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2654dThe Bulletin by S Rajesh

Sparkling Ganguly inspires victory

Sourav Ganguly the batsman finally made his presence felt in the IPL in stunning style, carving a 57-ball 91 to fashion a convincing 23-run win for the Kolkata Knight Riders

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'We are pretty much out of the semi-finals' - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist, the Deccan Chargers' stand-in captain, has conceded that his team is out of contention for a semi-final spot after they slumped to a 23-run defeat to the Kolkata Knight Riders, their seventh loss in nine matches

Chargers INNINGS		R	B
AC Gilchrist	caught	24	17
HH Gibbs	caught	5	7
DB Ravi Teja	caught wk	10	7
RG Sharma	caught	33	24
SB Styris	caught	5	11
Y Venugopal Rao	not out	71	42
SB Bangar	caught	2	4
WPUJC Vaas	bowled	9	8
RP Singh	not out	6	4
DP Vijaykumar
PP Ojha
EXTRAS	(lb 8, w 4, nb 4)
TOTAL	181 (7 wkts; 20 ovs)

KKR BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
AB Dinda	4.0	33	3	8.25	(1w)
I Sharma	3.0	27	0	9
Umar Gul	4.0	43	1	10.75	(3nb, 3w)
SC Ganguly	4.0	25	2	6.25
M Kartik	3.0	29	0	9.66
LR Shukla	2.0	16	1	8	(1nb)

Chargers 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	HH Gibbs	AC Gilchrist
2nd	29	AC Gilchrist	DB Ravi Teja
3rd	0	RG Sharma	DB Ravi Teja
4th	22	SB Styris	RG Sharma
5th	32	Y Venugopal Rao	RG Sharma
6th	28	SB Bangar	Y Venugopal Rao
7th	38	WPUJC Vaas	Y Venugopal Rao
8th	20	Y Venugopal Rao	RP Singh

Indian Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
RR	14	11	3	22	0.632
PBKS	14	10	4	20	0.509
CSK	14	8	6	16	-0.192
DC	14	7	6	15	0.342
MI	14	7	7	14	0.57
KKR	14	6	7	13	-0.147
RCB	14	4	10	8	-1.16
DCH	14	2	12	4	-0.467