Illustrated Story

Another successful chase lifts Knight Riders to top

ESPNcricinfo staff
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
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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
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