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Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens with 6.1 overs to spare as they topped the points table perhaps for the first time in IPL history. After the consecutive wins in the last two matches, it was hardly a surprise that Eden Gardens was almost suddenly filled up today after the low attendance in the previous matches which many felt was due to the “Dada effect”. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals to bat. An awesome bowling and fielding display by KKR players and a pathetic batting display by Royals made the RR fold up in just 81 runs all out in 15.2 overs. Lakshmipathy Balaji (3 wickets for 15 runs) and Shakib Al Hassan (2 wickets for 21 runs) were the pick of the bowlers for KKR. In reply, KKR lost a couple of early wickets but KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir (35 runs off 35 balls) and Manoj Tiwary (30 runs off 26 balls) played steady knocks as Kolkata Knight Riders reached 85/2 in just 13.5 overs. Balaji was awarded Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling.

In Match 46 of IPL 2, Yuvraj Singh won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Delhi Daredevils batsmen struggled with the bat and could only score 120/9 in their 20 overs. Brett Lee, Sreesanth and Ramesh Powar took two wickets each for the Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab reached the target in 19.1 overs as they scored 123/4 guided by a Kumar Sangakkara’s 43 runs off 47 balls. Brett Lee was awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 3/15 in 4 overs.

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir run out (Wilkin Mota) 8 11 0 0 72.73
Virender Sehwag (C) c Kumar Sangakkara b Brett Lee 9 8 2 0 112.5
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Yuvraj Singh b Sreesanth 10 19 1 0 52.63
AB de Villiers c Yuvraj Singh b Sreesanth 11 11 1 0 100
Mithun Manhas c Sunny Sohal b Wilkin Mota 26 25 2 0 104
Dinesh Karthik (W) c Wilkin Mota b Irfan Pathan 32 29 0 1 110.34
Farveez Maharoof b Brett Lee 3 8 0 0 37.5
Daniel Vettori c Sunny Sohal b Irfan Pathan 1 2 0 0 50
Rajat Bhatia c Piyush Chawla b Brett Lee 0 1 0 0 0
Pradeep Sangwan not out 5 5 0 0 100
Ashish Nehra not out 1 1 0 0 100
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 7 14
Total: (120 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 120 Run Rate: 6

Fall of Wickets1-19 (Virender Sehwag, 2.4), 2-20 (Gautam Gambhir, 3.3), 3-46 (AB de Villiers, 7.2), 4-51 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 9.1), 5-101 (Mithun Manhas, 15.4), 6-104 (Farveez Maharoof, 17), 7-111 (Daniel Vettori, 18), 8-111 (Rajat Bhatia, 18.1), 9-116 (Dinesh Karthik, 19.3)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 1 15 3 0 2 3.75
Irfan Pathan 4 0 22 2 0 0 5.5
Piyush Chawla 3 1 16 0 0 1 5.33
Sreesanth 4 0 20 2 0 2 5
Ramesh Powar 3 0 20 0 0 2 6.67
Yuvraj Singh 1 0 14 0 0 0 14
Wilkin Mota 1 0 6 1 0 0 6

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal b Ashish Nehra 3 12 0 0 25
Simon Katich c Dinesh Karthik b Farveez Maharoof 20 10 3 1 200
Luke Pomersbach c AB de Villiers b Farveez Maharoof 9 8 2 0 112.5
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Virender Sehwag b Pradeep Sangwan 18 31 1 0 58.06
Kumar Sangakkara (W) not out 43 47 6 0 91.49
Irfan Pathan not out 21 11 0 3 190.91
Piyush Chawla
Wilkin Mota
Brett Lee
Ramesh Powar
Sreesanth
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 4, lb – 2 9
Total: (123 for 4 wickets in 19.1 overs) 123 Run Rate: 6.42

Fall of Wickets1-22 (Simon Katich, 3.1), 2-35 (Sunny Sohal, 4.1), 3-35 (Luke Pomersbach, 5.2), 4-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.5)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashish Nehra 4 1 6 1 0 0 1.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 42 1 0 0 10.5
Farveez Maharoof 4 0 29 2 4 2 7.25
Daniel Vettori 3.1 0 15 0 0 0 4.74
Rajat Bhatia 3 0 22 0 0 1 7.33
Tillakaratne Dilshan 1 0 7 0 0 0 7

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Yuvraj Singh won the toss and decided to bat. Sunny Sohal scored a blazing 43 runs of 23 balls but rest of the Kings XI Punjab batsmen went out cheaply and the team reached only 119/9 in 20 overs. The spinners bowled exceptionally well for the Mumbai Indians as they were economical while they took wickets at regular intervals. Mumbai Indians chased the score easily and reached 122/2 in 16.2 overs with Dwayne Bravo (70 off 59 balls) and Sachin Tendulkar (41 off 29 balls) playing blistering innings. Harbhajan Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling spell of 1 wicket for 9 runs in his 4 overs.

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal run out (Sachin Tendulkar) 43 23 5 3 186.96
Simon Katich c Harbhajan Singh b Dhawal Kulkarni 0 2 0 0 0
Irfan Pathan run out (Dwayne Bravo) 0 3 0 0 0
Kumar Sangakkara (W) b Harbhajan Singh 8 19 0 0 42.11
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Dwayne Bravo b JP Duminy 12 18 2 0 66.67
Wilkin Mota c Harbhajan Singh b JP Duminy 4 7 0 0 57.14
Luke Pomersbach b Ajinkya Rahane 5 7 0 0 71.43
Karan Goel not out 20 21 2 0 95.24
Brett Lee c Rohan Raje b Lasith Malinga 8 12 1 0 66.67
Piyush Chawla run out (Yogesh Vijay Takawale) 0 0 0 0
Sreesanth * not out 1 10 0 0 10
Extras: b – 3, w – 12, nb – 2, lb – 1 18
Total: (119 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 119 Run Rate: 5.95

Fall of Wickets1-5 (Simon Katich, 1.2), 2-22 (Irfan Pathan, 3.2), 3-50 (Sunny Sohal, 5.3), 4-67 (Kumar Sangakkara, 9.1), 5-79 (Wilkin Mota, 11.1), 6-79 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.4), 7-89 (Luke Pomersbach, 14.3), 8-106 (Brett Lee, 17.3), 9-112 (Piyush Chawla, 17.4)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 0 32 1 1 6 8
Dhawal Kulkarni 3 0 24 1 0 0 8
Dwayne Bravo 2 0 17 0 1 1 8.5
Rohan Raje 1 0 10 0 0 1 10
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 9 1 0 0 2.25
JP Duminy 4 0 15 2 0 0 3.75
Ajinkya Rahane 1 0 5 1 0 0 5
Sanath Jayasuriya 1 0 3 0 0 0 3

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Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Wilkin Mota b Brett Lee 4 7 1 0 57.14
Dwayne Bravo not out 70 59 7 3 118.64
Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Piyush Chawla 1 5 0 0 20
Sachin Tendulkar (C) not out 41 29 4 1 141.38
JP Duminy
Abhishek Nayar
Harbhajan Singh
Yogesh Vijay Takawale (W)
Rohan Raje
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 2, lb – 0 6
Total: (122 for 2 wickets in 16.2 overs) 122 Run Rate: 7.47

Fall of Wickets1-5 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.1), 2-40 (Ajinkya Rahane, 5.5)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 0 25 1 2 4 6.25
Irfan Pathan 3.2 1 14 0 0 0 4.2
Sreesanth 1 0 21 0 0 0 21
Piyush Chawla 4 0 32 1 0 0 8
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 14 0 0 0 7
Karan Goel 2 0 16 0 0 0 8

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