52nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs KKR in Punjab

52nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs KKR in Punjab

The 52nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs KKR was played on Fri 3rd May 2019 in Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first.

KXIP'S Inning in 52nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs KKR in Punjab

The start for Punjab was not so good as they lost both openers KL Rahul and Chris Gayle in the powerplay as a result of which Punjab scored 41-2 in the powerplay. Mayank Agarwal and Nicholas Pooran were on the crease and scored 69 runs for the 3rd wicket where Pooran played some huge shots comfortably and scored 48 runs (3 fours, 4 sixes) of 27 balls which gave the momentum to the team and was departed by Nitish Rana. Mayank looked good but quite unfortunate to get run out by Rinku/Narine on 36 runs (2 fours, 1 six) of 26 balls. Mandeep Singh supported well and scored 25 runs (1 four, 1 six) of 17 balls. In the end, Sam Curran played a brilliant inning and completed his first IPL half-century and helped the team to set a huge total of 183-6 in 20 overs with his 55 runs (7 fours, 2 sixes) of just 24 balls.

Sandeep Warrier picked 2 wickets conceding 31 runs in his 4 overs, Hurney Gurney, Nitish Rana, and Andre Russell got 1 wicket each.

KKR'S Inning in 52nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs KKR in Punjab

Subhuman Gill and Chris Lynn gave a good and solid start to the team by scoring 62 runs in the powerplay but lost the wicket of Chris Lynn in the last ball of the powerplay who looked dangerous and departed by  Andrew Tye after scoring 46 runs (5 fours, 3 sixes) of 25 balls. Subhuman Gill at one end kept building partnership while as on the other end batsman played aggressively where Uthappa scored 22 runs (2 fours, 1 six) of 14 balls and got out to R Ashwin whereas Russell scored 24 runs (2 fours, 2 sixes) of 14 balls and was sent back to pavilion by Shami. Subhuman Gill completed his 3rd half-century as an opener in the season and scored unbeaten 65 runs (5 fours, 2 sixes) of 49 balls and Dinesh Kartik finished off the match with his 21* runs (2 fours,1 six) of 9 balls and KKR scored 185-3 in 18 overs.

Subhuman Gill got the Player of the Match award for his magnificent performance in the 52nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs KKR in Punjab.