12 May, 19:47 (IST)

So its a wrap from match number 44 and this was Dhairya Ingle bringing you the live updates from KXIP vs KKR.  STick around as Aamir Salati bring you the live updates of DD vs RCB. 

12 May, 19:43 (IST)

So the high scoring game ends with Kings XI Punjab scoring 214 runs and losing by 31 runs. Happy faces in the KKR camp.

12 May, 19:35 (IST)

Andre Russell is here for bowling his fourth over. Ashwin starts the over with a SIX. Ashwin hits another SIX and then a FOUR. KXIP needs 38 runs required from 6 balls. 

12 May, 19:30 (IST)

Prasidh Krishna into the attack to bowl his third over. Andrew Tye hits a FOUR to the deep mid-wicket. KKR needs 56 runs required from 12 balls from RR: 10.55 and the asking rate goes up to 28.00

12 May, 19:24 (IST)

Sunil Narine in to bowl his last over. Dishes out a slower one, Ashwin time it well to the third man FOUR. Ends the over with another FOUR down the ground. 

12 May, 19:20 (IST)

Searles is here and gets the wicket of Aaron Finch who gets OUT on 34. Kuldeep Yadav takes an amazing catch at short fine.  Tye the new man in and hits a huge SIX down the ground. Ashwin ends the over with a SIX. 

12 May, 19:13 (IST)

Piyush Chawla in. Ravichandran Ashwin joins the party and hits a FOUR. Asking run rate shoots up to 19.20 per over. 6 runs off the over for KXIP. 

12 May, 19:09 (IST)

Kuldeep Yadav in for his second over. Aaron Finch bowl hits back to back SIXES. Ashwin is the new man in for KXIP. The hosts need 105 runs off 36 balls. 

12 May, 19:06 (IST)

Piyush Chawla is here to bowl his first over. As the game of KXIP slows down, the team needs 120 runs required from 42 balls.

12 May, 19:03 (IST)

More spin to come as Kuldeep Yadav bowls his first over. Axar Patel tries to hit big and Searles makes no mistake at the boundary and gets the bowl. Axar OUT on 19 after hitting a  FOUR and a SIX. 

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The Kings XI Punjab is playing a host to Kolkata Knight Riders at the Holkar Stadium in Mohali in match number 44 of the IPL 2018. Now, both teams have lost their last matches. KKR suffered a massive loss of 102 runs against the Mumbai Indians whereas Kings XI Punjab lost to Rajasthan Royals by 15 runs. Match number 44 is important for both KXIP and KKR as winning this one would bring them closer to the plays offs.

Talking about their past record, out of the last 22 matches played between both teams, KXIP won – 8, Kolkata Knight Riders won – 14. Ignoring the records, the teams will look to put their hearts and souls into the game.  Chris Gayle and KL Rahul will have a lot of work to do at the top order as KXIP heavily relies on these two. Rahul and Chris Gayle have jointly scored a total of 782 runs. Whereas consistency will be the key for KKR.

Teams: 

Probable XI KKR: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c / wk), Andre Russell, Mitchell Johnson, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

Probable XI KXIP: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh / Akshdeep Nath, Manoj Tiwary, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Rehman.