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Ross Taylor scored a blazing 81 runs off 33 balls as Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets. Anil Kumble won the toss and put Kolkata to bat. Brendon McCullum (84 off 64 balls) and David Hussey (43 off 27 balls) top scored as Kolkata Knight Riders reached 173/4 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers were struggling a bit and the required run rate went up as they kept losing on wickets. The required run rate went up to almost 12 in the 12th over itself and to 15 later on but then Ross Taylor came to their rescue as he smashed Bangalore bowlers to score 81 runs off 33 balls. Bangalore Royal Challengers reached the target only in 19.2 overs as they scored 176 losing 4 wickets. Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match as well as the most sixes award for his brilliant knock involving 5 sixes.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) * not out 84 64 10 2 131.25
Sourav Ganguly c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 4 6 1 0 66.67
Arindam Ghosh c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 7 7 1 0 100
David Hussey b Balachandra Akhil 43 27 3 2 159.26
Angelo Mathews c Virat Kohli b Anil Kumble 16 13 2 0 123.08
Wriddhiman Saha (W) not out 10 5 0 1 200
Yashpal Singh
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ajantha Mendis
Extras: b – 5, w – 2, nb – 2, lb – 0 9
Total: (173 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 173 Run Rate: 8.65

Fall of Wickets1-13 (Sourav Ganguly, 2.3), 2-21 (Arindam Ghosh, 4.2), 3-91 (David Hussey, 13.2), 4-134 (Angelo Mathews, 17.3)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Vinay Kumar 4 0 33 2 0 0 8.25
Jacques Kallis 4 0 40 0 2 0 10
Jesse Ryder 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
Anil Kumble 4 0 28 1 0 0 7
Kotarangada Appanna 1 0 10 0 0 0 10
Balachandra Akhil 3 0 32 1 0 2 10.67

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder c Sourav Ganguly b Ajit Agarkar 22 20 3 0 110
Jacques Kallis c Brendon McCullum b Murali Kartik 32 34 4 1 94.12
Robin Uthappa c Angelo Mathews b Murali Kartik 7 9 0 0 77.78
Ross Taylor not out 81 33 7 5 245.45
Rahul Dravid c & b Ajantha Mendis 12 12 1 0 100
Mark Boucher (W) not out 13 10 0 1 130
Virat Kohli
Vinay Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Anil Kumble (C)
Kotarangada Appanna
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 2, lb – 1 9
Total: (176 for 4 wickets in 19.2 overs) 176 Run Rate: 9.1

Fall of Wickets1-58 (Jacques Kallis, 8.2), 2-63 (Jesse Ryder, 9.2), 3-74 (Robin Uthappa, 11), 4-122 (Rahul Dravid, 15.4)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 40 0 1 3 10
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 21 1 1 0 5.25
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 45 1 0 0 11.25
Angelo Mathews 2.2 0 31 0 0 1 13.29
David Hussey 1 0 10 0 0 0 10
Murali Kartik 4 0 28 2 0 2 7

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It looked like an easy game for Delhi Daredevils as they were the most consistent side of IPL T20 season 2 while Kolkata Knight Riders were going bizarre since the start of the tournament. Brendon McCullum won the toss and decided to bat. Morne Van Wyn (74 off 48 balls), Brendon McCullum (35 off 29 balls) and Moises Henriques (30 off 24 balls) helped Kolkata Knight Riders reach 154/3 in 20 overs. Delhi Daredevils reached the target quite comfortably as they made 157/1 in 19 overs. Gautam Gambhir (71 off 57 balls), Tillakaratne Dilshan (42 off 34 balls) and David Warner (36 off 23 balls) were all brilliant with the bat. Gautam Gambhir 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
Morne van Wyk (W) b Ashish Nehra 74 48 11 0 154.17
Brendon McCullum (C) c Ashish Nehra b Pradeep Sangwan 35 29 1 3 120.69
Brad Hodge c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 10 19 0 0 52.63
Moises Henriques not out 30 24 2 1 125
Wriddhiman Saha * not out 1 1 0 0 100
Sourav Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 1, lb – 0 4
Total: (154 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 154 Run Rate: 7.7

Fall of Wickets1-58 (Brendon McCullum, 7), 2-98 (Brad Hodge, 13), 3-147 (Morne van Wyk, 19.2)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 49 0 0 1 12.25
Ashish Nehra 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75
Amit Mishra 4 1 18 0 0 0 4.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 29 2 1 0 7.25
Rajat Bhatia 4 0 35 0 0 0 8.75

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir (C) not out 71 57 7 0 124.56
David Warner c Moises Henriques b Ajit Agarkar 36 23 5 1 156.52
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 42 34 5 1 123.53
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik (W)
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Pradeep Sangwan
Amit Mishra
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 1 8
Total: (157 for 1 wicket in 19.0 overs) 157 Run Rate: 8.26

Fall of Wickets1-60 (David Warner, 7)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 43 0 0 0 10.75
Ashok Dinda 2 0 17 0 0 0 8.5
Moises Henriques 4 0 36 0 0 0 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 18 0 0 2 9
Ajit Agarkar 3 0 24 1 0 0 8
Murali Kartik 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5

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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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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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