ESPNcricinfo staff08-May-2016Gautam Gambhir was bowled for 5 in the third over after he failed to flick a Praveen Kumar inswinger•AFPTwo balls later, Praveen had Manish Pandey caught behind for a duck•AFPBy the time Suryakumar Yadav fell to a brilliant catch by Suresh Raina at slip, the hosts were 24 for 4•BCCIYusuf Pathan attacked Lions’ bowlers and rebuilt Knight Riders’ innings•BCCIShakib Al Hasan played a more sedate knock but supported Yusuf nicely•BCCIBoth batsmen struck fifties and their unbroken 134-run stand helped Knight Riders set Lions a target of 159•AFPBrendon McCullum gave Lions a steady start in the chase with a 24-ball 29•BCCIDwayne Smith made an attacking 27 before he was cleaned up by Shakib•BCCIAfter the solid opening partnership was broken, captain Raina could add only 14•AFPBut Dinesh Karthik kept Lions’ asking rate in check for a large chunk of the innings•AFPAaron Finch came in and smacked three fours and two powerful sixes to help narrow the equation down to 8 needed off the last four overs•AFPKarthik fell for 51 but by then Lions had the game in hand. They sealed victory with two overs remaining to climb to the top of the points table•AFP
Yusuf, Shakib fifties go in vain as Lions see off KKR
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