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CLT20: Match 18: KKR continue unbeaten streak, beat Dolphins by 36 runs

Hyderabad: Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey smashed attacking half centuries to keep IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders winning run intact with a convincing 36-run victory over Dolphins in an inconsequential Group A match of the

PTI PTI Updated on: September 29, 2014 23:16 IST
clt20 match 18 kkr continue unbeaten streak beat dolphins
clt20 match 18 kkr continue unbeaten streak beat dolphins by 36 runs

Hyderabad: Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey smashed attacking half centuries to keep IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders winning run intact with a convincing 36-run victory over Dolphins in an inconsequential Group A match of the Oppo Champions League Twenty20, here on Monday.

While Utahappa blazed his way to a fiery 85 off 55 balls with the help of 13 boundaries, Pandey matched his senior partner stroke for stroke en route his 47-ball 76-run knock which was studded with five fours and five huge sixes.

The duo stitched an unbeaten 153 runs stand for off just 15 overs for the third wicket to power KKR to 187 for two after electing to bat and Sunil Narine picked up three wickets for 33 runs to restrict Dolphins to 151 for eight in 20 overs.

KKR will now face Hobart Hurricanes in the first semifinal here on Thursday.

With KKR already assured of a semifinal berth after three consecutive wins, the tie was more of a practice game for the Kolkata outfit.

Dolphins, on the other hand, had pride to play for having already crashed out of the tournament after losing all their three earlier matches.

But there was hardly anything to cheer for the South African side as Uthappa and Pandey slaughtered the Dolphins bowlers to all parts of the ground to register KKR's record partnership for the third wicket.

Chasing the imposing total, the Dolphins witnessed a horrendous start as they slumped to 57 for four in 8.6 overs.

Opener Cameron Delport and Cody Chetty was dismissed in the first two overs but skipper Morne van Wyk kept alive Dolhins' fight with a 28-ball 34 during which he struck five fours and one six before he became part-time spinner Yusuf Pathan's (2/25) second victim of the day.

In between Vaughn van Jaarsveld (19) was stumped by Uthappa off Piyush Chawla.

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