Kolkata Knight Riders, center, react as they win against the Titans during a Champions League Twenty20 game in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: PTI
Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical performance in their concluding group league match as
they comprehensively thrashed Titans by 99 runs in the Champions League Twenty20 here.
Put into bat last night, KKR scored an imposing 188 for five in 20 overs and then shot Titans out for a paltry 89 in 16.4 overs.
Although it was only a consolation victory for KKR, but their performance will certainly have a bearing on the group table where Delhi Daredevils now have a very bright chance of making it to the last four.
The Daredevils now lead the group table with 10 points from three games followed by Titans who are on eight points and the defeat also dented their net run-rate. From +2.450 it dipped to -0.017 and it can have a bearing on the semi-final line-up.
It was a match where the KKR batsmen finally found some form going their way having lost both their matches on bouncy and seaming tracks.
After scoring 107 runs in the front 10, the Knights lost wickets at regular intervals yet managed to get 81 runs in the back 10 thanks to some fantastic late-order hitting by Debabrata Das.
The match was an inconsequential one for the IPL champions and their batsmen threw caution to the winds with an exhibition of some fine big hitting by the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Brendon McCullum and Debabrata.
While Gambhir top scored with 44 off 36 balls, McCullum and Debabrata contributed 36 and 43 not out respectively.
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