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Kolkata Knight Riders have been going through a bad phase in IPL T20 season 2 with controversies not benefiting them either. Royal Challengers have also been going through a poor phase with controversies surrounding them too. So, there was the so called battle of the losers too where Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets. Brendon McCullum won the toss and decided to bat. Most of the KKR batsmen struggled and they only managed to reach 139/6 in 20 overs by virtue of a 40 off 37 balls by Chris Gayle and 43 off 35 balls by Morne van Wyk. Anil Kumble had the best bowling statistics of 2 wickets for 16 runs. Bangalore was not terrific with their batting either and they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals while not being able to score most of the time. However, they managed to reach 143/5 in 19.5 overs by due to the innings of Shreevats Goswami (43 off 46 balls) and Mark Boucher (25 off 13 balls). Brad Hodge and Ishant Sharma did well with the bowl with figures of 3/29 and 2/15 respectively. Mark Boucher was awarded the Man of the Match for his speedy innings at the end.

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Kolkata
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c Virat Kohli b Kevin Pietersen 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Gayle c Shreevats Goswami b Kotarangada Appanna 40 37 6 0 108.11
Brad Hodge lbw b Anil Kumble 17 15 2 1 113.33
Sourav Ganguly c Jacques Kallis b Praveen Kumar 1 8 0 0 12.5
Morne van Wyk * not out 43 35 4 0 122.86
Wriddhiman Saha c Kevin Pietersen b Anil Kumble 21 14 0 1 150
Laxmi Shukla lbw b Roelof van der Merwe 2 3 0 0 66.67
Ajit Agarkar not out 6 7 0 0 85.71
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 2 9
Total: (139 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 139 Run Rate: 6.95

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Brendon McCullum, 0.1), 2-45 (Brad Hodge, 5.5), 3-54 (Sourav Ganguly, 8.3), 4-70 (Chris Gayle, 11.2), 5-110 (Wriddhiman Saha, 16.3), 6-118 (Laxmi Shukla, 17.4)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 24 1 0 2 6
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 28 1 0 0 7
Pankaj Singh 1 0 14 0 0 0 14
Praveen Kumar 4 0 25 1 0 1 6.25
Anil Kumble 4 0 16 2 0 0 4
Kotarangada Appanna 3 0 30 1 0 0 10

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Bangalore
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 23 25 2 0 92
Shreevats Goswami c Morne van Wyk b Brad Hodge 43 46 6 0 93.48
Kevin Pietersen (C) c Wriddhiman Saha b Brad Hodge 13 12 1 0 108.33
Virat Kohli c Morne van Wyk b Brad Hodge 19 12 1 1 158.33
Mark Boucher (W) not out 25 13 2 1 192.31
Roelof van der Merwe c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 9 9 0 1 100
Manish Pandey not out 2 2 0 0 100
Praveen Kumar
Pankaj Singh
Anil Kumble
Kotarangada Appanna
Extras: b - 1, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 1 9
Total: (143 for 5 wickets in 19.5 overs) 143 Run Rate: 7.21

Fall of Wickets1-69 (Shreevats Goswami, 11.1), 2-77 (Jacques Kallis, 12.4), 3-106 (Virat Kohli, 15.4), 4-107 (Kevin Pietersen, 16), 5-129 (Roelof van der Merwe, 18.5)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 15 2 0 1 3.75
Ajit Agarkar 2 0 23 0 0 4 11.5
Murali Kartik 4 0 26 0 0 1 6.5
Chris Gayle 3.5 0 31 0 0 0 8.09
Brad Hodge 4 0 29 3 0 0 7.25
Sourav Ganguly 2 0 17 0 0 0 8.5

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Mumbai Indians proved today why they are regarded as the top contenders of IPL T20 season 2 as they thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs. Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. Sachin Tendulkar (68 off 45 balls) and Sanath Jayasuriya (52 off 32 balls) rained sixes and fours displaying to the world why they are regarded as the all time greats in cricket. Mumbai Indians reached 111 without even losing a single wicket at the end of 10 overs. But then they got out and the other batsmen could only take the final score of the Mumbai Indians to 187/6 in 20 overs. For the Knight Riders, Laxmi Ratan Shukla had the best bowling figures of 3 wickets for 25 runs in his four overs. Kolkata Knight Riders started the batting under lights and could not sustain for long with their complete team being bundled out for 95 runs in 15.2 overs. Lasith Malinga and Abhishek Nayyar was exceptional with the ball with figures of 3/11 in 2.2 overs and 3/13 in 3 overs respectively. Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya were awarded the maximum sixes award for this match as they both struck 6 sixes each. Sachin Tendulkar was also awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing innings of 68 runs off 45 balls and his bowling figures of two overs for 11 runs.

