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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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The dismal performance of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL continued as Mumbai Indians beat them by 9 runs in the 23rd Match of IPL T20 season 2. Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. With a very useful innings from J P Duminy (52 off 37 balls) after the foundation laid by Sachin Tendulkar (34 off 30 balls), Mumbai Indians reached 148/6 in 20 overs. Kolkata could not keep up with the required run rate when they came to bat and even a brilliant innings by Brad Hodge (73 off 60 balls) and Morne van Wyk (32 off 35 balls) could not save them as they ended up with only 139/6 in their 20 overs. Zaheer Khan was brilliant with the ball with bowling figures of 3 wickets for 31 runs. J P Duminy was awarded with the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 52 off 37 balls.

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Mumbai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Morne van Wyk b Ashok Dinda 6 8 1 0 75
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Brendon McCullum b Ajit Agarkar 34 30 3 2 113.33
Harbhajan Singh c Ashok Dinda b Murali Kartik 6 7 0 0 85.71
Abhishek Nayar b Brad Hodge 10 13 1 0 76.92
JP Duminy not out 52 37 1 4 140.54
Graham Napier c Brendon McCullum b Chris Gayle 15 16 1 0 93.75
Ajinkya Rahane c Chris Gayle b Ishant Sharma 10 8 1 0 125
Zaheer Khan not out 2 2 0 0 100
Pinal Shah (W)
Saurabh Tiwary
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 1, w – 6, nb – 1, lb – 5 13
Total: (148 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 148 Run Rate: 7.4

Fall of Wickets1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.2), 2-40 (Harbhajan Singh, 5.5), 3-54 (Sachin Tendulkar, 7.5), 4-71 (Abhishek Nayar, 11.4), 5-96 (Graham Napier, 15.5), 6-131 (Ajinkya Rahane, 18.5)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 24 1 1 2 6
Ashok Dinda 3 0 27 1 0 1 9
Laxmi Shukla 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.33
Murali Kartik 3 0 20 1 0 0 6.67
Ajit Agarkar 1 0 12 1 0 1 12
Chris Gayle 4 0 21 1 0 1 5.25
Brad Hodge 2 0 13 1 0 0 6.5

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Kolkata
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Chris Gayle b Zaheer Khan 7 7 1 0 100
Sourav Ganguly b Zaheer Khan 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Hodge run out (JP Duminy) 73 60 5 3 121.67
Morne van Wyk (W) c JP Duminy b Graham Napier 32 35 3 0 91.43
Laxmi Shukla b Zaheer Khan 6 7 0 0 85.71
Brendon McCullum (C) c Lasith Malinga b Abhishek Nayar 5 7 0 0 71.43
Wriddhiman Saha not out 8 4 1 0 200
Ajit Agarkar not out 0 0 0 0
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 1, lb – 1 8
Total: (139 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 139 Run Rate: 6.95

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Sourav Ganguly, 0.4), 2-8 (Chris Gayle, 2.2), 3-97 (Morne van Wyk, 14.5), 4-119 (Laxmi Shukla, 17.2), 5-130 (Brad Hodge, 19), 6-132 (Brendon McCullum, 19.3)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Zaheer Khan 4 0 31 3 1 1 7.75
Graham Napier 4 0 27 1 0 0 6.75
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 24 0 0 0 6
Lasith Malinga 4 0 23 0 0 2 5.75
Sanath Jayasuriya 1 0 13 0 0 2 13
Abhishek Nayar 3 0 20 1 0 1 6.67

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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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