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Winners of IPL T20 season 1 Rajasthan Royals are not looking the same side this year. Kings XI Punjab beat Warne’s boys by 27 runs to score their second consecutive win in IPL T20 season 2 while Rajasthan Royals suffered their second consecutive defeat. Yuvraj Singh won the toss and decided to bat. The Rajasthan Royals bowlers bowled exceptionally well in the initial overs and the Kings XI Punjab were reduced to just 48/4 in 8.2 overs. But then Kumar Sangakkara (60 off 51 balls) and Irfan Pathan (39 off 33 balls) batted brilliantly to guide the team to a competitive total of 139/6 in their 20 overs. Amongst the Rajasthan bowlers, Kamran Khan and Munaf Patel bowled very well and finished at 2/15 and 2/24 respectively in their 4 overs. The target of 140 seemed quite easy but Rajasthan Royals had a severe batting collapse and ended with only 112/7 in their 20 overs. Shane Warne and Ravindra Jadeja did considerably well for the Rajasthan Royals batting while Yusuf Abdulla, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla excelled with the ball. Kumar Sangakkara was declared the Man of the Match for his 60 runs.

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Munaf Patel b Kamran Khan 11 15 2 0 73.33
Karan Goel run out (Ravindra Jadeja) 0 0 0 0
Kumar Sangakkara (W) run out (Mahesh Rawat) 60 51 7 1 117.65
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Mahesh Rawat b Munaf Patel 2 3 0 0 66.67
Mahela Jayawardena c Kamran Khan b Munaf Patel 7 10 0 0 70
Irfan Pathan b Kamran Khan 39 33 2 2 118.18
Piyush Chawla not out 6 6 1 0 100
Wilkin Mota not out 1 2 0 0 50
Ramesh Powar
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 2, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 2 13
Total: (139 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 139 Run Rate: 6.95

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Karan Goel, 0.1), 2-21 (Ravi Bopara, 4.1), 3-38 (Yuvraj Singh, 6.1), 4-48 (Mahela Jayawardena, 8.2), 5-123 (Irfan Pathan, 18.1), 6-130 (Kumar Sangakkara, 19)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Kamran Khan 4 0 15 2 0 3 3.75
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.25
Munaf Patel 4 0 24 2 0 1 6
Yusuf Pathan 4 0 30 0 0 4 7.5
Shane Warne 4 0 37 0 0 0 9.25

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Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Swapnil Asnodkar c Ramesh Powar b Irfan Pathan 3 4 0 0 75
Graeme Smith c Kumar Sangakkara b Irfan Pathan 2 6 0 0 33.33
Rob Quiney c Kumar Sangakkara b Yusuf Abdulla 7 8 1 0 87.5
Yusuf Pathan c Karan Goel b Piyush Chawla 10 13 2 0 76.92
Dimitri Mascarenhas b Yusuf Abdulla 4 2 1 0 200
Ravindra Jadeja b Yusuf Abdulla 37 44 2 0 84.09
Abhishek Raut c Ramesh Powar b Piyush Chawla 1 4 0 0 25
Shane Warne (C) not out 34 33 3 0 103.03
Mahesh Rawat (W) not out 4 6 0 0 66.67
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan
Extras: b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 5 10
Total: (112 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 112 Run Rate: 5.6

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 1.1), 2-9 (Graeme Smith, 1.5), 3-23 (Rob Quiney, 4.1), 4-27 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 4.3), 5-36 (Yusuf Pathan, 6.4), 6-42 (Abhishek Raut, 8.4), 7-102 (Ravindra Jadeja, 18.1)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ramesh Powar 2 0 10 0 0 1 5
Irfan Pathan 4 0 26 2 0 3 6.5
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 21 3 0 1 5.25
VRV Singh 4 0 19 0 0 0 4.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 22 2 0 0 5.5
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5

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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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Rajasthan Royals entered IPL T20 season 2 as the defending champions and the expectations were quite high on them to perform. But Warne and his boys could not pull up a win against the Bangalore Royal Challengers which was led under a new captain Kevin Pieterse. However, it was proved once again in this match that the veterans are the pillars of any team and the two best performances in this match were Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble. Pietersen won the toss and decided to bat first. They were put on the backfoot by an exceptional bowling by Rajasthan Royals bolwers initially led by Dimitri Mascarenhas who took two wickets in the first three balls of the match. The Royal Challengers initially seemed to be unable to take on the challenge of the Royals but Rahul Dravid’s brilliant innings (66 off 48 balls) and Kevin Pietersen’s innings (32 off 30 balls) helped the Royal Challengers reach a score of 133 off their 20 overs. The target seemed to be quite easy but Rajasthan Royals had a terrible start where none of their batsmen could bat for long and they lost wickets and regular intervals. They could not increase their run rate too and an excellent spell by Anil Kumble picking 5 wickets for 5 runs made sure that they were bundled out for the second lowest t20 total ever of 58 runs. Rahul Dravid was declared as the man of the match for the game.

