Last season's finalists met again at the MCA stadium in Pune and Gautam Gambhir's men struck in the very first over of the game to get M Vijay out BCCI
Morne Morkel then removed Wriddhiman Saha in the fourth over to leave Kings XI Punjab on 23 for 2 BCCI
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Glenn Maxwell struck two fours and two sixes during a 63-run stand with George Bailey but fell for 33 in the 12th over BCCI
Knight Riders' bowlers but the brakes on the scoring rate and stifled the Kings XI batsmen in the middle overs BCCI
George Bailey then took matters into his own hands and struck a 45-ball 60 helping Kings XI to 155 for 9 BCCI
Sandeep Sharma pegged Knight Riders back with two early wickets leaving them at 38 for 2 after five overs BCCI
Sandeep had Knight Riders reeling at 60 for 5 when he dismissed Gambhir and Ryan ten Doeschate off successive deliveries BCCI
Kings XI let go of a match that was well in their grasp and Maxwell dropping Russell only rubbed salt in the wound BCCI
Russell struck nine fours and two sixes during a 95-run stand with Yusuf Pathan, who made 66, to guide Knight Riders to a four-wicket win BCCI
