Match 10: RR v. KKR: Match Tied, but Y Pathan's Sixes help RR win in Super Over!

In the closely faught match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, Warne's RR had the final laugh.

The match in hand was lost by KKR. Last over required 7 runs, but lost Ganguly in the penultimate ball. Last ball required 2 runs, but it was too much for Ishanth Sharma. He drove the ball towards cover where Warne did a wonderful diving stop. While going for the 2nd run, Ishanth was well short of his crease.

This created Super Over where each team has to select three batsmen and one bowler.

Gayle, McCullum and Ganguly were selected to bat for KKR and Kamaran Khan bowled for Rajasthan Royals:

Ball 1: Single to long off by Gayle;
Ball 2: Single on a hip-height full toss by McCullum. He asked for a no-ball but umpires denied it;
Ball 3: Wide;
Ball 3: Four over mid on by Gayle, over pitched and chipped over long on
Ball 4: Four over square leg by Gayle; pitched on leg stump and he flicked it;
Ball 5: Four over mid wicket by Gayle; He stayed close to the wicket and hit it over mid-wicket.
Ball 6: Caught beautifully by Quiney at deep cover; ball pitched on the wide off stump which he tried to cut but went straight to sweeper cover;

KKR scored 15 runs for 1 wicket in 1 over. RR needed 16;

RR selected Y Pathan, RA Jadeja, and Mascarenhas and KKR had Mendis for bowling;

Ball 1: Six over long-off by Pathan;
Ball 2: He hit it over long on but went high in the air; dropped; Proper adjustment would have turned this match;
Ball 3: Six over deep mid-wicket by Pathan;
Ball 4: Four by Pathan wide of square leg

RR reached 18 in 4 balls and win the crucial 2 points

Scoreboard:

Match # 10
Date: Thursday April 23, 2009
Teams: Rajasthan Royals v. Kolkata Knight Riders
Captains: Warne and McCullum
Toss: KKR, elected to bat
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Result: Match Tied; RR won by 2 wickets in Super Over with 2 balls remaining
Points: RR 2; KKR 0
Man of the Match: Yousuf Pathan of RR

Rajasthan Royals Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
G Smith	c Gayle b Mendis	15	21	1	0
Valthaty	c I Sharma b A Singh	5	7	1	0
Quiney	c Gayle b I Sharma	6	2	0	1
Y Pathan	c Y Singh b Mendis	42	21	6	2
RA Jadeja	c Y Singh b I Sharma	22	26	0	0
Mascarenhas	b A Singh	27	28	2	0
AS Raut	Not Out	21	13	1	2
Warne	Not Out	2	2	0	0
Extras	(lb 3, w 7)	10	-	-	-
Total	for 6 wkts in 20 overs	150	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-8 (Valthaty, 1.6 ov), 2-14 (Quiney, 2.2 ov), 3-70 (Smith, 8.1 ov), 4-73 (Pathan, 8.6 ov), 5-112 (Jadeja, 16.2 ov), 6-125 (Mascarenhas, 17.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
I Sharma	4	0	36	2
A Singh	4	0	35	2
Agarkar	1	0	14	0
Mendis	4	0	19	2
Ganguly	3	0	23	0
Gayle	4	0	20	0

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gayle	c Jadeja b Sangwan	41	33	2	4
McCullum	c K Khan b Mascarenhas	3	9	0	0
Shukla	c Rawat b K Khan	13	13	1	0
Hodge	c Rawat b M Patel	5	7	0	0
Ganguly	c Rawat b K Khan	46	30	4	2
Bangar	c Smith b K Khan	2	9	0	0
Y Singh	c Raut b Warne	20	18	3	0
Agarkar	Not Out	1	1	0	0
I Sharma	Run Out (K Khan/Rawat)	1	1	0	0
Extras	(lb 8, w 9, nb 1)	18	-	-	-
Total	for 8 wkts in 20 overs	150	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-25 (McCullum, 3.6 ov), 2-60 (Gayle, 8.2 ov), 3-67 (Shukla, 9.5 ov), 4-71 (Hodge, 10.5 ov), 5-94 (Bangar, 13.6 ov), 6-143 (Yashpal Singh, 18.5 ov), 7-149 (Ganguly, 19.5 ov), 8-150 (Sharma, 19.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Y Pathan	4	0	27	0
Mascarenhas	4	1	29	1
Warne	4	0	25	2
Kamaran Khan	4	0	18	3
M Patel	3	0	36	1
RA Jadeja	1	0	7	0

IPL Match 6: KKR v. KXI: Ganguly and Rain Spoil KXI!

What's happening to Yuvi and the Kings XI Punjab? The rain once again played a key role, though KKR had the advantage without rain as well.

The Duckworth-Lewis favored the 2nd playing team once again. Earlier, Kings XI scored 104 in rain delayed 12 overs match. After the first over of Delhi Daredevils innings, it rained. Duckworth-Lewis rules said that Delhi should score 54 in 6 overs. When the revised target was set, they were already at 15 for no loss.

