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Final list of 350 players up for IPL season 4 auction

admin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:31:29 +0000

350 players will go under the hammer in IPL auctions on Saturday and Sunday at Bangalore. All the 10 teams including the two new IPL teams Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi will try to grab the players. Each team has been allotted a total of 9 million dollars for spending on the players auctions as well as uncapped domestic players. Chennai Superkings have retained M S Dhoni, M Vijay, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel (South Africa) while Mumbai Indians have also retained all the four players Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) and Kieron Pollard (West Indies). So, these teams will effectively have only 4.5 million dollars left in their purse. Rajasthan Royals has retained Shane Warne (Australia) and Shane Watson (Australia) leaving them with USD 5.9 million available to spend. Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained only player in Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli respectively enabling them to have a balance of 7.2 million dollars available. Deccan Chargers, Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab have not retained any players and will have the complete 9 million available for purchase alongwith the two new franchisees. Many new faces including cricketing legends such as Brian Lara would be available for purchase at the auction which will be conducted by professional auctioneer Richard Madley, from England, who has conducted each of the previous IPL player auctions too. However, a few players like Matthew Hayden, Glenn McGrath, Shane Bond and Anil Kumble who played previous editions of IPL has decided to give the auctions a miss due to personal reasons. The first round of auctions would be for the players with the highest base price of $400,000 followed by second round with players with base price of $300,000 and then with $200,000 and $100,000 base price and so on. The two day auction would start at 10 A.M. Indian time tomorrow and will be broadcast live on Set Max.

Players with base price of $400,000 are:

Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle.

Players with base price of $300,000 are:

Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman, Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, David Hussey, Shaun Tait, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Simon James Cook and Steven Davies.

Players with base price of $200,000 are:

Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, RP Singh, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Murali Karthik, Pragyan Ojha, Shakib Al Hasan, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Brad Haddin, Brad Hodge, Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, David Warner, Steven Smith, Dirk Nannes, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Matt Prior, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Ryan Sidebottom, Jonathan Trott, Joe Denly, Ajmal Shahzad, Tim Bresnan, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Herschelle Gibbs, Mark Boucher, J P Duminy, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ajantha Mendis, Dwayne Bravo and Darren Stevens.

Some Prominent Players with base price of $100,000 are:

Tamim Iqbal, Mortaza, R Ashwin, Morne Morkel, Dwayne Smith, Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Vaas, Fernando, Tharanga, Maharoof, Morne Morkel, Charl Langeveldt, Ntini, Kemp, Wayne Parnell, Ryan McLaren, Nathan McCullum, Time Southee, Scott Styris, Surabh Tiwary, Pujara, Vinay Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, Badrinath, Parthiv Patel, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Munaf Patel, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Ian Bell, Sajid Mahmood, Ben Hilfenhaus, Philip Hughes, Adam Voges, Simon Katich and Tim Paine.

To view the complete list of players with base prices and details check this pdf.

NOTE: Domestic Indian uncapped players are not in the auction as they will be be available only after the IPL instructs them later. The domestic players have been broken down in to three categories, depending on how much first-class cricket they have played. The lowest tier of players can sign for Rs 10 lakhs (US$21,500) per year, the middle tier for Rs 20 lakhs ($43,000) and the top tier – those who have played at least five seasons of Ranji Trophy – will be paid Rs 30 lakhs ($64,500) per year.

Kolkata Knight Rider defeat Deccan Chargers by 11 runs in IPL 3 opener

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:36:07 +0000

The third season of the Indian Premier League started on an unexpected note once again as the team which was last on the points table in IPL 2 Kolkata Knight Riders defeated the winners of IPL 2 and defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of IPL 3. Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. KKR lost two wickets to Chaminda Vaas in the first over itself without any runs on the board and it seemed to be continuing their dismal form since IPL 2. Two more quick wickets fell and they were struggling as they were only at 41 after losing 4 wickets. But then Angelo Matthews (65 runs off 46 balls) and Owais Shah (58 runs off 46 balls) put up a brilliant partnership till the end of the KKR innings as they reached 161/4 in their allotted 20 overs. DC captain Adam Gilchrist (54 runs off 35 balls) put up a brilliant fight but other wickets fell at regular intervals and Deccan Chargers could only make 150/7 at the end of 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st match

