After captain Shubman Gill’s excellent 55-ball 90, along with B Sai Sudharsan’s 52 and Jos Buttler’s 41 helped GT a competitive 198/3 on a slow pitch, Krishna and Rashid were the standout players in a relentless bowling performance as KKR never looked to complete the chase and ended up at 159/8 in their 20 overs.
KKR’s change at the top-order didn’t work as Mohammed Siraj trapped Rahmanullah Gurbaz lbw in the opening over, with the batter burning a review as well. Ajinkya Rahane continued his good run by flicking, ramping, flat-batting and driving to fetch four quick boundaries.
Though Sunil Narine tried to break free by whacking a four and six off Siraj, he pulled straight to deep backward square leg off Rashid, as KKR ended power-play at 45/2. With the ball gripping and holding along with variable bounce in play, it meant GT spinners’ were very disciplined in keeping KKR at a tight leash, as they didn’t concede a boundary from overs 5-10.
Rahane finally got a move on when he lofted and pulled Washington Sundar for four and six. Despite Venkatesh Iyer holing out to deep mid-wicket off R Sai Kishore, Rahane went on to bring up his fifty off 36 balls. Shortly after, he reached out to a quicker wide ball off Washington Sundar, but missed it and was duly stumped by Jos Buttler.
Though Andre Russell swung hard to get his boundaries, he along with Ramandeep Singh and Moeen Ali fell without doing much – two of which were bagged by Krishna - as the match eventually went in a rampaging GT’s favour.
Rahane finally got a move on when he lofted and pulled Washington Sundar for four and six. Despite Venkatesh Iyer holing out to deep mid-wicket off R Sai Kishore, Rahane went on to bring up his fifty off 36 balls. Shortly after, he reached out to a quicker wide ball off Washington Sundar, but missed it and was duly stumped by Jos Buttler.
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Article Source: IANS
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