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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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Delhi Daredevils has been winning all its games in IPL till now while Bangalore Royal Challengers were losing most of their games. And there was not any difference this time too. Kevin Pietersen won the toss and decided to bat. The Bangalore Royal Challengers again lost frequent wickets and with contribution from Kevin Pietersen (37 off 25 balls), Mark Boucher (36 off 28 balls) and Ross Taylor (31 off 34 balls) they reached 149/7 in 20 overs. Delhi had a steady run chase although there were a few hiccups in between with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir out cheaply. With an excellent innings from Tillakaratne Dilshan (67 off 47 balls), Delhi Daredevils reached their target of 150 losing only 4 wickets in 19.2 overs. Tillakaratne Dilshan was awarded the Man of the Match for his excellent innings.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis b Dirk Nannes 0 1 0 0 0
Robin Uthappa c Pradeep Sangwan b Ashish Nehra 3 4 0 0 75
Kevin Pietersen (C) b Daniel Vettori 37 25 2 2 148
Ross Taylor lbw b Amit Mishra 31 34 3 0 91.18
Virat Kohli c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Ashish Nehra 22 24 1 0 91.67
Mark Boucher (W) c Amit Mishra b Pradeep Sangwan 36 28 2 2 128.57
Balachandra Akhil * not out 8 4 0 1 200
Vinay Kumar run out (AB de Villiers) 0 0 0 0
Pankaj Singh not out 1 1 0 0 100
Anil Kumble
Kotarangada Appanna
Extras: b - 0, w - 5, nb - 1, lb - 5 11
Total: (149 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.45

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Jacques Kallis, 0.1), 2-10 (Robin Uthappa, 1.2), 3-72 (Kevin Pietersen, 9.3), 4-78 (Ross Taylor, 11), 5-139 (Mark Boucher, 19), 6-139 (Virat Kohli, 19.1), 7-145 (Vinay Kumar, 19.3)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 24 1 0 1 6
Ashish Nehra 4 0 34 2 1 1 8.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 32 1 0 1 8
Amit Mishra 4 0 19 1 0 2 4.75
Daniel Vettori 4 0 35 1 0 0 8.75

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c Mark Boucher b Pankaj Singh 16 19 1 0 84.21
Virender Sehwag (C) c Kevin Pietersen b Pankaj Singh 7 5 0 1 140
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 67 47 5 2 142.55
AB de Villiers b Kotarangada Appanna 21 23 0 0 91.3
Dinesh Karthik (W) c Jacques Kallis b Balachandra Akhil 12 9 1 1 133.33
Mithun Manhas not out 23 13 4 0 176.92
Amit Mishra
Daniel Vettori
Dirk Nannes
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 0 4
Total: (150 for 4 wickets in 19.2 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.76

Fall of Wickets1-11 (Virender Sehwag, 1.4), 2-42 (Gautam Gambhir, 5.4), 3-84 (AB de Villiers, 13.1), 4-106 (Dinesh Karthik, 15.4)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Vinay Kumar 3.2 0 28 0 0 0 8.4
Pankaj Singh 4 0 31 2 0 1 7.75
Jacques Kallis 3 0 37 0 0 3 12.33
Anil Kumble 4 0 22 0 0 0 5.5
Kotarangada Appanna 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Balachandra Akhil 1 0 8 1 0 0 8

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Kings XI Punjab were the semi-finalists in IPL T20 season 1 but this year they failed to impress with two consecutive losses in their first two matches. Rain was also not favorable and Preity Zinta’s team had matches affected by rain too. Bangalore Royal Challengers was not very impressive too under new captain Kevin Pietersen with two consecutive losses although they won their first match against Rajasthan Royals. Today’s 11th Match of IPL T20 season 2 was important for both sides. Pietersen won the toss and decided to bat but he was himself unimpressive once again and went off for a duck. However, some good batting by Jacques Kallis (62 off 46 balls), Ross Taylor (35 off 22 balls) and Jesse Ryder (32 off 21 balls) helped the Challengers to reach a total of 168/9 in 20 overs. Yusuf Abdulla and Irfan Pathan had the best bowling statistics for the Kings with 4/31 and 3/35 respectively. The Kings started their batting without taking much risks and Ravi Bopara (84 off 59 balls) steered the Kings XI Punjab to victory with valuable contributions from Yuvraj Singh (30 off 17 balls) and Kumar Sangakkara (26 off 18 balls) with one over to spare. Ravi Bopara was awarded the Man of the Match for his 84 runs off 59 balls.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder b Yusuf Abdulla 32 21 6 0 152.38
Robin Uthappa (W) c Yuvraj Singh b Irfan Pathan 0 1 0 0 0
Jacques Kallis c Mahela Jayawardena b Yusuf Abdulla 62 46 5 2 134.78
Kevin Pietersen (C) c Karan Goel b Yusuf Abdulla 0 2 0 0 0
Rahul Dravid c VRV Singh b Piyush Chawla 10 13 0 0 76.92
Ross Taylor c Mahela Jayawardena b Yusuf Abdulla 35 22 4 2 159.09
Virat Kohli c Ravi Bopara b VRV Singh 2 3 0 0 66.67
Praveen Kumar lbw b Irfan Pathan 13 7 0 1 185.71
Vinay Kumar not out 1 1 0 0 100
Pankaj Singh b Irfan Pathan 0 1 0 0 0
Anil Kumble not out 5 3 1 0 166.67
Extras: b - 4, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 1 8
Total: (168 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 168 Run Rate: 8.4

