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Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sahara Pune Warriors by 7 wickets at Navi Mumbai as they finalized their spot in the playoffs of IPL 4. KKR captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put Pune Warriors to bat. None of the Sahara Pune Warriors batsmen scored big as KKR bowlers bowled well and restricted PW to only 118/7 in 20 overs. Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hassan and Lakshmipathy Balaji took 2 wickets each for KKR. In reply, Gautam Gambhir (54 runs n.o. off 46 balls) lead from the front and was supported by Yusuf Pathan (29 runs off 25 balls) and Manoj Tiwary (24 runs off 24 balls) as they cruised to 119/3 in 16.4 overs. Yusuf Pathan was awarded the Man of his Match for his all round performance including his 2 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs, knock of 29 runs off 25 balls and catch of Saurav Ganguly in the field.

Kolkata Knight Riders broke their losing streak in the last two matches as they defeated Delhi Daredevils by 17 runs. Delhi captain Sehwag won the toss and put KKR to bat. Kolkata reached a competitive total of 148/7 in their 20 overs mainly due to Manoj Tiwary’s knock of 61 runs off 47 balls. Umesh Yadav took 2 wickets for DD. In reply, DD never got any partnership along and ended up with only 131/9 in their 20 overs to post their fifth loss in IPL Season 4 2011. Iqbal Abdulla took three wickets for 25 runs while Balaji took 2 wickets. Manoj Tiwary was awarded the Man of the Match for his crucial knock.

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.

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were both losing a lot of matches in IPL 2. But Chennai Super Kings had a very good batting and bowling lineup and it was expected that they will start winning matches once again. And they seemed to be performing to their abilities once again when they had a comfortable win over Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in Match 22 of DLF IPL T20 season 2. Shane Warne won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. With the help of a brilliant innings of 98 runs off 55 balls by Suresh Raina, Chennai Super Kings scored 164/5 in their 20 overs. Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel had the best bowling figures of 2/17 and 2/25 respectively for the Royals. The weak batting lineup of the Rajasthan Royals were completely exposed as their only trump card Yusuf Pathan (20 runs off 13 balls) did not work today. Although Ravindra Jadeja (37 off 33 balls) played an good innings but Rajasthan Royals were bundled out for 126 runs with 3 balls to spare. Lakshmipathy Balaji, Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram were good with the ball for the Chennai Super Kings with bowling figures of 4/21, 2/21 and 2/21 respectively. Suresh Raina was adjudged the Man of the Match due to his brilliant knock of 98 runs.

Full Scorecard

Chennai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel c Kamran Khan b Yusuf Pathan 3 11 0 0 27.27
Matthew Hayden b Yusuf Pathan 1 2 0 0 50
Suresh Raina c Graeme Smith b Munaf Patel 98 55 10 5 178.18
Subramaniam Badrinath st Mahesh Rawat b Shane Warne 29 27 4 0 107.41
Jacob Oram c Dimitri Mascarenhas b Munaf Patel 2 6 0 0 33.33
MS Dhoni (C) (W) not out 22 19 0 1 115.79
Albie Morkel not out 4 1 1 0 400
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Shadab Jakati
Sudeep Tyagi
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b – 0, w – 2, nb – 1, lb – 2 5
Total: (164 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 164 Run Rate: 8.2

Fall of Wickets1-4 (Matthew Hayden, 1.1), 2-17 (Parthiv Patel, 3.3), 3-84 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 11.1), 4-88 (Jacob Oram, 12.5), 5-159 (Suresh Raina, 19.4)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dimitri Mascarenhas 3.2 0 26 0 0 0 7.8
Yusuf Pathan 3 0 17 2 0 0 5.67
Kamran Khan 2.4 0 35 0 1 0 13.12
Munaf Patel 4 0 25 2 0 0 6.25
Siddharth Trivedi 3 0 35 0 0 1 11.67
Shane Warne 4 0 24 1 0 1 6

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Jaipur
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Rob Quiney lbw b Suresh Raina 28 31 4 0 90.32
Graeme Smith c Subramaniam Badrinath b Albie Morkel 2 5 0 0 40
Swapnil Asnodkar hit wicket b Albie Morkel 10 8 0 1 125
Ravindra Jadeja c Matthew Hayden b Lakshmipathy Balaji 37 33 2 1 112.12
Yusuf Pathan c Suresh Raina b Lakshmipathy Balaji 20 13 3 0 153.85
Dimitri Mascarenhas c Muttiah Muralidaran b Jacob Oram 8 8 1 0 100
Shane Warne (C) c Subramaniam Badrinath b Lakshmipathy Balaji 3 9 0 0 33.33
Mahesh Rawat (W) not out 8 6 1 0 133.33
Munaf Patel c Parthiv Patel b Jacob Oram 0 1 0 0 0
Siddharth Trivedi c Suresh Raina b Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 3 0 0 66.67
Kamran Khan retired hurt
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 5 8
Total: (126 for 9 wickets in 19.3 overs) 126 Run Rate: 6.46

Fall of Wickets1-9 (Graeme Smith, 2), 2-29 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 5.3), 3-55 (Rob Quiney, 9.3), 4-86 (Yusuf Pathan, 13), 5-98 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 15), 6-114 (Ravindra Jadeja, 17.3), 7-117 (Shane Warne, 18), 8-117 (Munaf Patel, 18.1), 9-126 (Siddharth Trivedi, 19.3)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Sudeep Tyagi 2 0 8 0 0 1 4
Albie Morkel 4 0 21 2 0 0 5.25
Jacob Oram 4 0 27 2 0 0 6.75
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 33 0 0 1 8.25
Suresh Raina 2 0 11 1 0 0 5.5
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3.3 0 21 4 0 1 6

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