An ace performance by Auckland

Auckland Aces continue to impress even in the main draw.Kolkata Knight riders after their loss against Delhi Daredevils looked shaky during the start as apart from Brendon McCullam and Bisla everyone failed to impress and were only able to post below par score of 137 runs.Azhar Mahmood was on fire once again with the ball picking up 3 important wickets for the Aces.When the Kolkata Knight Riders came to bowl they were not able to impose any kind of pressure on Auckland Aces and once again  their most reliable All rounder Azhar Mahmood impressed while batting making a well crafted 50 and staying on the crease till the end making sure his team was through.Below is the full scorecard of the match

Auckland Aces	139-3 (17.4)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Martin Guptill	c Narine b Balaji	25	26	3	0	96.15
Lou Vincent	c Tiwary b Narine	30	12	3	2	250.00
Azhar Mahmood	not out	51	42	3	2	121.43
Anaru Kitchen	lbw b Narine	24	15	3	1	160.00
Colin Grandhomme	not out	9	11	1	0	81.82
Colin Munro
*Gareth Hopkins
Ronnie Hira
Kyle Mills
Andre Adams
Michael Bates

Extras: 0 b:0 lb:0 nb:0 w:0

Total: 139-3 (17.4) | Curr. RR: 7.87

FOW:Lou Vincent (37-1, 3), Martin Guptill (76-2, 9.5), Anaru Kitchen (117-3, 14.4)

 

Kolkata Knight Riders	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
L Balaji	4	0	38	1	0	0	9.50
Shakib Al Hasan	4	0	34	0	0	0	8.50
Sunil Narine	4	0	24	2	0	0	6.00
Jacques Kallis	3	0	17	0	0	0	5.67
Pradeep Sangwan	2.4	0	26	0	0	0	9.75

Kolkata Knight Riders team: L Balaji, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Jacques Kallis, Pradeep Sangwan, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Brendon McCullum, *Gautam Gambhir, Manvinder Bisla

Powerplay: 1: 1-6 ovs

 

Kolkata Knight Riders	137-6 (20)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Manvinder Bisla	c Kitchen b Hira	38	24	6	1	158.33
*Gautam Gambhir	c Guptill b Bates	5	9	1	0	55.56
Brendon McCullum	c Hopkins b Mahmood	40	35	3	2	114.29
Jacques Kallis	c Vincent b Mahmood	0	2	0	0	0.00
Manoj Tiwary	c and b Mahmood	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shakib Al Hasan	c Grandhomme b Mills	15	22	0	0	68.18
Yusuf Pathan	not out	22	19	2	0	115.79
Rajat Bhatia	not out	9	9	1	0	100.00
Pradeep Sangwan
Sunil Narine
L Balaji

Extras: 8 b:0 lb:4 nb:1 w:3

Total: 137-6 (20) | Curr. RR: 6.85

FOW:*Gautam Gambhir (10-1, 1.5), Manvinder Bisla (72-2, 8.4), Jacques Kallis (72-3, 9.2), Manoj Tiwary (72-4, 9.3), Brendon McCullum (98-5, 14.3), Shakib Al Hasan (108-6, 16.2)

 

Auckland Aces	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Kyle Mills	4	0	23	1	1	0	5.75
Michael Bates	4	0	33	1	0	0	8.25
Andre Adams	4	0	31	0	0	1	7.75
Ronnie Hira	4	0	30	1	0	1	7.50
Azhar Mahmood	4	1	16	3	0	0	4.00

Auckland Aces team: Kyle Mills, Michael Bates, Andre Adams, Ronnie Hira, Azhar Mahmood, Colin Munro, Anaru Kitchen, Colin Grandhomme, Lou Vincent, Martin Guptill, *Gareth Hopkins

Powerplay: 1: 1-6 ovs