Gujarat Lions played Kolkata Knight Riders on 19 May 2016 at Kanpur. Both the teams needed a win to seal the spot for the playoffs. Gujarat Lions was just outside the top-four and wanted a win to get back into the action. Kolkata Knight Riders was in number three and needed a win to charge into the top-two.
Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first.
See also: GL vs KKR, IPL 2016 Results, Match Highlights & Updated Points Table
Gujarat Lions Playing XI:
Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(C), Ravindra Jadeja, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik(WK), Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shadab Jakati.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:
Robin Uthappa(WK), Gautam Gambhir(C), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Jason Holder, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel.
Kolkata Knight Riders lost wickets at regular intervals. KKR never looked settled. Yusuf Pathan was the only player to score over thirty runs. It was a below par batting performance from Kolkata Knight Riders.
Gujarat Lions came into to bat needing just 124 runs. GL was off to a wobbly start. Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum departed early. Gujarat Lions captain stepped up and took charge along with Aaron Finch.
In the end, it was an easy victory for Gujarat Lions.
Virat Kohli holds the orange cap with over 800 runs. Gautam Gambhir stays at number six.
Positon | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | High score | Average | Balls faced | Strike rate |
1 | Virat Kohli | 13 | 13 | 3 | 865 | 113 | 86.50 | 558 | 155.01 |
2 | AB de Villiers | 13 | 13 | 2 | 597 | 129* | 54.27 | 346 | 172.54 |
3 | David Warner | 12 | 12 | 2 | 567 | 92 | 56.70 | 364 | 155.76 |
4 | Ajinkya Rahane | 13 | 13 | 3 | 461 | 74 | 46.10 | 364 | 126.64 |
5 | Rohit Sharma | 13 | 13 | 3 | 459 | 85* | 45.90 | 351 | 130.76 |
6 | Gautam Gambhir | 13 | 13 | 2 | 457 | 90* | 41.54 | 368 | 124.18 |
7 | Shikhar Dhawan | 12 | 12 | 4 | 402 | 82* | 50.25 | 352 | 114.20 |
8 | Murali Vijay | 13 | 13 | 1 | 394 | 89 | 32.83 | 323 | 121.98 |
9 | Quinton de Kock | 11 | 11 | 1 | 383 | 108 | 38.30 | 266 | 143.98 |
10 | Robin Uthappa | 13 | 13 | 0 | 358 | 72 | 27.53 | 265 | 135.09 |
Dwayne Smith was excellent with the ball for Gujarat Lions. He took four wickets giving away just eight runs in his spell of four overs. Jakati had a good game too.
Kolkata needed some splendid performances with the ball. It didn’t happen, though. It was an ordinary bowling performance from the Kolkata Knight Riders team. Gujarat Lions dominated right from ball one and didn’t offer KKR bowlers much.
Mitchell McClenaghan holds the purple cap with the most wickets in the tournament so far. Andre Russell stays at number five.
Position | Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy |
1 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 13 | 13 | 49.3 | 398 | 17 | 4/21 | 23.41 | 8.04 |
2 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 12 | 12 | 46.0 | 355 | 16 | 4/29 | 22.18 | 7.71 |
3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 10 | 10 | 37.1 | 292 | 16 | 4/25 | 18.25 | 7.85 |
4 | Shane Watson | 13 | 13 | 44.3 | 368 | 16 | 3/24 | 23.00 | 8.26 |
5 | Andre Russell | 12 | 12 | 36.3 | 291 | 15 | 4/20 | 19.40 | 7.97 |
6 | Mustafizur Rahman | 12 | 12 | 45.0 | 300 | 14 | 3/16 | 21.42 | 6.66 |
7 | Sandeep Sharma | 13 | 13 | 46.0 | 337 | 14 | 2/11 | 24.07 | 7.32 |
8 | Jasprit Bumrah | 13 | 13 | 48.0 | 364 | 14 | 3/13 | 26.00 | 7.58 |
9 | Amit Mishra | 12 | 12 | 39.0 | 290 | 13 | 4/11 | 22.30 | 7.43 |
10 | Dwayne Bravo | 12 | 12 | 45.0 | 414 | 13 | 4/22 | 31.84 | 9.20 |
RCB’s AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament so far. While Naman Ojha has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL 2016.
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