Another successful chase lifts Knight Riders to top
ESPNcricinfo staff
24-Apr-2016

Faf du Plessis departed early, but Ajinkya Rahane and Steven Smith resurrected Rising Pune Supergiants with a stand of 56 • BCCI
That partnership was broken when Rahane played the ball back to R Sathish, who found Smith backing up too far and ran him out•BCCI
Albie Morkel and Thisara Perera provided Supergiants with some impetus, hitting three sixes between them in their cameos•BCCI
Rahane anchored the innings with another fifty. His 52-ball 67 featured four fours and three sixes•BCCI
MS Dhoni finished the innings with a flourish, his brisk 23 off 12 lifting Supergiants to 160 for 5•BCCI
Albie Morkel got Supergiants' defence off to the perfect start, trapping Uthappa lbw in the first ball of the innings•BCCI
Gautam Gambhir was run out soon after, attempting a second run. Knight Riders' largely untested middle order was exposed•BCCI
But Suryakumar Yadav, promoted to No. 3, produced a counter-attacking half-century to get Knight Riders' chase back on track•BCCI
Supergiants chipped away at the wickets and soon reduced Knight Riders to 119 for 5, with 42 required off 25 balls•BCCI
However, Andre Russell struck two sixes in his quick 17 to bring the contest back in Knight Riders' favour•BCCI
With five needed off four, Umesh Yadav struck a meaty blow over long-on to seal the win, and push Knight Riders to the top of the table•BCCI