Gambhir Half-Century Helps KKR Victory against KingsXI Punjab
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| IPL 2017: Gambhir half-century against KXIP |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 8 wickets. Gautam Gambhir scored his 33rd IPL fifty. Prior, Umesh Yadav's 4/33 confined Kings XI Punjab to 170/9 in 20 overs.
Gautam Gambhir crushes his 33rd Indian Premier League (IPL) half-century to help Kolkata Knight Riders enlist a persuading eight-wicket charm Kings XI Punjab. KXIP's triumphant keep running in IPL 2017 went to a crushing stop at the Eden Gardens as they were dominated both with the bat and ball. KKR chief Gambhir was unbeaten on 72 as he guided his team home with 21 balls to save. Because of their huge win, Kolkata is presently top of the IPL 10 focuses table with two wins and a misfortune. Prior, Manan Vohra and Hashim Amla gave Kings XI Punjab a ranking begin and Glenn Maxwell came in and hit some vigorous blows. Be that as it may, Punjab lost wickets at normal interims and neglected to capitalize on their great begin to discard their leeway. Kolkata figured out how to stem the run stream as Umesh Yadav grabbed three wickets in an over. Punjab at last completed with 170 for nine in their 20 overs.
Gautam Gambhir scored his 33rd half-century in Indian Premier League (IPL) to guide Kolkata Knight Rides to an 8-wicket prevail upon Kings XI Punjab (KXIP). Sunil Narine helped him well with an 18-ball-37. Prior, Umesh Yadav took four wickets as Kings XI Punjab achieved 170/9 in 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders. Chris Woakes took two while Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, and Colin De Grandhomme got one wicket each. Manan Vohra was the top scorer for KXIP with 29 runs.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Scorecard
Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hashim Amla c Gautam Gambhir b Colin de Grandhomme | 25 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| Manan Vohra b Piyush Chawla | 28 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| Marcus Stoinis b Sunil Narine | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell (C) c Robin Uthappa b Umesh Yadav | 25 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| David Miller c Manish Pandey b Umesh Yadav | 28 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Wriddhiman Saha (W) c Chris Woakes b Umesh Yadav | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Axar Patel c Sunil Narine b Umesh Yadav | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma c Suryakumar Yadav b Chris Woakes | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Varun Aaron c Gautam Gambhir b Chris Woakes | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandeep Sharma not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total: 170-9 in overs 20.0 (8.5 runs per over)
Extras: 16 (b - 0, w - 13, nb - 2, Penalty - 0)
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Manan Vohra, 5.1 ov), 2-66 (Marcus Stoinis, 7.4 ov), 3-97 (Hashim Amla, 11.4 ov), 4-98 (Glenn Maxwell, 12.1 ov), 5-155 (David Miller, 17.3 ov), 6-155 (Wriddhiman Saha, 17.4 ov), 7-156 (Axar Patel, 18 ov), 8-169 (Mohit Sharma, 19.5 ov), 9-170 (Varun Aaron, 20 ov),
bowling | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Umesh Yadav | 4 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| Chris Woakes | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Colin de Grandhomme | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Scorecard
Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine c Axar Patel b Varun Aaron | 37 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
| Gautam Gambhir (C) not out | 72 | 49 | 11 | 0 |
| Robin Uthappa (W) b Axar Patel | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Manish Pandey not out | 25 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
Total: 171-2 in overs 16.3 (10.49 runs per over)
Extras: 11 (b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, Penalty - 0)
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Sunil Narine, 5.4 ov), 2-116 (Robin Uthappa, 10 ov),
bowling | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandeep Sharma | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Varun Aaron | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Mohit Sharma | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 1.3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |