Kolkata XI vs Bangalore XI 3rd Match at Kolkata, 08 Apr, 2018

Toss: KKR, who chose to bowl first
Bangalore XI 176/7 (20)
Kolkata XI 177/6 (18.5)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Sunil Narine
  • R Vinay Kumar 6 * (3)
  • Dinesh Karthik 35 * (29)

Over 6.1 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, no runs, goes on to the back foot and looks to defend on the on side but misses and the ball struck on the pads.

Over 6.2 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Robin Uthappa, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and pulled away through square leg and picks up a single.

Over 6.3 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Nitish Rana, Six!! Rocks back and pulls this nicely into the night sky, high and handsome, over mid-wicket for a biggie

Over 6.4 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Nitish Rana, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slices it over backward point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 6.5 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Nitish Rana, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it away through cover and picks up a single.

Over 6.6 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a pitched up delivery to Robin Uthappa, 1 run, comes on to the front foot and works it along the ground to long on and gets a single.

Over 8.1 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run, gets forward and pulls it towards mid on and picks up a single.

Over 8.2 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Nitish Rana, 1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to long on and picks up another single.

Over 8.3 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 1 leg bye, gets hit on the thigh pad as he goes for a pull. The ball rolled down to third man.

Over 8.4 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Nitish Rana, 1 run, gets forward and dabs it towards point and picks up a quick single.

Over 8.5 Kulwant Khejroliya bangs it short onto the pitch to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 8.6 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot and nudges it towards long leg and manages to come back for the second.

Over 8.6 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot and nudges it towards long leg and manages to come back for the second.

Over 12.1 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Nitish Rana, 1 run, gets forward and clips it through square leg and gets a single.

Over 12.2 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to deep mid wicket.

Over 12.3 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a back of length delivery to Nitish Rana, no runs, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it down the pitch.

Over 12.4 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to Nitish Rana, 1 leg bye, gets forward and works it of the pads down the leg side and picks up a leg bye.

Over 12.5 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a back of length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down to fine leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 12.5 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a back of length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down to fine leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 12.5 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a back of length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and tucks it down to fine leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 12.6 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a back of length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, shuffles across on the back foot and tries to pulls it but misses.

Over 18.1 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to R Vinay Kumar, 1 run, comes on to  the front foot and slaps it through cover and picks up a quick single.

Over 18.2 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run, moves across in the crease and pulled away to long leg.

Over 18.3 Kulwant Khejroliya bangs it short onto the pitch to R Vinay Kumar, wide, goes deep in the crease and sways away from the bouncer, Umpire calls it wide.

Over 18.3 Kulwant Khejroliya good length delivery to R Vinay Kumar, 1 run, gets across the line on the back foot and clipped away wide of square leg

Over 18.4 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and helps it down to fine leg and picks up a single.

Dinesh Kathik: Feels very good. Nice to get to a good start. I felt it was coming too well against the pacers. When AB and Virat were playing it was tough. We just prayed to God that he [Narine] gets going. We all play for the crowd and we love to play for this team and this fantastic crowd.

Sunil Narine is Man of the Match

Over 18.5 Kulwant Khejroliya bowls a pitched up delivery to R Vinay Kumar, Boundary! Gets clears his front leg and lofts it over mid on and gets the winning runs with boundary.

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets

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