Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, 18th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League, 2018 Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata Date & Time: Apr 21, 04:00 PM LOCAL

Gayle and Rahul were devastating at the top © BCCI

That's a wrap of our coverage for this game. Loved doing this. Until next time, it's goodbye and have a good one.

rest of the matches for @KKRiders😱

games has aggregated 215 runs in 134 balls @ an ave of 107.50 & S/r of 160.45, with 18 sixes, 11 fours! 2018

and an extended run...and taking the pressure, of performing in the limited chances, off their shoulders 👏👏👏 They are yet to contribute in a big way yet, but just matter of time @IPL

. Its against his game to knock them out of the park.

is batting. Very fluent and very clever. Deft touches and precise placements. Delight to watch.

. Day game at this time of the year in this part of the country is a punishment. Already exasperated despite the comforts of the press box

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Here's the match preview from Shirshendu Roy.

Gayle's 100 against SRH was a calculated assault writes Gokul Gopal.

Shane Watson made it two 100s in two days with a stunning 51-ball ton. Here's Narbavi with more on that.

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Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav

Here are the full teams

Team changes:None for KKR while Ankit Rajpoot comes in for Mohit Sharma as far as Punjab are concerned.

Toss: Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and have opted to field

Do stay tuned for the toss which is just moments away.

Pitch report: "It is nice and hard, it's got good bounce. This is a day game so pitch might play on the slower side." analyses Deep Dasgupta.

First hand information from Eden Gardens by our correspondent Shirshendu Roy: "A light roller going up and down the wicket. Looks like a fresh wicket for this game, the one to its left was used for the game against SRH, one on its right was used for the game against DD."

Hello and a warm welcome to the live blog of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab being played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Gayle is back. And how. After being picked late in the auction, he wasn't picked in the first two games of this season's IPL. And then in the last game he showed that he still has it as he smashed a scintillating hundred and then proceeded to remark that "Virender Sehwag saved the IPL by picking me." That's Gayle at his cheeky best.