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings

Batsman Kolkata Knight Riders(161/4 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
M Tiwary c R Sharma & b C Vaas 0 1 0 0 0
B Hodge c H Gibbs & b J Singh 13 9 1 1 144.44
S Ganguly(c) c V Laxman & b C Vaas 0 3 0 0 0
C Pujara c P Ojha & b R Singh 10 16 2 0 62.5
O Shah Not out 58 46 3 3 126.09
A Mathews Not out 65 46 5 4 141.3
W Saha(wk) dnB 0 0 0 0 0.00
L Shukla dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
M Kartik dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
C Langeveldt dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
I Sharma dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras b – 0, lb – 8, w – 6, nb – 1, Total – 15

Total:(161 for 4 in 20 overs) 161 Run Rate: 8.05

Fall Of Wickets
1/0 (Manoj Tiwary, 0.1 ov.), 2/0 (Sourav Ganguly, 0.4 ov.), 3/31 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 4.4 ov.), 4/31 (Brad Hodge, 5.1 ov.)

Bowler 0 M R W Nb Wd ER
Chaminda Vaas 3 1 22 2 0 0 7.33
RP Singh 4 0 35 1 0 3 8.75
Jaskaran Singh 4 0 35 1 0 1 8.75
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 19 0 0 0 4.75
Andrew Symonds 4 0 26 0 0 2 6.5
T Suman 1 0 16 0 1 0 16

Deccan Chargers Innings
Batsman Deccan Chargers(150/7 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
A Gilchrist(c) c M Tiwary & b B Hodge 54 35 3 3 154.29
VVS Laxman c & b M Kartik 22 14 2 1 157.14
H Gibbs c A Mathews & b C Langeveldt 19 24 2 0 79.17
A Symonds c S Ganguly & b I Sharma 5 9 0 0 55.56
R Sharma c B Hodge & b A Mathews 13 12 2 0 108.33
A Singh c & b L Shukla 14 14 1 0 100
T Suman Not out 7 9 1 0 77.78
C Vaas b C Langeveldt 0 1 0 0 0
J Singh Not out 4 4 0 0 100
RP Singh dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
P Ojha dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras b – 4, lb – 1, w – 5, nb – 2, Total – 12

Total:(150 for 7 in 20 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.5

Fall Of Wickets
1/61 (VVS Laxman, 5.5 ov.), 2/99 (Adam Gilchrist, 11.1 ov.), 3/102 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12.2 ov.), 4/116 (Andrew Symonds, 14.1 ov.), 5/128 (Rohit Sharma, 16.2 ov.), 6/141 (Anirudh Singh, 17.6 ov.), 7/142 (Chaminda Vaas, 18.3 ov.)

Bowler 0 M R W Nb Wd ER
Charl Langeveldt 4 0 26 2 0 3 6.5
Ishant Sharma 4 0 31 1 1 1 7.75
Laxmi Shukla 3 0 30 1 0 0 10
Murali Kartik 3 0 17 1 0 0 5.67
Angelo Mathews 4 0 27 1 1 1 6.75
Brad Hodge 2 0 14 1 0 0 7

Tendulkar XI vs Ganguly XI charity T20 match on March 6, 2010

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:47:10 +0000

Th GOD of cricket Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian captain Saurav Ganguly will lead their respective teams as they clash in a T20 match on Saturday, 6th March, 2010 at 4:30 PM Indian Time. The match named “Cricket Ka Mahayudh” will be played at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. It has also been termed as a SABM (Salil Ankola Benefit Match) and will be a T20 match. The gates will open at 2 PM and the toss would take place at 4:15 PM. The Match will be telecast on Star Cricket.

