After winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Nitish Rana opted to bat. However, after Rahmanullah Gurbaz departed in the 2nd over, Venkatesh Iyer followed him soon after.
Jason Roy, who was playing well, he also departed after scoring 20 runs. Captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh rebuilt the inning well.
Nitish Rana departed in the 12th over after scoring 42 runs. Andre Russell showed some great flare as the batter scored 24 runs in 15 balls. Soon after, Narine also departed cheaply.
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After that KKR lacked a good finishing touch as they failed to utilise the death overs and crumbled under pressure. In the last over, Natarajan just gave 3 runs as KKR could only score 171 runs.