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Captain Suresh Raina rode his luck and nerve in scoring 84 as his Gujarat Lions surprisingly lowered the high-flying Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets in the Indian Premier League on Friday.<br>Kolkata, winner of four games in five, was the big home favorite against Gujarat, winner of only one game.<br>But after winning the toss, Gujarat restricted Kolkata to a sub-par 187-5 and replied with a victorious 188-6 and 10 balls to spare.<br>         Suresh Raina's knock of 84 steered Gujarat Lions to victory against Kolkate Knight Riders<br>         Aaron Finch smacked 33 of just 17 balls opening the batting to get his side off to a solid start<br>Aaron Finch launched Gujarat with 31 off 15 balls and,  [https://allinfootballncricket.bookmark.com/gautam-gambhir-business allinfootballncricket.bookmark.com] after a half-hour delay for drizzle, fellow opener Brendon McCullum smacked 33 off 17 balls.<br>Raina took the anchor role, and watched Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan, and Dwayne Smith all depart cheaply, so Gujarat was a shaky 122-5 in the 13th over.<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/sport/cricket/article-4429068/Jonny-Bairstow-vows-improving.html  Jonny Bairstow had the year of his life in 2016 but is...] [/sport/cricket/article-4429308/England-captain-Joe-Root-make-Yorkshire-return.html  Joe Root to play first match for Yorkshire since taking over...] [/sport/cricket/article-4428568/Australia-s-bowling-options-excite-Trevor-Hohns.html  Australia's bowling options excite national selector Trevor...] [/sport/article-4427040/Headingly-gets-ahead-council-redevelopment.html  Yorkshire cricket and Leeds Carnegie get £35million funding...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br><br> Raina even got a life on 15 when Yusuf Pathan dropped him on the boundary, giving the skipper a six.<br>Ravindra Jadeja also got a reprieve when he was caught on the boundary but Suryakumar Yadav stepped on the rope, and another six was conceded.<br>         Chris Woakes dismissed McCullum for Kolkata Knight Riders during his two overs<br>In the following over, the 17th, paceman Nathan Coulter-Nile was whacked for 16 runs, and Gujarat finally brought the win in sight.<br>Raina couldn't see it out, though, as he was locked up by spinner Kuldeep Yadav and out for 84 off 46 balls, including nine boundaries and four sixes.<br>By then, eight runs were needed off 13 balls, and Gujarat wasted little time finishing its second win.<br>         Robin Uthappa scored a classy 72 as his side set Gujarat 189 to win in the IPL clash<br>Kolkata squandered another great start from opener Sunil Narine, who hit three boundaries off Praveen Kumar in the first over, four boundaries off James Faulkner in the second, and took 14 runs off Basil Thampi, yet another medium-pacer, in the third.<br>Narine was finally out in the fourth, trying to pull Raina but hitting only to midwicket.<br><br>His 42 off 17 balls, all of his scoring either fours or sixes, wasn't matched by a Kolkata team-mate.<br>Fellow opener Gautam Gambhir scored 33, and Robin Uthappa 72 after surviving a difficult chance on 6, but there was a feeling a bigger score was wasted after Narine's explosive start. <br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/sport/cricket/article-4429068/Jonny-Bairstow-vows-improving.html  Jonny Bairstow had the year of his life in 2016 but is...] [/sport/cricket/article-4429308/England-captain-Joe-Root-make-Yorkshire-return.html  Joe Root to play first match for Yorkshire since taking over...] [/sport/cricket/article-4428568/Australia-s-bowling-options-excite-Trevor-Hohns.html  Australia's bowling options excite national selector Trevor...] [/sport/article-4427040/Headingly-gets-ahead-council-redevelopment.html  Yorkshire cricket and Leeds Carnegie get £35million funding...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share