As it happened | IPL 2019, Match 52: Kolkata defeat Punjab by 7 wickets

Kolkata defeat Punjab by 7 wickets. 

Brief Scores: Punjab: 183/6 (Sam Curran 55 off 24 balls, Nicholas Pooran 48 off 27 balls, Sandeep Warrier 2/31).

Kolkata: 185/3 in 18 overs (Shubman Gill 65 no off 49 balls, Chris Lynn 46 off 22 balls).

Kolkata are 110/2 after 12 overs. 

Another wicket! Robin Uthappa out. 

Ashwin to Uthappa, catch out by Mayank Agarwal. 

Uthappa scored 22 runs off 14 balls. 

Next batsman is Andre Russell. 

Chris Lynn out!

Andrew Tye to Lynn, caught and bowled. 

Lynn scored 46 runs off 22 balls. 

Next batsman is Uthappa. 

Chris Lynn and Shubman Gill start Kolkata's 184-run chase. 

Innings Break:

Punjab post 183/6 against Kolkata. 

One more wicket and the skipper departs.

Ashwin out on duck. 

Andre Russell to Ashwin, bowled. 

Next batsman is Andrew Tye. 

Mandeep Singh out!

Harry Gurney to Mandeep Singh, catch out by Robin Uthappa. 

Mandeeo scored 25 runs off 17 balls. 

Next batsman is Ashwin.   

Punjab are 132/4 after 16 overs. 

Another wicket! Mayank Agarwal out...

Narine to Mandeep Singh and Mayank Agarwal run out. 

Agarwal scored 36 runs off 26 balls. 

Next batsman is Sam Curran. 

Nicholas Pooran out!

Nitish Rana to Pooran, catch out by Sandeep Warrier. 

Pooran scored 48 runs off 27 balls. 

Next batsman is Mandeep Singh. 

After 12 overs, Punjab are 100/3. 

Punjab are 68/2 after 8 overs. 

Chris Gayle departs!

Warrier takes another, this time, bigger batsman. 

Warrier to Gayle, catch out by Shubman Gill. 

Gayle scored 14 runs off 14 balls. 

Next batsman is Nicholas Pooran. 

Punjab are 28/2 after 5 overs. 

Punjab are 22/1 after 4 overs. 

KL Rahul out!

Sandeep Warrier gets the breakthough and also his maiden IPL wicket. 

Warrier to Rahul, catch out Chris Lynn. 

Rahul 2 runs off 7 balls. 

Next batsman is Mayank Agarwal. 

Punjab are 13/0 after 2 overs. 

Punjab have made two changes with Sam Curran and Andrew Tye coming in for Mujeeb Ur Rahman and David Miller. 

KL Rahul and Chris Gayle are at the crease to open Punjab's innings and Sandeep Warrier will launch Kolkata's bowling attack. 

What the captains are saying:

Dinesh Karthik: You have to control what you can control and I don't think you should be thinking too far ahead. 

Ashwin: We've lost players at the brink of the game, one of the captains was in fact kind enough to let me swap after the toss as well.

Kolkata vs Punjab

Toss:

Kolkata's skipper Dinesh Karthik wins the toss and opts to field first. 

Playing XI:

Kolkata: Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney

Punjab: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran(w), Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Andrew Tye

Stats and Facts:

Russell has been in ominous form for Kolkata this season and is the third highest scorer so far with 486 runs from 12 games at a staggering strike rate of 207.69.

Head-to-head records:

Overall they have played a total of 24 matches, out of which Punjab won eight and Kolkata won 16. 

And since May 2014, Kolkata won 10 and Punjab managed to win just two. 

What to expect from the match:

Staring at elimination, two-time champions Kolkata and Punjab will lock horns in a battle of survival.

The two teams are languishing at the bottom half of the table and need to win tomorrow to keep alive their remote playoff chances. 

Both the teams have 10 points from 12 matches but the Kolkata outfit is placed a rung above Punjab at sixth in the eight-team competition by virtue of a better net run-rate. 

Both Kolkata and Punjab had a decent outing in the first half of the tournament before losing the plot in the all-important second phase. 

After registering four wins and one loss in the first five games, Kolkata suffered six defeats in a row that derailed their campaign. 

Although Kolkata return to winning ways against Mumbai in their last game, the Dinesh Karthik-led side need to register victories in their final two games to have an outside chance of qualifying for the playoffs. 

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Kolkata vs Punjab

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