Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 52nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2019 Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Date & Time: May 03, 08:00 PM LOCAL

Both KKR and KXIP need other results going their way to make it to the playoffs. © AFP

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Post-match thoughts

Shubman Gill | Man of the Match: It feels great, my first MoM at my home ground. Can't get better than this. It was important to build partnership. The run-rate was going around 9-10, so that's when I decided I had to stay in there. Even some relatives from my village came to watch so it's great to play in front of everyone. We have one more match to go, and it would be very nice if we can win that and make it into the play-offs.

Dinesh Karthik: We live to fight another day. It's been a hard few days. I wasn't too happy with the way the bowlers and the fielders were doing, so I thought I should let the boys know what I felt at that time. It si rare, not many people have seen me angry. If I feel I need to be angry to get the best out of the boys, then maybe. The last over went for 10 runs too many, but we have to give it to Sam Curran. IPL is that kind of a tournament where someone comes in and scores runs for you, so there's that balance. It's a big ground, but we did the small things well. Ran well, put pressure on the bowler, and good execution on the batsmen. It's fair that we have given Gill a chance at the top of the order, and he has grabbed the opportunity with both hands.

Chris Lynn: It is good to play with smile, we missed that in the last couple of games. Boys put on a good show tonight. He(DK) lost his bowels there but that is DK and we have lived upto it in the last couple of weeks. We got a couple of wickets early but Sam Curran got them to a decent total in the end. We were clinical with the bat. It was a good wicket, momentum is massive in this game. We lost it in the back end but grabbed it back quickly. Gill was brilliant for us. I am not a TV person but will be glued with the TV for the Sunrisers game tomorrow.

Ashwin: It's been a par total. We have defended 175-180 before but we knew very well that there's gonna be dew in the second half and I thought they batted really well. Starting with Lynny and then Gill played superbly. We bowled well in the first three overs and then it just got a little away from us and obviously that edges didn't help. Massive positives for us with respect to Pooran and Sam. Sam batted beautifully, we all know he is got the ability and he's got the fight in him and he pulled off pretty well.

. And many positives too, none more than the composure of Shubman Gill. He is talented, true, but it is his composure that will take him far

2019 only 36 run outs! The fewest run outs in an season: 58 each in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The most number of run outs in a season: 93 in 2010

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ICYMI - In some news away from this clash, Kagiso Rabada will miss the remainder of IPL 2019 because of a back injury.

Hello and welcome to the live blog of the IPL 2019 match between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali. Both teams need a win to stay alive. Even wins in their last two matches won't carry them to the playoffs and both teams need other results going their way as well.

As much as their ability to grab victories from nowhere in the first five games impressed everyone, heavy defeats in the slump that followed has pushed Dinesh Karthik and Co. into quicksand. Now they desperately need to find the right technique to save their lives.

The story is slightly different for Kings XI Punjab, although not too dissimilar, after all, they find themselves a spot below KKR on net run rate. Three wins out of the first four games and it all looked great for Ravichandran Ashwin's troops. But they steered themselves into turbulent clouds with that unacceptable choke against Chennai Super Kings and it's been a really bumpy ride since then.

They have lost four of their last five games, thanks to their failure to close out key moments - or the lethargy manner in which they threw away games from winning situations.