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Robin Uthappa made a mockery of Rising Pune Supergiant's bowling attack to anchor Kolkata Knight Riders closer towards a play-off berth with a convincing seven wicket win in an IPL match.

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In pics: RPS vs KKR IPL match highlights

Gambhir (62; 46b 6x4 1x6) at the end played second fiddle as the visitors made the most of some poor bowling by the hosts to finish on 184/3. (PTI)

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Narine (16; 11b; 3x4 0x6) was run out after the spinner turned opener got off to a flying start. (PTI)

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Unadkat took the wicket of Uthappa while Christian sent Gambhir back in the hut but it was too little too late as the damage was already done. Darren Bravo (6 not out) milked a cover drive to hit the winning runs as Manish Pandey (0 not out) watched from the non-striker's end. (PTI)

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Earlier, captain Steve Smith led from the front with an unbeaten half-century to help Rising Pune Supergiant post 182/5. (PTI)

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Smith (51 not out from 37 balls) held the innings together as openers Ajinkya Rahane 46 (41b; 4x4, 1x6) and Rahul Tripathi 38 (23b; 7x4) played important knocks. Smith's half century was laced with four boundaries and a six. (PTI)

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The in-form 26-year-old right-hander took a liking to pacer Umesh Yadav, hitting three fours, two in one over, to race to 38 off just 22 balls before leg-spinner Piyush Chawla outfoxed him with a googly that the batsman chopped onto his stumps trying to cut. (PTI)

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At the other end, Rahane looked steady for his knock but fell short when Sunil Narine went wide outside off stump to force him to come down the ground and get stumped by wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa. (PTI)

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Dan Christian (16; 6b 0x4 2x6) hit big too before getting out off the last delivery as KKR leaked 30 runs in the last two overs. Christian tonked two sixes to take his side to a par score on this wicket. (PTI)

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