Indian Premier League 2016 - 6th Match
(Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiants at Rajkot)
Finch, McCullum propel Lions to big win
| RPS | vs | GL |
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| 163/5 (20) | 164/3 (18) | |
| GL won by 7 wickets | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
Another one-sided encounter. Another win for the chasing team. This season's IPL, it seems, is on repeat mode as Gujarat Lions cruised to a seven-wicket win against Rising Pune Supergiants in Rajkot. Aaron Finch and Brendon McCullum effectively killed the game after pillaging 62 in the Powerplay, in the chase of 164.
MS Dhoni pulled back some momentum with a 20-run last over in the first innings, but his bowlers returned it in kind. Loose deliveries stacked up, and the Lions openers duly dispatched them. Four fours and two sixes off the seamers meant Dhoni turned to M Ashwin in the last over of the Powerplay, but Finch took the legspinner for four fours in a 19-run over. Finch then took Rajat Bhatia for two sixes over long-on in the seventh over, but holed out to square leg for 50 - his second half-century of the season. By then, though, the damage had been done.
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| Photo © BCCI |
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