IPL 2019, KXIP vs KKR: Kolkata beat Punjab by 7 wickets

S Narine to C Gayle, Full and on middle, pushed back to the bowler.

S Narine to M Agarwal, OOPS... the arm ball, little bit of shape away, Agarwal looks to flick but is a touch early and gets a leading edge wide of cover. A single taken.

S Narine to M Agarwal, Full and outside off, pushed back to the bowler.

S Narine to C Gayle, Outside off, driven through the covers for a single.

Sunil Narine now. Kolkata need him to do well. When he does well, generally the spin department of Kolkata does well and they get wickets.

S Warrier to C Gayle, Full on off, Gayle taps it to covers and takes an easy single.

S Warrier to M Agarwal, On the pads, Agarwal flicks it away to the on side and gets to the other end. Smart cricket this, following the boundary with a single.

More on the interview with Lynn (Gosh, this is long). Now, he speaks on what to speak to bowlers. Stresses that with inexperienced guys like Warrier, you need to keep talking all the time, whereas for experienced guys like Gurney, you just need to speak when required.

S Warrier to M Agarwal, FOUR! Excellent way to get off the mark. Good length ball outside off, there was width on offer. Agarwal pounces on it and slashes it through point for a boundary.

Mayank Agarwal walks in at number 3, replacing Rahul.

S Warrier to L Rahul, OUT! Big, big wicket for Kolkata. The dangerous Rahul is out of here. Warrier gets his man. After not timing the first two balls, it looks like the pressure got to Rahul. Warrier takes a bit of pace off the ball and bowls it full. Rahul looks to go over mid on but the lack of pace on the ball takes him by surprise and he ends up chipping it to the right of mid on. The mic'd up Chris Lynn shows his focus and moves back to his right and takes a good catch. Rahul who had made a habit this season to bat long departs early and now the Punjab middle order will need to rise up to the occasion.

S Warrier to L Rahul, Slightly slower from Warrier. Rahul looks to cut but is early in his shot. The ball goes off his bottom edge towards backward point. Karthik gets to the ball and stops them from getting a single.

The interview with Lynn continues. Admits that Kolkata have not taken much wickets in the tournament overall, let alone the Powerplay or the death. Reckons that they have got incredible spinners tonight who can shut down the game. On the question that this strategy could mean that they are one batsman light, Lynn admits and says that Andre Russell might be promoted up the order.

S Warrier to L Rahul, Back of a length ball on off, Gayle taps it to point and looks for a single but does not get it. Good decision, Gayle would have been in danger had they taken the single.

H Gurney to C Gayle, Full on off, Gayle taps it back to the bowler. Just 3 off Gurney's first. Good start for him.

H Gurney to C Gayle, In the air but just short. Good length ball outside off, the ball sticks in the surface and comes to Gayle. Gayle hits it uppishly towards cover but it falls short of the man diving in front.

H Gurney to C Gayle, Good length ball around off, Gayle gets on top of the bounce and punches it through covers. He does not time it well so he it does not reach the fence but Gayle manages to come back for the second.

H Gurney to C Gayle, Full on off, Gayle takes no risk and calmly taps it back to the bowler.

H Gurney to L Rahul, Good length ball on middle and leg, Rahul pushes it to mid on and takes a single.

Chris Lynn is mic'd up. On the pressure, the Aussie says that Kolkata play their best when subjected to pressure and hopes that they do well tonight as well. (Now he walks over to Gurney and asks him to tuck Gayle up). Then tells the on-air commentators that the reason for the same is that he does not want any width to be offered to Gayle. Says further that he is not too much into stats but reckons that if they get 2 or 3 wickets in the Powerplay, normally the bowling team wins. On the strategy to get Gayle out, Chris says that pace is the way to go.