Again, in this crucial match, with already one loss, Kings XI didn't have a good start after put into bat by KKR. Goel fell for duck in the 3rd over. Pathan hit quick 32 off 17 balls. He did what was expected of him. Sangakkar scored 26 and the skipper Yuvi scored 38 off 28. Pathan, Yuvi and Jayawardane did some firing, but that did not give a competitive total. The weather was not good and the rain was expected any time. KXI also lost wickets and they did not learn the lesson from the first match.

Ganguly struck twice in the same over--Irfan Pathan was brilliantly caught very close to the boundary line by Murali Karthik and couple of deliveries later, Bopara was caught behind, trying to cut the short ball.

Chasing 159, KKR started well with McCullum and Gayle smashing the ball for six and four. They reached 50 in the 6th over and did not lose a wicket. McCullum was caught behind off VS Malik. But, when rain stopped play in the 10th over, KKR had 79 for 1 in the scoreboard.

As per Duckworth-Lewis method, it is enough if they had 68 on the board, but they were ahead by 11 runs. Earlier, Goel missed an easy chance from Gayle when he was 2. In the fifth over, Gayle hit two fours and a six of Pathan which changed the match.

Scoreboard:

Match # 6
Date: Tuesday April 21, 2009
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders v. Kings XI Punjab
Captains: McCullum and Yuvaraj Singh
Toss: KKR, elected to field
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: KKR won by 11 runs by D/L method
Points: KKR 2; KXI 0
Man of the Match: Chris Gayle of KKR

Kings XI Punjab Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Bopara	c McCullum b Ganguly	15	15	2	0
Goel	c Gayle b I Sharma	0	7	0	0
I Pathan	c M Kartik b Ganguly	32	17	5	1
Sangakkara	Run Out (Chopra/McCullum)	26	24	2	0
Yuvaraj Singh	c Y Singh b Henriques	38	28	3	2
M Jayawardane	Not Out	31	19	3	1
T Kohli	c McCullum b Dinda	1	4	0	0
P Chawla	Not Out	3	6	0	0
Extras	(b 1, w 11)	12	-	-	-
Total	for 6 wkts in 20 overs	158	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Goel, 2.2 ov), 2-47 (Pathan, 6.2 ov), 3-48 (Bopara, 6.4 ov), 4-104 (Sangakkara, 14.1 ov), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.4 ov), 6-131 (Kohli, 17.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
I Sharma	4	0	24	1
AB Dinda	4	0	34	1
Henriques	4	0	32	1
Ganguly	4	0	24	2
LR Shukla	2	0	22	0
Gayle	1	0	14	0
M Kartik	1	0	7	0

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
McCullum	c Sangakkara b VS Malik	21	16	1	2
Gayle	Not Out	44	26	2	4
Hodge	Not Out	10	14	0	0
Extras	(w 4)	4	-	-	-
Total	for 6 wkts in 20 overs	79	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-57 (McCullum, 5.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
I Pathan	3	0	27	0
Y Abdulla	2	0	20	0
VS Malik	2	0	23	1
P Chawla	2	0	8	0
Bopara	0.2	0	1	0

Bangalore Royal Challengers - Team List

The Bangalore Royal Challengers have gone for big changes in the team including chaning the captain. Kevin Pietersen from England has taken over from Rahul Dravid. The owner of RC said that with new members in his team, the perception about his team will change. Last year, his team was called "Test Team" because of the poor performance in season 1.

The Squad:

Kevin Pietersen (Captain)
Rahul Dravid
Anil Kumble
Praveen Kumar
Mark Boucher (WK)
Nathan Bracken
Jacques Kallis
Wasim Jaffer
Dillon du Preez
Shreevats Goswami
Sunil Joshi
Virat Kohli
Dale Steyn
Ross Taylor
Robin Uthappa
Roelof van der Merwe
Cameron White
Tinu Yohannan

Note: Not all players are included in this list! This is not an exhaustive list. The team may have more players.

IPL Season 2 Schedule!

Gavaskar did not play T20: SRK

The owner of KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) Sharukh Khan has said that Gavaskar did not play any T20 and hence cannot comment on the logisitics of the game. The field placement, batting style, etc. changes in T20 and with no experience in it, he cannot talk about it.

Gavaskar ridiculed John Buchanan idea of using multiple captains for KKR in the IPL Season 2 T20. It got flake from others as well.

"I have great respect for Mr Gavaskar. I have grown up enjoying his performance as well as GR Vishwanath and Kapil's. We all respect him too much but having said that I would like to say that: please give it (the multiple-captain theory) a breathing space to try now. If we fail, we can always go back to the traditional way," Shah Rukh said at a media conference in Mumbai on Sunday to announce new initiatives with Team sponsors Nokia.

"I have spent lot of money on my team. If you have a problem then you buy your own team and run it the way you want," he said, in an obvious response to Gavaskar's comments.

"Twenty20 cricket is a new format and last time we did not do well after going by the traditional way (one captain). This time Buchanan will try multiple captaincy in the practice game before the IPL starts in South Africa and see whether he succeeds or not," the Bollywood star said.