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Kolkata Knight Riders 119 for 3 (Gambhir 54*) strike Pune Warriors 118 for 7 (Yuvraj 24, Balaji 2-7, Shakib 2-16) by seven wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders reserved up their shove for an Indian Premier League top mark with a seven-wicket succeed over Pune Warriors in Mumbai.
Playing their last but one group game, the Knight Riders knock off the necessary total of 119 in 16.4 overs. Captain Gautam Gambhir led them home with 54 off 46 balls, with Manoj Tiwary adding 24 and Yusuf Pathan 29.
Kolkata had previous spun the ball to maximum result to limit Pune to 118 for seven from their 20 overs. Pathan, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Lakshmipathy Balaji take two wickets each.
England batsman Eoin Morgan was on the counter for Kolkata, who won the toss and unspecified control early on as Pathan and Iqbal Abdulla dismiss openers Jesse Ryder (one) and Manish Pandey (16) correspondingly.
Spin sustained to anguish Pune, as Shakib detached Callum Ferguson (16) and Sourav Ganguly (18) approximately the halfway mark.
Pune were reel at 79 for five when Pathan got his second, Robin Uthappa wedged by Brett Lee for 12.
Yuvraj Singh (24) help mount a late recovery - in a 34-run stand with Sachin Rana (18) - before he was trapped following by Shreevats Goswami off Balaji.
The Warriors then attempt a fight back with the ball, Alfonso Thomas dismiss Goswami (six) in the first over, but member opener Gambhir put paid to Pune's hopes.
Tiwary common a 46-run second-wicket stand with Gambhir before unfortunately playing onto his leg base off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, but Pathan was on hand to turn Kolkata closer to conquest with his usual slog style.
Gambhir ambled away to a half-century in 43 balls - final with seven boundaries to his name - and oversaw a at ease victory in spite of Pathan's late removal from office to Wayne Parnell.
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