Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders - Indian Premier League - 56th match – Live Score and Update
Kolkata Knight Riders 152 v Pune Warriors 106 - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 46 runs
In the 56th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) KKR beat Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat after winning the toss, had a fantastic start to their innings with openers MS Bisla and G Gambhir crafting 45 runs together.
This partnership met its demise on the wicket of Bisla, who fell after scoring 12 runs off 13 deliveries.
The second-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 was dismissed by Parvez Rasool after scoring only two runs.
Gambhir was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419 as this partnership led the side towards 75 runs, before the latter was dismissed by Marsh after hitting 15 runs off the bat.
Then just when the side had managed to reach 90 runs, they lost the services of Gambhir, who was also dismissed by Marsh after smacking a sensational half century.
With 97 runs on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 was then the next batsman to find his way off the field as he fell with only three runs under his belt.
Just when things seemed heading towards a disgraceful end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338 and MK Tiwary managed to pull off an impressive partnership, taking the score to 135, before the former perished with 31 runs to his name.
MK Tiwary stayed unbeaten on 15 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Bhatia-c82926 on 13 as the side managed to post a competitive score on the board for the loss of six wickets.
From the Warriors, B Kumar was the best bowler with three wickets to his name.
They then had a mediocre start to their run chase, losing their first wicket with 20 runs on the board followed by the demise of three more wickets by the time they had reached 53 runs.
Then with 78 on the board, it was time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 (40) in the middle order none of the batsmen scored in double figures, as the side faltered on 106 runs.
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