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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written by Swapnil
\\ tags: Bangalore Royal Challengers, brendon mccullum, david hussey, ipl t20, Kolkata Knight Riders, ross taylor
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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\\ tags: brendon mccullum, david warner, Delhi Daredevils, gautam gambhir, ipl t20, Kolkata Knight Riders, Morne van Wyk, pradeep sangwan, Tillakaratne Dilshan
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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\\ tags: Abhishek Nayar, brendon mccullum, IPL Season 2, ipl t20, j p duminy, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lasith Malinga, Morne van Wyk, Mumbai Indians, sachin tendulkar, Zaheer Khan
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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\\ tags: anil kumble, Bangalore Royal Challengers, brendon mccullum, ipl t20, ishant sharma, kevin pietersen, Kolkata Knight Riders, Morne van Wyk, Shreevats Goswami, van der merwe
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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\\ tags: ajantha mendis, brendon mccullum, Kamran Khan, KKR, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Shahrukh Khan, Shane Warne, Shilpa Shetty, T20, Yusuf Pathan