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 Bangalore
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder c Mahesh Rawat b Dimitri Mascarenhas 0 2 0 0 0
Robin Uthappa (W) c Mahesh Rawat b Dimitri Mascarenhas 3 10 0 0 30
Ross Taylor b Dimitri Mascarenhas 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Pietersen (C) c Niraj Patel b Tyron Henderson 32 30 4 0 106.67
Rahul Dravid c Shane Warne b Munaf Patel 66 48 8 1 137.5
Virat Kohli b Shane Warne 3 8 0 0 37.5
Balachandra Akhil b Shane Warne 9 9 1 0 100
Praveen Kumar c & b Munaf Patel 8 10 0 1 80
Vinay Kumar not out 8 2 2 0 400
Dale Steyn * not out 0 0 0 0
Anil Kumble
Extras: b - 0, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 2 4  
Total: (133 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 133 Run Rate: 6.65
Fall of Wickets
1-0 (Jesse Ryder, 0.2), 2-0 (Ross Taylor, 0.3), 3-17 (Robin Uthappa, 4.5), 4-52 (Kevin Pietersen, 8.5), 5-63 (Virat Kohli, 11.5), 6-88 (Balachandra Akhil, 15.4), 7-119 (Praveen Kumar, 19.2), 8-125 (Rahul Dravid, 19.4)
Bowling (Jaipur)
Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4 0 20 3 0 0 5
Kamran Khan 3 0 21 0 0 0 7
Munaf Patel 3 0 25 2 0 1 8.33
Tyron Henderson 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5
Shane Warne 4 0 18 2 0 0 4.5
Yusuf Pathan 2 0 17 0 0 1 8.5
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  Jaipur
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Graeme Smith c Rahul Dravid b Praveen Kumar 2 11 0 0 18.18
Swapnil Asnodkar c Virat Kohli b Praveen Kumar 0 2 0 0 0
Niraj Patel c Anil Kumble b Jesse Ryder 4 16 0 0 25
Tyron Henderson b Jesse Ryder 11 15 0 1 73.33
Yusuf Pathan c Jesse Ryder b Anil Kumble 11 14 1 0 78.57
Dimitri Mascarenhas run out (Virat Kohli) 0 1 0 0 0
Ravindra Jadeja c Virat Kohli b Anil Kumble 11 10 0 1 110
Shane Warne (C) st Robin Uthappa b Anil Kumble 3 9 0 0 33.33
Mahesh Rawat (W) not out 4 7 0 0 57.14
Munaf Patel c Dale Steyn b Anil Kumble 0 2 0 0 0
Kamran Khan c Robin Uthappa b Anil Kumble 3 5 0 0 60
Extras: b - 0, w - 7, nb - 1, lb - 1 9  
Total: (58 for 10 wickets in 15.1 overs) 58 Run Rate: 3.82
Fall of Wickets
1-2 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 0.5), 2-7 (Graeme Smith, 3), 3-14 (Niraj Patel, 6.2), 4-28 (Tyron Henderson, 8.3), 5-28 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 8.4), 6-47 (Yusuf Pathan, 11.1), 7-47 (Ravindra Jadeja, 11.2), 8-53 (Shane Warne, 13.3), 9-53 (Munaf Patel, 13.5), 10-58 (Kamran Khan, 15.1)
Bowling (Bangalore)
Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 3 0 7 2 1 2 2.33
Dale Steyn 2 0 6 0 0 3 3
Vinay Kumar 3 0 25 0 0 1 8.33
Jesse Ryder 4 0 14 2 0 1 3.5
Anil Kumble 3.1 1 5 5 0 0 1.58

Kamran Khan has been in news for the past few days after he bowled an excellent yorker in the warm up match against Rajasthan Royals. He was also praised by his captain Shane Warne who named him the tornado and said he is a pace sensation to watch out in this IPL. Kamran Khan has been on the rise since his selection in the IPL team. He has never played a first class match and he was picked up by the Royals after they saw his bowling in a t20 match in Mumbai. However, Kamran has had to pass through a lot of difficulties before he reached even the IPL. The rookie pacer from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, India was struggling with poverty when the IPL chance came along. He economic conditions was such that he used to sleep on railway platforms as he did not have money to book hotel rooms. He just had one pair of clothes and torn shoes for his trials and he often bowled with an empty stomach or just a meal of tea and biscuits. But IPL has changed a lot for the 18 year old talent Kamran Khan. He was signed up for $24,000 and Kamran Khan is happy with the contract. However, he said that he wished that the money would have come a bit earlier as he would not had to lose his mother two years ago. Kamran says that after sleeping in railway stations he felt quite uncomfortable sleeping in five star hotels of South Africa on his first night.

The pacer has been praised by his captain and coach Shane Warne who said that Kamran bowls at 140 plus and with some guidance Kamran will be able to develop into a great bowler in the future. Kamran is overwhelmed by is success in the last few weeks and everybody is supporting him too. But let us hope that he does not leave his concentration and becomes a very find for India in the long term.