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
11/05Result
32nd match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Hyderabad, May 11 2008
Player of the Match
11/05Result
32nd match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Hyderabad, May 11 2008
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00
Match days
11 May 2008 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Deccan Chargers 0
Scorecard Summary
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 204/4 (20 OVERS)
- David Hussey*57 (29)
- Sourav Ganguly91 (57)
- Chaminda Vaas1/36 (3)
- Paidikalva Vijaykumar1/21 (3)
DECCAN CHARGERS 181/7 (20 OVERS)
- Rohit Sharma33 (24)
- Venugopal Rao*71 (42)
- Sourav Ganguly2/25 (4)
- Ashok Dinda3/33 (4)
END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs | DCH: 181/7 (24 runs required, RR: 9.05)
- Venugopal Rao71 (42b)
- RP Singh6 (4b)
- Laxmi Shukla2-0-16-1
- Umar Gul4-0-43-1
It makes you wonder what would have happened had Rao had more support. His unbeaten 71 was a fighting effort but it all came a little too late. Deccan in a sense lost this game in the field with some sloppy displays. Adam Gilchrist has quite a bit on his plate to sort out. The overseas players aren't chipping in enough.
Kolkata now have 8 points from as many games. We're cutting across to the next game in Jaipur shortly between Delhi and Rajasthan. Adam Gilchrist collects his orange cap for being the leading run scorer.
This is Kanishkaa signing off. Cheers!
19.6
0
Shukla to Venugopal Rao, no run, Rao clubs a full delivery straight back to Shukla, and that's a fairly comprehensive 23-run win for Kolkata
19.5
2
Shukla to Venugopal Rao, 2 runs, makes room and carves this one over backward point, Ishant slides and pulls it off close to the rope, the third umpire has a look and confirms that Ishant's boot wasn't touching the rope
19.4
1
Shukla to Singh, 1 run, full outside off, he swings across the line and places it wide of midwicket
19.3
4
Shukla to Singh, FOUR, full on middle and leg and RP smashes it hard past the bowler and down to long-on
19.2
0
Shukla to Singh, no run, RP only manages to club a fullish delivery back to the bowler
19.2
2nb
Shukla to Venugopal Rao, (no ball) 1 run, Dropped: Rao takes a couple of paces down and gets a thick top edge off a high full toss, Saha runs to square leg and drops it, the umpire signals a waist high no-ball
Match Coverage
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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