IPL 2016: Gujarat Lions beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets

Updated: 20 May 2016 18:37 IST - Published: 19 May 2016 13:34 IST

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So, that finishes the proceedings at Kanpur where the local boy's side defeated the visitors from Kolkata in a comprehensive manner. The IPL caravan now moves to another new venue, Raipur, where the Delhi Dardevils take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Do join us tomorrow for that game. Till then, it's goodbye from Aadya, Kaushal, and Kislaya.

KKR Outplayed… hopefully not ousted from the tournament. Well played GL. Deserving winners. Ami KKR we need to relearn how to rule…
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 19, 2016

Smith: "I always wait until the skipper gives me the ball. Disappointed couldn't get the runs but glad the team won. I don't bowl in the nets really but I back myself whenever I do. I haven't bowled a lot in the IPL, not many captains have trusted me with the ball. Jerome Taylor has been brought in, I hope we can play well against Mumbai."

DWAYNE SMITH has been adjudged as the MAN OF THE MATCH for his fantastic figures of 4/8 from his 4 overs.

Raina: "I think the last two games were very important for us, Smith bowled really well and bowled crucial four overs, and the rest bowled well too. I was glad I won the toss, I hope we play well against Mumbai. Hopefully Praveen will be back for the next match."

Gambhir: "It was a decent wicket, we could have gotten 150, but 120 was not enough. If you keep losing wickets, it gets difficult to get momentum. In the last game, two of us batted till the last over and got 180. We tried not to change the side much, but it didn't work for us. There's one more match for us, we don't want to depend on other results, we'll try to play it to our potential."

Gujarat Lions in this IPL:
Batting first: Won 1, Lost 3
While chasing: Won 7, Lost 2#GLvKKR
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 19, 2016

A really good victory by the Gujarat Lions. They win by 6 wickets in the 14th over. This would give a massive boost to their net run rate, as they jump to the 2nd spot in the points table. Dwayne Smith took 4 wickets in the first innings to set things up for the Lions and Raina, through his unbeaten fifty guided his side home. Problems increasing by the day for the Knight Riders, while the Lions would breathe a sigh of relief.

13.3 Morkel to Raina, 1 run, GUJARAT WIN! On his pads, he tucks it down to square leg to notch up a win on his comeback.

13.2 Morkel to Jadeja, 1 run, angling in, he waits in his crease and guides it to third man.

13.1 Morkel to Jadeja, FOUR! Swats the ball from outside off to the deep midwicket fence. Jadeja just clears his front leg and smashes the ball over long-on for a four. Just one hit away from victory, are the Lions.

6 runs from the over. GL are just 6 runs away from victory.

12.6 Pathan to Raina, no run, tries to make room again, can only drag it back to the bowler.

12.5 Pathan to Raina, no run, arm ball, played back to Pathan.

50 for Raina! A captain's knock just when it was needed.

12.4 Pathan to Raina, FOUR! Makes room and drives it inside out over the cover region for his 50. That was brilliant from Raina. He comes down the track and heaves the ball over covers for a magnificent four. Raina seems to be in a hurry.

12.3 Pathan to Jadeja, 1 run, taps it down the ground and takes a streaky single.

12.2 Pathan to Jadeja, no run, back of length, punched to cover.

12.1 Pathan to Raina, 1 run, flicked to short fine leg.

Yusuf!

11.6 Narine to Jadeja, 2 runs, played to fine leg. They take a brace.

11.5 Narine to Raina, 1 run, towards long on. They can do it singles here, and I think that they are. Raina is playing a captain's knock.

11.4 Narine to Jadeja, 1 run, hits it towards deep midwicket.

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