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Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Arindam Ghosh b Laxmi Shukla 52 32 2 4 162.5
Sachin Tendulkar (C) lbw b Laxmi Shukla 68 45 6 4 151.11
Harbhajan Singh c Ajantha Mendis b Brad Hodge 18 8 1 2 225
JP Duminy not out 18 14 1 0 128.57
Abhishek Nayar run out (Laxmi Shukla) 3 3 0 0 100
Dwayne Bravo c Chris Gayle b Laxmi Shukla 3 5 0 0 60
Shikhar Dhawan c Brendon McCullum b Ishant Sharma 12 10 1 0 120
Saurabh Tiwary not out 4 3 0 0 133.33
Zaheer Khan
Pinal Shah (W)
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b - 0, w - 8, nb - 0, lb - 1 9
Total: (187 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 187 Run Rate: 9.35

Fall of Wickets1-127 (Sachin Tendulkar, 12.2), 2-146 (Harbhajan Singh, 13.5), 3-148 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 14.4), 4-151 (Abhishek Nayar, 15.1), 5-162 (Dwayne Bravo, 17), 6-175 (Shikhar Dhawan, 18.5)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 29 1 0 2 7.25
Ashok Dinda 2 0 24 0 0 1 12
Sourav Ganguly 1 0 16 0 0 1 16
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 39 0 0 0 9.75
Chris Gayle 2 0 24 0 0 0 12
Brad Hodge 3 0 29 1 0 0 9.67
Laxmi Shukla 4 0 25 3 0 0 6.25

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Kokata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c JP Duminy b Lasith Malinga 1 6 0 0 16.67
Chris Gayle c Sachin Tendulkar b Dwayne Bravo 12 11 0 1 109.09
Brad Hodge b Abhishek Nayar 24 22 3 0 109.09
Sourav Ganguly c Dwayne Bravo b Abhishek Nayar 34 30 3 1 113.33
Yashpal Singh c Pinal Shah b Dwayne Bravo 8 8 0 0 100
Arindam Ghosh c Sachin Tendulkar b Abhishek Nayar 0 1 0 0 0
Laxmi Shukla c Sanath Jayasuriya b Zaheer Khan 6 10 1 0 60
Ishant Sharma not out 6 3 1 0 200
Ajantha Mendis b Lasith Malinga 0 1 0 0 0
Ashok Dinda b Lasith Malinga 0 1 0 0 0
Anureet Singh retired hurt
Extras: b - 0, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 0 4
Total: (95 for 9 wickets in 15.2 overs) 95 Run Rate: 6.2

Fall of Wickets1-8 (Brendon McCullum, 2), 2-17 (Chris Gayle, 3), 3-71 (Brad Hodge, 10.2), 4-80 (Sourav Ganguly, 12.1), 5-81 (Arindam Ghosh, 12.3), 6-83 (Yashpal Singh, 13.2), 7-91 (Laxmi Shukla, 14.5), 8-95 (Ajantha Mendis, 15.1), 9-95 (Ashok Dinda, 15.2)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Zaheer Khan 3 0 14 1 0 0 4.67
Lasith Malinga 2.2 0 11 3 1 1 4.71
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 31 2 0 1 10.33
Harbhajan Singh 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5
Abhishek Nayar 3 0 13 3 0 0 4.33
Sachin Tendulkar 2 0 11 0 0 0 5.5

