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KKR vs Guj Lions, 38th match at Kolkata, , May 08 2016 - Match Result

RESULT
38th match (N), Eden Gardens, May 08, 2016, Indian Premier League
(18/20 ov, T:159) 164/5

Guj Lions won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
2/19
praveen-kumar
Cricinfo's MVP
84.8 ptsImpact List
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Scores: Chandan Duorah | Comms: Vishal Dikshit
Scorecard summary
Kolkata Knight Riders 158/4(20 overs)
63* (41)
1/14 (2)
Gujarat Lions 164/5(18 overs)
29 (10)
1/30 (4)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
GL84.8--02/193.3384.8
KKR80.1966(49)67.9565.491/381.5714.7
KKR74.4563(41)70.6874.45--0
GL71.8951(29)63.6671.89--0
GL55.5427(18)32.137.061/140.9718.47
end of over 188 runs • 1 wicket
GL: 164/5CRR: 9.11 
Ravindra Jadeja9 (9b 1x6)
Dwayne Bravo0 (0b)
Piyush Chawla 4-0-30-1
Brad Hogg 2-0-19-1

Time for the presentation:

Raina: Beating Calcutta in Calcutta is always crucial, they are a very good team. We got early wickets and that's what helped us. When you have too many options (in bowling) sometimes you get confused. When Yusuf was batting I thought I'd give the ball to Tambe and then Jadeja, he's so experienced. Bravo was the other option. Then DK and PK always bowl well after the 15th over. Bravo is a great death bowler. When you are playing in Calcutta and against good batsmen it's always difficult to bowl to them. When Finch is in the middle order, you have the lincense to go in the middle overs. That's why I recommended that he should bat there, it helps batsmen like me, Jadeja and others.

Man of the Match PK: I'm very happy that we bowled as per plan today. Raina has always said that I need to bowl two in the start and two later, he gives a lot of confidence so maybe I'm bowling well because of that.

That's all from us today, then. Lions made sure that Sunrisers were table-toppers only for a few hours and Lions are on top again, with 14 points. But Sunrisers have two games in hand. Let's see how the coming matches shapes up the positions. Stay tuned for the rest of the matches, this is Vishal Dikshit logging off, ta ta!

11.21pm What a clinical performance from Lions today. They were given a solid start by their bowlers but the momentum slipped away with the Shakib-Yusuf partnership. It was down to the batsmen and almost all of them chipped in. The best of the lot was DK. He placed the ball very well, showed great timing and used the angles of his bat cleverly to pick boundaries

Andre Russell gets the purple cap and a tight hug from DJ Bravo. "That's how it goes sometimes, we put in the effort but it was their day. It was a 180 wicket and next time our approach will be different.

Gambhir: I think the way Shakib and Yusuf batted, they got us to a total we could bowl at. But we didn't start well, we could have batted more cleverly. Credit goes to Praveen and Dhawal, you need to pick wickets early and they did that. We started with fast bowlers but Brendon and Dwayne have a go at everything. We tried to take the pace off but they go after everything. Dinesh batted really well for them.

Abhinav: "i dont know if u guys would Post it right now, but DK looks like dhanush from the movie maryan."

Manoj: "DK is performing well only for those teams which pays him less. "

Niroop: "This is one of the best knocks by Jadeja. Deserves some mangoes today"

Tathagat: "All the hard work done by Finch to up the NRR. Jadeja enters and presses "Ctrl+Z""

17.6
6
Chawla to Jadeja, SIX runs

too full and Jadeja seals it with a slog-sweep for six to the wide long-on boundary!

Yogi : "Jaddu is trying his best to make the game interesting and turn the discussion away from mangoes.. "

17.5
Chawla to Jadeja, no run

outside off now and he helps it to point now

17.4
W
Chawla to Jadeja, OUT

oh my, a run out when the scores are level. Finch is furious! Jadeja leaned into the ball to help it to midwicket and took a couple of steps before stopping and Finch wanted a quick single that didn't even exist. Manish Pandey collects the ball cleanly and runs to the stumps to take the bails off

Aaron Finch run out (Pandey) 29 (10b 3x4 2x6 17m) SR: 290
17.3
Chawla to Jadeja, no run

stays back and defends the straighter ball back

Mohak: "And this wasn't the last over! "

Naveen: "Surely this is the last over?"

17.2
2
Chawla to Jadeja, 2 runs

turning in again, this time Jadeja clips it off his pads to deep square leg and brings the scores level with two quick runs

Tejas Shah: "Deliberate effort by GL to improve their NRR..win + improvement in NRR...mission accomplished!!"

