Yusuf, Shakib fifties go in vain as Lions see off KKR

ESPNcricinfo staff08-May-2016

Gautam Gambhir was bowled for 5 in the third over after he failed to flick a Praveen Kumar inswinger AFP

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Two balls later, Praveen had Manish Pandey caught behind for a duck AFP

By the time Suryakumar Yadav fell to a brilliant catch by Suresh Raina at slip, the hosts were 24 for 4 BCCI

Yusuf Pathan attacked Lions' bowlers and rebuilt Knight Riders' innings BCCI

Shakib Al Hasan played a more sedate knock but supported Yusuf nicely BCCI

Both batsmen struck fifties and their unbroken 134-run stand helped Knight Riders set Lions a target of 159 AFP

Brendon McCullum gave Lions a steady start in the chase with a 24-ball 29 BCCI

Dwayne Smith made an attacking 27 before he was cleaned up by Shakib BCCI

After the solid opening partnership was broken, captain Raina could add only 14 AFP

But Dinesh Karthik kept Lions' asking rate in check for a large chunk of the innings AFP

Aaron Finch came in and smacked three fours and two powerful sixes to help narrow the equation down to 8 needed off the last four overs AFP

Karthik fell for 51 but by then Lions had the game in hand. They sealed victory with two overs remaining to climb to the top of the points table AFP