Allen, Raghuvanshi show hands KKR win over Titans
Kolkata, May 17 -- Shubman Gill's 85 wasn't enough as Kolkata Knight Riders rode brisk fifties from Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Cameron Green, a fair bit of luck and pluck to defeat Gujarat Titans by 29 runs on Saturday to stay in the hunt for the playoffs with 11 points.
Raghuvanshi slammed a career-best 44-ball 82* and Green 52 off 28 balls after Allen set the stage with a 35-ball 93. Twenty-two sixes were hit in KKR's innings of 247/2 but more significantly, Gujarat Titans dropped four catches to facilitate that rampage.
Titans came out all guns blazing, Gill leading the charge with a majestic innings that nearly gave them the wings to go all the way.
But KKR kept taking those crucial wickets at the right junctures to deny Titan...
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