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IPL 2017: Match 30: Highlights: Pune (RPS) Vs Kolkata (KKR)

Here are the highlights from the league game between Rising Pune Supergiant and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017.

Pune, April 26: An aggressive display of batting from Robin Uthappa and skipper Gautam Gambhir helped Kolkata Knight Riders register a convincing 7-wicket win in the league match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 here on Wednesday (April 26).

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Uthappa (87 off 47) and Gambhir (62 off 46) demolished a toothless Rising Pune Supergiant bowling attack and climbed at the top of the points table with this win.

IPL 2017: Match 30: Highlights: Pune (RPS) Vs Kolkata (KKR)

Chasing a target of 183, Kolkata achieved the total quite comfortably in 18.1 overs for the loss of just 3 wickets.

Earlier, Pune captain Steve Smith struck his second fifty of the tournament and Pune scored 182/5 against Kolkata Knight Riders in the league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 here on Wednesday (April 26).

Kolkata have a lethal batting line-up and therefore faced no problem in the run chase. The score of 182 proved too less for the Pune bowlers to defend as they couldn't offer any resistance to the Kolkata batters.

Smith (51 not out from 37 balls) held the innings together as openers Ajinkya Rahane 46 (41b; 4x4, 1x6) and Rahul Tripathi 38 (23b; 7x4) played important knocks. Smith's half century was laced with four boundaries and a six.

Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav (2/31) was the pick of the bowlers for KKR. Earlier, Kolkata skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field against Pune.


Here are the highlights from the match between Pune and Kolkata:

# KKR have a 6-0 record at the MCA stadium in Pune in the IPL now.

# Most wins at a venue without a loss in IPL: 6 KKR (Pune) *; 5 RCB (Pune); 3 KKR (Cuttack); 3 DD (Durban); 3 SRH (Mohali).

# Gautam Gambhir is playing the 100th match as captain for KKR.

# Robin Uthappa smashed 87 from just 47 balls including 6 sixes.

# Uthappa was dropped at 12 by Unadkat and went on hitting another fifty in the IPL

# Gambhir slammed 50 in his 100th IPL match as captain.

# With 305* (8 matches) Gambhir now became the top run scorer in the tournament and claimed the Orange Cap.

# Gambhir is the first batsman in the IPL 10 to go past 300 runs.

# Imran Tahir failed to get any wicket from his quota of 4 overs and conceded 48 runs.

# Pune registered first loss after three matches.

# Steve Smith was leading his side against Kolkata Knight Riders for the first time

# Rahul Tripathi scored 38 off 23 as he opened the batting for RPS.

# 65 runs opening partnership by Rising Pune Supergiant - their best in eight innings at the MCA Stadium in Pune.

# Ajinkya Rahane scored 46 off 41 balls at a strike rate of 112.19.

# Robin Uthappa has become the only 2nd keeper to effect 3 stumpings in the same IPL match. MS Dhoni has done it twice.

# Uthappa stumped Rahane, MS Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary.

# Kuldeep Yadav became just the second bowler to have two batsmen stumped in the same over in the IPL. Amit Mishra has done it in the past against Rajasthan Royals in 2009.

# Steve Smith slammed his 2nd fifty in IPL 2017, he took 35 balls to score his half-century.

# MS Dhoni, 23 off 11, batted at a strike rate of 209.09

# Dan Christian scored 16 off 6, his strike rate was 266.66.

# Kuldeep Yadav finished with figures of 4-0-31-2.

OneIndia News

Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:48 [IST]
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