In the 10th edition of the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has decided to bowl first before winning the toss against Rising Pune Superjents. Pune’s team is confident of winning three consecutive wins and is in fourth position in the eight teams’ table. Kolkata is the second place.
Kolkata has made two changes in its team. Instead of Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla and Suryakumar Yadav have been replaced by Darne Bravo in the team.
Pune has made just one change in its team. Faf du Plessis replaced Ben Stokes in the team. Stokes are sick
Teams
Rising Pune SuperJayants: Steven Smith (captain), Rahul Tripathi, Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Manoj Tiwary, Daniel Christian, Washington Sunder, Shardul Thakur, Jaidev Unadkat and Imran Tahir.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Daren Bravo, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Colin D. Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav and Umesh Yadav.
| Rising Pune Supergiant innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
AM Rahane | st †Uthappa b Narine | 46 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 112.19 |
|
RA Tripathi | b Chawla | 38 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 165.21 |
| SPD Smith* | not out | 51 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 137.83 | |
|
MS Dhoni† | st †Uthappa b Kuldeep Yadav | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 209.09 |
|
MK Tiwary | st †Uthappa b Kuldeep Yadav | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
|
DT Christian | c Pandey b Yadav | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 266.66 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 6) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 182 | (9.10 runs per over) | ||||
Did not batF du Plessis, Washington Sundar, SN Thakur, JD Unadkat, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Tripathi, 7.5 ov), 2-112 (Rahane, 13.3 ov), 3-148 (Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 4-150 (Tiwary, 17.5 ov), 5-182 (Christian, 19.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UT Yadav | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | (3w) |
| CR Woakes | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 12.66 | 3 | 2 | 3 | (1w) | |
|
SP Narine | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | 6 | 5 | 0 | (1w) |
| C de Grandhomme | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
|
PP Chawla | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
|
Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 183 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SP Narine | run out (Thakur/†Dhoni) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 145.45 |
|
G Gambhir* | c Thakur b Christian | 62 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 134.78 |
|
RV Uthappa† | c Tripathi b Unadkat | 87 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 185.10 |
| DM Bravo | not out | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| MK Pandey | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 9) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 18.1 overs) | 184 | (10.12 runs per over) | ||||
To batYK Pathan, C de Grandhomme, CR Woakes, PP Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, UT Yadav
Fall of wickets 1-20 (Narine, 2.4 ov), 2-178 (Uthappa, 16.5 ov), 3-179 (Gambhir, 17.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
JD Unadkat | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.66 | 6 | 4 | 0 | (1w) |
| SN Thakur | 3.1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 9.78 | 7 | 4 | 0 | (2w) | |
| Washington Sundar | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.66 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
|
DT Christian | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 7 | 2 | 1 | (2w) |
| Imran Tahir | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| RA Tripathi | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
