Saturday, April 18, 2015

IPL: Andre Russell excels as Kolkata Knight Riders edge past Kings XI Punjab

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• Kings XI Punjab 155-9, Kolkata Knight Riders 159-6

• Russell scores 66 from 36 balls to guide champions to four-wicket win

• As it happened: Dan Lucas’s over-by-over report

A brilliant lower-order counter-attacking partnership between Yousuf Pathan and Andre Russell rescued the defending IPL champions from a batting collapse while chasing a modest total against Kings XI Punjab.


In a repeat of the 2014 final, Kings XI endured the worst possible start when Murali Vijay popped up a catch to Andre Russell at mid-on before a run had been scored. The highly impressive Morne Morkel then removed Wriddhiman Saha, who scored a century in a losing cause when these sides met in last year’s final, and Russell dismissed Sehwag to reduce them to 27-3.


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