17.1
Chawla to Jadeja, no run

the ball turns into him, cramps him for room and Jadeja can't put it away

end of over 175 runs • 1 wicket
GL: 156/4CRR: 9.17 RRR: 1.00
Ravindra Jadeja1 (3b)
Aaron Finch29 (10b 3x4 2x6)
Brad Hogg 2-0-19-1
Piyush Chawla 3-0-22-1

Morpheuz: "Karthik pushing for national selection and Utthapa proving why he isn't reliable."

16.6
1
Hogg to Jadeja, 1 run

tossed up almost in the block hole, Jads swings and gets an edge to leg for one

16.5
Hogg to Jadeja, no run

turns away a bit from off, Jadeja stays back and defends to leg

16.4
Hogg to Jadeja, no run

presses forward and takes the ball on the pad outside leg

A slip for Jadeja

16.3
W
Hogg to Karthik, OUT

another wrong'un and this time he's stumped! Almost like an action replay as DK came down the track again, drove down but the turn beat him completely and Uthappa whipped the bails off

Dinesh Karthik st †Uthappa b Hogg 51 (29b 8x4 1x6 43m) SR: 175.86
16.2
Hogg to Karthik, no run

edged and dropped! DK dances down to swing, gets an outside edge as the wrong'un goes away but Uthappa can't hold on to it

16.1
4
Hogg to Karthik, FOUR runs

starts with a four! DK goes a long way to off and sweeps that with the turn to leg, and places it so well he beats a sliding Russell at fine leg

Surely this is the last over? Hoggy to try

end of over 1616 runs
GL: 151/3CRR: 9.43 RRR: 2.00
Aaron Finch29 (10b 3x4 2x6)
Dinesh Karthik47 (26b 7x4 1x6)
Piyush Chawla 3-0-22-1
Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-38-1

Last time out of the day

Tejas Shah: "Love-Hate relationship of Raina-Short ball continues..!!"

Rakesh Souriraj: "Good to see DK get some runs under his belt this season. With saha not performing so well, he could push for a spot in the Indian line up."

Aman: "This has been quite a breezy inning from Finch. Looks to be in a hurry, but to his credit every shot is hitting the middle of his bat." What a strike rate so far - 290

Shan Fastian: "Any Water Melons Talk? It's Hot and Game is pretty much one sided affair." Give me a solid reason to deviate from mangoes. Water melons are too liquid

15.6
Chawla to Finch, no run

punched off the back foot but straight to cover

15.5
6
Chawla to Finch, SIX runs

on the other side now - slog-swept for six! Reaches out a long way down the ground with his front foot and sweeps that away against the turn, a long way to the midwicket boundary!

15.4
4
Chawla to Finch, FOUR runs

and another boundary! How many mangoes has Finch had today? He made room early, Chawla gifted him a short ball that turned away too and Finch slammed it away to the cover boundary

15.3
4
Chawla to Finch, FOUR runs

plomps his front foot across and Finch sweeps that fine on the leg side, from well outside off, for four

15.2
1
Chawla to Karthik, 1 run

outside off and he cuts it to deep cover after the turn

Rahul Vaidyan: "huMANGOus six?" It wasn't that HUUUGE but I'll give it to you!

15.1
1
Chawla to Finch, 1 run

presses forward a bit and tucks it to long leg

Here's Chawla

end of over 1515 runs
GL: 135/3CRR: 9.00 RRR: 4.80
Aaron Finch14 (5b 1x4 1x6)
Dinesh Karthik46 (25b 7x4 1x6)
Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-38-1
Andre Russell 3-0-21-1
14.6
1
Shakib to Finch, 1 run

fullish outside off again, driven down to long-off for one

14.5
1
Shakib to Karthik, 1 run

goes on the back foot and cuts that to deep point

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
Shakib Al Hasan
66 runs (49)
4 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
14 runs
0 four1 six
Control
76%
YK Pathan
63 runs (41)
7 fours1 six
Productive shot
pull
12 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
77%
Best performances - bowlers
P Kumar
O
4
M
1
R
19
W
2
ECO
4.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
DR Smith
O
2
M
0
R
14
W
1
ECO
7
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
TossGujarat Lions, elected to field first
Series
Season2016
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days08 May 2016 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsGujarat Lions 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Win Probability
GL 100%
KKRGL
100%50%100%KKR InningsGL Innings

Over 18 • GL 164/5

Aaron Finch run out (Pandey) 29 (10b 3x4 2x6 17m) SR: 290
W
Guj Lions won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
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