The Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab both have won their last two games and are all set to lock horns with each other in the 18th game of the IPL 2018 at the Eden Gardens. Dinesh Karthik led KKR will obviously have a home advantage and have a great winning record against KXIP in Eden Garden. Out of the 9 matches, KKR has won 7 and KXIP could manage to win only 2 of them. Thus it could be a cracker of a contest between both the teams.

However, going by the pitch, we all know that Eden Gardens hasn’t been as friendly to spinners as it once used to be, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mujeeb ur Rahman will have a huge role to play in this contest. As per iplt20.com Robin Uthappa will play a key role as he enjoys the strike-rate this season is 140.65, and more than 73% of his runs have been scored through boundaries. Even Nitish Rana who has come handy with both bat and ball had been the Man of the Match in the last two matches.

KKR vs KXIP  IPL 2018 Time and Schedule:

Eden Garden will host the 18th match of the IPL 2018 on April 21. The fans will be able to watch the live match proceedings from 04:00 PM onwards. The toss of KKR vs KXIP IPL 2018 match 18 will take place at 3.30 PM.

KKR vs KXIP  IPL 2018 Free Live TV Telecast on Star Sports:

Fans looking to KKR vs KXIP  catch on TV can watch the game live on Star Sports Network. The English commentary will be available on Start Sports1/HD while Hindi commentary will be apparently available on Star Sports 1 Hindi/HD.

KKR vs KXIP  IPL 2018, Free Live Streaming Online on Hotstar:

If the fans are not able to watch KKR vs KXIP  live on their TV sets, they need not to worry. The live streaming of KKR vs KXIP  IPL 2018 Match 18 will be available on hotstar.com for free. However, users will have to register to catch the instant action.

KKR vs KXIP  IPL 2018, Live Cricket Score:

If you are not able to watch the live match on your television sets, or the live streaming, you can catch the live action at LatestLY.com. The fans will be able to catch the live ball-by-ball commentary and live score updates of KKR vs KXIP  here.

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