Match 48: DC v. KKR: Rohit Sharma Rides Mortaza with 21 Runs in Last Over!

What a match for Rohit Sharma! He scored 27 runs in the last over to give DC the winning points! Last over required 21 runs and Bangaladesh's Mortaza had the ball. First ball was a peculiar no ball call from the umpire which went for a four. KKR had only 3 fielders inside the ring as against the mandatory 4. Though McCullum argued, the umpire was right. McCullum should have been more careful.

Next ball was a leg bye. 15 required off 5 balls. Venugopal scored a single to third man of the edge.

14 required of 4 balls. Mortaza bowled a full toss and Rohit hit it over midwicket for a six. Bad bowling! The ball was lost and the replacement ball was provided.

8 runs needed of 3 balls. Poor bowling as Mortaza bowled wide of the off stump and wisely Rohit left it to keeper.

7 runs in 3 balls. Two runs to long off.

5 runs in 2 balls. Full on the wide of off-stump and Rohit hits it wide of cover to fetch an important boundary. Mortaza spoiled the game for KKR!

1 run required of last ball. Short on the middle stump and Rohit pulled it over fine leg for a six! What a way to win the match!

Chasing 161, Gilchrist and Gibbs started well with a 62-run partnership between them. Gilchrist demolished the bowling attack as he hit 2 sixes in the 2nd over. Mortaza went for 15 runs with both the sixes went over mid-wicket boundary.

Gibbs hit two continuous fours off Ishanth Sharma and Gilly took his turn with two boundaries in the next over from Mortaza.

Murali Karthik started well with his first over as he gave just one run as DC were 41 for no loss in 5 overs.

Gilly lost his wicket in the 10th over to Hodge caught by substitute Shukla at deep square leg.

End of 10 overs, DC were 71 for 1, requiring 90 in last 10 overs. Gibbs was caught by Hussey of Murali Karthik for 28. End of 15 overs, DC were 105 for 2 requiring 56 in 5 overs.

Suman was run out going for the 2nd. Symonds hit to long off and Suman came back for the 2nd. The throw from Hodge went straight to Agarkar who collected it well to remove the bails. Earlier, Suman was dropped by Murali Karthik when he was on 26.

Rohit Sharma joined Symonds for the 4th wicket. Symonds hit a six and a four of Agarkar to change the equation to 34 in 18 balls.

Symonds going for a single of a no ball was short of his crease. Mortaza does a direct hit at non-striker's end for sending Symonds back.

27 required of 2 overs. Agarkar bowled well and conceeded just 6 runs. Rohit finished the 21 runs in the last over.

Rohit Sharma scored 32 in 13 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.

Put into bat, KKR started with a 27-run first wicket partnership between McCullum and Ganguly. McCullum was caught in the 5th over for 20. End of 6 overs, KKR were 31 for 1.

Peculiar things happened in this match! Ganguly going for a single after tucking away to short fine leg, came in the way of the throw and made an attempt to stop the ball hanging his left hand out. Gilchrist argued with umpire claiming "Obstructing the Field" for long time and finally it was given not out.

End of 10 overs, KKR were 50 for 1. Ganguly was caught by Harris of Ishanth Sharma for well madd 33, but he consumed 41 balls.

End of 15 overs, KKR were 89 for 2. Hussey hit a six of Ojha and Hodge hit a four in the same over. Harris picked Hodge caught by Harmeet Singh after conceeding a four in the 2nd ball.

End of over 18, KKR were 118 for 3. RP Singh started the 19th over with a waist height no ball. He bowled one more full toss at waist height in the 2nd ball which Hussey sent it for four. Two waise height no balls and RP Singh was removed from the attack.

Harmeet Singh was brought as a replacement to bowl the remaining 5 balls. Hussey hit a four between long off and extra cover. The next two balls went for two each and the last two balls went for six each. Both the sixes were good shots and poor bowling by Harmeet. 28 runs were scored in that over.

Symonds bowled the last over as he went for 2 sixes and also got two wickets--Saha was caught and Hussey was run out. KKR ended with 160 for 5 as they scored 110 runs in the last 10 overs.

Rohit Sharma was declared man of the match for his match winning knock, scoring 21 runs in the last over.

With this win, DC has 14 points in 13 matches. They are in the 3rd place while no impact in KKR's position.

Scoreboard:

Match # 48
Date: Saturday May 16, 2009
Teams: Deccan Chargers v. Kolkata Knight Riders
Captains: Gilchrist and McCullum
Toss: DC, decided to field
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: DC won by 6 wkts with 0 balls remaining
Points: DC 2; KKR 0
Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma off DC

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McCullum	c Suman b Harris	20	18	1	1
Ganguly	c Harris b R Sharma	33	41	3	0
Hodge	c H Singh b Harris	48	41	5	0
D Hussey	Run Out (Gilchrist)	43	17	2	4
Saha	c H Singh b Symonds	7	3	0	1
Mortaza	Not Out	2	2	0	0
Agarkar	Not Out	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 2)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 5 wkts in 20 overs	160	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-27 (McCullum, 4.3 ov), 2-85 (Ganguly, 14.5 ov), 3-117 (Hodge, 17.5 ov), 4-152 (Saha, 19.2 ov), 5-158 (Hussey, 19.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Harris	4	0	20	2
RP Singh	3.1	0	30	0
A Symonds	4	0	28	1
Harmeet Singh	3.5	0	40	0
Ojha	3	0	24	0
R Sharma	2	0	15	1

Deccan Chargers Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gilchrist	c sub Shukla b Hodge	43	31	5	2
Gibbs	c D Hussey b M Karthik	28	34	3	0
T Suman	Run Out (Agarkar/Hodge)	31	24	3	1
A Symonds	Run Out (Mortaza)	18	13	0	1
R Sharma	Not Out	32	13	3	2
Venugopal	Not Out	7	7	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 2)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 4 wkts in 20 overs	166	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-68 (Gilchrist, 9.2 ov), 2-85 (Gibbs, 12.3 ov), 3-116 (Suman, 16.2 ov), 4-128 (Symonds, 17.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
I Sharma	4	0	23	0
Mortaza	4	0	58	0
M Karthik	4	0	12	1
Hodge	3	0	23	1
Agarkar	4	0	41	0
D Hussey	1	0	6	0