After captain Shubman Gill\u2019s excellent 55-ball 90, along with B Sai Sudharsan\u2019s 52 and Jos Buttler\u2019s 41 helped GT a competitive 198\/3 on a slow pitch, Krishna and Rashid were the standout players in a relentless bowling performance as KKR never looked to complete the chase and ended up at 159\/8 in their 20 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
KKR\u2019s change at the top-order didn\u2019t work as Mohammed Siraj trapped Rahmanullah Gurbaz lbw in the opening over, with the batter burning a review as well. Ajinkya Rahane continued his good run by flicking, ramping, flat-batting and driving to fetch four quick boundaries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though Sunil Narine tried to break free by whacking a four and six off Siraj, he pulled straight to deep backward square leg off Rashid, as KKR ended power-play at 45\/2. With the ball gripping and holding along with variable bounce in play, it meant GT spinners\u2019 were very disciplined in keeping KKR at a tight leash, as they didn\u2019t concede a boundary from overs 5-10.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rahane finally got a move on when he lofted and pulled Washington Sundar for four and six. Despite Venkatesh Iyer holing out to deep mid-wicket off R Sai Kishore, Rahane went on to bring up his fifty off 36 balls. Shortly after, he reached out to a quicker wide ball off Washington Sundar, but missed it and was duly stumped by Jos Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though Andre Russell swung hard to get his boundaries, he along with Ramandeep Singh and Moeen Ali fell without doing much \u2013 two of which were bagged by Krishna - as the match eventually went in a rampaging GT\u2019s favour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rahane finally got a move on when he lofted and pulled Washington Sundar for four and six. Despite Venkatesh Iyer holing out to deep mid-wicket off R Sai Kishore, Rahane went on to bring up his fifty off 36 balls. Shortly after, he reached out to a quicker wide ball off Washington Sundar, but missed it and was duly stumped by Jos Buttler.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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