Indian Premier League 2017 - 49th Match
(Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Chandigarh)
Tewatia, Mohit keep Kings XI alive
| KXIP | vs | KKR |
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| 167/6 (20) | 153/6 (20) | |
| KXIP won by 14 runs | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
A sensational display of end-overs bowling from Mohit Sharma and strangulation by legspin from Rahul Tewatia, playing his first game this season, helped apply the choke on Kolkata Knight Riders. By securing one of three wins they needed, Kings XI lived to fight another day.
In what was an engaging last five overs off which Knight Riders needed just 50, Mohit brought out all his slower variations - the knuckleball, back-of-the-hand slower deliveries and offcutters - and delivered them with precision to deny Chris Lynn, who wiped out half of Knight Riders' 168-run target off just 52 balls, and Manish Pandey. The pair's dismissal off successive deliveries off the 18th over helped close out a tight game, with the Sharmas - Mohit and Sandeep - defending 29 off the 12 deliveries to ensure three playoff spots were still up for grabs.
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