Highlights, IPL 2018, KKR vs KXIP, Full Cricket Score and Updates, Match 18 at Eden Gardens: KXIP win by 9 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) latest updates: Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the VIVO IPL 2018. We head to the Match No. 18 of the tournament where KKR take on KXIP at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. We will be bringing you live updates, scores and interesting tweets from the cyberspace. Both teams are entering the contest with a win. Dinesh Karthik will hope to continue their winning streak at home as well. He would also hope to regain the top spot that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have taken over after their easy win against Rajasthan Royals. With Chris Gayle’s entry, KXIP look menacing than before. Both teams would look forward to the Jamaican show at Eden Gardens. Thundershowers are forecast almost every afternoon and on Saturday 40 per cent of rain is expected. As for head-to-head record KKR are way ahead with 14:7. At Eden Gardens as well KKR enjoy the upper hand with 7:2. KKR have beaten KXIP five times in this venue since 2013. In terms of players records with both teams, Sunil Narine has had a good run against KXIP. From 13 matches, Narine has scalped 21 wickets, the most by any bowler against KXIP. Gayle, on the other hand, has scored 532 runs from 13 matches against KKR. He already has a century and three fifties against KKR. However, Gayle has succumbed to Narine twice. It is also a crucial match for KKR deputy Robin Uthappa who needs 66 runs to become second player after Gautam Gambhir to complete 2,000 runs for KKR. Squads:  Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Johnson, Ishank Jaggi, Prasidh Krishna, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles Kings XI Punjab: Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Lokesh Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Axar Patel, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Ankit Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar