- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.3 bowled this time! He was trying to cut deliveries from the stump, and was getting away but this time it was pitched further up, gets an inside edge on to the stumps. 95/118.4 Oh oh! Gambhir went for the six over long-off, it was the right delivery to attempt it as well, pitched up with just the right amount of width but the timing went slightly off and that is caught at long-off. End of an excellent innings from the captain. 175/219.2 gone, caught! Finally they hold on to a good catch, but that is a strange shot coming from a batsman who has been hitting them so well in front of the wicket. Tries to paddle sweep it away, does not hit the middle of the bat and it has been caught at short fine-leg. 182/319.6 that is a full-toss and Pathan swings it away and that has been caught a few yards in front of the boundary at deep square-leg. Pathan waited for the umpire to call it a no-ball but he does not. 190/4Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL190/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.5)Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Brendon McCullum, 10.3 ov), 2-175 (Gautam Gambhir, 18.4 ov), 3-182 (Jacques Kallis, 19.2 ov), 4-190 (Yusuf Pathan, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Z Khan 4 0 48 1 12 8 5 3 1 0 DL Vettori 4 0 29 1 7.25 12 4 1 0 0 KP Appanna 3 0 27 0 9 6 2 1 2 0 R Vinay Kumar 4 0 31 2 7.75 10 3 1 1 0 TM Dilshan 2 0 19 0 9.5 2 3 0 0 0 HV Patel 3 0 35 0 11.66 3 1 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 gone, caught! Pathan has eked out the wicket of Dilshan, a big, big one at that. Dilshan went after Pathan in the same manner he had tried to do off the first ball, does not get the middle and lobs it back to mid-off, who takes a good catch. 2/119.5 edged and it has been given out, caught behind. Outside the off-stump and Gayle wanted to go for the drive, takes the edge and McCullum takes a good catch. 143/65.2 gone, lbw and Kohli has delivered a mouthful at nobody in particular. It was a good length ball, played from the back foot in an attempt to carve it through the leg-side but misses it and that's hit his pads, given out lbw. Kohli waited for an eternity before trudging off, a scene from the days of Inzamam-ul-Haq. 34/25.3 gone first ball for a duck! AB de Villiers gets a short ball from Kallis and wanted to lap it away to the leg-side, gets a top-edge and spoons up easily for the fielder at mid-on! 34/312.5 but Bhatia has his revenge off the very next ball, slower one outside the off-stump and Tiwary wanted to go over long-on, it gripped a little and he ended up slicing it to point where the captain takes a simple catch. 77/417.2 bowled him! Gone off a quicker one. He was on the back-foot after seeing it was a shorter one but yet again, he fails to read which way was it going to turn and it goes through his defences. 112/5Extras5 (lb 2, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL143/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.15)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0.6 ov), 2-34 (Virat Kohli, 5.2 ov), 3-34 (AB de Villiers, 5.3 ov), 4-77 (Saurabh Tiwary, 12.5 ov), 5-112 (Mayank Agarwal, 17.2 ov), 6-143 (Chris Gayle, 19.5 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05
Match days
28 April 2012 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 0 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (BB McCullum 11, G Gambhir 36, Ex 3)
- G Gambhir: 50 off 28 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (G Gambhir 34, JH Kallis 16, Ex 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 190/4 in 20.0 overs (MK Tiwary 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 3 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 4
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 5
- CH Gayle: 50 off 42 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
Match Coverage
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