India, May 16 -- 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 at Eden Gardens 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 junct...