Shakib, Yadav lead Kolkata

Shakib Al Hasan's bowling and Suryakumar Yadav's 49-ball 60 provided the foundation for the Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) two-wicket win against the Rising Pune Supergiants in a closely-fought Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday.

With the win, KKR go atop the points table with four wins from five matches.

Yusuf Pathan (36) and Andre Russell (17) were the other major contributors for KKR, while Albie Morkel and Rajat Bhatia picked up two wickets each for the hosts.

Chasing a target of 161, KKR got off to a disastrous start as Robin Uthappa was adjudged leg-before-wicket off Albie's very first delivery of the innings.

But then skipper Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar got together to put on a 31-run partnership off just 2.3 overs.

Unluckily for KKR, Gambhir was run out as he misjudged a double. His desperate dive to make the ground was not enough as Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the bails off in a flash.

But the visitors kept the scoreboard ticking at a rapid pace and with six overs gone, they were 59/2.

Shakib Al Hasan then played on a Rajat Bhatia delivery in the next over which helped Pune pull back things a little. KKR thereafter managed just 19 runs till the 10th over.

But then Suryakumar and Pathan, who finally found some rhythm in the competition, put on a pacy 51-run partnership. Pathan hit two huge sixes en route to his 36 but then was trapped right in front of the stumps by Rajat.

Though it dented KKR a bit, West Indies all rounder Andre Russell once again brought down the asking rate by hitting Ankit Sharma for two sixes in the 17th over.

Although Russell holed out in the deep thereafter, KKR was within touching distance and they finally got home with Umesh Yadav hitting the winning runs.

Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Rajagopal Sathish and Umesh Yadav bagged a wicket each.

Pune got off to a brisk start with 11 runs coming off the third over. But with 24 runs on the board Faf Du Plesis was cleaned up by left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan.

The wicket put the brakes on the scoring rate and the Supergiants only managed to score 31 for 1 by the end of the powerplay.

A late cameo from Mahendra Singh Dhoni (23) and Ajinkya Rahane's 52-ball 67 helped Rising Pune Supergiants manage a challenging total.

SCORES IN BRIEF
PUNE V KOLKATA
PUNE: 160 for 5 in 20 overs (Rahane 67, Smith 31; Shakib 1-14) 
Kolkata: 162 for 8 in 19.3 overs (Yadav 60, Pathan 36; Bhatia 2-19)
Result: Kolkata won by 2 wickets.
Player-of-the-match: S. Yadav.
BANGALORE V GUJARAT
BANGALORE: 180 for 2 in 20 overs (Kohli 100 not out, Rahul 51 not out; Kulkarni 1-39, Tambe 1-24) 
GUJARAT: 182 for 4 in 19.3 overs (McCullum 42, Karthik 50 not out, Jadeja 12; Watson 1-31, Shamsi 1-21)
Result: Gujarat won by 6 wickets.
Player-of-the-match: Virat Kohli.