15/04Result
17th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Kolkata, Apr 15 2012
Kings XI won by 2 runs
Player of the Match
Sunil Narine
Sunil NarineKolkata Knight Riders
15/04Result
17th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Kolkata, Apr 15 2012
Kings XI won by 2 runs
Player of the Match
Sunil Narine
Sunil NarineKolkata Knight Riders

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | KKR: 132/7 (3 runs required, RR: 6.60)

  • Debabrata Das35 (23b)
  • Rajat Bhatia3 (2b)
  • Harmeet Singh4-0-27-1
  • Praveen Kumar4-0-22-0

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Narine is the Man of the Match for his 5 for 19. Narine: "I look just to contain and hit the right areas. Pretty much everyone is on BBM [when asked whether he is in touch with his West Indies team-mates]."

Gautam Gambhir: "We left it till the end. You need to play intelligent cricket. We should have finished it off when we needed 13 off 12. We should have played better as a batting unit."

Adam Gilchrist: "The guys fought well with the bat, some exceptional spin bowling from Narine and Co. Always felt Harmeet had it in him."

The KKR dugout is looking totally stunned. They were 73 for 2 at one stage. But you never know what you get with KKR.

Chawla and Bhatt brought Punjab back and Harmeet defended nine runs nervelessly off the final over. Not to forget PK's excellent over, the 19th, which went for just four

Charindra: "Gotta feel for the Kolkata fans. KKR have the most passionate and most loyal support in the world, and they keep letting the fans down year after year. They got rid of Ganguly, and now his team is leading the table."

Achuthan: "Slow and Steady win the race,only if you are a tortoise,not a Knight Rider."

James: "Very glad KKR lost, perhaps they will now drop YK Pathan who has contributed nothing this IPL. As far as this match goes there was one MAJOR failing, Bisla & Tiwary to push on after slowish starts, and Hasan and Pathan throwing their wickets away. A shame for the home crowd!"

19.6
1
Harmeet Singh to Das, 1 run, cannot get it away, the legbreaks, those harmless looking legbreaks from a medium-pacer have done it for Punjab, tries to swing one of them over midwicket, cannot time it at all, it rolls away to deep midwicket
19.5
1
Harmeet Singh to Bhatia, 1 run, Bhatia gets a taste of how it feels to generate some power off slower ones, gets it towards long off, another pick-up fluffed, but they are satisfied with one this time
19.4
2
Harmeet Singh to Bhatia, 2 runs, down the track, hits it down the ground, long on runs in, stops the ball, seems to have kept them to one, but he cannot pick it up cleanly, they hesitate and eventually get across for the second
19.3
W
Harmeet Singh to ten Doeschate, OUT, he's bowled Tendo., the legbreak appears innocuous, but it has taken out Tendo, who looked to swipe it through midwicket from outside off stump, an inside edge results, also finds its way on to the stumps

RN ten Doeschate b Harmeet Singh 11 (22m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 78.57

19.2
1
Harmeet Singh to Das, 1 run, cannot get this one away for more than a single down to long off
19.1
1lb
Harmeet Singh to ten Doeschate, 1 leg bye, legbreak arrives on a length on leg stump, Tendo has already swung around to swing it behind square leg, but somehow misses it

Nine off the final over from Harmeet

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs | KKR: 126/6 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.63, RRR: 9.00)

  • Ryan ten Doeschate11 (12b)
  • Debabrata Das33 (21b)
  • Praveen Kumar4-0-22-0
  • Dimitri Mascarenhas4-0-34-1
18.6
1
Kumar to ten Doeschate, 1 run, excellent stuff from PK, for the third time in succession, he finds the blockhole, this time bang on middle, not much Tendo can do with that, just manages to jam down his bat on it
18.5
0
Kumar to ten Doeschate, no run, another one around the blockhole just outside off, dug out to short mid on

A shortish mid on in place, in addition to long on

18.4
0
Kumar to ten Doeschate, no run, makes room, PK finds the blockhole around off, Tendo reaches out and squeezes it to point

Ash Habib: "Well Das just made me eat my words. I guess KKR needs all the batsman they can cramp in the playing 11!"

18.3
1
Kumar to Das, 1 run, swings hard and gets the full ball through midwicket
18.2
1
Kumar to ten Doeschate, 1 run, down to long on again for one
18.1
1
Kumar to Das, 1 run, mistimes a swing off a length ball down to long on along the ground

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | KKR: 122/6 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.77, RRR: 6.50)

  • Ryan ten Doeschate9 (8b)
  • Debabrata Das31 (19b)
  • Dimitri Mascarenhas4-0-34-1
  • Harmeet Singh3-0-22-0
17.6
4
Mascarenhas to ten Doeschate, FOUR, and again, this time he tries to pull a short of a length ball, misses as it nips in a shade, the ball goes over the stumps, Gilchrist cannot collect it standing up, and KKR inch closer
17.5
0
Mascarenhas to ten Doeschate, no run, tries to lift a length ball down the ground, is beaten by the bounce, which is why the ball also goes over off stump

Paul Hart: "Didn't an early comment say what's the point of having the extra KKR batsman."

17.4
1
Mascarenhas to Das, 1 run, worked through midwicket
17.3
0
Mascarenhas to Das, no run, steered to point, Tendo wants the single, has to dive back into his ground as the throw comes in
17.2
4
Mascarenhas to Das, FOUR, Das doing it for KKR, fetches the full ball from outside off and smokes it high to the left of long on
17.1
2
Mascarenhas to Das, 2 runs, hits a low full toss quite well in the end, Marsh dives to his left at long on as the ball travels quickly down the ground

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs | KKR: 111/6 (24 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.52, RRR: 8.00)

  • Debabrata Das24 (15b)
  • Ryan ten Doeschate5 (6b)
  • Harmeet Singh3-0-22-0
  • Bhargav Bhatt4-0-24-2
16.6
1
Harmeet Singh to Das, 1 run, down to long off for a single
16.5
4
Harmeet Singh to Das, FOUR, consecutive fours, full delivery clipped through midwicket with the angle, and just beats deep midwicket and long in running across to the rope
16.4
4
Harmeet Singh to Das, FOUR, that has been forehanded past the bowler, no chance for long off, back of a length ball sitting up outside off, and Das smacked it hard
16.3
1
Harmeet Singh to ten Doeschate, 1 run, hits a full delivery down to long on

KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13JH KallisG Gambhir
2nd17G GambhirMS Bisla
3rd43MS BislaMK Tiwary
4th6MS BislaShakib Al Hasan
5th0YK PathanShakib Al Hasan
6th9Shakib Al HasanDB Das
7th40RN ten DoeschateDB Das
8th4R BhatiaDB Das