Match # 41
Date: Tuesday May 12, 2009
Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers v. Kolkata Knight Riders
Captains: Kumble and McCullum
Toss: RC, decided to field
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Result: RC won by 6 wkts with 4 balls remaining
Points: RC 2; KKR 0
Man of the Match: Taylor off RC
Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| McCullum | Not Out | 84 | 64 | 10 | 2 |
| Ganguly | c Boucher b Vinaykumar | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Ghosh | c Boucher b Vinaykumar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| D Hussey | b Akhil | 43 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| A Matthews | c Kohli b Kumble | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Saha | Not Out | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Extras | (b 5, w 2, nb 2) | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 20 overs | 173 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-13 (Ganguly, 2.3 ov), 2-21 (Ghosh, 4.2 ov), 3-91 (Hussey, 13.2 ov), 4-134 (Mathews, 17.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Vinaykumar | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Kallis | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ryder | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Appanna | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Akhil | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
Royal Challengers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Ryder | c Ganguly b Agarkar | 22 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Kallis | c McCullum b M Karthik | 32 | 34 | 4 | 1 |
| Uthappa | c Matthews b M Karthik | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor | Not Out | 81 | 33 | 7 | 5 |
| Dravid | c & b Mendis | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Boucher | Not Out | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 6, nb 2) | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 19.2 overs | 176 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-58 (Kallis, 8.2 ov), 2-63 (Ryder, 9.2 ov), 3-74 (Uthappa, 10.6 ov), 4-122 (Dravid, 15.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| I Sharma | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Mendis | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Agarkar | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Matthews | 2.2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| D Hussey | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| M Karthik | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
