IPL history: Top 5 totals by Kolkata Knight Riders

#1 IPL 2018, KXIP vs KKR - 245/6

Sunil Narine's innings was the catalyst for a mammoth KKR total

KKR's highest total came against the KXIP in Match 44 of IPL 2018. Ravichandran Ashwin put KKR in to bat at the Holkar Stadium in Indore in the 1st match of a double header on Saturday, 12th May.

Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine went after the KXIP bowlers right from the start but Andrew Tye pulled one back for KXIP by sending Lynn to the pavilion in the 5th over. Narine however had other ideas as he kept tonking the KXIP bowlers.

What had started as an innings of a pinch hitter, turned into a match winning innings for KKR. Narine smashed 75 off 36 balls and cameos from Russell, Gill and Rana and a quickfire 50 from skipper Dinesh Karthik enabled KKR to a big total of 245/6 in 20 overs.

Virtually all the KXIP bowlers took a heavy hit; only Tye saved some blushes for KXIP.

Chris Gayle and KL Rahul raised some hopes for KXIP but it was too much of a task for the Karnataka batsman as he was bowled by Narine after scoring 66 off 29 balls, with Gayle being dismissed for 21. Their middle order flickered but wasn't able to carry them past the finish line as they finished with 214/8 in 20 overs.