KKR in semis after tense win

Sep 24, 2014

Craig Simmons struggled with a hit-and-miss approach at the crease during his 30-ball 39•BCCI

Kuldeep Yadav played his part in the attack by claiming 3 for 24•BCCI

Manish Pandey struck 24 even as the Scorchers bowlers kept chipping away at the Knight Riders' wickets•BCCI

Adam Voges, Simmons' fellow opener, received a reprieve and capitalised on it steering his team with an unbeaten 71. It was the only innings of note from Scorchers as the Kolkata Knight Riders' spinners tied them down•BCCI

Sunil Narine gave away a few runs today but also took four wickets to limit Scorchers to 151 for 7•BCCI

Nathan Coulter-Nile took 2 for 41 and had good support from Yasir Arafat who took 3 for 39. However, they could not contain Suryakumar Yadav, who struck 43 off 19 to take Knight Riders into the semi-finals with a tense win•BCCI

Knight Riders had a jittery start, losing Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis early. Robin Uthappa was soon back in the pavilion after scoring 23•BCCI