The not-so-sweet kiss goodbye

Apr 26, 2017

Rahul Tripathi put on Rising Pune Supergiant's best opening stand at the MCA Stadium - 76 in 9.3 overs - with Ajinkya Rahane•BCCI

Later, MS Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary were stumped off googlies •BCCI

Knight Riders lost Sunil Narine to a run out, after which Gautam Gambhir survived a stumping•BCCI

With Gambhir getting to a half-century of his own, the second-wicket partnership swelled to 158 runs•BCCI

Piyush Chawla ended Tripathi's innings on 38•BCCI

But with a late lift from Steven Smith and Daniel Christian, Rising Pune managed 182 •AFP

Robin Uthappa was on 12 off 12 balls when he was dropped by Jaydev Unadkat at deep midwicket•BCCI

Although neither batsmen was able to stay till the end, they did enough to bring KKR victory and the top spot on the IPL points table•BCCI

Kuldeep Yadav picked up two wickets in the 18th over to finish with 2 for 31•BCCI

Following the reprieve, Uthappa shellacked 75 off 35 balls•BCCI