Match – 15th IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sat Apr 26
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders chose to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 23 runs
Man of the match – Sandeep Sharma

Kings XI Punjab continued their dominance and won their 4th match today after beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 23 runs. KXIP who have been unbeaten till now so far in IPL 7 is leading the points table with 8 points.

Earlier batting first, Punjab lost the wicket of Pujara when the team score was just 9. Soon Saha also got out leaving KXIP at 28/2 in 4.1 overs. Maxwell and Miller then took the team score past 50 and just when Maxwell started to look dangerous, Morkel bowled him out and brought KKR back into the match. Superb bowling by KKR spinners namely Chawla and Narine helped KKR restrict KXIP to 132/9 in 20 overs.

Chasing 133 to win, KKR got off to a poor start with three star batsmen, Pandey, Gambhir and Kallis back into the pavilion when the team score was just 19. Lynn and Uthappa then tried to steady the innings and took the score to 50 when Lynn got out. This wicket brought KXIP back into the match and wickets started to fell at regular intervals. With 8 down for 85, it was all over for KKR. But somehow the tail managed to move the scorecard to 109 before getting all out and thus loosing the match by 23 runs.