Sunil Narine - the king of powerplay

After losing the toss and a wicket on the first ball of the game, KKR was boosted by Sunil Narine, their most effective powerplay bowler this season. He attacked Tushar Deshpande in his second over, hitting a four through square leg, one over mid-off, and a six over deep square. Narine continued to play despite a shoulder injury.

In his innings, Narine surpassed Virat Kohli to become the leading run-scorer in the powerplay this season, with 127 runs at a strike rate of 201.58. He received support from Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and together they scored 56 runs off 36 balls for the second wicket.