Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 46-ball 54 led Kolkata Knight Riders to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors India in their IPL match at DY Patil stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Gambhir hit 7 fours in his unbeaten knock as Kolkata chased down the 119-run victory target in 16.4 overs to move to the third spot in the points table.
Yusuf Pathan hit a six and three fours in his 25-ball 29 before Sourav Ganguly took a good catch running backwards to dismiss him off Wayne Parnell.
Manoj Tiwary added 46 runs for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir before edging a Bhuvaneshwar Kumar delivery onto his stumps.
Tiwary hit a six and a four in his run-a-ball 24 before his dismissal.
Gambhir and Tiwary brought up Kolkata's 50 in the seventh over after the early dismissal of Shreevats Goswami.
Alfonso Thomas struck early for Pune when he had Goswami caught behind by Robin Uthappa on the fourth ball of the Kolkata run chase.
Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan and Lakshmipathy Balaji took two wickets each as Kolkata restricted Pune to 118/7.
Balaji, who bowled only the last over of the Pune innings, clean bowled Sachin Rana by a yorker on the last ball of the hosts' innings.
Pune lost their sixth wicket when their captain Yuvraj Singh mistimed a slower ball from Balaji high up in the air for keeper Shreevats Goswami to take the catch.
Yuvraj hit 2 fours in his 26-ball 24 before falling to Balaji.
Pathan took his second wicket when he had Robin Uthappa caught by Brett Lee at deep mid-wicket.
Uthappa hit a four in his 19-ball 12 before falling to Pathan.
Shakib had Sourav Ganguly caught by Pathan at short fine-leg to reduce Pune to 71/4.
Ganguly hit a six in his 22-ball 18 before falling to Shakib.
Shakib had Callum Ferguson stumped by Shreevats Goswami to reduce Pune to 44/3.
Ferguson hit 2 fours in his 19-ball 16 before charging down the pitch to go for a big hit but missed the ball that turned away from him and Goswami uprooted the stumps in a flash.
Yusuf Pathan gave Kolkata an early breakthrough when he had Jesse Ryder caught by Manoj Tiwary at long-off in the second over of their match.
Pune lost their second wicket when Iqbal Abdulla trapped Manish Pandey plumb in front of the wicket.
The breakthroughs came after Kolkata captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and chose to bowl.
Kolkata dropped Mark Boucher, Eoin Morgan and Jaidev Unadkat and brought in Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan and Shreevats Goswami.
Pune brought in Sachin Rana and Alfonso Thomas.
Brief scores
Pune Warriors 118 for 7 (Yuvraj 24, Balaji 2-7, Shakib 2-16)
Kolkata Knight Riders 119 for 3 (Gambhir 54*)
Results Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
MOM Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Points Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Pune Warriors 0
Gambhir hit 7 fours in his unbeaten knock as Kolkata chased down the 119-run victory target in 16.4 overs to move to the third spot in the points table.
Yusuf Pathan hit a six and three fours in his 25-ball 29 before Sourav Ganguly took a good catch running backwards to dismiss him off Wayne Parnell.
Manoj Tiwary added 46 runs for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir before edging a Bhuvaneshwar Kumar delivery onto his stumps.
Tiwary hit a six and a four in his run-a-ball 24 before his dismissal.
Gambhir and Tiwary brought up Kolkata's 50 in the seventh over after the early dismissal of Shreevats Goswami.
Alfonso Thomas struck early for Pune when he had Goswami caught behind by Robin Uthappa on the fourth ball of the Kolkata run chase.
Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan and Lakshmipathy Balaji took two wickets each as Kolkata restricted Pune to 118/7.
Balaji, who bowled only the last over of the Pune innings, clean bowled Sachin Rana by a yorker on the last ball of the hosts' innings.
Pune lost their sixth wicket when their captain Yuvraj Singh mistimed a slower ball from Balaji high up in the air for keeper Shreevats Goswami to take the catch.
Yuvraj hit 2 fours in his 26-ball 24 before falling to Balaji.
Pathan took his second wicket when he had Robin Uthappa caught by Brett Lee at deep mid-wicket.
Uthappa hit a four in his 19-ball 12 before falling to Pathan.
Shakib had Sourav Ganguly caught by Pathan at short fine-leg to reduce Pune to 71/4.
Ganguly hit a six in his 22-ball 18 before falling to Shakib.
Shakib had Callum Ferguson stumped by Shreevats Goswami to reduce Pune to 44/3.
Ferguson hit 2 fours in his 19-ball 16 before charging down the pitch to go for a big hit but missed the ball that turned away from him and Goswami uprooted the stumps in a flash.
Yusuf Pathan gave Kolkata an early breakthrough when he had Jesse Ryder caught by Manoj Tiwary at long-off in the second over of their match.
Pune lost their second wicket when Iqbal Abdulla trapped Manish Pandey plumb in front of the wicket.
The breakthroughs came after Kolkata captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and chose to bowl.
Kolkata dropped Mark Boucher, Eoin Morgan and Jaidev Unadkat and brought in Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan and Shreevats Goswami.
Pune brought in Sachin Rana and Alfonso Thomas.
Brief scores
Pune Warriors 118 for 7 (Yuvraj 24, Balaji 2-7, Shakib 2-16)
Kolkata Knight Riders 119 for 3 (Gambhir 54*)
Results Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
MOM Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Points Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Pune Warriors 0