7.25pm Presentation time. There's the merest hint of a smile on Gautam Gambhir's face as he signs the match ball and picks up the Man of the Match award. It broadens when he credits his new-born daughter for the turnaround in his fortunes.

"Robin's taken a lot of pressure of me since he started opening," he says. "On this kind of wicket, a lot of credit goes to Morne Morkel as well. Chawla bowled brilliantly, hopefully he can continue the same way."

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Here's Robin Uthappa: "Happy to contribute to the team's success. Gautam's instinct is to bat second, and all of us are on board with him. We knew they (Punjab) could be a little complacent, and we wanted to make use of any gaps they gave us."

Rehman: "This is the right time in the tournament to peak.There is always an outside risk if a team peaks too early in the tournament.Punjab has to be cautious."

George Bailey says "yeah, it would have been handy" when he's asked if he would have liked to have another spinner. They left out Shivam Sharma after a good performance against Bangalore, and they did look a spinner short on this pitch.

Absolutely crushing win for KKR. Kings XI never recovered after they scored only 64 in the second half of their innings. Kolkata played smart cricket during their chase, after Uthappa set them on their way with a sparkling innings at the top of the order. Gambhir made his third straight half-century, which is some comeback after starting the season with three straight ducks, and they got home with absolutely no fuss and two overs remaining.

17.6

Sandeep to Pandey, 1 run

slower ball, and Pandey yells "yes, yes, yes!" as he wrists it to the right of mid-on. He sprints through, and would have probably beaten the throw, which missed the stumps anyway.

One to get now.

17.5

Sandeep to Gambhir, 1 run

punched to cover, and Maxwell throws at the bowler's end again. He misses again, and they walk an overthrow.

17.4

Sandeep to Gambhir, 2 runs

short, Gambhir swats it with an almost vertical bat to the right of deep backward square leg.

17.3

Sandeep to Pandey, 1 run

short, flat-batted pull to deep midwicket.

17.2

Sandeep to Pandey, 2 runs

short, slower ball, Pandey mistimes his pull, and Maxwell sprinting from midwicket, underarms it at the unmanned stumps and misses, giving away two overthrows.

17.1

Sandeep to Pandey, FOUR runs

full and straight, Pandey uses his wrists to play the pick-up shot over midwicket.

In comes Sandeep now.

end of over 178 runs

KKR: 139/1CRR: 8.17 • RRR: 3.66

Gautam Gambhir60 (43b 7x4)

Manish Pandey28 (31b 2x4)

Rishi Dhawan 4-0-32-0

Axar Patel 4-0-20-0

16.6

R Dhawan to Gambhir, 2 runs

Gambhir gets on his toes, tucks it off his hips, behind square.

16.5

R Dhawan to Pandey, 1 run

wristy push down to long-on.

16.4

R Dhawan to Gambhir, 1 run

dropped! Short, Gambhir top-edges his pull, and it drops into Bailey's hands at midwicket and pops back out.

16.3

R Dhawan to Pandey, 1 run

another slower ball, onto the pads, tucked away to deep backward square.

16.2

R Dhawan to Gambhir, 1 run

slower ball, fullish, on off. Gambhir swipes it to long-on.

16.1

R Dhawan to Gambhir, 2 runs

worked towards long-on, and the batsmen aren't running too quickly. Mitch picks it up and releases quickly. They go to the third umpire for the direct hit at the bowler's end but Pandey is safe.

end of over 168 runs

KKR: 131/1CRR: 8.18 • RRR: 4.75

Gautam Gambhir54 (39b 7x4)

Manish Pandey26 (29b 2x4)

Axar Patel 4-0-20-0

Rishi Dhawan 3-0-24-0

15.6

Axar Patel to Gambhir, 1 run

works it down to wide long on.

15.5

Axar Patel to Gambhir, FOUR runs

short, wide, rubbish ball, and Gambhir's punch sends it soaring over cover and well away from a sprinting long-off. Gambhir raises his bat. Third fifty of the season.

15.4

Axar Patel to Gambhir, 2 runs

down the track, chips it to deep midwicket.

15.3

Axar Patel to Pandey, 1 run

pulled down to long-on

15.2

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Axar Patel to Pandey, no run

Gambhir set off as soon as Pandey pushed that to cover, even though it went straight to Bailey, but Akshar didn't collect his throw cleanly.

15.1

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Axar Patel to Pandey, no run

shortish ball, angled in, Pandey is deep in his crease to punch to mid off.

They've taken a time-out now. Gambhir's three short of a half-century. Here comes Akshar now.

end of over 1510 runs

KKR: 123/1CRR: 8.20 • RRR: 5.40

Manish Pandey25 (26b 2x4)

Gautam Gambhir47 (36b 6x4)

Rishi Dhawan 3-0-24-0

Axar Patel 3-0-12-0

14.6

R Dhawan to Pandey, 1 run

length ball on leg stump, worked away into the on side.

14.5

R Dhawan to Pandey, 2 runs

another slower legcutter, and Pandey opens his face to guide it to Mandeep's right at point. He dives, the ball ricochets off his right hand and the sweeper throws to the bowler's end. There was a bit of hesitation, but Dhawan missed the throw and disturbed the bails with his hands instead.

Win Probability

KKR 100%

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Over 18 • KKR 150/1

KKR won by 9 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

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