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Kolkata Knight Riders had won only 1 match in IPL T20 season 2 and they were playing for their pride while Chennai Super Kings were well placed in the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Chennai Super Kings scored a huge total of 188/3 in 20 overs with the help of a good batting display by Suresh Raina (52 off 36 balls) and MS Dhoni (40 off 28 balls). Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to 189/3 in 20 overs as Brendon McCullum (81 off 48 balls) and Brad Hodge (71 of 44 balls) played blazing knocks guiding the Knight Riders to the victory. Brad Hodge was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock and his spell of 12 runs from 2 overs.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel run out (Laxmi Shukla) 25 19 4 0 131.58
George Bailey run out (Brad Hodge) 30 27 4 0 111.11
Suresh Raina c Laxmi Shukla b Ashok Dinda 52 36 3 3 144.44
MS Dhoni (C) (W) not out 40 28 4 1 142.86
Albie Morkel not out 21 10 1 2 210
Subramaniam Badrinath
Jacob Oram
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Sudeep Tyagi
Extras: b - 4, w - 13, nb - 0, lb - 3 20
Total: (188 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 188 Run Rate: 9.4

Fall of Wickets1-59 (Parthiv Patel, 6.1), 2-78 (George Bailey, 9.1), 3-152 (Suresh Raina, 17)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashok Dinda 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Anureet Singh 1 0 12 0 0 2 12
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 45 0 0 5 11.25
Murali Kartik 3 0 27 0 0 1 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 12 0 0 0 6
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 38 0 0 0 9.5
David Hussey 2 0 18 0 0 1 9

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Kokata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) b Shadab Jakati 81 48 11 3 168.75
Sourav Ganguly b Muttiah Muralidaran 4 14 0 0 28.57
Brad Hodge not out 71 44 4 4 161.36
David Hussey run out (MS Dhoni) 3 2 0 0 150
Wriddhiman Saha (W) not out 25 13 2 1 192.31
Laxmi Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ashok Dinda
Ajantha Mendis
Anureet Singh
Extras: b - 0, w - 0, nb - 1, lb - 4 5
Total: (189 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 189 Run Rate: 9.45

Fall of Wickets1-34 (Sourav Ganguly, 4.4), 2-124 (Brendon McCullum, 14), 3-133 (David Hussey, 15.2)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 39 0 1 0 13
Sudeep Tyagi 3 0 29 0 0 0 9.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 1 16 1 0 0 4
Shadab Jakati 4 0 36 1 0 0 9
Suresh Raina 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.33
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3 0 40 0 0 0 13.33

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Deccan Chargers beat Kolkata Knight Riders in a thriller in Match 48 of IPL T20 season 2. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders reached to a decent total of 160/5 in 20 overs with Brad Hodge (48 off 41 balls) and David Hussey (43 off 17 balls) playing brilliant innings. Deccan Chargers started the chase very well and Adam Gilchrist (43 off 31 balls) hit fours and sixes making it look easy chase for the Chargers. But then he got out and other wickets also fell in quick succession which increased the pressure and the required run rate. The situation was such that 21 runs were needed in the last over but Rohit Sharma played brilliantly and scored 26 runs of the last over off Mashrafe Mortaza winning the match for the Deccan Chargers with 166/4 in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma was awarded the Man of the Match his brilliant knock of 32 runs off 13 balls and his bowling figures of 1 wicket for 15 runs.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) c Tirumalsetti Suman b Ryan Harris 20 18 1 1 111.11
Sourav Ganguly c Ryan Harris b Rohit Sharma 33 41 3 0 80.49
Brad Hodge c Harmeet Singh b Ryan Harris 48 41 5 0 117.07
David Hussey run out (Adam Gilchrist) 43 17 2 4 252.94
Wriddhiman Saha (W) c RP Singh b Andrew Symonds 7 3 0 1 233.33
Mashrafe Mortaza not out 2 2 0 0 100
Ajit Agarkar not out 0 0 0 0
Yashpal Singh
Ishant Sharma
Murali Kartik
Shoaib Shaikh
Extras: b - 1, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 2 7
Total: (160 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 160 Run Rate: 8

