Bangalore: Skipper Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis shared an unbeaten 48 run partnership for the second wicket, as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat the Warriors by 22 runs via the Duckworth Lewis method, in the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 competition on Saturday.
Chasing a victory target of 156, KKR were 83/1 after nine overs when rain brought an early end to the contest.
The Gambhir-led side are second in the table with four points after four games while Warriors are leading the table with four points and a better net run rate.
Earlier, the first game between Somerset and South Australia Redbacks was abandoned with out a ball being bowled due to the rain.
KKR were off to blazing start getting 58 runs in the first Powerplay. After losing opener Manvinder Bisla (19), KKR were back in the hunt with Kallis and Gambhir, adding the firepower to propel the team into safety.
Gambhir was dropped by Kelly Smuts on 21 off Johan Botha while Kallis was on 15 when wicketkeeper Mark Boucher dropped him.
After being put into bat, Warriors set a decent target of 155, courtesy a half century from Collin Ingram.
Warriors made the best use of the conditions, with their top-order, clobbering the Kolkata bowlers. Ingram and Jon-Jon Smuts stood tall as the Warriors recovered from an early loss of Ashwell Prince (4), who departed for 15.
Ingram sizzled with his 47-ball 61 while he bloomed in the company of Smuts, who was equally brilliant with a 43-ball 46 as the second wicket pair stitched a 61-ball 80 that bailed the team from early jitters.
Ingram's innings was studded with three hits to the fence and three over it as the southpaw snatched his maiden fifty in this edition of the tournament.
Kallis gave Kolkata the perfect breakthrough, dismissing Ashwell Prince for 4, who showed some flashes, opening his innings with a powerful boundary.
When things were going the Warriors way, India-discard Laxmipathy Balaji scuttled the Warriors' surge, claiming two wickets for Kolkata.
He dismissed Smuts when the right hander attempted to pull a short ball and saw Iqbal Abdulla gleefully accepting it at mid-off and ducked Creg Thyssen.
Smuts, who made a 75-ball 88 against South Australia Redbacks in the previous game, matched his partner Ingram stroke for stroke, hitting four boundaries.
Curtains came down on Ingrams innings when he was pouched by Iqbal Abulla off pacer Brett Lee. Towards the end, wicket-keeper batsmen Mark Boucher (36) played a little cameo as the right hander added 46 runs from 39 with Ingram for the third wicket stand.
Wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin, who developed a hamstring injury was rested with Manvinder Bisla donning the gloves for Kolkata.
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