December 26, 2025 09:54 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years | Shocking killing inside AMU campus: teacher shot dead during evening walk | Horror on Karnataka highway: sleeper bus bursts into flames after truck crash, 9 killed | PM Modi attends Christmas service at Delhi church, sends message of love and compassion | Delhi erupts over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh; protest outside High Commission | Targeted killing sparks global outrage: American lawmakers condemn mob lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh | Assam on a ‘powder keg’: Himanta Biswa Sarma flags demographic shift, Chicken’s Neck fears | Bangladesh on edge: Student leader shot as pre-poll violence deepens after Hadi killing | Historic deal sealed: India, New Zealand sign landmark Free Trade Agreement in record time | Supreme court snubs urgent plea to stop PMO’s chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif

Gujarat beat Kings by 5 wickets

| | Apr 12, 2016, at 05:33 am
Mohali, Apr 11 (IBNS): Gujarat Lions started their IPL campaign with a victory against hosts Kings XI Punjab by five wickets here on Monday.

Chasing Kings XI Punjab's 161 for six, Lions reached 162 runs by losing five wickets with 14 balls to spare.

Australian Aaron Finch guided the Gujarat Lions towards victory with his crucial knock of 74 runs and specially after former New Zealand skipper and opener

Brendon McCullum got out without contributing a single run with his willow.

Finch hit 12 boundaries in his 47-ball knock.

Dinesh Karthik (41) and Suresh Raina (20) made important contributions with their willows.

Sandeep Sharma, Mitchell Johnson, Marcus Stoinis and Pardeep Sahu took a sngle wicket each.

Earlier, Kings scored 161 runs in their innings.

Murali Vijay top scored with his 42.

West Indian bowler Dwayne Bravo picked up four wickets for Gujarat Lions.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.