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19 March 2024

Champions League T20 KKR vs Lahore Lions: Kolkata win by 4 wickets

Gambhir may still recover in time for the main tournament to be played from September 19 to 21. (FILE)

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Kolkata Knight Riders notched their second victory of the tournament when they beat Lahore Lions by four wickets to extend their winning streak to 11.

Chasing 152, a century stand by openers Gambhir (60) and Uthappa (46) set them on their way before a wobble in the middle order.

However, they crossed the line with three balls to spare with Suryakumar unbeaten on 14 off five hitting a six and the winning boundary.

Earlier, Lahore Lions put into bat made 151-7 thanks to a brisk half century by Shehzad (59) and Akmal's belligerent 40.

Narine put the brakes on their scoring claiming three for nine while left arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav also bowled an impressive spell returning figures of 4-0-21-1.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS INNINGS

Yadav seals victory for Kolkata by swinging Raza for a boundary. KKR 153-6 in 19.3 overs.

Russell holes out the first ball straight to Rasool at extra cover as he goes for the winning hit. KKR 147-6 in 19.1 overs.

Andre Russell c Adnan Rasool b Asif Raza 1 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Raza to bowl the last over having given four runs in the only over he bowled.

Riaz has kept Lahore in the game but Kolkata need five from six balls. KKR 147-5 in 19 overs.

Riaz strikes trapping Ryan ten Doeschate leg before. KKR 146-5 in 18.3 overs.

Ryan ten Doeschate lbw b Wahab Riaz 12 (9b 1x4 0x6)

Yadav flicks Cheema for an astonishing six over fine leg. KKR 143-4 in 18 overs.

Pathan flicks Cheema over midwicket for a six but is out next ball. KKR 135-4 in 17.2 overs.

Yusuf Pathan c Wahab Riaz b Aizaz Cheema 11 (10b 0x4 1x6)

Kolkata need from the last three overs. KKR 129-3 in 17 overs.

Ryan ten Doeschate gets a boundary this time after edging Cheema past the slip fielder. KKR 123-3 in 16overs.

Bisla is caught behind by Cheema. KKR 115-3 in 15.1 overs.

Manvinder Bisla c Umar Akmal b Aizaz Cheema 6 (8b 0x4 0x6)

Gambhir is castled by Iqbal as he gives himself room after being dropped the previous ball. KKR 113-2 in 14.3 overs.

Gautam Gambhir b Mustafa Iqbal 60 (47b 8x4 0x6)

Gambhir chips Hafeez to the midwicket fence. KKR 110-1 in 14 overs.

Lahore get a breakthrough after the openers post a 100 with Uthappa being yorked. KKR 100-1 in 12.3 overs.

Robin Uthappa b Adnan Rasool 46 (34b 4x4 2x6)

Gambhir completes his half century off 40 balls as Kolkata cruise to victory. KKR 98-0 in 12 overs.

Uthappa shows no signs of discomfort as he skips out and clobbers Rasool straight over his head for another six. KKR 91-0 in 11 overs.

There is a stoppage with Uthappa having problems with his right leg.

Uthappa ups the ante smashing Iqbal inside out for a six over long off and then for a boundary over extra cover off consecutive balls. KKR 82-0 in 10 overs.

Gambhir pounces on another width delivery from Rasool to despatch it to the fence. KKR 68-0 in 9 overs.

Uthappa steers Iqbal through the off for a boundary. KKR 60-0 in 8 overs.

Gambhir continues his sublime form nicking Rasool's first ball past the keeper for a boundary. KKR 53-0 in 7 overs.

Uthappa continues his IPL form by getting a couple of boundaries with straight drives off Cheema before being given a life by Raza off a top edge. KKR 48-0 in 6 overs

Gambhir swats Riaz over point for another delightful boundary. KKR 36-0 in 5 overs.

Gambhir is in his element slamming Cheema back over his head for a boundary. KKR 28-0 in 4 overs.

Gambhir cracks two consecutive boundaries off Hafeez. KKR 20-0 in 3 overs.

Gambhir gives Hafeez the charge first ball and slams him over point for a boundary. KKR 6-0 in 1 over.

LAHORE LIONS INNINGS

Riaz gets a couple of streaky boundaries before Akmal thumps Cummins back over the bowler's head for a six to get them past 150 before being out last ball. LL 151-7 in 20 overs.

Umar Akmal c Gambhir b Cummins 40 (24b 3x4 2x6)

Narine finishes with excellent figures off 4-1-9-3. LL 135-6 in 19 overs.

Akmal turns it on smacking a couple of boundaries off Chawla punctuated by a six in succession. LL 121-6 in 17 overs.

Riaz survives the hat-trick ball from Narine just barely surviving a stumping chance. LL 105-6 in 16 overs.

Narine is on a hat-trick beating Raza through the gate to disturb his off stump. LL 103-6 in 15.3 overs.

Asif Raza b Narine 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)

Narine continues to bamboozle the Lahore Lions batsmen trapping Siddiq leg before. LL 103-5 in 15.2 overs.

Umar Siddiq lbw b Narine 2 (6b 0x4 0x6)

Narine strikes to end Nasim's misery. LL 98-4 in 13.4 overs.

Saad Nasim c Yadav b Narine 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)

Uthappa takes a superb catch on the boundary as Shehzad mishits Chawla. LL 91-3 in 12.4 overs.

Ahmed Shehzad c Uthappa b Chawla 59 (42b 5x4 4x6)

Shehzad completes his half cengtury off 35 balls sweeping Russell for boundary before flicking him over fine leg for an astonishing six. LL 87-2 in 12 overs.

Young Yadav is finally rewarded as Hafeez holes out to Russell. LL 75-2 in 11 overs.

Mohammad Hafeez c Russell b Kuldeep Yadav 9 (15b 0x4 0x6)

Shehzad gets a couple of boundaries off Yadav including off a reverse sweep. LL 68-1 in 9 overs.

Shehzad is given another life by Bisla this time off Yadav but KKR get a breakthrough thanks to a brilliant piece of fielding from Russell. LL 50-1 in 6.4 overs.

Nasir Jamshed run out 10 (16b 1x4 0x6)

Shehzad muscles Cummins over midwicket for his third six. LL 47-0 in 6 overs.

Shehzad is irresistible even after surviving a stumping chance dancing down the track to smack Chawla over long off for a six. LL 35-0 in 4 overs.

Shehzad gets going punching Cummins over extra cover for a boundary followed by a flick over midwicket for a six next ball. LL 23-0 in 3 overs.

Jamshed hits the first boundary of the match slamming Russell through the covers. LL 10-0 in 2 overs.

Good opening over by Cummins. LL 2-0 in 1 over.

Robin Uthappa reutrns in place of an unwell Manish Pandey.

Kuldeep Yadav, the India U19 chinaman bowler, will make his debut for KKR.

Imran Ali has been replaced by a left-arm spinner for Lahore.

PLAYING XI

KKR - Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, M Bisla, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, S Yadav, Andre Russell, P Cummins, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav

Lahore Lions
- Umar Siddiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Saad Nasim, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz, Asif Raza, Mustafa Iqbal, Adnan Rasool, Aizaz Cheema

KKR skipper Gambhir has won the toss and invited the opposition into bat once again.

It will be another India-Pakistan contest when reigning IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders take on Lahore Lions in Match 7 of the Champions League T20 at Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Lions beat Mumbai Indians and Southern Express to qualify while KKR stunned Chennai Super Kings by three wickets thanks to a sensational knock from Andre Russell.