KKR beat Kings XI by one wicket
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Kings XI Punjab by one wicket to earn a narrow victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday.
Chasing Kings XI's 183/5, the hosts reached home with only a ball to spare. All-rounder Andre Russel top scored with 51 for the Knights while Anureet Singh and Gurkeerat Singh took two wickets each for the visitors.
The following is the scoreboard:
Kings XI Punjab
Murali Vijay b Narine 28
Manan Vohra c & b Narine 39
Wridhhiman Saha b Narine 33
Glenn Maxwell c Botha b Narine 43
David Miller not out 27
Gurkeerat Singh c & b Russell 4
George Bailey not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 5) 9
Total (five wickets in 20 overs) 183
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Vijay, 5.5 overs), 2-78 (Vohra, 10.5), 3-143 (Maxwell, 16.3), 4-149 (Saha, 16.6), 5-169 (Gurkeerat Singh, 19.3)
Bowling
Umesh Yadav 4-0-36-0
Andre Russell 4-0-50-1
Sunil Narine 4-0-19-4
Johan Botha 1-0-9-0
Brad Hogg 4-0-30-0
Piyush Chawla 3-0-35-0
Kolkata Knight Riders
Robin Uthappa c Patel b Anureet Singh 17
Gautam Gambhir c Vijay b Gurkeerat Singh 24
Manish Pandey c Patel b Maxwell 22
Suryakumar Yadav b Gurkeerat Singh 9
Yusuf Pathan c Saha b Hendricks 29
Andre Russell c Saha b Patel 51
Johan Botha run out (Patel) 2
Piyush Chawla c Saha b Anureet Singh 18
Brad Hogg run out (Anureet Singh) 5
Umesh Yadav not out 0
Sunil Narine not out 1
Extras (lb 2, w 4) 6
Total (nine wickets in 19.5 overs) 184
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Uthappa, 3.3 overs), 2-63 (Pandey, 7.3), 3-69 (Gambhir, 8.5), 4-83 (S Yadav, 10.5), 5-136 (Pathan, 14.6), 6-159 (Russell, 16.5), 7-161 (Botha, 17.2), 8-177 (Hogg, 19.2), 9-183 (Chawla, 19.4)
Bowling
Sandeep Sharma 4-0-35-0
Ben Hendricks 4-0-35-1
Anureet Singh 3.5-0-57-2
Axar Patel 4-0-33-1
Gurkeerat Singh 3-0-17-2
Glenn Maxwell 1-0-5-1