Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ajinkya Rahane	st †Uthappa b Narine	46	41	57	4	1	112.19

Rahul Tripathi	b Chawla	38	23	32	7	0	165.21

Steven Smith (c)	not out	51	37	56	4	1	137.83
MS Dhoni †	st †Uthappa b Kuldeep Yadav	23	11	16	1	2	209.09

Manoj Tiwary	st †Uthappa b Kuldeep Yadav	1	2	1	0	0	50.00

Dan Christian	c Pandey b Yadav	16	6	12	0	2	266.66

Extras	(lb 1, w 6)	7
Total	20 Ov (RR: 9.10, 89 Mins)	182/5
Did not bat: Faf du Plessis, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Rahul Tripathi, 7.5 ov), 2-112 (Ajinkya Rahane, 13.3 ov), 3-148 (MS Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 4-150 (Manoj Tiwary, 17.5 ov), 5-182 (Dan Christian, 19.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umesh Yadav	3	0	28	1	9.33	8	3	1	3	0
19.6 to DT Christian, full toss on middle stump, Christian looks for the big hit, but he picks out deep midwicket. All said and done though, this is a pretty good total. 182/5
Chris Woakes	3	0	38	0	12.66	3	2	3	1	0
Sunil Narine	4	0	34	1	8.50	6	5	0	1	0
13.3 to AM Rahane, another appeal for a stumping, but Rahane seems to have his back foot planted down behind the crease. Oh wait, replays indicate otherwise. Good bowling from Narine, going wider outside off when he sees the batsman making room outside leg. Rahane cuts at it desperately, and is fast losing balance now. He tries dragging his foot back and then he has no choice but to lift it up and plonk it down and it is at that very moment that Uthappa breaks the stumps. Lucky break. 112/2
Colin de Grandhomme	2	0	14	0	7.00	2	1	0	0	0
Piyush Chawla	4	0	36	1	9.00	6	3	1	0	0
7.5 to RA Tripathi, through him and Chawla gives him a kiss too. This is the googly, quicker, flatter. Tempts Tripathi into a cut, which suggests he was looking for the ball to spin away. And when it doesn't, he just inside edges it onto his stumps. 65/1
Kuldeep Yadav	4	0	31	2	7.75	8	2	1	0	0
17.2 to MS Dhoni, topples him with the googly! Kuldeep rises above the pressure! This is the 18th over, and MS Dhoni is on strike. He mauls spinners. And he comes down the track looking to do the same to young Kuldeep. But the left-arm wristspinner sneaks in the googly, makes sure it is flat and pitches it on a length that Dhoni can't get under. Best of all, Kuldeep sees Dhoni unable to pick the variation and though he tries to adjust, the ball spins past his defences and Uthappa does the rest. 148/3 17.5 to MK Tiwary, it's the wrong 'un again and another batsman fails to pick it. Uthappa goes up for a stumping and he's pretty confident. And the replays show why. Tiwary, who has been a prolific hitter for Pune, down the order has been sent packing. Pays the price for lunging at a flighted ball, thinking it would turn into him, playing across the line, and allowing it to sneak through bat and pad. 150/4 0:24 See all videos

Kolkata Knight Riders (T: 183 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Narine	run out (Thakur/†Dhoni)	16	11	11	3	0	145.45

Gautam Gambhir (c)	c Thakur b Christian	62	46	83	6	1	134.78

Robin Uthappa †	c Tripathi b Unadkat	87	47	66	7	6	185.10

Darren Bravo	not out	6	5	8	1	0	120.00
Manish Pandey	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 4, w 9)	13
Total	18.1 Ov (RR: 10.12, 87 Mins)	184/3
Did not bat: Yusuf Pathan, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Sunil Narine, 2.4 ov), 2-178 (Robin Uthappa, 16.5 ov), 3-179 (Gautam Gambhir, 17.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jaydev Unadkat	3	0	26	1	8.66	6	4	0	1	0
16.5 to RV Uthappa, gone. Uthappa tries to finish it off with one final big flourish. It is short of a length, slower ball from Unadkat, who had rolled his fingers over it. Uthappa backs away and tries to slap it away with a flat bat, gets it off the top part of the bat to long-off, skews it in the air and sends it into the hands of Tripathi who runs back a few steps and snaffles it. 178/2
Shardul Thakur	3.1	0	31	0	9.78	7	4	0	2	0
Washington Sundar	3	0	32	0	10.66	7	3	2	0	0
Dan Christian	4	0	31	1	7.75	7	2	1	2	0
17.4 to G Gambhir, is that another one? Yes, it is. Gambhir this time, trying to pull one away but there was really no room for it. And it bounces too much for him too, skewed off the top edge straight into the hands on mid-on. 179/3
Imran Tahir	4	0	48	0	12.00	4	2	4	0	0
Rahul Tripathi	1	0	12	0	12.00	0	2	0	0	0

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Match Flow

Rising Pune Supergiant innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 0 wicket)
Rising Pune Supergiant: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (AM Rahane 19, RA Tripathi 31, Ex 3)
Rising Pune Supergiant: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 3
Rising Pune Supergiant: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 3
SPD Smith: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: Rising Pune Supergiant - 182/5 in 20.0 overs (SPD Smith 51)

Kolkata Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (G Gambhir 17, RV Uthappa 33, Ex 2)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 5
RV Uthappa: 50 off 26 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 54 balls (G Gambhir 36, RV Uthappa 62, Ex 3)
G Gambhir: 50 off 35 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 11
2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 79 balls (G Gambhir 56, RV Uthappa 86, Ex 11)

Match Details

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Toss	Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2017
Player Of The Match	Robin Uthappa
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 days	26 April 2017 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Anil Dandekar Nigel Llong
TV Umpire	Chris Gaffaney
Reserve Umpire	Nitin Pandit
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft
Points	Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rising Pune Supergiant 0