That's all from us for tonight, as KKR become the first team this season to win two games. It's a double-header tomorrow, starting with Mumbai vs Rajasthan before Gujarat play Delhi, so make sure you tune into our live ball-by-ball coverage. Until then, thanks for tuning in this evening. This is Matt Roller signing off on behalf of Chandan Duorah and Karthik Krishnaswamy.

Umesh Yadav beats Russell to the player-of-the-match award. That's his sixth POTM award against the Punjab franchise, the most by a player against a single opponent in IPL history. My language skills are sadly lacking, so my colleague Afzal Jiwani has translated for me... "[Work ethic?] In the nets, I just try to work on my skills. You can get better only if you practise. I didn't expect Mayank to charge down the track on the very first ball. When you're bowling at 140 clicks, your focus is to bowl the perfect line and length."

Shreyas Iyer: "We were stunned - we didn't expect them to come so hard, especially losing a wicket in the first over. But when I saw them timing it so well, I thought I could as well. [Front-loading bowlers?] We got early wickets after the Powerplay so my mindset was if I get wickets as much as possible... my plan was to get the best bowlers when they had hard-hitters coming in. [Spinners?] They make my job very easy on the field. They come up with their own strategies and in team meetings, they already know their plans. They know what they're doing. [Dre?] It was such a relief to see him hit so clearly. Simply outstanding hitting - it was Russell muscle, for serious. [Umesh?] I was just having a chat with him. He said he's getting older but I told him he's getting fitter and stronger. He's been putting in the hard yards at practice, I see him in the gym every time I go. He's hungry and wants the team to win. He's been a great colleague to work with."

Andre Russell: "Feeling awesome, man. This is the reason why we play the game. In that position, I know what I can do. It was good to have someone at the crease like Sam. Once I started sweating, I told him that I'm gonna go. I back my ability. I'm happy to do whatever the team requires. I'm looking to bowl in the death. We have a good amount of bowlers, a few guys that can slip in one or two as well. If I bowl two, at least I can feel like an allrounder. But some games, I may not bowl a ball so I'm happy to take the batting as well and hit some sixes - do whatever I can do to contribute for the team. We were a couple wickets down and behind me was Sunil and then the other bowlers. I told Sam 'listen, let's bat a few overs and see what happens'. But I realised the left-arm orthodox wasn't spinning the ball. Chahar was bowling extremely well and the ball was gripping so we didn't want to take much chance against him but I knew we'd wait on the seamers and it would get easier. [How many out of the middle?] I'm going to say one..."

Mayank Agarwal: "We didn't bat well enough. That's where it started. We showed some real fight with the ball initially but then Dre Russ came in and got going. Credit to him for that. It was a 170-ish wicket. I thought we started off well but couldn't capitalise, a few soft dismissals. But a game like this at the start of the tournament is fine. I thought the bowlers pulled the game back really well, to get 4 wickets for 50-odd runs. But Russell took the game away from us. A lot of positives for us to take away."

Eric: "At 51/4, any other team would've taken it deep… this side embodies their coach like no other. Never a dull moment with KKR"

Abhishek: "Russell orange cap, Umesh purple. I feel the man of the match should be shared between these two"

Afeef: "The way Billings gave Russell most of the strike, I bet he also wanted to watch the Russell show just as much as we did"

Abhi: "There's very few players who evoke this kind of fear that Russell does. No total is too big for this guy!"

10.40pm: Russell acknowledges the fans in the crowd who are chanting his name, and puts an arm around Odean Smith. KKR looked in real trouble after Rahul Chahar bowled the seventh over, a double-wicket maiden, but after a cautious start, Russell flicked the switch. His partnership with Billings was worth 90 in 7.3 overs, and he scored 70 of them by himself.

