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- Updated: May 14, 2016
Kolkata Knight Riders 66 for 2 (Yusuf 37*, R Ashwin 2-30) beat Rising Pune Supergiants 103 for 6 (Bailey 33, Chawla 2-21) by eight wickets (D/L method) Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
A sharp bowling performance from Kolkata Knight Riders followed by Yusuf Pathan’s blazing cameo ensured Rising Pune Supergiants, in their debut season, were the first team to be knocked out of the IPL. The eight-wicket victory, in a rain-hit game, meant Knight Riders moved to second place on the points table.
Andre Russell and Morne Morkel thrived in the Powerplay, while the amount of turn Piyush Chawla and Sunil Narine, returning from a finger injury, got left the Supergiants batsmen dizzy in the middle overs. Heavy rain interrupted the game with MS Dhoni batting on 8 off 22 balls and his team at 103 for 6 in 17.4 overs.
More than two hours of play were lost, putting an end to the first innings and handing Knight Riders a target of 66 in nine overs. R Ashwin struck twice in the first over to give Supergiants a sliver of hope, but Pathan muscled an unbeaten 37 off 18 balls to close the match out without any further hiccups.
Yusuf set off on a celebratory sprint and purple balloons were sent into the sky, minutes after midnight.
The bowlers had a bigger say in the victory. Russell and Morkel extracted extra bounce and subdued Supergiants after MS Dhoni chose to bat. Russell struck in his second over, having Rahane dragging a slog onto the stumps for 2 off 6 balls. This was the West Indies allrounder’s eighth wicket …
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