IPL-4 (22nd April): RCB beat Knight Riders by 9 wkts

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Kolkata, 22 April 2011: Chris Gayle scored a whirlwind century as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Kolkata Knight Riders comprehensively by 9 wickets in match 24 of IPL-4 at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Earlier, Tillakratne Dilshan departed after scoring 38 of 31 balls as the Royal Challengers chased 172 for victory against Kolkata.

 

Yusuf Pathan’s late burst and useful contributions from Jacques Kallis and skipper Gautam Gambhir helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a challenging score of 171 for five. Yusuf consolidated with a smashing 46 from only 24 balls that had three huge sixes and three boundaries once Kallis (40, 42 balls, 3x4) and Gautam Gambhir (48, 38 balls, 6x4) set the platform.

 

Courtesy some wayward bowling from India speedster Zaheer Khan who conceded 53 from his four overs, KKR got off to a breezy start. Put into bat under gloomy conditions, Kallis and Brad Haddin zoomed to 33 for no loss from the first two overs with an error-prone Zaheer giving away 19 from his first.

 

 

 

But slow bowlers put brakes on the Knight Riders run-rate as left-arm spinner Syed Mohammad (1/20) impressed on his IPL debut. He scalped the dangerous looking Haddin to give the first breakthrough. Brought in place of Brett Lee, Haddin looked to attack as he raced to 18 from 11 balls including one six and two boundaries but his innings was cut short by Syed.

 

Kallis however batted intelligently as he steadied the innings while Gambhir also showed positive intent. Looking to put the brakes on Gambhir’s innings, Vettori brought in Zaheer for his second spell but the KKR skipper counter-attacked his India teammate hitting him for two boundaries as they took 14 runs from the 10th over of the innings.

 

On 39, Kallis got a breather after AB de Villers missed a stumping chance but the KKR all-rounder fell to a brilliant catch by Gayle in the very next over. The duo put on 58 runs from 51 balls for the second wicket to set a launchpad for the Knights who were in command with the scoreboard reading 102 for two after 13.2 overs.

 

It was left for Pathan to entertain the crowd with some lusty hitting. Two short of a half-century, Gambhir was dismissed by rookie Sreenath Aravind but Pathan continued with his blitzkrieg to take the Knight Riders score past 150 after 18 overs. Pathan was brilliantly caught by Virat Kohli at the long off boundary as KKR could manage only 7 runs from the last over.

 

Match Summary

 

Indian Premier League 2011 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 24th match Eden Gardens, Kolkata, April 22, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Sanjay Hazare (Ind) & Russell Tiffin (Zim) Third Umpire: Aleem Dar (Pak) Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim) Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore (Elected to field) Match Status: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wkts

Batting: Kolkata Knight Riders Innings

Batsmen Kolkata Knight Riders (171/5 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Jacques Kallis c C Gayle b D Vettori 40 42 4 0 95.24 Brad Haddin (wk) c V Kohli b Syed Mohammad 18 11 2 1 163.64 Gautam Gambhir (c) c T Dilshan b S Aravind 48 38 6 0 126.32 Yusuf Pathan c V Kohli b S Aravind 46 24 3 3 191.67 Eoin Morgan run out (de Villiers/S Aravind) 6 6 0 0 100.00 Manoj Tiwary not out 0 0 0 0 0.00 Shakib Al Hasan             Jaidev Unadkat             Iqbal Abdulla             Rajat Bhatia             Lakshmipathy Balaji             Extras: b - 0, w - 12, nb - 1, lb - 0 13   Total:(171 for 5 in 20 overs) 171 Run Rate: 8.55

Fall Of Wickets

1/44 (Brad Haddin, 4.5 ov.), 2/102 (Jacques Kallis, 13.2 ov.), 3/139 (Gautam Gambhir, 17.2 ov.), 4/169 (Yusuf Pathan, 19.4 ov.), 5/171 (Eoin Morgan, 20 ov.)

Bowling: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Zaheer Khan 4 0 53 0 0 5 13.2 Sreenath Aravind 3 0 37 2 0 1 12.3 Syed Mohammad Jamaluddin 4 0 20 1 0 0 5.0 Tillakaratne Dilshan 2 0 15 0 0 1 7.5 Virat Kohli 1 0 9 0 0 0 9.0 Daniel Vettori 4 0 28 1 0 1 7.0 Chris Gayle 2 0 9 0 1 0 4.5

Batting: Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings

Batsmen Royal Challengers Bangalore (175/1 in 18.1 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Tillakaratne Dilshan b L Balaji 38 31 6 0 122.58 Chris Gayle not out 102 55 10 7 185.45 Virat Kohli not out 30 23 3 1 130.43 AB de Villiers (wk)             Saurabh Tiwary             Cheteshwar Pujara             Asad Pathan             Daniel Vettori (c)             Zaheer Khan             Sreenath Aravind             Syed Mohammad Jamaluddin             Extras: b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 0 5   Total:(175 for 1 in 18.1 overs) 175 Run Rate: 9.63

Fall Of Wickets

1/123 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 12.1 ov.)

Bowling: Kolkata Knight Riders

<td class="mainscentr Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Yusuf Pathan 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.3 Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 0 43 1 0 3 10.8 Jaidev Unadkat 3 0 24 0 0 0 8.0 Shakib Al Hasan 2.1 0 29 0 0 0 13.4 Rajat Bhatia 3 0 28 0 0 0 9.3 Manoj Tiwary 1