- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.3 Shoaib Shaikh pulls off a stunner! Langeveldt gets the ball to kick up and Ojha pokes his bat out for a half-hearted cut and gets a thick outside edge, the ball drifts away from Shaikh's right but he leaps and pulls off the catch one handed 28/31.1 and Langeveldt strikes in his first ball, he bangs it in short and Quiney tries to hook him but gets a thick top edge and the keeper jogs to his right and takes the sitter 22/12.5 awesome fielding by Dinda! Asnodkar hops to fend off a delivery aimed at his body and the ball drops in front of silly point, Asnodkar sets off, Ojha does the same but changes his mind, a confused Asnodkar turns around and tries to head back but Dinda sprints, dives and in one motion affects the direct hit, no need for the third umpire 28/29.2 Ganguly takes the catch at mid-on! Patel fails to control the pull off a short ball and the ball is skied to Ganguly's left, he covers a bit of ground and falls over after taking the catch 59/55.3 timber! Botha walks across his stumps to force it through the on side but he swings too early and gets a thick onside edge which cannons onto off and middle stumps 42/410.5 it gets worse for Rajasthan! Yusuf takes a few paces down the pitch and squirts out a full delivery down to silly point, there's hesitation in the running but Yusuf sets off anyway, Dinda gathers the ball and breaks the stumps at the stro/iker's end and Yusuf, who turns around, is nowhere near the crease 62/617.2 makes room and the bowler fires it on the stumps, the ball just flicks the pads slightly and flattens the legstump 92/811.2 terrible cricket from Rajasthan and Kolkata are loving this! He tucks it down to midwicket and sets off for a non-existent single, Henderson was always struggling and he wasn't quick enough for Hussey's direct hit 62/719.3 the over gets better for Agarkar! He fires an inswinging yorker which just hits the edge of the base of the legstump and the bail takes its own sweet time to get off the groove, Warne didn't pick the yorker 99/9Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL101/9 (20 Overs, RR: 5.05)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Rob Quiney, 1.1 ov), 2-28 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 2.5 ov), 3-28 (Naman Ojha, 3.3 ov), 4-42 (Johan Botha, 5.3 ov), 5-59 (Niraj Patel, 9.2 ov), 6-62 (Yusuf Pathan, 10.5 ov), 7-62 (Tyron Henderson, 11.2 ov), 8-92 (Ravindra Jadeja, 17.2 ov), 9-99 (Shane Warne, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ Hodge 1 0 22 0 22 0 0 3 0 0 CK Langeveldt 4 0 15 3 3.75 16 2 0 1 0 AB Dinda 4 0 12 0 3 17 1 0 1 0 AB Agarkar 4 0 15 2 3.75 16 2 0 0 0 SS Sarkar 3 0 15 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 LR Shukla 4 0 20 0 5 14 2 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.1 plumb! Man do we have a twist here? The ball lands close to the cracks on the surface just short of a good length and shoots through much lower than McCullum expects it to, he swings and misses and gets caught on the thigh in front of middle stump, his legs were bent at the point of contact 9/20.6 Ganguly takes a couple of paces down the pitch and makes room to slice it over the off side but he only manages hitting it straight to Jadeja at point who cups it and falls over backwards 9/17.1 brilliant stuff by Ojha! Hodge drops the ball in front of silly point and takes off but the ball spins backwards to the keeper, Ojha flicks it back at the stumps and Hodge's bat was over the line but in the air, the third umpire takes a look 30/44.6 Yashpal's misely ends and Rajasthan are really making a game of this! Munaf bangs it in short outside off and an under pressure Yashpal can't resist the upper cut, the ball dips in front of Quiney but he times his dive well and pulls it off inches from the turf, the extra ball has worked to Rajasthan's favour 21/39.1 The KKR choke continues! Botha drops it short and gets some extra bounce, Hussey bends his knee for a front foot pull and the ball lands down Neeraj Patel's throat at deep midwicket 37/511.3 what on earth is happening today? Shukla tucks it in front of midwicket and there never really should have been a run there, Shaikh charges halfway down, turns back but the throw is fired to Botha who breaks the stumps, Shaikh's quite upset with his partner as he walks back. In fact Shukla didn't even want the single 45/6Extras5 (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL102/6 (19.3 Overs, RR: 5.23)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sourav Ganguly, 0.6 ov), 2-9 (Brendon McCullum, 1.1 ov), 3-21 (Yashpal Singh, 4.6 ov), 4-30 (Brad Hodge, 7.1 ov), 5-37 (David Hussey, 9.1 ov), 6-45 (Shoaib Shaikh, 11.3 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
12.30 start, First Session 12.30-13.45, Interval 13.45-14.00, Second Session 14.00-15.15
Match days
20 May 2009 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 4 wickets)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Rajasthan Royals - 61/5 in 10.0 overs (YK Pathan 9, RA Jadeja 0)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 101/9 in 20.0 overs (MM Patel 5, A Singh 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 3 wickets)
- Drinks: Kolkata Knight Riders - 38/5 in 10.0 overs (LR Shukla 7, SS Shaikh 0)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 1
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (LR Shukla 39, AB Agarkar 9, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 5
Match Coverage
All Match NewsNot the stuff of champions
It was a strange game that saw the defending champions knocked out in an uncharaceteristic fashion. A sense of claustrophobia was in the air. The future strangled Rajasthan; the past threatened to haul in Kolkata
Langeveldt and Shukla knock defending champions out
The much-ridiculed underdogs of this year, Kolkata Knight Riders, have ended the tournament for the defending champions, but not before they almost made a mess of the chase



