Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab - Indian Premier League - 35th match – Live Score and Update
Kings XI Punjab 149 v Kolkata Knight Riders 150 - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 by six wickets in the 35th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Kings XI Punjab, after winning the toss chose to bat first as they wanted to post a stiff total on the board to give their opponents a tough time.
The opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mandeep-Singh-c74122 clobbered a stand of 45 runs, before KKR struck for the first time by nabbing the wicket of Mandeep Singh, who found his way off the field after scoring 25 runs off 20 deliveries.
With 67 on the board, the batting side then lost the services of Gilchrist, who succumbed after scoring 27 runs off 27 deliveries.
Middle-order batmen M Vohra and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 then led their side towards 96 runs, before Vohra lost his wicket to Balaji after smacking a knock of 31 runs.
DJ Hussey and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Miller-c1300 were up next, but the two could take the score to only 109, before the latter hit the showers after losing his stumps to Ladda with 10 runs under his belt.
Kallis then struck for the second time when he nabbed the wicket of DJ Hussey, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 21 runs off 20 deliveries. At the time of this wicket, the batting side had managed to post 127 runs.
With Gurkeerat Singh unbeaten on 28, Kings XI Punjab managed to post 149 runs for the loss of six wickets in their 20 overs.
KKR had an unimpressive start to their innings, losing their first wicket with only ten on the board when skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 for eight.
Pathan was reckless as he lost his wicket on the next deliveries on a duck. However, the partnership between MS Bisla and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 was productive as it took the score to 76, before the demise of Kallis for 37.
MS Bisla’s unbeaten knock of 51 runs and EJG Morgan’s impressive knock of 42 was enough to take KKR across the finish line in 18.2 overs for the loss of four wickets.
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