IPL CRICKET 2010 - KKR Vs Kinks XI Punjab
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
IPL CRICKET 2010
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab
BONG BLAST AT MOHALI
Manoj, Sourav Turn It On As KKR Beat Kings XI By 39 Runs
Mohali:It was relief for Kolkata Knight Riders at long ast. The home boys Sourav Ganguly (50) and Monoj Tiwary (75) took it upon themselves as Shah Rukh Khan's boys thrashed Kings XI Mohali by 39 runs. It was KKR's third win while Kings have only one in their kitty.
184 was a difficult target to chase and the moment Ajit Agarkar, plying his first game, removed Yuvraj Singh, thing became steep. Yuvraj was looking dangerous but his mistimed pull was brilliantly gobbled up by Tiwary in the deep to cap off a fantastic day.
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are nowhere close to their best at the moment and the KKR bowling was right on the button, taking wickets at regular intervals to put the shackles on the Kings.
Earlier, Sourav and Manoj were involved in a crucial 79 run stand for the third wicket which set it all up for the Knights.The 24-year-old Tiwary's 47 balls upbeaten innings was studded with eight fours and two sixes. While Ganguly's greezy 40 ball innings included six fours and one six.
Knight Riders were off to a rollicking start with opener Chris Gayle (14) clobbering three fours off Brett Lee as the Australian, playing his first match in IPL III, bled 19 runs in his first over.
Ganguly also didn't lag behind and punished Irfan Pathan for consecutive fours in the second over to take Kolkata to 27 in two overs.
However, Shalabh Srivaastava put the brakes on the score, getting rid of Gayle, who miscued a pull shot and Manvinder Bisla took a good catch at the boundary line.
Ganguly picked up a couple of fours more to keep the scoreboard ticking before newman Mandeep Singh popped one up straight to Lee at mid on to see his side reduce to 45 for two in five overs.
With Vikramjeet Malik and Piyush Chawla bowling in tandem, runs dried up for the Kolkata team and Ganguly and Manoj had to depend on ones and twos to take KKR to 75 for two in 10 overs.
In the 11th over, Ganguly slammed the first six of the match when he sent Chawla out or the park and followed if up with a boundary at cover to step the gas.
Tiwary also joined the party and pulled Malik for a mid wicket boundary, before picking up another four at cover to bring up the hundred for the knight Riders.
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