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Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 04, 2016, at 8:00 pm IST (2:30 pm GMT)
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary, Kumar Dharmasena
Third Umpire: Nandan
Match Referee: Amit Sharma
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Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Playing XI
Gautam Gambhir (c), Robin Uthappa (wk), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan,Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Brad Hogg, Morne Morkel
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Bench
Ankit Rajpoot, Chris Lynn, Colin Munro, Jason Holder, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Manan Sharma, Rajagopal Sathish, Sheldon Jackson, Sunil Narine
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Kings XI Punjab Squad
Playing XI
Murali Vijay (c), Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Swapnil Singh
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Bench
Armaan Jaffer, Farhaan Behardien, KC Cariappa, Kyle Abbott, Mitchell Johnson, Nikhil Naik, Pardeep Sahu, Rishi Dhawan, Shardul Thakur
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Toss
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opted to bowl.
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KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Innings
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| KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Robin Uthappa (wk) | runout (Mohit Sharma) | 70 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 142.86 |
| Gautam Gambhi r(c) | runout (Sandeep Sharma) | 54 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 120 |
| Yusuf Pathan | not out | 19 | 16 | 0 | 1 | |
| Andre Russell | runout (Sandeep Sharma) | |||||
| Manish Pandey | dnb | |||||
| Shakib Al Hasan | dnb | |||||
| Suryakumar Yadav | dnb | |||||
| Piyush Chawla | dnb | |||||
| Umesh Yadav | dnb | |||||
| Brad Hogg | dnb | |||||
| Morne Morkel | dnb |
| Extras | 5 (b – 0, lb – 2, w – 3, nb – 0) | |
| Total | 164 for 3 in 20 overs | 164 (RR @ 8.2 rpo) |
| FALL OF WICKETS | ||
| 1/101 Gautam Gambhir (13.3 ov.) |
2/137 Robin Uthappa (16.5 ov.) |
3/164 Andre Russell (20 ov.) |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 |
| Mohit Sharma | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9.75 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Swapnil Singh | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.67 |
| Gurkeerat Singh Mann | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
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KINGS XI PUNJAB Innings
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| KINGS XI PUNJAB | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Murali Vijay (c) | c Shakib & b M Morkel |
6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Marcus Stoinis | c Chawla & b A Russell |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manan Vohra | c Shakib & b A Russell |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wriddhiman Saha (wk) | b Chawla | 24 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 120 |
| Glenn Maxwell | lbw Chawla | 68 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 161.90 |
| David Miller | c (sub)Sathish & b A Russell |
13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 |
| Gurkeerat Singh Mann | runout (Uthappa) | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Axar Patel | runout (A Russell) | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 300 |
| Swapnil Singh | lbw A Russell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Sandeep Sharma | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | 12 (b – 4, lb – 4, w – 4, nb – 0) | |
| Total | 157 for 9 in 20 overs | 157 (RR @ 7.85 rpo) |
| FALL OF WICKETS | ||
| 1/1 Marcus Stoinis (0.4 ov.) |
2/13 Manan Vohra (2.6 ov.) |
3/13 Murali Vijay (3.1 ov.) |
| 4/53Wriddhiman Saha (8.6 ov.) |
5/120 Glenn Maxwell (15.4 ov.) |
6/130 David Miller (17.3 ov.) |
| 7/154 Axar Patel (19.2 ov.) |
8/155 Gurkeerat Singh Mann (19.3 ov.) |
9/156 Swapnil Singh (19.5 ov.) |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| Andre Russell | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| Morne Morkel | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Umesh Yadav | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 |
| Brad Hogg | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14.00 |
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Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 runs.
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Andre Russell – “Man of the Match” for the third time.
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Vivo IPL 2016 – Points Table
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.359 |
| Gujarat Lions | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.236 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.547 |
| Mumbai Indians | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.009 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.060 |
| Rising Pune Supergiants | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.130 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.031 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.753 |
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RELATED ARTICLES
- Cricket: Vivo IPL 2016 (IPL 9) Tournament Schedule (tvaraj.com)
- Cricket: Scorecards of All Vivo IPL 2016 (IPL 9) Matches (tvaraj.com)
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