Match – 34th IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sun May 11
Time – 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT
Venue – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets
Man of the match – Gautam Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders stopped the winning wheel of Kings XI Punjab today as they thrashed Punjab by 9 wickets today thanks to some excellent bowling by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Chasing 150 to win, Kolkata Knight Riders got a superb start as the openers added 68 runs in 7 overs before Uthappa got out after scoring 46 off 28 balls. But captain Gambhir and Manish Pandey then made sure KKR don’t throw away the advantage and beat KXIP comfortably. Gambhir scored a brilliant 45 ball 63 where as Mandey scored 36 off 35 balls and the duo sailed KKR to an emphatic 9 wicket win.

Earlier Kolkata won the toss and invited Punjab to bat. Though Punjab lost opener Mandeep for a duck but Sehwag was in a punishing mode today as he went after the bowlers right from the very first over. Sehwag and Saha took the score to 48 before Saha got out which brought Maxwell on the crease. KKR had prepared well against Maxwell and never allowed him easy runs. Chawla got the priced wicket of Maxwell but Sehwag continued to punish the bowlers from other end. The turning point came in with the wicket of Sehwag who departed after scoring a brilliant 72 off 50 balls. With his wicket, the runs freezed and wickets started to fall. Punjab were placed at 112/4 in 14.3 overs and slipped to 149/8 in 20 overs.

Match – 34th IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard