Gujarat Lions Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Live Cricket Score - Live Score 51st T20 Match - Summary

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Gujarat Lions beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets | Gujarat Lions Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score 51st T20 Match

That's it from us for this game. It was a one-sided game as Gujarat won with ease. Tomorrow there is 52nd game between Delhi and Hyderabad at 2000 IST in Raipur. Do join us for all the coverage of that game. Till then, it's goodbye from us.
MAN OF THE MATCH, DWAYNE SMITH says that he is always willing to bowl and if his skipper asks him to bowl then he takes the responsibility. Continues to say that he didn't batted well but he is glad that his team won. Further says that he is always willing to perform and backs himself. Ends by saying that they have one more game and hopefully they win that one.
SURESH RAINA thanks on congratulating him for being a father. Adds that this was an important game for them. Credits Smith who bowled really well and he can also hit big shots. Also credits other players of his team for playing good cricket. (On Praveen's injury) Confirms that it is not the major one and hopefully he will be fine.
GAUTAM GAMBHIR admits that they didn't bat well as the pitch was good to score 150. Adds that they lost wickets in regular intervals and lost the momentum. Continues to say that if they need to win they have to believe in their self and now they have last game in their home ground and hopefully they do well to win that one.
It was the skipper, Suresh Raina who was calm and played an unbeaten 53-run innings to take his team home. Finch gave a good support to his captain and threaded 59-run stand. Unfortunately, Finch got run out and Jadeja came to bat next. Kolkata bowlers were on the money in the start of the second innings by taking couple of quick wickets but failed to put pressure on their opposition. At one point it seemed like that Kolkata will not give up easily but later they lost the momentum and also lost the match. With this win Gujarat are now 2nd in the points table.
It's a clinical win for Gujarat and the skipper made sure to keep them alive for the playoffs. Gujarat now have their one foot in the playoffs with 16 points. Earlier, Gujarat bowled superbly, especially Smith to restrict the visitors to a low total. When Gujarat came to bat, Ankit Rajpoot who got an opportunity to play tonight struck on his very first ball to dismiss high-flying Smith. McCullum followed him soon and made things difficult for the hosts. Karthik was looking in good touch as he was timing the ball well but fell prey to Morkel.
13.3Morne Morkel to Suresh Raina. 1 run, GUJARAT WIN BY 6 WICKETS AND 39 BALLS TO SPARE! Full length ball on leg, Raina flicks it to mid-wicket for a single to win the match.
13.2Morne Morkel to Ravindra Jadeja. 1 run, Back of a length ball on off, Jadeja guides it to third man for a single. Scores are level now.
13.1Morne Morkel to Ravindra Jadeja. FOUR, FOUR! Boundary to start the over! Full length ball on middle and off, Jadeja pulls it over wide mid on for a boundary.
Morne Morkel is back.
12.6Yusuf Pathan to Suresh Raina. no run, Short ball on Raina defends it again.
12.5Yusuf Pathan to Suresh Raina. no run, Darts it on off, Raina defends it in front.
27th League fifty for Raina.
50 runs for Suresh Raina 12.4Yusuf Pathan to Suresh Raina. FOUR, FOUR! Wonderful shot! Floated delivery on off, Raina chips it over extra cover for a boundary.
12.3Yusuf Pathan to Ravindra Jadeja. 1 run, Tossed up on off, Jadeja cuts it through point for a single.
12.2Yusuf Pathan to Ravindra Jadeja. no run, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.
12.1Yusuf Pathan to Suresh Raina. 1 run, Loopy on off, Raina flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.
Yusuf Pathan is brought into the attack.
11.6Sunil Narine to Ravindra Jadeja. 2 runs, Loopy down the leg side, Jadeja flicks it to fine leg for a brace.
11.5Sunil Narine to Suresh Raina. 1 run, Darts it on middle, Raina works to long on for a single.

Updated at: 2016-05-19 23:31:54

Match details

Toss: Toss won by Gujarat Lions

Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (IND) and CK N

TV umpire: an (IND)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)

PLAYING XI

Gujarat Lions

Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (C), Dinesh Karthik (W), Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shadab Jakati

Kolkata Knight Riders

Robin Uthappa (W), Gautam Gambhir (C), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Jason Holder, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel

Gujarat Lions (GL) take on former champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 51 of the Indian Premier League match. We are almost at the end of the group stages and both teams will want to win this match to ensure that they get as high as possible in the table. This is the first season the Lions are participating in the IPL, whereas KKR will look to become the most successful team in the history of IPL by claiming their third title. GL will be led by Suresh Raina, one of the most successful cricketers in the IPL.

Gautam Gambhir will lead KKR and will hope that he lead his team to their third title.KKR did not make many purchases in the auction as they already seemed to have a settled unit in place. They however managed to secure the services of West Indies skipper Jason Holder, Australia fast bowler John Hastings. But the biggest purchase was perhaps of the hard-hitting Kiwi batsman Colin Munro for a bargain price of just Rs. 30 lakhs.

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