END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs | DC: 167/8 (15 runs required, RR: 8.35)

  • Daniel Vettori12 (6b)
  • Amit Mishra4 (6b)
  • Ajit Agarkar4-0-36-1
  • Ashok Dinda4-0-21-2

Dinda: " I am very happy tonight. I bowled it in the right areas and got a little bit of swing going. We have been trying really hard and it's good to win. Dada is fantastic."

Wasim Akram: "I am very proud of the boys. You have to keep on fighting till the very end in the tournament. It's not me, the boys have turned it around. Mahela played an exceptional innings the other day. I have been hammered too everywhere on flat tracks. Dinda started well. He runs in hard from the first ball and gives 100%. Ajit bowled well, Matthews was slightly off today but the spinners did really well. We planned not to give room to Warner and not bowl short. Dinda put lot of pressure on him in the first four deliveries."

Gambhir: "We should have finished the game but this is what this format is all about. You tend to panic and lose. KKR did really well. I think i need to run well! That was the turning point. Once the opposition gets 180, whatever the wicket is, it 's always going to be difficult. All credit to Kolkata. 31 balls 47 runs ,,. anyone would have backed us to win but this is how this format is. We lost wickets and we lost the game."

Man of the match is Ganguly: "It was good to win. It was difficult to leave out Bond. I wasn't sure Bond or Mendis till we reached the ground. It was a dry track and Mendis did well. Isbal Abdulla did really well. Everytime he gets an opportunity the young boy does well. When Sehwag was batting, any target is acheiveable. When he gets out .. I felt we can do this. Everyone thinks they know how to bowl to Sehwag but he keeps pumping them into the stands! He is a champion batsman. Both Sehwag and Gambhir are really fine players .. "

That's it from us. Good bye and good luck.

19.6
4
Agarkar to Vettori, FOUR, Ganguly's boys have done it. KKR win by 14 runs. For the record the final delivery was full pitched on the leg and Dan turned it to fine-leg boundary.
19.5
1
Agarkar to Mishra, 1 run, goes for another yorker, ends up a low inswinging full delivery, takes the edge and rolls away to short fine-leg
19.4
0
Agarkar to Mishra, no run, screaming yorker length delivery outside off, Mishra can't get bat to ball. Saha collects
19.3
1
Agarkar to Vettori, 1 run, full delivery, short of the blockhole but pretty close up there.. edged to the on side
19.2
4
Agarkar to Vettori, FOUR, another low full toss, Dan smashes it to the straight boundary
19.1
1
Agarkar to Mishra, 1 run, low full toss outside off, drievn to long-off for a single

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | DC: 156/8 (26 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.21, RRR: 26.00)

  • Amit Mishra2 (3b)
  • Daniel Vettori3 (3b)
  • Ashok Dinda4-0-21-2
  • Iqbal Abdulla4-0-28-1
18.6
1
Dinda to Mishra, 1 run, goes for another yorker, low dipping full toss, Mishra fails to connect with the slog .. the ball rolls to left of the keeper. What a super over from Dinda
18.5
1
Dinda to Vettori, 1 run, almost yorker length, steered to third man
18.5
1w
Dinda to Vettori, 1 wide, moves outside leg, Dinda pushes it wide outside off stump .. he tried a slower one but ended up pushing it too far across
18.4
1
Dinda to Mishra, 1 run, the slower one outside off, Mishra edges the intended big hit to the off side
18.3
0
Dinda to Mishra, no run, the slow bouncer on the leg stump line, Mishra had backed outside leg, tries to steer it to third man but fails
18.2
W
Dinda to Karthik, OUT, surely, game over now?! DK went for the swing across the line but dragged it straight to midwicket. Dinda, who started the damage by taking out the off stump of David Warner, has returned to take out DK

KD Karthik c McCullum b Dinda 20 (17b 2x4 0x6) SR: 117.64

18.1
1
Dinda to Vettori, 1 run, moves right across his sticks, Dinda follows him with a full delivery, tapped to the on side for a single

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | DC: 151/7 (31 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.38, RRR: 15.50)

  • Daniel Vettori1 (1b)
  • Dinesh Karthik20 (16b)
  • Iqbal Abdulla4-0-28-1
  • Ajantha Mendis4-0-22-2
17.6
1
Iqbal Abdulla to Vettori, 1 run, really full delivery on the legs, turned past square-leg for a single
17.5
1
Iqbal Abdulla to Karthik, 1 run, on the off and middle, DK goes for his favourite slog sweep but just a single
17.4
W
Iqbal Abdulla to Bhatia, OUT, Bhatia is run out Iqbal Abdulla you beauty! It was pushed to the short mid-off region .. Abdulla charged out, slid towards the ball, picked it up and fired a direct hit at the non-striker's end! KKR edge ahead

R Bhatia run out 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

17.3
2
Iqbal Abdulla to Bhatia, 2 runs, lunges out to scoop the flighted delivery wide of long-on
17.2
0
Iqbal Abdulla to Bhatia, no run, Ganguly is hype active today. He dives to his left at short cover to make another stop
17.1
W
Iqbal Abdulla to Maharoof, OUT, Clatterrrrrrr! the stumps are in a disarray and Eden Gardens is screaming in delight. Maharoof went for the slog sweep but no wood on leather. Timber!

MF Maharoof b Iqbal Abdulla 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | DC: 147/5 (35 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.64, RRR: 11.66)

  • Farveez Maharoof2 (2b)
  • Dinesh Karthik19 (15b)
  • Ajantha Mendis4-0-22-2
  • Iqbal Abdulla3-0-24-0
16.6
1
Mendis to Maharoof, 1 run, on the leg and middle line, pushed to short mid-on region for a single. What a fine over this from Mendis.
16.5
1
Mendis to Karthik, 1 run, goes for the slog sweep, doesn't connect properly and will pick up a single
16.4
1
Mendis to Maharoof, 1 run, leans forward to drive to long-off
16.3
W
Mendis to Jadhav, OUT, Dada is rocking out there tonight! It was smashed over his head at short cover but he calmly jumps up to pouch it. Mendis has struck. Eden Gardens, as you would expect, has gone gaga

KM Jadhav c Ganguly b Mendis 5 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 62.5

16.2
2
Mendis to Jadhav, 2 runs, loopy delivery on the middle and leg, pushed past square-leg

Daredevils 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0V SehwagDA Warner
2nd99G GambhirV Sehwag
3rd4PD CollingwoodV Sehwag
4th31V SehwagKD Karthik
5th10KD KarthikKM Jadhav
6th3KD KarthikMF Maharoof
7th2R BhatiaKD Karthik
8th3DL VettoriKD Karthik
9th15DL VettoriA Mishra