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Kolkata Knight Riders 218 for 4 (Uthappa 67*, Rana 63, Russell 48) beat Kings XI Punjab 190 for 4 (Miller 59*, Agarwal 58, Mandeep 33*, Russell 2-21) by 28 runs
Kolkata: Kolkata’s 28-run win over Punjab on Wednesday saw the two-time Indian T20 League champions grab their second straight win that have given the side much-needed momentum before they hit the roads.
Dinesh Karthik and Co. travel to Delhi for their next match on March 30 and with four points from the two wins, the table-toppers are high on confidence.
After put into bat, KKR got off to a flier of a start with the second over of the innings going for 25 runs.
Both openers were dismissed soon after making explosive starts but KKR continued the assault with Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana.
The pair put up 110 runs for the fourth wicket with Rana smashing 63 off 34 balls.
Rana was dismissed in the 15th over and Andre Russell came in.
The big West Indies all-rounder was cleaned up by Mohammed Shami before he could do any damage but that delivery turned out to be a no-ball due to three fielders being inside the inner circle.
Russell went on to cream 48 runs in 17 balls and KKR posted a total of 218/4.
Chris Gayle got the Punjab chase off to a good start but just as he started to look threatening, he was dismissed by his fellow West Indian Russell.
Mayank Agarwal and David Miller put up a partnership of 74 for the fifth wicket and kept KXIP’s hopes alive.
But it was all a bit too much and while Agarwal and Miller both scored half-centuries, KKR ended up winning by 28 runs.
