IPL Pulse: Stayin' Alive

KKR ended GT's five-match winning streak, adding more drama to the playoffs race.

• Finn Allen smashed a 35-ball 93
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi made 82*, Cameron Green 52* off 28
• GT dropped four catches, KKR posted 247/2
• GT's top three scored fifties but fell 29 runs short
• Sunil Narine took 2-29 in his 200th IPL game
• Sai Sudharsan retired hurt after a blow to the elbow, returned to make 53* off 28
• Matheesha Pathirana's KKR debut ended early with a right hamstring niggle

Awards:

• Clingy-partner award: Jerseys sticking to players in Kolkata's humidity
• Wounded-warrior award: Varun Chakaravarthy finishing his spell despite knee pain
• Superspreader award: GT for spreading the catching woes
• Just-missed-it award: Finn Allen falling short of his second IPL century

KKR's openers have the lowest aggregate this year — 587 runs at 26.68, well behind GT's 1123.

Shubman Gill said GT "didn't deserve to win."
Sunil Narine called 200 IPL games a "blessing."
Parthiv Patel said catching "made a huge difference."
Finn Allen said it was "tricky at the start."
Ajinkya Rahane said a captain can't ask for more than having Narine and Varun.

200 has been breached 52 times this season — joint most with 2025.

Upcoming:

• RCB vs PBKS in Dharamsala
• DC vs RR in Delhi — a loss ends DC's playoffs hopes

Reckless prediction: At least five balls will be lost in Dharamsala.