Gurbaz leaves ill mother's bedside to help send Kolkata into IPL final

The wicketkeeper-batsman hit a quickfire 23 to set up Kolkata's chase of 160 as they hammered Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets on Tuesday in Ahmedabad. It was the 22-year-old's first outing in this edition of the world's richest cricket competition, having made the heart-wrenching decision to leave his ailing mother. He answered the SOS call from his team after Phil Salt left to prepare for England's T20 World Cup campaign. "My mum is still sick. I went there (back to Afghanistan)," Gurbaz told reporters.