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Both Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders came into this 10th Match of IPL T20 season 2 with one loss each in their belt. Both of them are owned by Bollywood stars in the form of Shilpa Shetty and Shahrukh Khan respectively. Both of them had one more thing in common in IPL 2 which is that both teams had one of their matches affected by rain. While Rajasthan Royals last match was a rain washout, Kolkata Knight Riders won their last match on D/L method. In today’s match, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals to bat. Rajasthan Royals’ batting did not impress enough and they managed only 150/6 in their 20 overs with a 42 off 21 balls from Yusuf Pathan. Kolkata had two of its main batsmen firing with Chris Gayle (41 off 33 balls) and Sourav Ganguly (46 off 30 balls) playing quite well. The match was the most interesting match of IPL 2 bettering the previous Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils match of the day. The whole Kolkata Knight Riders innings was favorite both the sides at different positions. Even in the last over, Knight Riders needed just 7 off 6 balls. But in the second last ball, Sourav Ganguly got out and it became 2 needed from 1 ball. Then Ishant Sharma got run out in the last ball but he had already run the first run and so the match was a tie. Then came the first Super Over of IPL season 2 to decide the match outcome. In the first Super Over, Kolkata Knight Riders took the bat while Rajasthan Royals took the ball. The batting responsibility for the Kolkata Knight Riders were taken by Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum and Sourav Ganguly while new rookie Kamran Khan was trusted by Warne for the over. Kamran Khan also bowled the crucial last over of the Knight Rider innings which resulted in the Super Over. Through Chris Gayle hit a few boundaries but Kamran bowled a good line and KKR managed only 15 runs in their Super Over. Then the Rajasthan Royals Super Over came where Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja and Dimitri Mascarenhas were chosen to take the batting responsibility by Warne while Kolkata Knight Riders gave the bowling to Sri Lankan medium pacer Ajantha Mendis. Yusuf Pathan hit the first ball for a 6 setting the momentum for the Royals. He took 2 runs from the next ball and then again hit a huge 6 from the following delivery. Chasing the 16 runs target set by KKR for the Super Over, Yusuf Pathan hit 4 runs off the fourth ball making their Super Over tally to 18 runs and surpassing the target easily. From the Rajasthan Royals squad, Kamran Khan took 3/18 while Shane Warne took 2/25. Yusuf Pathan was declared the Man of the Match for his blistering knocks during the Rajasthan Royals innings as well as the Super Over.

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Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Graeme Smith c Chris Gayle b Ajantha Mendis 15 21 1 0 71.43
Paul Valthaty c Ishant Sharma b Anureet Singh 5 7 1 0 71.43
Rob Quiney c Chris Gayle b Ishant Sharma 6 2 0 1 300
Yusuf Pathan c Yashpal Singh b Ajantha Mendis 42 21 6 2 200
Ravindra Jadeja c Yashpal Singh b Ishant Sharma 22 26 0 0 84.62
Dimitri Mascarenhas b Anureet Singh 27 28 2 0 96.43
Abhishek Raut not out 21 13 1 2 161.54
Shane Warne (C) not out 2 2 0 0 100
Mahesh Rawat (W)
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan
Extras: b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 3 10
Total: (150 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.5

Fall of Wickets1-8 (Paul Valthaty, 2), 2-14 (Rob Quiney, 2.2), 3-70 (Graeme Smith, 8.1), 4-73 (Yusuf Pathan, 9), 5-112 (Ravindra Jadeja, 16.2), 6-125 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 18)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 36 2 0 0 9
Anureet Singh 4 0 35 2 0 2 8.75
Ajit Agarkar 1 0 14 0 0 1 14
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 19 2 0 1 4.75
Sourav Ganguly 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.67
Chris Gayle 4 0 20 0 0 2 5

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Chris Gayle c Ravindra Jadeja b Shane Warne 41 33 2 4 124.24
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c Kamran Khan b Dimitri Mascarenhas 3 9 0 0 33.33
Laxmi Shukla c Mahesh Rawat b Kamran Khan 13 13 1 0 100
Brad Hodge c Mahesh Rawat b Munaf Patel 5 7 0 0 71.43
Sourav Ganguly c Mahesh Rawat b Kamran Khan 46 30 4 2 153.33
Sanjay Bangar c Graeme Smith b Kamran Khan 2 9 0 0 22.22
Yashpal Singh c Abhishek Raut b Shane Warne 20 18 3 0 111.11
Ajit Agarkar not out 1 1 0 0 100
Ishant Sharma run out (Kamran Khan) 1 1 0 0 100
Anureet Singh
Ajantha Mendis
Extras: b - 0, w - 9, nb - 1, lb - 8 18
Total: (150 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.5

