Kolkata XI vs Gujarat Lions 23rd Match at Kolkata, 21 Apr, 2017

Toss: Gujarat Lions, who chose to bowl
Kolkata XI 187/5 (20)
Gujarat Lions 188/6 (18.2)
Gujarat Lions won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Suresh Raina
  • James Faulkner 4 * (2)
  • Ravindra Jadeja 19 * (13)

Over 1.1 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to G Gambhir, 1 run, gets forward and guides it away down to third man with open face bat.

Over 1.2 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to SP Narine, Boundary! Gets forward and drives without moving his feet, sends it to the right of mid-off and it races away

Over 1.3 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to SP Narine, no runs, gets forward and looks to play through the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 1.4 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to SP Narine, Boundary! Gets forward and goes hard at it and gets a thick edge that escapes past the keeper

Over 1.5 James Faulkner bowls a back of length delivery to SP Narine, Boundary! Goes on to the back foot and lofts nicely from the middle of the bat and collects his sixth boundary

Over 1.6 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to SP Narine, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes it along the ground to long off fence for four.

Over 11.1 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, Boundary! Goes on to the back foot and flicks it pass short fine leg and gets the boundary.

Over 11.2 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, 1 run, gets forward and defends it to cover and picks up a single.

Over 11.3 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to G Gambhir, out Caught by Raina!! Gambhir went for the pull and the top-edge goes straight up, keeps swirling and almost kisses the night sky before coming down, Raina from mid-wicket, called for it, removed his cap to get a good sighter and then reverse cupped it safely. 

Over 11.4 James Faulkner bowls a back of length delivery to Robin Uthappa, no runs, goes on to the back foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 11.5 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, no runs, gets forward and went hard at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 11.6 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to Robin Uthappa, 2 runs, gets forward and punches it along the ground to long and picks up couple of runs.

Over 13.1 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, 2 runs, gets forward and  tucked to deep backward square leg. Kishan attacks and releases the ball quickly.

Over 13.2 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and works it through mid wicket for a single.

Over 13.3 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Manish Pandey, Boundary! Backed away and twirled his wrists to place it wide of short fine leg, once in the gap it was a boundary.

Over 13.4 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Manish Pandey, 1 run, gets forward and defends it point.

Over 13.5 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, 1 leg bye, gets forward and works it of the pads on the on side and picks up a leg bye.

Over 13.6 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Manish Pandey, 1 run, gets forward and knocks it wide of cover and settles with a single.

Over 16.1 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, no runs, shuffles across and swings hard, off the pad and to the right of Karthik.

Over 16.2 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to Robin Uthappa, 2 runs, goes well across the stumps and scoops it over short fine leg and picks up couple of runs.

Over 16.3 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to Robin Uthappa, 1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long off and picks up one more.

Over 16.4 James Faulkner bowls a pitched up delivery to Manish Pandey, 1 run, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off side and picks up one more.

Over 16.5 James Faulkner bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Robin Uthappa, 1 run, gets forward and digs it out to cover and picks up a quick single.

Over 16.6 James Faulkner bowls a good length delivery to Manish Pandey, no runs, comes on to the front foot and tries to heaves it over long on but misses.