Kolkata Knight Riders rode skipper Gautam Gambhir and surprise opener Sunil Narine's heroics to register a facile eight-wicket win with 21 balls to spare over Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.
Chasing 171 for victory after asking Kings XI to bat first, Gambhir (72, 49b; 11x4) notched up his 33rd IPL fifty to guide his team through for their second win in three matches.
Following is the scoreboard at the end of the match:
Kings XI Punjab
Hashim Amla c Gambhir b de Grandhomme 25
Manan Vohra b Piyush Chawla 28
Marcus Stoinis b Sunil Narine 9
Glenn Maxwell c Robin Uthappa b Umesh Yadav 25
David Miller c Manish Pandey b Umesh Yadav 28
Wriddhiman Saha c Chris Woakes b Umesh Yadav 25
Axar Patel c Sunil Narine b Umesh Yadav 0
Mohit Sharma c Surya Kumar Yadav b Chris Woakes 10
Varun Aaron c Gautam Gambhir b Chris Woakes 4
Sandeep Sharma not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 13, nb 2) 16
Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 170 (8.50 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Vohra, 5.1 ov), 2-66 (Stoinis, 7.4 ov), 3-97 (Amla, 11.4 ov), 4-98 (Maxwell, 12.1 ov), 5-155 (Miller, 17.3 ov), 6-155 (Saha, 17.4 ov), 7-156 (Patel, 17.6 ov), 8-169 (MM Sharma, 19.5 ov), 9-170 (Aaron, 19.6 ov)
Bowling
Trent Boult 4-0-36-0
Umesh Yadav 4-0-33-4
Chris Woakes 3-0-30-2
Sunil Narine 4-0-19-1
Piyush Chawla 3-0-36-1
C de Grandhomme 2-0-15-1
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine c Axar Patel b varun Aaron 37
Gautam Gambhir not out 72
Robin Uthappa b Patel 26
Manish Pandey not out 25
Extras (lb 6, w 5) 11
Total (2 wickets; 16.3 overs) 171
Fall of wickets 1-76 (Narine, 5.4 ov), 2-116 (Uthappa, 9.6 ov)
Bowling
Sandeep Sharma 3-0-28-0
I Sharma 2-0-16-0
Glenn Maxwell 1-0-18-0
Varun Aaron 2-0-23-1
Mohit Sharma 3-0-30-0
Axar Patel 4-0-36-1
Marcus Stoinis 1.3-0-14-0
