IPL 6: Knight Riders beat Kings XI by 6 wickets

Kolkata - Kolkata Knight Riders recorded their third win in the Indian Premier League’S (IPL) sixth edition with a convincing six-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab at the Edens Gardens here Friday.

Electing to bat, Kings XI scored 149 for six. Manan Vohra top scored for the visitors with 31 off 21 balls.

Manvinder Bisla smacked an unbeaten 51 off 44 balls while Eoin Morgan hit 42 off 26 balls as the Knight Riders scored 150 for four in 18.2 overs.

Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab:

Adam Gilchrist c Morgan b Bhatia 27

Mandeep Singh c Morgan b Kallis 25

Manan Vohra c Das b Balaji 31

David Hussey c Senanayake b Kallis

David Miller b Ladda 10

Gurkeerat Singh not out 28

Azhar Mahmood run out (Kallis/Bisla) 2

Piyush Chawla not out 0

Extras (b 1, lb 4) 5

Total: (for six wickets in 20 overs) 149

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Mandeep Singh, 6.1 overs), 2-67 (Gilchrist, 9.3), 3-96 (Vohra, 12.5), 4-109 (Miller, 14.4), 5-127 (Hussey, 17.2), 6-131 (Azhar Mahmood, 18.6)

Bowling

Laksmipathy Balaji 4-0-44-1

Sachithra Senanayake 4-1-29-0

Sunil Narine 4-0-22-0

Jacques Kallis 4-0-14-2

Sarabjit Ladda 2-0-18-1

Rajat Bhatia 2-0-17-1

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Manvinder Bisla not out 51

Gautam Gambhir b Azhar Mahmood 8

Yusuf Pathan c Gilchrist b Azhar Mahmood 0

Jacques Kallis c Gilchrist b Harmeet Singh 37

Eoin Morgan c Gurkeerat Singh b Azhar Mahmood 42

Sachithra Senanayake not out 0

Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 12

Total: (for four wickets in 18.2 overs) 150

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gambhir, 1.2 overs), 2-10 (Pathan, 1.3), 3-76 (Kallis, 10.4), 4-148 (Morgan, 17.6)

Bowling:

Praveen Kumar 4-0-28-0

Azhar Mahmood 4-0-35-3

Bhargav Bhatt 3-0-21-0

Piyush Chawla 4-0-33-0

Harmeet Singh 3.2-0-24-1