KXIP vs KKR: Hard luck for Glenn Maxwell as KKR defeats Kings XI Punjab by 2 runs
KXIP vs KKR, IPL 2020: Hard luck for KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, and Glenn Maxwell as Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Kings XI Punjab by 2 runs in a thriller match at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Shubman Gill played a sensible inning of 57 runs off 47 balls while Tripathi scored just 4 runs. Likewise, Nitish Rana scored 2 runs, Eoin Morgan 24, Andre Russell 5, and Patt Cummins 5.
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Man of the Match — Dinesh Karthik — played a responsible and ferocious inning of 58 runs out of 29 deliveries played including 2 sixes and 8 boundaries.
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Nicholas Pooran tried his best but it was just a cameo of 16 runs.
As the ball landed, there was confusion initially as the on-air commentator thought it was a six while umpire Chris Gaffaney called it a four.
The players waited for the replay, which soon confirmed that the umpire’s call had been correct — by inches.
-PTC News 
