Pathan blasts 31-ball fifty to rally KKR after a horror start
May 08, 2016  21:29


Kolkata 133-4 (18 ovs) vs Gujarat | Scorecard


Bravo comes back, he will bowl right through with three overs in hand. Shakib goes after him immediately as he jumps down the track and lofts the first ball over the off-side for a six. He skips down the track again, this time hitting it along the ground but can't beat the fielder in the covers.

Pathan races to his fifty, from just 31 balls, off the last ball of the over with a single on the leg side.

Kulkarni comes back and he starts with a bouncer to Pathan, who goes for the pull but gets a top edge which goes over the keeper for a four. He tries the short ball again as Pathan goes for the pull but it is a bit quicker and he is struck on the arm and calls for the physio.

Pathan throws his bat at a wide one but gets a thick edge which falls short of Tambe at point, despite diving forward and he also lets it go through to give away two runs.

Gujarat are losing the plot in the field as Pathan pulls it to deep square leg for a single but an overthrow fetches them another extra run.

There is a set plan by the two KKR batsmen and one of them is attack Bravo early on in his over. Shakib once again goes after the first ball from Bravo, this time crashing it over midwicket for a six. The next ball is again a length ball as Shakib this time lofts it straight back over the bowler's head for a cracking six.

Bravo then bowls a full toss which gets only a single to Shakib to sweeper cover, while Pathan gets one as Bravo does well to come back after the first two balls to give 14 runs in his third over.
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