Kolkata Knight Riders suffer Manish Pandey blow

Gautam Gambhir sealed victory for the 2-time IPL champions and they are now haunting for their 3 IPL title.

The winner between these two sides will meet Rising Pune Supergiant in the grand finale of the IPL 10, which is scheduled on Sunday.

But, just before the crucial encounter against the Rohit Sharma led Mumbai India, the Kolkata outfit have lost their in-form batsman.

Manish Pandey, who missed out against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator game has been ruled out from the remaining games due to side strain.

Kolkata Knight Riders will locks horns with Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier league on Friday at M.Chinnaswamy stdium in Bengaluru.

Dinesh Karthik has been called as a replacement for Pandey in the Indian squad.

Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru by D/L system in rain-curtailed encounter.

The 27-year-old attacking batsman was also named in the 15-member Indian squad for the Champions Trophy.