The first match of the India Premier League (IPL) was won by Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Bollywod Star Sharukh Khan. There were lot of records broken during the first match itself.
The star of the match was McCullum! He smashed the Banglore Royal Challengers bowlers all over the ground. He is the first batsman to score a century in the IPL tournament.
He took 7 balls to score his firt run. He stated off with a boundary over mid-wicket of Zaheer Khan. He hit two fours and a six in the same over and that provided the momentum for him and Kolkata.
He reached his fifty--the first of the tournament in 32 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Ganguly was the first wicket to fall in the tournament, caught at slip by Kallis of Zaheer. He scored 10. Ponting playing in somebody's captaincy after a long time, was a not a threat to Bangalore. He was cheaply dismissed for 20 off 20 balls with a four and a six.
McCullum then played his demolishing innings. He hit White for two sixes and a four. He reached his 100 in 53 balls--the 2nd fifty just in 21 balls which consisted of 8 fours and 7 sixes. He didn't stop there, he became the first batsman to score a 150 in 20-20. He reached the milestone in 70 balls. He was not out on 158 in just 73 balls to take Kolkata to a dream score of 222 for 3.
He became the highest run scorer in an innings in the 20-20 game. But, records are meant to be broken.
Bangalore, chasing a big total of 223 in 20 overs, did not do well. They were bundled out for 82 in 15.1 overs. The only batsman to score double digit was Praveen Kumar, 18 not out. Ishanth Sharma was a threat to batsman and he finished with 1 for 7 in 3 overs. Dinda finished with 2 for 9 in 3 overs. Agarkar picked 3 wickets and Ganguly 2.
The Match Details:
Match 1
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: April 18, 2008
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers
Captains: Ganguly and Dravid
Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers and decided to field
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs
Man of the Match: McCullum of Kolkata Knight Riders (New Zealand)
Points: Kolkata Knight Riders-2; Bangalore Royal Challengers-0
Score:
Kolkata Knight Riders 222 for 3 in 20 overs (Ganguly 10, McCullum 158 Not Out, Ponting 20, DJ Hussey 12, Mohammad Hafeez 5 not out, Extras 17--b 4, lb 4, wide 9, Praveen Kumar 4-0-38-0, Zaheer Khan 4-0-38-1, AA Noffke 4-0-40-1, Kallis 4-0-48-1, SB Joshi 3-0-26-0, CL White 1-0-24-0) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 all out in 15.1 overs (Dravid 2, Jaffer 6, Kohli 1, Kallis 8, CL White 6, Boucher 7, Akhil 0, Noffke 9, Praveen Kumar 18 not out, Zaheer Khan 3, SB Joshi 3, Extras 19--lb 8, wide 11, AB Dinda 3-0-9-2, Ishanth Sharma 3-0-7-1, Agarkar 4-0-25-3, Ganguly 4-0-21-2, Shukla 1.1-0-12-1)
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