chahar and Narine gets hit on the back-thigh. Umpire gives lbw, he reviews! Ball tracking shows it was going over leg stump, decision reversed!

KKR 105/0 (8) IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A poor delivery by Rabda, and Salt smacks it past the fielder in the deep for a four! Then he hammers him behind square in the air for a six! KR: 105/0 (8)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: First Narine slices Rabada square of the wicket, wide of the diving deep point fielder for a four! Then he slams him over short third for a four! Gets to his fifty in 23 balls!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A poor delivery by Chahar and Narine reverse sweeps it over backward point for a four! GOOD SHOT!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A full length delivery by Arshdeep, and Salt hits it to mid-off and it was at good height for a catch! Curran lets it hit his wrists and its down!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A leg stump yorker by Curran and Narine gets a thick outside edge, goes behind square on the on-side for a four! KKR: 70/0 (5)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A poor delivery by Rabada and Narine smacks him for a six! 50 comes up real quick and Rabada has already been hit for 2 fours in this over previously! Then, Narine slams him for another four, to deep extra cover! 21 runs in this over! KKR: 59/0 (4)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Harshal sends a back of a length delivery to Narine, wide of off. Narine guides it right of backward point. Brar dives, but lets the ball pop out! Narine takes a single and then Salt hammers a good lenth delivery over midwicket for a six! Then he slams a full toss over wide mid-on for a four, followed by a six over mid-wicket! KKR: 38/0 (3)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Arshdeep gets smaced by Narine for a four and six in this over! Two wides too and the India pacer will be looking to improve Narine smacked him in the fourth delivery for a six over square leg. After two wides, he slammed him for a four past mid-on! KKR: 20/0 (2)

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: A good length delivery by Curran, wide of off. Narine goes back and drive it wide of cover point for a four! CLOBBERED!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Salt and Narine to open for KKR. Curran with the new ball for PBKS.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: KKR- Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 

PBKS- Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: KKR- Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana 

PBKS- Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: After toss, Curran said, "We will have a bowl. We had 4 games at home, unfortunately lost all four, guys are ready for the away games though. We know what we need to do from here, just go out and play. Liam Livingstone misses out, Jonny Bairstow is back." 

Meanwhile, KKR captain Iyer said, "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."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: PBKS captain Curran has won the toss and opted to bowl.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Ahead of the match, KKR captain Iyer said, "We need to stick to our routines and processes and see to it that we execute the things we want." Meanwhile, PBKS' Curran said, "Now we know what to do, we have to win every game."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Stay tuned folks! Toss is scheduled for 7:00 PM IST! It is going to be a blockbuster thriller tonight!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Usually, Rinku hasn't been used for fielding, with either Vaibhav, Varun and Suyash brought in. The same is expected to continue tonight too!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Curran has been poor for PBKS this season, and has been up to the mark with his captaincy skills. In eight matches, he has registered 152 runs and has taken 11 wickets.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Iyer's captaincy has been good this season, but he has been average in batting, which is his main skill for T20 World Cup selection. In seven matches, he has registed 190 runs and is KKR's third-highest run-scorer this season. He will be eyeing a big knock tonight!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Ashutosh Sharma has a strike rate of 198 in death overs this season and has been sensational with the bat for PBKS. But he hasn't been well supported by his side's other batters, except for Shashank. Also his position lower down the order has reduced his overall impact!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Russell has a strike rate of 196.72 in the death overs this season. His match-up vs Rabada and Curran will be key, striking at 222 and 233 respectively.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Salt has been in sensational form for KKR this seaosn. 204 of his 252 runs scored this season have come at Eden Gardens. He has a strike rate of 184 at home, compared to his away strike rate of 145.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Both sides have faced each other in 31 IPL meetings, with KKR leading 21-11 against PBKS. In their last five encounters, KKR lead 3-2.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Ahead of the match, PBKS spin bowling coach Joshi said, "He was in form and we really missed his batting services. We saw him batting yesterday, going through the nets and everything."

