Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Highlights IPL 5

Gautam Gambhir topscored with an unbeaten 66 to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a effective eight-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab at the PCA Stadium on Wednesday night.

It was a low-scoring game and also a one-sided experience.

Highlights of this Match

# Kolkata Knight Riders eased to eight-wicket victory, chasing 125. They finished with 127/2 in 16.3 overs

# This was third win for Kolkata in six games. They moved to fourth in points table

# Punjab are with four points from five games are seventh in the points table

# Opener Gambhir was the highest scorer in the match with 66 off 44 balls with seven boundaries and one six

# Jacques Kallis closed the match with a straight six. He was 30 not out off 23 balls with three fours and one six

# In the entire match, there were only four sixes

# Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist scored one six in the team’s innings while Manvinder Bisla, Gambhir and Kallis one hit each over the ropes

# Punjab legspinner Piyush Chawal claimed both Kolkata wickets

# Kolkata restricted Punjab to 124/7 in 20 overs

# Gilchrist topscored for them with 40 not out

# Gilchrist had to retire on 28 due to a hamstring injury and later returned to bat after the fall of the fifth wicket

# Punjab took 99 balls to score 100 runs. They were 100/4 in 16.3 overs

# Kolkata scored their 100 in 86 balls (14.2 overs)

# Brett Lee and Sunil Narine took two wicket apiece for Kolkata

# Shaun Marsh was controversially out caught behind by Manvinder Bisla off Lee

# Bilsa appeared to have claimed a catch when the ball bounced in front of him. Marsh asked Bisla and the latter said he had taken a clean catch but later replays proved Bisla wrong

# Piyush was the most economical bowler of the match with figures of 2/19 in 4 overs (economy rate 4.75)


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Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Event:   Indian Premier League 2012		Venue:   Punjab Cricket Association Ground, Mohali, India
Match Type:  IPL
Toss:   Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires:   JD Cloete (South Africa) , RJ Tucker (Australia)
Third umpire:   S Ravi (India)		Referee:   RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Match result:   Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets		Man of the Match:   G Gambhir

Kings XI Punjab - Innings
Batsman's Name	How Out	Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/R
AC Gilchrist (C) (Wk)	not out	40	30	-	3	1	133.3
PC Valthaty	c M Bisla b B Lee	8	8	-	1	-	100
SE Marsh	c M Bisla b B Lee	33	30	-	4	-	110
Mandeep Singh	c R Bhatia b L Balaji	6	10	-	-	-	60
DJ Hussey	run out (BB McCullum, M Bisla)	10	14	-	-	-	71.4
P Dogra	c JH Kallis b SP Narine	6	8	-	-	-	75
AD Mascarenhas	c MK Tiwary b R Bhatia	9	10	-	1	-	90
PP Chawla	b SP Narine	9	10	-	-	-	90
P Kumar
HS Bansal
BA Bhatt
Extras	1lb     2w	3
Total	7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs	124
Fall of wickets	1-24 (PC Valthaty, 2.6 ov), 2-62 (Mandeep Singh, 9.3 ov), 3-86 (SE Marsh, 13.6 ov), 4-87 (DJ Hussey, 14.2 ov), 5-101 (AD Mascarenhas, 16.5 ov), 6-103 (P Dogra, 17.1 ov), 7-124 (PP Chawla, 19.6 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders
Bowler's Name	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No-Balls
B Lee	4	0	26	2	1	-
JH Kallis	3	0	23	0	-	-
SP Narine	4	0	24	2	-	-
L Balaji	4	0	20	1	-	-
YK Pathan	1	0	7	0	-	-
R Bhatia	4	0	23	1	1	-

Kolkata Knight Riders - Innings
Batsman's Name	How Out	Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/R
BB McCullum	c AD Mascarenhas b PP Chawla	15	18	-	3	-	83.3
G Gambhir (C)	not out	66	44	-	7	1	150
M Bisla (Wk)	b PP Chawla	11	14	-	-	1	78.6
JH Kallis	not out	30	23	-	2	1	130.4
MK Tiwary
YK Pathan
DB Das
B Lee
R Bhatia
L Balaji
SP Narine
Extras	4lb     1w	5
Total	2 wickets, 16.3 overs	127
Fall of wickets	1-53 (BB McCullum, 5.5 ov), 2-74 (M Bisla, 9.5 ov)

Kings XI Punjab
Bowler's Name	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No-Balls
P Kumar	3	1	23	0	-	-
AD Mascarenhas	4	0	23	0	-	-
HS Bansal	2	0	26	0	1	-
PP Chawla	4	0	19	2	-	-
BA Bhatt	3.3	0	32	0	-	-