Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders – A clinical win for Kolkata - Live Cricket Score and Update
Kings XI Punjab 124/7 (20/20 ov) v Kolkata Knight Riders 127/2 (16.3/20 ov) - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
On Wednesday, April 18, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) secured third spot in the points table after beating Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets in the 22nd game of the Indian Premier League (IPL), at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh.
With this win, KKR have bagged three wins from six games and are looking a stronger side after every match.
KKR, skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, talking after the emphatic win said, “We have a quality side and today we played to our potential. I think we have five quality bowlers in our line up. The way Lee Kallis and Rajat bowled was brilliant. We have played an extra game compared to other teams so we need to keep winning. I think the bowling today was the high point.”
On the other hand, Punjab skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 may have managed to amass a huge total on the board.
“My injury disturbed the momentum of the innings and took my batting out of the equation for a bit. It was a nice wicket but their bowlers bowled some tight line and restricted us well,” said Gilchrist in his post match interview.
After being forced to field when Punjab won the toss, KKR had no other option but to bowl their hearts out in order to restrict the hosts from amassing a massive tally on the board which would have become a problematic situation for them while batting second.
With the outstanding bowling from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 who grabbed two wickets a piece, KKR managed to halt Punjab on a meagre total of 124 runs.
Later, Kolkata got off to a flying start with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 and Gambhir hammering an opening stand of 53 runs, before McCullum faltered after scoring 15 runs.
Gambhir, however, batted a captain’s innings as he scored an unbeaten knock of 66 runs to help his side reach the required target in 16.3 overs for the loss of two wickets. He was also named as the Player of the Match.
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