- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.4 Vaas bowls the awayswinger, pitches it on a good length outside off and invites the drive, Butt drives away from his body and gets a thin edge to Gilchrist 4/110.1 lands on a good length on middle, Chopra stays back and chips it on the up towards midwicket, Gibbs charges forward to pick it up and Ganguly sends Chopra back, unfortunately he's already half way down the track by the time he turns around and a direct hit sends him back, the third umpire takes a look 73/218.1 Vijaykumar gets his man! He bangs it in short, Ganguly makes room and tries to hook it over fine leg, the ball flies off the top edge and RP Singh at fine leg takes it low 175/319.3 fires in a full delivery which comes in with the angle, he makes room and scoops it down to Ravi Teja at cover 190/4Extras5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL204/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.2)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Salman Butt, 0.4 ov), 2-73 (Aakash Chopra, 10.1 ov), 3-175 (Sourav Ganguly, 18.1 ov), 4-190 (Tatenda Taibu, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 3 0 36 1 12 5 4 2 0 0 DP Vijaykumar 3 0 21 1 7 8 2 0 0 1 SB Styris 3 0 28 0 9.33 9 3 2 0 0 RP Singh 4 0 59 1 14.75 5 7 2 1 0 Y Venugopal Rao 4 0 24 0 6 10 2 0 1 0 SB Bangar 1 0 10 0 10 2 2 0 0 0 PP Ojha 2 0 25 0 12.5 4 2 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.6 pitched on off, goes for the pull once again and is caught at midwicket by Ganguly who points to the bowler in appreciation 41/22.2 bouncer followed up with a fuller and wide one, Gibbs is tempted to cut and the ball flies high to Salman Butt at deep third man 12/15.1 first-ball wicket! Gul pitches it outside off and the ball pitches on the seam and deviates away from the right-hander who has a go at it anyway and the edge carries to the keeper 41/312.2 Dinda varies the pace with an offcutter, pitches it on a good length and Rohit goes for the across the line hoick a little too early as he ends up placing it straight to Ganguly at the edge of the midwicket circle 95/58.1 Styris edges a slog sweep and three fielders flock under it but Shukla is the first one at midwicket to get to it. 63/414.4 Bangar holes out! Ganguly cuts back on the pace and the ball comes on slow to Bangar who tries to clear midwicket, he fails to get the elevation and Chopra takes the catch 123/617.6 Vaas makes a little too much room to slog but the ball is too full for that stroke, it lands on the base of legstump and takes it out 161/7Extras16 (lb 8, nb 4, w 4)TOTAL181/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.05)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Herschelle Gibbs, 2.2 ov), 2-41 (Adam Gilchrist, 4.6 ov), 3-41 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 5.1 ov), 4-63 (Scott Styris, 8.1 ov), 5-95 (Rohit Sharma, 12.2 ov), 6-123 (Sanjay Bangar, 14.4 ov), 7-161 (Chaminda Vaas, 17.6 ov)
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
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (A Chopra 9, SC Ganguly 41, Ex 0)
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 40 balls (10 x 4)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (SC Ganguly 29, DJ Hussey 19, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 4
- DJ Hussey: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 46 balls (SC Ganguly 48, DJ Hussey 52, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (121 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 204/4 in 20.0 overs (DJ Hussey 57, LR Shukla 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 3 wickets)
- Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (35 balls), Extras 4
- Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (82 balls), Extras 12
- Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (103 balls), Extras 13
- Y Venugopal Rao: 50 off 28 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
Match Coverage
All Match News'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
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




