| Kolkata Knight Riders 11-run victory over Kings XI Punjab |
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| Wednesday, 22 April 2009 01:14 |
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Duckworth-Lewis Method gave Kolkata Knight Riders 11-run victory over Kings XI Punjab in the IPL match at Durban. Kolkata's Chris Gayle (44) and Brad Hodge (10) were at the crease before rain stopped play. Earlier, Vikramjeet Malik gave a breather to his side by sending back Kolkata's Brendon McCullum (21). In the initial overs, Knight Riders openers Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum sliced the Kings XI bowling attack. Riding on efficient performances by Irfan Pathan (32) and Yuvraj Singh (38), Kings XI Punjab managed to score 158/6. Ashok Dinda replaced the lanky pacer in the next over and Irfan Pathan's fireworks took off. He played some solid shots in and outside the ground. But his outing was soon ended by Kolkata's former skipper Sourav Ganguly who came to the rescue and spoiled Mohali's party. He scalped Pathan (32) and Bopara (15) in single over to leave the opposition gasping. Yuvraj then partnered Sangakkara and was naturally expected of a blistering knock. By the end of the 10th over, it started raining and players went off the field for a while. It was luckily their strategic break too so not much of the time was wasted. The eleventh over of the game saw Yuvraj rising up to the expectation level and hit some beautiful strokes outside the 22 yards to revive Kings XI innings a bit. He along with Sangakkara pumped up the total with another 56 runs. But Sangakkara (26) couldn't support the left-hander for long as he was soon caught napping between the wickets by McCullum. Mahela Jayawardene was the next man in. Dangerous Yuvraj (38) fell in the next over when he could not sustain Henriques pace attack. Taruwar Kohli then entered, failed to make an impact and was sent back on just 1 run by Ashok Dinda who collected his first wicket for the day. Jayawardene along with Piyush Chawala, batted till the end to finish on 158/6. Kolkata's newly appointed skipper McCullum won the toss and decided to bowl first. Troubled by injuries that have denied them the services of star players like Shaun Marsh, Brett Lee and S Sreesanth, the Yuvraj Singh-led Kings XI were handed a 10-wicket drubbing by Delhi Daredevils in their rain-truncated opening match on Sunday. The same night, Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders lost by eight wickets to last year's bottom-placed Deccan Chargers Hyderabad. |
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