"He is on the road to recovery. Hopefully, he should be fit for the next game (against CSK)," he added.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking ahead of the match, Ramandeep gave an injury update regarding Starc. He said, "Yes, he's available. It's got to do with his workload management." 

"He is a legend. Cricket is a game of time. We can't judge him from a few matches," he added.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: RR are currently on top with 14 points in eight matches and are followed by KKR (10), SRH (10) an LSG (10) in second, third and fourth. CSK are fifth with eight points, followed by DC (8) in sixth position. GT (8) are seventh, MI (6) are eighth, PBKS (4) are ninth and RCB (4) are tenth.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking on the Impact Player rule, KKR's Ramandeep Singh said, "I will get to bowl when the opportunity arises, I am working on my bowling. The Impact Player rule is such that the use of the allrounder is reduced. Every team wants to bowl with their main fast bowlers."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Speaking on the Impact Player rule, KKR's Ramandeep Singh said, "I will get to bowl when the opportunity arises, I am working on my bowling. The Impact Player rule is such that the use of the allrounder is reduced. Every team wants to bowl with their main fast bowlers."

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Narine has taken 33 wickets vs PBKS, which are the most for him against a single side in the IPL. He averages 19.90 vs them and also has an economy of 7.06.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Harshal hadd a poor start to IPL 2024. He took only four wickets at an average of over 45 and 11.31 economy rate in the first four matches. But he has bounced back to form and has tkaen nine wickets, seven at the death, at av average of under 11 and 7.46 economy. He will be key against Andre Russell!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Before IPL 2024, Jitesh was expected to be selected as a wicketkeeper-batter for India's T20 World Cup squad. But now he is not in contention anymore due to his poor form with PBKS this season. Ahead of the match, PBKS spin-bowling coach Sunil Joshi had a message for Jitesh. 

"Jitesh is a quality batter, and we know that the time has come for him to fire. There are multiple players in the IPL, who are eager to be part of India's T20 World Cup squad. For most of the players, making it to the Indian team will keep haunting them. So focus on the basics. You've got to perform and take it ball-by-ball, leave selection to the people who decide," he said.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: PBKS skipper Dhawan has been out of action due to an injury and is expected to return tonight! His match-up vs Narine wil be interesting. He averages 52.5 against the spinner, and has been dismissed twice in 91 balls. Curran also strikes at 169 vs Narine and has been dismissed only once.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Starc wasn't there at the nets and is reportedly suffering from a finger injury that he sustained vs RCB. He might miss today's clash!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: Unlike previous seasons, KKR have been less reliant on their spinners, with Varun and Narine in average bowling form. Rana has been KKR's star bowler this season, with the new bal and also at death. Meanwhile, Russell has also contributed well with his bowling!

KKR IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: KKR have been simply flawless this season at home with three victories in four matches. Their only defeat at home was against RR, courtesy of heroics from Buttler. Meanwhile, Narine has treated the Eden pitch like his home, and has been well-complemented by the lies of Raghuvanshi, Salt and Russell.

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: The PBKS batting order has also been out of sorts, with Shashank and Ashutosh getting bulk of the runs. Against KKR's fiery bowling unit, they will need to put in a collective effort and finally find some form. They need a massive improvement in batting tonight!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: PBKS have been very unlucky this season, and are now at the bottom half of the table. They have won only twice in eight games and aren't far from elimination. They have lost six of their eight matches but have been in the games till the end in most of these fixtures. So they have been pretty unlucky!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: The Eden Gardens surface has allowed good ball-striking and the short side boundaries have helped batters. We can expect the same today too!

IPL 2024, KKR vs PBKS IPL Live Score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings: KKR- Philip Salt(w), 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 

PBKS- Sam Curran(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma(w), 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

Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of match 42 of IPL 2024 where Kolkata Knight Riders host Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens. Stay tuned for more updates!

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