After losing the toss at home ground Gujarat Lions managed to score 183-4 with Suresh Raina's 68 off 51 balls and Brendon McCullum's 35 of 28 balls. In reply to Gujarat's score, KKR convincingly won the match without losing a wicket, with Gautam Gambhir 76 off 48 and Chris Lynn* scoring 93 off 41 balls.
Both Chris Lynn and Gautam Gambhir began positively and never let the Gujarat bowlers settle. Lynn in particular was not holding himself back one bit. He found the fence at regular intervals as the bowlers for the hosts wilted under pressure of the attack. Both of the openers notched up their fifties and took their team home with ages to spare.
Gujarat skipper, Suresh Raina feels that 180 was a good total on the board. Says that lack of experience in the bowling department costed them the game. Adds that he and Dinesh Karthik batted really well in the middle. Acknowledges the fact that Gujarat missed world class players like Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo. Appraises Dinesh Karthik for batting really well and also congratulates him for having a fantastic domestic season. Also applauds the batting from Jason Roy and Brendon McCullum.
Gujarat will be utterly disappointed with the game. They huffed and puffed their way to a post this total but the batting from Kolkata almost a mockery of the chase. None of the bowlers really made the batsmen sweat and skipper Suresh Raina will want to ensure his team gets over this mauling pretty soon.
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