- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.3 gives it away this time, survived a couple of scares but fails to take advantage, short on the off, usually plays the pull well but not quite so this time, got the top edge and Suman at square leg ran back a few steps to pouch a well-judged catch 27/114.5 the end of a struggle, slightly short on the off, made room and tried to clear long-off, no timing on that one, landed safe in the hands of Harris 85/217.5 caught at short fine, short on middle, makes way to pull it over midwicket, mistimes it, gets the top-edge straight to Harmeet Singh, Hodge goes after a fine knock 117/319.4 run out, tries to whip it fine, gets hit on the waist and it drops on the pitch, rushes off for a single but Gilchrist is onto it quickly, flicking it onto the stumps at the non-striker's end to find Hussey well short 158/519.2 holes out in the deep, full and wide, makes room and slices it in front of deep cover, RP is late to get onto it but covers good ground to dive forward and pluck a sharp catch 152/4Extras7 (b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL160/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Brendon McCullum, 4.3 ov), 2-85 (Sourav Ganguly, 14.5 ov), 3-117 (Brad Hodge, 17.5 ov), 4-152 (Wriddhiman Saha, 19.2 ov), 5-158 (David Hussey, 19.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.2 a timely wicket for Kolkata, tossed up outside off, a little slower through the air, reached for it and tried to sweep it square, it turned, went off the top edge and sailed towards Laxmi Shukla at deep square leg who judged it well diving to his right, though it did seem for a second it would pop out, but he clasped it well in the end 68/112.3 Kartik strikes! Bowled it short on middle, a long hop that should have been dismissed but Gibbs didn't get the elevation, rocked back and pulled it straight to Hussey at deep midwicket 85/216.2 run out, good one, yorker length on the off, thumped down towards long-off, accurate throw from Hodge at the non-striker's end, Suman is struggling to reach, Agarkar collects well, clips off the bails to find Suman just short 116/317 run out, he's bowled a superb yorker, dug out into the off side and rushes off, Mashrafe runs forward, collects and throws down the stumps at the non-striker's end despite Symonds blocking his view to find him well short, big wicket, a potentially decisive one, he's overstepped through, concedes a freehit, but what a big scalp 128/4Extras7 (b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL166/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.3)Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Adam Gilchrist, 9.2 ov), 2-85 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12.3 ov), 3-116 (Tirumalasetti Suman, 16.2 ov), 4-128 (Andrew Symonds, 17 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB I Sharma 4 0 23 0 5.75 13 4 0 0 0 Mashrafe Mortaza 4 0 58 0 14.5 7 4 4 2 2 M Kartik 4 0 12 1 3 14 0 0 0 0 BJ Hodge 3 0 23 1 7.66 7 2 1 0 0 AB Agarkar 4 0 41 0 10.25 4 4 1 0 0 DJ Hussey 1 0 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Deccan Chargers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.45 start, First Session 16.45-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.20, Second Session 18.20-19.45
Match days
16 May 2009 - day/night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Deccan Chargers 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Kolkata Knight Riders - 50/1 in 10.0 overs (SC Ganguly 14, BJ Hodge 13)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (SC Ganguly 25, BJ Hodge 24, Ex 1)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 4
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (117 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 160/5 in 20.0 overs (Mashrafe Mortaza 2, AB Agarkar 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 0 wicket)
- Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (AC Gilchrist 32, HH Gibbs 16, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Deccan Chargers - 71/1 in 10.0 overs (HH Gibbs 25, TL Suman 1)
- Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 3
- Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 19.3 overs (119 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
All Match NewsMcCullum reprimanded for dissent
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Brendon McCullum has been reported for showing dissent in Saturday's six-wicket loss to Deccan Chargers in Johannesburg
Kolkata's sorry saga continues
Whenever Kolkata have run that last lap, they have stumbled and fallen just before the line. If they believe in destiny and fate, McCullum could head to Durban to find an Indian astrologer to have his palm read
Rohit breaks Kolkata hearts
Kolkata slid to a heart-breaking last-ball defeat against the Deccan Chargers, where Rohit Sharma slammed an incredible 26 runs off the final over to script a sensational victory




