DLF IPL Season 5 - Match 15
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match was hanging in a balance as weather forecast predicted rain for the day. Luckily the rain stayed away and match took place without any hiccup.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bat first as the pitch was expected to turn as the game progresses. Dravid and Rahane provided a good start before Rahane got out for 19 off 16 balls. Maneria joined Dravid and got out immediately. Dravid departed for 28 and a very useful partnership between Goswami and Owais Shah enabled the Royals reach 100 at a reasonable run rate. But excellent bowling from Shakib Al Hasan and Sunil Narine restricted the flow of runs and the Royals ended their innings at 131/5. Shah was the top scorer with 31 from 33 balls. Shakib Al Hasan was the pick of the bowlers capturing 3/17 from 4 overs.
KKR lost their skipper Gambhir for 11 when he got run out. The total was 22 at that time. Bisla who joined Kallis steadied the innings. Kallis was out for 31 when the total was 70 in the 11th over. Bisla got out for 29. Manoj Tiwary and Shakib batted sensibly. But veteran Brad Hogg's splendid bowling saw them struggle for runs. Both got out trying to step up the run rate. Doeschate and Yousuf Pathan stayed till the end saw KKR through with 4 balls remaining. In a spinner friendly wicket, sensible batting and experience of KKR helped them win the match.
Points Table clearly shows tough battle this season as 5 teams are tied at 4 points each below the leader Mumbai Indians with 6 points. We can expect a tough fight in the forthcoming matches from all the teams.
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