Fall of Wickets1-6 (Robin Uthappa, 1.1), 2-48 (Jesse Ryder, 5.2), 3-48 (Kevin Pietersen, 5.4), 4-73 (Rahul Dravid, 10.3), 5-134 (Jacques Kallis, 16.3), 6-142 (Virat Kohli, 17.4), 7-159 (Ross Taylor, 18.4), 8-162 (Praveen Kumar, 19.1), 9-162 (Pankaj Singh, 19.2)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ranadeb Bose 2 0 24 0 0 0 12
Irfan Pathan 4 0 35 3 0 0 8.75
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 31 4 0 3 7.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Yuvraj Singh 3 0 28 0 0 0 9.33
Ravi Bopara 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
VRV Singh 2 0 22 1 0 0 11

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Jesse Ryder b Jacques Kallis 84 59 4 5 142.37
Karan Goel run out (Vinay Kumar) 19 19 1 0 100
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c Pankaj Singh b Anil Kumble 26 18 2 1 144.44
Yuvraj Singh (C) not out 30 17 3 1 176.47
Mahela Jayawardena not out 1 1 0 0 100
Irfan Pathan
Wilkin Mota
Piyush Chawla
VRV Singh
Ranadeb Bose
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 1, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 3 13
Total: (173 for 3 wickets in 19.0 overs) 173 Run Rate: 9.11

Fall of Wickets1-52 (Karan Goel, 6.4), 2-92 (Kumar Sangakkara, 12.3), 3-158 (Ravi Bopara, 18.1)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 36 0 0 1 9
Pankaj Singh 2 0 20 0 0 2 10
Jacques Kallis 4 0 51 1 0 2 12.75
Vinay Kumar 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 16 0 0 0 8
Anil Kumble 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Jesse Ryder 2 0 23 0 0 0 11.5

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Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers both came to the IPL as the underdogs after a dismal performance last year. But they started this year well with a win each. But Deccan Chargers seemed more consistent and so they were the favorites. Adam Gilchrist, the Deccan Chargers captain won the toss and decided to bat. Gilchrist (71 off 45 balls) led the way with support from Rohit Sharam (52 off 30 balls) to post a total of 184/6 in their 20 overs which is also the highest total in IPL 2 till now. Bangalore started off badly with Jesse Ryder bowled for duck by Edwards and their top order failed miserably. Though Rahul Dravid (48 off 27 balls) and Virat Kohli (50 off 32 balls) in the middle order did their best to revive the match but the high target had already slipped off their hands. Bangalore Royal Challengers could only make 160/8 in their 20 overs and were defeated by 24 runs. In the bowling, R P Singh from the Chargers bowled another good spell of 4/17 in his 4 overs to get the purple cap for the highest wicket taken in IPL 2 till now. Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing innings of 71 off 45 balls.

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Hyderabad
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Virat Kohli b Kevin Pietersen 71 45 6 5 157.78
Herschelle Gibbs lbw b Praveen Kumar 13 7 1 1 185.71
VVS Laxman c Dale Steyn b Jesse Ryder 5 10 0 0 50
Rohit Sharma c Kevin Pietersen b Dale Steyn 52 30 1 5 173.33
Scott Styris c Praveen Kumar b Kevin Pietersen 14 8 0 1 175
Venugopal Rao run out (Karan Sharma) 9 13 0 0 69.23
Dwaraka Ravi Teja not out 8 5 1 0 160
Fidel Edwards not out 3 2 0 0 150
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b - 0, w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 8 9
Total: (184 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 184 Run Rate: 9.2

Fall of Wickets1-46 (Herschelle Gibbs, 3.5), 2-66 (VVS Laxman, 7.1), 3-127 (Adam Gilchrist, 13.1), 4-147 (Scott Styris, 15.3), 5-172 (Rohit Sharma, 18.2), 6-174 (Venugopal Rao, 19)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 37 1 0 0 9.25
Dale Steyn 3 0 21 1 0 0 7
Jacques Kallis 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 39 0 0 0 9.75
Jesse Ryder 3 0 29 1 0 1 9.67
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 31 2 0 0 7.75

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Bangalore
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder b Fidel Edwards 0 1 0 0 0
Robin Uthappa (W) c Dwaraka Ravi Teja b Scott Styris 12 19 1 0 63.16
Jacques Kallis c Rohit Sharma b RP Singh 15 14 3 0 107.14
Kevin Pietersen (C) st Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 11 15 1 0 73.33
Rahul Dravid c Venugopal Rao b Scott Styris 48 27 5 2 177.78
Virat Kohli c Herschelle Gibbs b RP Singh 50 32 7 0 156.25
Rajesh Bishnoi run out (Adam Gilchrist) 1 2 0 0 50
Karan Sharma c Adam Gilchrist b Scott Styris 1 3 0 0 33.33
Praveen Kumar not out 14 6 0 2 233.33
Anil Kumble not out 1 1 0 0 100
Dale Steyn
Extras: b - 0, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 1 7
Total: (160 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 160 Run Rate: 8

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Jesse Ryder, 0.1), 2-19 (Jacques Kallis, 3.5), 3-38 (Robin Uthappa, 7.2), 4-62 (Kevin Pietersen, 10.3), 5-115 (Rahul Dravid, 15.4), 6-123 (Rajesh Bishnoi, 16.3), 7-134 (Karan Sharma, 17.4), 8-158 (Virat Kohli, 19.4)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Fidel Edwards 4 0 39 1 0 1 9.75
RP Singh 4 0 17 2 0 0 4.25
Harmeet Singh 4 0 44 0 0 4 11
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 27 1 0 0 6.75
Scott Styris 4 0 32 3 0 1 8

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