IPL 2020: Punjab nears to qualify, moves to top 4

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) won in the 46th match of the 13th season of IPL. On Monday night, he defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 8 wickets in Sharjah. Punjab scored 150 runs losing 2 wickets in 18.5 overs and achieved the target of victory.

This is Punjab's 5th consecutive win. For the second wicket, the pair of Chris Gayle (51 runs, 29 balls, 2 fours, 5 sixes) and Mandeep Singh shared 100 runs to bring Punjab to the top-4 with pride. Mandeep remained unbeaten after scoring 66 runs (8 fours, 2 sixes) in 56 balls.

Kings XI Punjab team won 12 points with their sixth win. She reached the fourth position in the points table. Kolkata's team has now slipped to fifth position. This was the 12th match for both. This was Kolkata's sixth defeat. KKR also has the same number of points (12) in similar matches, but based on net run rate, they are in 5th place. Both are yet to play 2–2 matches.