Soon after Rising Pune Supergiants opted to bat, Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed after a slog across the line of an Andre Russell delivery resulted in an inside edge onto his stumps BCCI
Soon afterwards, Usman Khawaja holed out to Suryakumar Yadav at deep square leg off Shakib Al Hasan BCCI
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George Bailey tried to resurrect the innings with a 27-ball 33... BCCI
...but he became one of two wickets to fall to Piyush Chawla, who finished with excellent figures of 2 for 21 from his four overs BCCI
As Kolkata Knight Riders tightened the noose, a number of close-in fielders kept the batsmen company as MS Dhoni struggled to accelerate the innings BCCI
Dhoni was on 8 off 22 balls and Supergiants were struggling at 103 for 6 in 17.4 overs, when a prolonged shower brought a long halt to the innings BCCI
After a break of over two hours, Kolkata Knight Riders were set a revised target of 66 in nine overs and lost Robin Uthappa immediately - R Ashwin had him stumped for 4 BCCI
Gautam Gambhir fell two deliveries later for a golden duck; while he was not pleased, Ashwin was naturally ecstatic BCCI
Yusuf Pathan survived a close shout for lbw next ball, but managed to put that behind him and blast 37 unbeaten runs off 18 balls to take Knight Riders home in just five overs BCCI