Fall of Wickets1-25 (Brendon McCullum, 4), 2-60 (Chris Gayle, 8.2), 3-67 (Laxmi Shukla, 9.5), 4-71 (Brad Hodge, 10.5), 5-94 (Sanjay Bangar, 14), 6-143 (Yashpal Singh, 18.5), 7-149 (Sourav Ganguly, 19.5), 8-150 (Ishant Sharma, 20)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Yusuf Pathan 4 0 27 0 0 4 6.75
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4 1 29 1 0 0 7.25
Shane Warne 4 0 25 2 0 2 6.25
Kamran Khan 4 0 18 3 0 3 4.5
Munaf Patel 3 0 36 1 1 0 12
Ravindra Jadeja 1 0 7 0 0 0 7

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Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab had both loss their first match and both of them wanted to open their points tally with this match. Kolkata won the toss and put Kings XI Punjab to bat.  With good batting from Irfan Pathan (32 off 17 balls), Yuvraj Singh (38 off 28 balls), Mahela Jayawardena (31 off 19 balls) and Kumar Sangakarra (26 off 24 balls), Punjab reached a competitive total of 158/6 in their 2o overs.  Sourav Ganguly was the best bowling figures for the Knight Riders picking up 4/24 in his 4 overs.  But KKR went off to a flier with Chris Gayle (44 off 26 balls) and Brendon Mccullum (21 off 16 balls) smashing the weak King XI bowling lineup for fours and sixes. Rain then interrupted the match but the results were in favour of Kolkata Knight Riders who won the match by D/L method. Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match for his fiery innings of 44 off 26 balls.

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Mohali
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Brendon McCullum b Sourav Ganguly 15 15 2 0 100
Karan Goel c Chris Gayle b Ishant Sharma 0 7 0 0 0
Irfan Pathan c Murali Kartik b Sourav Ganguly 32 17 5 1 188.24
Kumar Sangakkara (W) run out (Aakash Chopra) 26 24 2 0 108.33
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Yashpal Singh b Moises Henriques 38 28 3 2 135.71
Mahela Jayawardena * not out 31 19 3 1 163.16
Taruwar Kohli c Brendon McCullum b Ashok Dinda 1 4 0 0 25
Piyush Chawla not out 3 6 0 0 50
Vikramjeet Malik
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 1, w - 11, nb - 0, lb - 0 12
Total: (158 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 158 Run Rate: 7.9

Fall of Wickets1-9 (Karan Goel, 2.2), 2-47 (Irfan Pathan, 6.2), 3-48 (Ravi Bopara, 6.4), 4-104 (Kumar Sangakkara, 14.1), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.4), 6-131 (Taruwar Kohli, 17.2)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Ashok Dinda 4 0 34 1 0 1 8.5
Moises Henriques 4 0 32 1 0 1 8
Sourav Ganguly 4 0 24 2 0 0 6
Laxmi Shukla 2 0 22 0 0 2 11
Chris Gayle 1 0 14 0 0 3 14
Murali Kartik 1 0 7 0 0 0 7

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Kolkata
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c Kumar Sangakkara b Vikramjeet Malik 21 16 1 2 131.25
Chris Gayle not out 44 26 2 4 169.23
Brad Hodge not out 10 14 0 0 71.43
Sourav Ganguly
Aakash Chopra
Yashpal Singh
Laxmi Shukla
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 0 4
Total: (79 for 1 wicket in 9.2 overs) 79 Run Rate: 8.46

Fall of Wickets1-57 (Brendon McCullum, 5.3)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Irfan Pathan 3 0 27 0 0 2 9
Yusuf Abdulla 2 0 20 0 0 2 10
Vikramjeet Malik 2 0 23 1 0 0 11.5
Piyush Chawla 2 0 8 0 0 0 4
Ravi Bopara 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 3

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