IPL 2017 | Live score, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab: KKR beat KXIP by eight wickets

Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) romped to an eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League 2017 face-off at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Thursday. 

Here are the highlights from the match:

#11.23pm

Game over!!! KKR beat KXIP by eight wickets

#11.15pm

KKR need 12 runs to win from 28 balls

#11.07pm

12 runs from 14th over. Two boundaries included

#11pm

Skipper Gambhir completes fifty

#10.56pm

Kolkata Knight Riders need 49 runs in 54 balls

#10.51pm

Axar Patel removes dangerous Robin Uthappa, KKR 2 wickets down

#10.49pm

Cracking shot by Uthappa. Four!!!

#10.44pm

100 up for KKR. Skipper Gambhir continues his power hitting display 

#10.42pm

Kolkata Knight Riders in last 4 overs: 54 runs, 1 wkts

#10.30pm

Robin Uttappa joins captain Gambhir in the middle

#10.28pm

Sunil Narine departs after a superb knock of 37 off just 18 balls

#10.25pm

Now the match looks like a one-sided contest. Sunil Narine on a roll. Another six

#10:18 pm

Maxwell to Gambhir, FOUR, to deep square leg, its the turn of the Kolkata skipper now to take on Maxwell's bowling. Score: 60/0 off 5 overs

#10:16 pm

Narine hits two brilliant FOURS off Maxwell's bowling. He is simply relishing the opener's role.

#10:15 pm

Punjab captain Glenn Maxwell comes to bowl is off-spinners. The first ball is sent for a FOUR by the Knight Riders skipper Gambhir 

#10:14 pm

Kolkata openers on fire as the score reaches 42/0 off just 4 overs.

#10:11 pm

Poor ball from Ishant and Gambhir sends it to the boundary for another FOUR!

#10:09 pm

Ishant to Gambhir, 5 leg byes. Ishant has bowled with fire but has been a bit unlucky today.

#10:08 pm

KKR 31/0 IN 3 overs.

#10:07 pm

Gambhir uses all his experiences as he hit two cracking FOURS off Sandeep Sharma's bowling

#10:05 pm

Narine takes a single as veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir comes to the crease

#10:04 pm

First ball of third over SIX! What a lovely shot by Narine off Sandeep Sharma; KKR makes a flying start

#10:02 pm

Ishant Sharma bowls an expensive over as ten runs are leaked in the over along with a FOUR

#10:00 pm

Narine hits a FOUR in the first over and misses few deliveris in the first over. Nice over by Sandeep Sharma as only five runs came off it.

#9:58 pm

Big surprise here. Sunil Narine comes to open innings with KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir

#9.42pm

Another wicket falls, Mohit Sharma departs, caught by Suryakumar Yadav

#9.32pm

Umesh Yadav picks fourth wicket. Removes Axar Patel

#9.29pm

David Miller departs, Punjab 5 wickets down

#9.26pm

Punjab in last 4 overs: 41 runs, 0 wkts

#9.13pm

SIX!! That was big from Saha over long-off. Chawla punished for poor delivery

#9.11pm

Miller punishes de Grandhomme. A six on a no ball and a four on a free hit

#9.06pm

Four!! Wriddhiman Saha gets a boundary

#9.06pm

100 comes up for Punjab after a slight delay

#9.03pm

Big blow for KXI, Umesh Yadav scalps Maxwell. Punjab now 4 wickets down

#9.01pm

David Miller joins skipper Maxwell at the crease

#9pm

de Grandhomme to Amla, out Caught by Gambhir!! Amla c Gambhir

#8.58pm

KXIP in last 4 overs: 35 runs, 1 wkts

#8.56pm

Punjab inching closer to 100-run mark. 96/2

#8.52pm

A six and a boundary from Maxwell. Punjab 92/2

#8:33 PM:

Bowled! Sunil Narain gives Kings XI another blow as Stoinis departs.

#8.30pm

KKR draw first blood, Piyush Chawla removes Manan Vohra

#8.26pm

50 comes up for Punjab, last 4 overs: 52 runs, 0 wkts

#8.24pm

SIX!!! Another big hit from dangerman Vohra

#8.24pm

Woakes to Manan Vohra, FOUR, to fine leg

#8.19pm

Tough luck for KKR as Sunil Narine drops Vohra at third man

#8.17pm

Four!!! More runs for Punjab and Vohra

#8.15pm

Yadav to Vohra, SIX, to deep mid wicket

#8.13pm

Umesh Yadav struggling to find line. Two wides in his first over. KXIP 14/0 (1.4 Ovs)

#8.12pm

Welcome Umesh Yadav to the KKR squad

#8.10pm

Good first over for Punjab. 10 runs off it

#8.08pm

Hashim Amla and Manan Vohra open batting for Punjab

#7:46 pm

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2017

#7.59pm

Just one change to the Kings XI Punjab lineup, Ishant Sharma comes in for Natarajan

Match Officials

Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh, Nigel Llong Third Umpire: Anil Dandekar Match Refree: Andy Pycroft

#7:43pm

Playing Eleven for the teams

Kings Eleven Punjab: Manan Vohra, Hashim Amla, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Varun Aaron

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Robin Uthappa (wk), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Trent Boult, Umesh Yadav

#7.38pm

Gautam Gambhir wins toss, invites KXIP to bat first

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2017

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

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