Fall of Wickets1-27 (Brendon McCullum, 4.3), 2-85 (Sourav Ganguly, 14.5), 3-117 (Brad Hodge, 17.5), 4-152 (Wriddhiman Saha, 19.2), 5-158 (David Hussey, 19.4)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 0 20 2 0 0 5
RP Singh 3.1 0 30 0 2 2 9.47
Andrew Symonds 4 0 28 1 0 0 7
Harmeet Singh 3.5 0 40 0 0 0 10.43
Pragyan Ojha 3 0 24 0 0 0 8
Rohit Sharma 2 0 15 1 0 0 7.5

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c sub b Brad Hodge 43 31 5 2 138.71
Herschelle Gibbs c David Hussey b Murali Kartik 28 34 3 0 82.35
Tirumalsetti Suman run out (Brad Hodge) 31 24 3 1 129.17
Andrew Symonds run out (Mashrafe Mortaza) 18 13 0 1 138.46
Rohit Sharma not out 32 13 3 2 246.15
Venugopal Rao not out 7 7 0 0 100
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Ryan Harris
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b - 1, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 2 7
Total: (166 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 166 Run Rate: 8.3

Fall of Wickets1-68 (Adam Gilchrist, 9.2), 2-85 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12.3), 3-116 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 16.2), 4-128 (Andrew Symonds, 17.0)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 23 0 0 0 5.75
Mashrafe Mortaza 4 0 58 0 2 2 14.5
Murali Kartik 4 0 12 1 0 0 3
Brad Hodge 3 0 23 1 0 0 7.67
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 41 0 0 0 10.25
David Hussey 1 0 6 0 0 0 6

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Kolkata Knight Riders had been losing almost all matches and it has been engulfed by controversies too in IPL 2. This match was very crucial for them to make in the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2. Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders reached a score of 153/3 in 20 overs due to a brilliant innings by Brad Hodge (70 off 43 balls). Kings XI Punjab chased down the score quiet easily helped by Mahela Jayawardena’s innings of 52 runs off 41 balls and a lot of dropped catches by the KKR fielders. It went down to the last ball of the match and Punjab reached 154/4 in 20 overs. Mahela Jayawardena was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) c Vikramjeet Malik b Piyush Chawla 19 31 1 0 61.29
Chris Gayle c Yuvraj Singh b Yusuf Abdulla 17 17 3 0 100
Brad Hodge not out 70 43 10 1 162.79
Sourav Ganguly c Kumar Sangakkara b Piyush Chawla 22 17 1 1 129.41
Morne van Wyk (W) not out 18 12 1 1 150
Laxmi Shukla
Wriddhiman Saha
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 3 7
Total: (153 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 153 Run Rate: 7.65

Fall of Wickets1-23 (Chris Gayle, 4.4), 2-54 (Brendon McCullum, 10.3), 3-105 (Sourav Ganguly, 16)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ramesh Powar 2 0 8 0 0 1 4
Irfan Pathan 4 0 37 0 0 1 9.25
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 33 1 0 0 8.25
Vikramjeet Malik 4 0 23 0 0 0 5.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 27 2 0 1 6.75
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 22 0 0 0 11

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Sourav Ganguly b Ajit Agarkar 25 17 0 3 147.06
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 0 2 0 0 0
Simon Katich c Wriddhiman Saha b Brad Hodge 34 28 3 1 121.43
Mahela Jayawardena not out 52 41 7 0 126.83
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Brad Hodge b Ishant Sharma 14 16 1 0 87.5
Irfan Pathan not out 19 16 2 0 118.75
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
Tanmay Srivastava
Vikramjeet Malik
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 0, w - 8, nb - 0, lb - 2 10
Total: (154 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 154 Run Rate: 7.7

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Kumar Sangakkara, 0.5), 2-44 (Sunny Sohal, 5.1), 3-77 (Simon Katich, 9.2), 4-109 (Yuvraj Singh, 14.1)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 27 2 0 0 6.75
Ashok Dinda 2 0 26 0 0 2 13
Chris Gayle 3 0 20 0 0 0 6.67
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Laxmi Shukla 1 0 8 0 0 1 8
Sourav Ganguly 1 0 9 0 0 0 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 13 1 0 1 6.5
Murali Kartik 3 0 20 0 0 2 6.67

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