IPL 2017: KKR vs GL, 5 things that went wrong for Kolkata Knight Riders

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Suresh Raina’s 84 off 46 balls helped Gujarat Lions to their second victory of IPL 2017

#2 Dropped catches of Raina

Raina was dropped twice by KKR fielders

Captain Suresh Raina played a match winning knock but he did give KKR a couple of chances to dismiss him. The first big chance came in the 4th over when Narine fired one which spun away from the GL captain, taking an edge. The ball kissed the glove of Uthappa and bounced off. It might not have

been a difficult catch for a specialist keeper but the part-time keeper, Robin Uthappa could not react fast enough.

The second chance came when Yusuf Pathan dropped him in the ninth over. Raina pulled a short ball off Woakes and Yusuf ran to his right from deep fine leg. The ball burst through his stretched out right hand and went all the way for a six. It would have been a spectacular catch had it been taken. After these chances, there was no turning back for Raina.

Towards the middle overs, it looked like a tricky chase but he held the innings together and played a captain’s knock. He ended up with a score of 84 of 46 balls and went past Virat Kohli to become India’s highest run getter in T20s.

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