IPL 2017: Kolkata Crush Gujarat Lions by 10 Wickets
Prior, in the wake of winning the hurl, Kolkata establishment asked that Gujarat Lions bat first. Openers Jason Roy and Brendon McCullum neglected to give a strong begin to their team as Roy was fixed by Piyush Chawla for 14 while McCullum was caught before the wickets by Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav. Later Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik contributed with a remain of 87 keeps running for the fourth wicket. Raina crushed another IPL half century and remained on the wrinkle till the last ball to score a 51-ball 68.
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The strike rate didn't generally compliment the stroke-production that Raina has. Karthik on the opposite side looked truly strong with his arrangements as he went up against the KKR bowlers easily scoring 47 keeps running in 25 balls. Later in the last over Trent Boult expelled the wicket-manager batsman when Surya Kumar Yadav clutched a decent catch in the profound.
For Kolkata Knight Riders, it was Kuldeep Yadav who sacked two Gujarat wickets while Boult and Chawla scalped a batsman each.
Gujarat will next play guarding champions Sunrisers Hyderabad while Kolkata will be up against Mumbai Indians. Both the matches are planned to take play on Sunday in Hyderabad and Mumbai individually. SRH have effectively enrolled a win in their first match while Mumbai Indians still need to open their record in this season.