The teams look very strong and Dada’s team seem to a bit stronger than Sachin’s team at least on papers. But as you know in T20 nothing can be predicted. Here are the team lineups:

Ganguly XI
Saurav Ganguly (Captain)
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir
Suresh Raina
Irfan Pathan
Ishant Sharma
Anil Kumble
VVS Laxman
Aashish Nehra
Amit Mishra
Pragyan Ojha
Ravindra Jadeja
Yogesh Takwale

Tendulkar XI
Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
Yusuf Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar
Wasim Jaffer
Rishikesh Kanetkar
Abhishek Nair
Vinayak Samant
Avi Salvi
Murtuza Hussain
Iqbal Abdulla
Rohan Raje
Ajinkya Rahane
Karan Ankola
Jude Singh

The stadium tickets are also priced quite reasonably for this charity match with general tickets costing only Rs.250 and VIP tickets are Rs.1000. You can also book the tickets online at Mobstreet

Delhi Daredevils thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:50:02 +0000

Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi Daredevils’ captain for the match won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Sourav Ganguly (44 off 45 balls) and Ajit Agarkar (39 off 29 balls) top scored as Kolkata could only reach 123/8 in 20 overs. Amit Mishra (3/14), Ashish Nehra (2/29) and Dirk Nannes (2/15) were good for the Delhi Daredevils with the ball. Delhi Daredevils cruised to 125/3 in 17.1 overs guided by useful knocks from AB de Villiers (40 off 32 balls) and David Warner (36 off 23 balls). Amit Mishra was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling.

Full Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) lbw b Ashish Nehra 6 3 0 1 200
Sourav Ganguly c David Warner b Dirk Nannes 44 45 1 2 97.78
Brad Hodge c AB de Villiers b Ashish Nehra 0 3 0 0 0
Morne van Wyk (W) c Rajat Bhatia b Dirk Nannes 0 2 0 0 0
Yashpal Singh c Rajat Bhatia b Amit Mishra 13 20 2 0 65
Wriddhiman Saha c Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 0 1 0 0 0
Moises Henriques st Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 2 8 0 0 25
Ajit Agarkar c Mithun Manhas b Pradeep Sangwan 39 29 3 2 134.48
Murali Kartik * not out 11 10 0 0 110
Ishant Sharma
Sourav Sarkar
Extras: b – 0, w – 5, nb – 1, lb – 2 8
Total: (123 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 123 Run Rate: 6.15

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Brendon McCullum, 0.3), 2-7 (Brad Hodge, 1), 3-9 (Morne van Wyk, 1.5), 4-45 (Yashpal Singh, 7.3), 5-46 (Wriddhiman Saha, 8), 6-56 (Moises Henriques, 11.2), 7-88 (Sourav Ganguly, 16.1), 8-123 (Ajit Agarkar, 20)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashish Nehra 4 0 29 2 0 2 7.25
Dirk Nannes 4 0 15 2 0 2 3.75
Pradeep Sangwan 3 0 32 1 0 1 10.67
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5
Amit Mishra 4 0 14 3 1 0 3.5
Rajat Bhatia 1 0 13 0 0 0 13

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir (C) c Brad Hodge b Moises Henriques 18 24 3 0 75
David Warner c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 36 23 5 1 156.52
AB de Villiers not out 40 32 5 0 125
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Moises Henriques b Ishant Sharma 1 2 0 0 50
Dinesh Karthik (W) not out 17 22 0 0 77.27
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 2, w – 6, nb – 0, lb – 5 13
Total: (125 for 3 wickets in 17.1 overs) 125 Run Rate: 7.28

Fall of Wickets1-53 (Gautam Gambhir, 6.4), 2-66 (David Warner, 8.3), 3-69 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 9)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 23 2 0 2 5.75
Moises Henriques 4 0 35 1 0 2 8.75
Ajit Agarkar 3 0 19 0 0 1 6.33
Sourav Sarkar 1.1 0 19 0 0 0 16.29
Brad Hodge 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Murali Kartik 4 0 20 0 0 0 5

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Kolkata Knight Riders lose yet again to Bangalore Royal Challengers

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:05:06 +0000

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.

Full Scorecard

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 thrash Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:59:15 +0000

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.

Full Scorecard

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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Rajasthan Royals has a thrilling super over win over Kolkata Knight Riders

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:29:13 +0000

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.