14.3
6
Livingstone to Russell, SIX, finishes it with a six! What a player. Russell has announced his arrival at IPL 2022 tonight. He's only faced 31 balls but he's hit eight of them over the rope. This one is nowhere near the middle of the bat again as Livingstone drags one down, but has enough on it to clear deep midwicket, running round to his left. KKR win by six wickets with 33 balls to spare.
14.2
6
Livingstone to Russell, SIX, tosses up a full lebgreak, which Russell clubs over long-off. Clears his front leg and slams it back over his head. Nowhere near the middle, still 85 metres!
14.1
1
Livingstone to Billings, 1 run, legbreak to start, quick and into the pitch. Whipped out to midwicket

"You're too strong, man," Rajapaksa mutters to Russell over the stump mic. Livingstone into the attack to bowl his all-sorts.

END OF OVER:
14 | 14 Runs | KKR: 128/4 (10 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 9.14, RRR: 1.66)

  • Andre Russell58 (29b)
  • Sam Billings23 (22b)
  • Arshdeep Singh3-0-32-0
  • Rahul Chahar4-1-13-2
13.6
6
Arshdeep Singh to Russell, SIX, stunning shot. Angles it across him, looking to hide a wide yorker outside off stump. His length isn't far off at all, but Russell manages to chip him effortlessly over cover for six. Outrageous batting!
13.5
0
Arshdeep Singh to Russell, no run, slower ball, angled across him from over the wicket. Russell is through the shot early, and can't lay bat on ball
13.4
2
Arshdeep Singh to Russell, 2 runs, clears the front leg and pulls hard through the leg side. Mistimed to midwicket, and they get back for two
13.4
5nb
Arshdeep Singh to Russell, (no ball) FOUR, full toss, and Arshdeep has to take evasive action as Russell drills it back towards him. 50 for Russell off 26 balls... and he'll have a free hit too, as Arshdeep has overstepped. Rabada couldn't get round from long-off. Pure power from Dre Russ, drilling it back past the bowler
13.3
1
Arshdeep Singh to Billings, 1 run, slightly fuller length, angling into the pads. Billings clips down to Odean at wide long-on
13.2
0
Arshdeep Singh to Billings, no run, wide on the crease, angling in from a good length. Defended back to the bowler

Goes around the wicket now.

13.1
0
Arshdeep Singh to Billings, no run, short ball, Billings pulls out of his shot as he shapes to pull

Arshdeep returns.

END OF OVER:
13 | 5 Runs | KKR: 114/4 (24 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 8.76, RRR: 3.42)

  • Andre Russell46 (25b)
  • Sam Billings22 (19b)
  • Rahul Chahar4-1-13-2
  • Odean Smith2-0-39-1

Brilliant spell from Chahar, but likely to be in vain.

12.6
0
Chahar to Russell, no run, full and wide outside off, tossed up. Russell looks to crash him over cover but only manages a thick outside edge, which drops short of short third
12.5
0
Chahar to Russell, no run, quick legbreak, fizzed through, and beats the bat as Russell looks to drag him through the leg side
12.5
1w
Chahar to Russell, 1 wide, looking to stay out of Russell's arc, and hangs it very wide outside off stump. Too wide
12.4
1
Chahar to Billings, 1 run, quicker one, full and straight, whipped out to midwicket
12.3
1
Chahar to Russell, 1 run, full, outside leg stump, nudged out to deep midwicket
12.2
1
Chahar to Billings, 1 run, full and flighted, punched out to long-off, giving the strike back to Russell
12.1
1
Chahar to Russell, 1 run, wide, flat legbreak, pushed through. Slapped out to deep cover

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KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14AM RahaneVR Iyer
2nd24SS IyerVR Iyer
3rd13SW BillingsSS Iyer
4th0SW BillingsN Rana
5th90AD RussellSW Billings

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.316
RR1495180.298
LSG1495180.251
RCB148616-0.253
DC1477140.204
PBKS1477140.126
KKR1468120.146
SRH146812-0.379
CSK144108-0.203
MI144108-0.506