It was a low scoring affair with Rajasthan Royals bundled for 101. Naman Ojha started the innings well scoring 22 runs of the first over bowled by Hodge. Put into bat, Ojha started the innings with a six over square leg. David Hussey dropped the catch for Ojha in the next ball. He played the same shot, but it took edge and went to Hussey who failed to hold on to it.
Six from the third ball over long off. The next two balls went for one run each. Ojha against scored a six off the last ball, again over square leg.
Quiney, Asnodkar, and Ojha were dismissed in the three continuous overs. Each over had a wicket for KKR. Botha was bowled by Agarkar for 8. At the end of 10 overs, RR were 61 for 5. Yusuf Pathan once again failed as he was run out for 9. RR managed play out the full quota of 20 overs and set 102 as target.
Though looked like an easy targt, the pitch was helping the slower bowlers and turning well. McCullum started with 2 fours in the first over but Ganguly lost his wicket in the first over. He came down the track to hit over covers, but managed to hit staraight to Jadeja at point.
McCullum was trapped in the first ball of the second over. Munaf grabbed Yashpal caught by Quiney for 6. N Ojha did a good stumping to send dangerous Hodge, who played the ball to silly point and takes off. The ball spun back and went to keeper who grabbed it and removed the bails. Third umpire found the bat was in the air!
Hussey was caught at deep midwicket off Botha. Unnecessary short at this point in time. KKR was in deep trouble having just 38 on the board with 5 wicket in hand.
Last 10 overs needed 64 runs. Shaikh ran out himself for 6 when there was no run. Shukla took the responsibility on his shoulders with Agarkar on the other end.
Shukla's six over midwicket of Warne was good to watch! Last 5 overs needed 37 runs. Shukla scored 10 runs in the 16th over bowled by Jadeja. Agarkar and Shukla managed Warne well. They scored just singles of his last over.
21 from 18 balls. Shukla took the risk! He hit Botha over midwicket for a huge six. Relief in KKR camp and pressure on RR as they are on the verge of losing the chance to book their slot for the last four.
11 from 12 balls. Shukla playing wonderfully, timing the ball well. He hit the slower ball from Henderson over extra cover for a boundary. In the remaining four balls, 3 single's were scored.
4 runs of 6 balls and KKR finished the match in the third ball. RR out of the tournament!
Scoreboard:
Match # 53
Date: Wednesday May 20, 2009
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders v. Rajasthan Royals
Captains: McCullum and Warne
Toss: KKR, decided to bat
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: KKR won by 4 wickets with 3 balls remaining
Points: KKR 2; RR 0
Man of the Match: Shukla off KKR
Rajasthan Royals Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| N Ojha | c Shaikh b Langeveldt | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| Quiney | c Shaikh b Langeveldt | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Asnodkar | Run Out (Dinda) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| N Patel | c Ganguly b Langeveldt | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Botha | b Agarkar | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | Run Out (Shukla) | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja | b Sarkar | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Henderson | Run Out (D Hussey) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warne | b Agarkar | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| M Patel | Not Out | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| A Singh | Not Out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 20 overs | 101 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-22 (Quiney, 1.1 ov), 2-28 (Asnodkar, 2.5 ov), 3-28 (Ojha, 3.3 ov), 4-42 (Botha, 5.3 ov), 5-59 (NK Patel, 9.2 ov), 6-62 (Pathan, 10.5 ov), 7-62 (Henderson, 11.2 ov), 8-92 (Jadeja, 17.2 ov), 9-99 (Warne, 19.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Hodge | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Langeveldt | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| Dinda | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Agarkar | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Sarkar | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Shukla | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| McCullum | lbw A Singh | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ganguly | c RA Jadeja b M Patel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hodge | st N Ojha b Botha | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Yashpal | c Quiney b M Patel | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| D Hussey | c N Patel b Botha | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Shukla | Not Out | 48 | 46 | 3 | 2 |
| Shaikh | Run Out (Botha/Y Pathan) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Agarkar | Not Out | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts in 19.3 overs | 102 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Ganguly, 0.6 ov), 2-9 (McCullum, 1.1 ov), 3-21 (Yashpal Singh, 4.6 ov), 4-30 (Hodge, 7.1 ov), 5-37 (Hussey, 9.1 ov), 6-45 (Shaikh, 11.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| M Patel | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| A Singh | 3.3 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Botha | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Warne | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Henderson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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