Uthappa shines in big Knight Riders win

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Apr-2016But he was foxed by a Piyush Chawla googly soon after Manan Vohra fell to Morkel, and the hosts slumped to 47 for 2 in 7.5 overs•BCCIKolkata Knight Riders’ spinners made further inroads – dismissing four of Kings XI’s top six – as the hosts suffered yet another middle-order failure•BCCIDavid Miller’s bad run of form continued, as he could manage only 6 before falling to Yusuf Pathan•BCCIRobin Uthappa took two sharp catches off the spinners and one of Morne Morkel to cap off a good day behind the wickets•BCCIMorkel and Umesh Yadav returned to bowl well in the end, continuing Knight Riders’ chokehold on Kings XI’s innings•BCCIShaun Marsh’s unbeaten 56 off 41 was the sole resistance Knight Riders’ bowlers faced as the hosts could just manage 138•BCCIKnight Riders’ reply started strongly – Uthappa leading the way by smashing the third-fastest fifty in this year’s IPL, off 24 balls•BCCICaptain Gautam Gambhir provided steady support from the other end with a run-a-ball 34•BCCILegspinner Pardeep Sahu removed the openers, with Gambhir falling to a fine catch by Glenn Maxwell at deep midwicket•BCCIAxar Patel chipped in with two wickets but Knight Riders’ chase never looked threatened•BCCIYusuf joined Suryakumar Yadav at the crease and the two put on 18 in 8 eight balls as Knight Riders reached their target with 17 balls to spare, and climbed to the top of the points table•BCCI