IPL, 2016 Live Cricket Score of Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 20th Match

Pune need a good total here. 180 at the very least. Ajinkya Rahane and Faf du Plessis ought to get them off to a sparkling start. Perhaps, a move back up to No.3 could see a reversal of fortunes for Steven Smith. Here's Morne Morkel. A raucous crowd greets the players. Nice to see full houses in host cities of both the two new franchises.

TRIVIA: We have the Morkel brothers playing, if only Dhoni trusted Irfan's abilities a bit more we'd would have had the Pathan brothers in as well.
TRIVIA: We have the Morkel brothers playing, if only Dhoni trusted Irfan's abilities a bit more we'd would have had the Pathan brothers in as well.

Been a while since we last saw Gautam Gambhir and the Kolkata Knight Riders, hasn't it? They continue on the road owing to the elections in West Bengal. Today they go to the west of India, to face a team from the other end of the the points table - Rising Pune Supergiants. Can they sustain the momentum. Will Pune come roaring back? Welcome to match 20 of the IPL. There's not much riding on the game per say but it offers two valuable points that will be mighty crucial at the end of the league phase.

Bhatia gives Dhoni some hope. The leg cutter deceives Yusuf Pathan completely, who misses the filick and is caught plumb in front of the stumps. Andre Russell comes in but KKR still need 47 from the final 5. We are headed to an interesting finish. Dhoni still doesn't have designated death bowlers and that could come to hurt the team again.

Both teams have absentees for this game. Manish Pandey, for KKR, is down with chicken pox and will miss a couple of games. On the other, Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the tournament with a calf injury. MS Dhoni believes it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the struggling franchise. One of Albie Morkel or Mitchell will replace him, in turn bolstering the bowling.

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