- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.4 nicked and gone! Bartlett had Allen on toast throughout, and he now sends him back to the shed! This is beautiful bowling. On a length just outside off. Curves away late and Allen, trying to go inside-out, only manages a feather. Regulation catch for the keeper, and Bartlett has the early breakthrough his efforts have warranted! 12/11.6 another nick, and another wicket! Bartlett on fire, and KKR on the ropes early! Back of a length in the channel and this boomerangs away from Green. He goes feeling for it away from his body and nicks it through to the keeper. Bartlett putting on an exhibition of out-swing early, and KKR stung twice in the same over! 16/2Extras0TOTAL25/2 (3.4 Overs, RR: 6.81)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Finn Allen, 1.4 ov), 2-16 (Cameron Green, 1.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 2 0 16 0 8 2 2 0 0 0 XC Bartlett 1.4 0 9 2 5.4 8 1 0 0 0 Punjab Kings Team Shreyas Iyer (c) Prabhsimran Singh † Wicketkeeper Nehal Wadhera Cooper Connolly Allrounder Shashank Singh Allrounder Marcus Stoinis Allrounder Marco Jansen Allrounder Vijaykumar Vyshak Bowler Xavier Bartlett Bowler Arshdeep Singh Bowler Yuzvendra Chahal Bowler
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
6 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 1, Punjab Kings 1
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory)
- Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Player Subs: Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Rahul Tripathi, Saurabh Dubey and Blessing Muzarabani
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya and Harpreet Brar
- Rain: Kolkata Knight Riders - 25/2 in 3.4 overs (AM Rahane 8, A Raghuvanshi 7)
- Wet Ground: Kolkata Knight Riders - 25/2 in 3.4 overs (AM Rahane 8, A Raghuvanshi 7)
- Rain: Kolkata Knight Riders - 25/2 in 3.4 overs (AM Rahane 8, A Raghuvanshi 7)
- Wet Ground: Kolkata Knight Riders - 25/2 in 3.4 overs (AM Rahane 8, A Raghuvanshi 7)
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