Kolkata Beat Bangalore by Five Wickets

Ranchi: Sunil Narine's 4-wicket haul followed by Jacques Kallis' gritty 45-ball 41 helped Kolkata beat Bangalore by 5 wickets in their IPL 6 match in Ranchi.

Kallis looked to defy the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers throughout by leading the 116-run chase before being dismissed.

Kallis in his cautious innings of 41 runs played sensible shots throughout and looked to stabalise the Knight Riders run chase after Yusuf Pathan was dismissed by Murali Kartik.

Yusuf (18) was caught plumb by Kartik after Royal Challengers Bangalore pacers struck early to dismiss Kolkata Knight Riders opener Manvinder Bisla and Gautam Gambhir.

Yusuf put up a 30-run partnership with Kallis for the third wicket as the Knight Riders looked to inch closer to victory despite losing wickets on the onset of their innings.

Earlier, Kolkata skipper Gambhir (14) was caught at slip by Chris Gayle off the bowling of Vinay Kumar, who proved instrumental in breaking the 31-run stand between Gambhir and Kallis.

Earlier, an impressive bowling display by Sunil Narine (4-22) helped Kolkata Knight Riders restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore to 115/9.

After opting to bowl first, Kolkata Knight Riders seemed to dominate the proceedings throughout the match as they dismissed the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen with worrying ease.

The Knight Riders drew first blood when Suchitra Senanayake struck to dismiss Bangalore opener Chetestwar Pujara early.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and elected to field.

Senanayake and Debabrata Das came in the side in place of Eoin Morgan and Iqbal Abdullah.

Bangalore made only change, Mithun gets his first game in currect session and Syed Mohammad misses out.

Teams

Kolkata Knight Riders: Manvinder Bisla (wk), Gautam Gambhir (captain), Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Rajat Bhatia, Sachithra Senanayake, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji

Bangalore Royal Challengers: Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers (wk), Saurabh Tiwary, Moises Henriques, Vinay Kumar, Ravi Rampaul, Murali Kartik, Abhimanyu Mithun, Jaidev Unadkat

Brief scores
Royal Challengers Bangalore 115/9 (Gayle 33, Narine 4-22)
Kolkata Knight Riders 116/5 (Kallis 41)
Result Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
Points Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0