Full Scorecard

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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6th Match: Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Punjab in rain affected match

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:11:27 +0000

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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Deccan Chargers thrash the Kolkata Knight Riders in 4th IPL T20 match

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:38:00 +0000

Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders have both changed their captains and Deccan Chargers are led by Adam Gilchrist while Kolkata coach had been floating the idea of multiple captains for KKR. But Brendon Mccullum was declared the captain for this match and they hoped that the change of captaincy would enhance the team’s performance. Mccullum won the toss and decided to bat first. They were quite pathetic with the bat and except Brad Hodge (31 off 34 balls) they failed to impress. The Knight Riders were bundled out for 101 runs in 19.4 overs. R P Singh shone with the ball scalping 4 wickets for 22 runs. The Deccan Chargers cruised through and reached the target in 13.1 overs with great performances by Hershelle Gibbs (43 off 26 balls) and Rohit Sharma (36 off 32 balls). R P Singh won the Man of the Match for his bowling performance.

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Kolkata
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c Adam Gilchrist b RP Singh 1 3 0 0 33.33
Chris Gayle c Harmeet Singh b RP Singh 10 12 1 1 83.33
Sourav Ganguly c VVS Laxman b Harmeet Singh 1 12 0 0 8.33
Brad Hodge c Herschelle Gibbs b Scott Styris 31 34 4 0 91.18
Aakash Chopra st Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 11 19 2 0 57.89
Laxmi Shukla st Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 8 6 0 1 133.33
Moises Henriques c Rohit Sharma b Scott Styris 6 8 0 0 75
Ajit Agarkar run out (Rohit Sharma) 7 3 0 1 233.33
Murali Kartik not out 10 10 0 0 100
Ishant Sharma b RP Singh 9 9 0 1 100
Ashok Dinda b RP Singh 2 2 0 0 100
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 4 5
Total: (101 for 10 wickets in 19.4 overs) 101 Run Rate: 5.14

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Brendon McCullum, 1.1), 2-12 (Chris Gayle, 3.4), 3-16 (Sourav Ganguly, 5.2), 4-34 (Aakash Chopra, 10.4), 5-48 (Laxmi Shukla, 12.2), 6-72 (Brad Hodge, 15.3), 7-73 (Moises Henriques, 15.5), 8-81 (Ajit Agarkar, 16.3), 9-99 (Ishant Sharma, 19.2), 10-101 (Ashok Dinda, 19.4)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Fidel Edwards 4 1 6 0 0 0 1.5
RP Singh 3.4 0 22 4 0 0 6
Harmeet Singh 4 0 23 1 0 1 5.75
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 14 2 0 0 3.5
Scott Styris 4 0 32 2 0 0 8

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Hyderabad
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Moises Henriques b Ashok Dinda 13 11 2 0 118.18
Herschelle Gibbs not out 43 26 5 1 165.38
VVS Laxman run out (Laxmi Shukla) 10 10 1 1 100
Rohit Sharma not out 36 32 3 2 112.5
Scott Styris
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Fidel Edwards
Harmeet Singh
Extras: b – 1, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 0 2
Total: (104 for 2 wickets in 13.1 overs) 104 Run Rate: 7.9

Fall of Wickets1-24 (Adam Gilchrist, 2.5), 2-35 (VVS Laxman, 4.5)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashok Dinda 3 0 24 1 0 0 8
Ishant Sharma 3 0 13 0 0 0 4.33
Murali Kartik 4 0 23 0 0 0 5.75
Sourav Ganguly 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Ajit Agarkar 1 0 17 0 0 1 17
Chris Gayle 1 0 14 0 0 0 14
Moises Henriques 0.1 0 4 0 0 0 24

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KKR to have only one captain in IPL T20 season 2 with multiple strategists

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:42:11 +0000

It has now been officially announced by the Kolkata Knight Riders that there will be only one captain of Kolkata Knight Riders and there would not be multiple captains as declared earlier. This declaration was made after Sourav Ganguly and KKR coach John Buchanan had a four hour long meeting with the owner of KKR and bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan. The multi-captaincy theory made by John Buchanan had attracted a lot of controversy and protests especially in West Bengal. Though Sourav Ganguly has been declared as the only official captain of the KKR team but it has also been announced that there would be a group of advisers or strategists who would guide Ganguly in taking his decisions. These members including Ganguly and Buchanan would comprise the core cricketing team which will give quick suggestions.

Though the statements made by KKR did not mention who exactly would lead the team but it is supposed that Ganguly would be retained as the captain of KKR team.