Kolkata, Apr 29: Captain Gautam Gambhir (93) led Kolkata Knight Riders to a crushing 47-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens on Saturday night.
This was Game 38 in IPL 5 and KKR produced a fine performance.
Here are the highlights of this match.
# RCB were restricted to 143/6 in 20 overs, chasing 191
# RCB needed 80 runs off 18 balls to win. Then it came to 53 off 6 balls
# Chris Gayle was the topscorer for RCB with 86 (58 balls, 7x4, 6x6). He was out on the penultimate ball of the match
# Gayle took 42 balls to reach his fifty
# Gautam Gambhir won the Man-of-the-match award for his knock of 93
# Barring Gayle, none of the other RCB batsmen crossed the 20-run mark
# Gayle is the holder of the Orange Cap with 336 runs. He overtook Ajinkya Rahane
# Gayle has scored his 336 runs off 222 balls with a strike rate of 151.35 and an average of 48.00
# Gayle has four fifties in IPL 5 so far in seven innings. His highest score is 87
# Gayle is the leading six-hitter in IPL 5 so far with 25. He has also scored 21 fours
# Gayle was dropped by Sunil Narine on 12 in the third over off Yusuf Pathan
# Jacques Kallis took two wickets in two balls in the sixth over. He dismissed Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers
# RCB took 57 balls to reach their first fifty
# RCB lost three wickets for 34 runs in 5.3 overs
# KKR captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bat first
# KKR hit 9 sixes and 18 fours in their total of 190/4 in 20 overs
# Lakshmipathy Balaji was injured and his place was taken by left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla. Laxmi Ratan Shukla came in place of Manvinder Bisla
# For RCB, their captain Daniel Vettori returned after missing the previous game due to an injury. Andrew McDonald missed out
# Gambhir and Brendon McCullum gave KKR their highest partnership in IPL 5
# Gambhir and McCullum gave the team a blazing start, 95 for the first wicket in 10.3 overs
# Gambhir and McCullum scored 46 runs the first six over of powerplay
# KKR raced to 50 off 38 balls
# Gambhir reached his 50 off 28 balls
# Gambhir was dropped thrice. Harshal Patel, Chris Gayle and Vinay Kumar spilled difficult catches
# Gambhir was finally dismissed for a 51-ball 93 with five sixes and nine fours
# KKR had reached 134/1 in 15 overs. They were 87/0 in 10 overs
ThatsCricket