IPL 2017: Match 47 Highlights: Punjab Vs Gujarat; Amla - second time unlucky

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Mohali, May 7: Another century from Hashim Amla went in vain as Gujarat Lions outclassed Kings XI Punjab by six wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday (May 7).

; Match Scorecard

Chasing a target of 190, Gujarat (192/4) achieved the target quite convincingly with two balls to spare.

Dwayne Smith played a brilliant knock of 43-ball 74 to set the tone for Gujarat's comfortable run chase.

Skipper Suresh Raina played a crucial 39-run knock with an unbeaten 35-run contribution from Dinesh Karthik, who hit the winning runs to take his side home.

Earlier, a century from Hashim Amla and a half-century by Shaun Marsh helped hosts Punjab post 189/3 against Gujarat.

Here are the highlights from the match betwee KXIP and GL:

# 91-run (56 balls) opening stand between Dwayne Smith and Ishan Kishan.

# Dwayne Smith scored 74 off 39 balls (8X4s & 4X6s). He was adjudged Man of the Match.

# Ishan Kishan was the first Gujarat Lions' wicket to perish as he scored 29 off 24.

# This is the eighth season in which Raina has scored 400-plus runs - the most by any player.

# 4500 runs scored in IPL, Suresh Raina became first batsman to do so.

# Sandeep Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for KXIP as he finished with 2/29.

# Varun Aaron was the costliest of Punjab bowler as he leaked 43 runs from 4 overs and remained wicketless.

# Hashim Amla plundered 104 runs off 60 balls with eight boundaries and five sixes.

# Amla was trapped LBW by an accurate yorker from Gujarat pacer Basil Thampi on the penultimate ball of the innings.

# Shaun Marsh made 58 runs from 43 balls comprising six boundaries.

# Amla and Marsh steadied the innings with a 125-run partnership in 89-balls for KXIP.

# Gujarat pacers Thampi, Pradeep Sangwan and Dhawal Kulkarni picked up a wicket each.

# Sangwan struck in the very first over with a chest high-short ball to remove Punjab opener Martin Guptill on the off stump line.

# Amla got excellent support from the other end by Glenn Maxwell and stitched a partnership of 50 runs from 25 balls.

# Amla reached his century in style by smashing Basil Thampi for a six over the cover boundary.

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