He came to the rescue after a shaky chase to lift Knight Riders to the top of the table
Kolkata Knight Riders 141 for 4 (Russell 70*, Shreyas 26, Chahar 2-13) beat Punjab Kings 137 (Rajapaksha 31, Umesh 4-23) by six wickets
Zero backward steps taken. Two of the most exciting sides in this IPL threw punch after punch at each other, but the toss disadvantage proved to be too much Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kings played the game Knight Riders did two nights ago in an attempt to provide for the inevitable dew and chasing advantage: just keep going hard and refuse to rebuild until that is the last option left. It is a shame that just like for Knight Riders, it didn’t work out for Kings. They were bowled out for 137 with 10 balls to spare, a total KKR chased down in 14.3 overs despite being 51 for 4.
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Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo