2626dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Gambhir, Morgan set up big win for Kolkata

Gaurtam Gambhir's 18th IPL half-century - now a record - set up the perfect platform for Eoin Morgan to exploit while Jacques Kallis coolly sat back and kept alternating the strike

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

G Gambhir
G Gambhir
53(45) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 17 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
2 5 9 5 5 15 2 10
EJG Morgan
EJG Morgan
47(21) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 20 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
4 4 11 0 9 1 12 0

Best performances - Bowlers

JH Kallis
O4
M0
R13
W3
Eco3.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
R Bhatia
O4
M0
R33
W2
Eco8.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10

Match days

14 April 2013 - day/night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Siddhartha Talya

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SRH: 132/7 (49 runs required, RR: 6.60)

  • Karn Sharma5 (9b)
  • Amit Mishra1 (1b)
  • Rajat Bhatia4-0-33-2
  • Jacques Kallis4-0-13-3

KKR have won comprehensively. 180 proved too much for Sunrisers, they needed a start quicker than they got and there wasn't much firepower in their batting line-up after the loss of White. KKR pick up their second win, Sunrisers their second defeat this IPL. The latter half of this chase, or the bulk of the latter half, was quite boring, one would admit, as Sunrisers never looked like turning it around. We'll get you the presentation details in a bit. Here's the report by Sidharth Monga. We'll give you the presentations details in a bit.

Sangakkara: "We brought it back pretty well after the first six overs, but lost a bit of momentum. We were outplayed by a better side. If we had limited them to about 160, we were never really in the chase from the start. We thought in the Powerplay, having White on the top would help him get a big one for us. We've got good hitting power in White, Reddy and Perera. The rest of us have to rotate the strike."

Gambhir is also the Man of the Match, hmm: "It was a good wicket to bat on, the way Morgan and Jacques batted it was fantastic. We were thinking of 160 at one stage, but to get 180 is great. Morgan has been an incredible batsman, we wanted to give him more time. We wanted someone to complement Sunil, the way Senanayake and Sunil bowled, it's great for us. We got the right pick to bowl in tandem with Sunil. When you're in good nick, you've got to take the team along."

That's it. Surprised it wasn't Kallis who won it. Anyway, thanks for tuning in. There's another game that'll begin shortly. Rajasthan Royals take on Kings XI Punjab, and the Royals have chosen to field. Until the next time, it's goodbye.

19.6
0
Bhatia to KV Sharma, no run, swing and a miss and it's all over
19.5
1
Bhatia to Mishra, 1 run, slower one, punched towards long-off for a single
19.4
1
Bhatia to KV Sharma, 1 run, crunched past extra cover for a single

Amit Patel: "@David, I agree that Sanga should make a way for another quality batsman but White has been playing beutifully the whole tournament. And to say that SRH bowling unit is doing well is just a very bad opinion. KKR scored 180 in this match and RCB score 160+ in the 9th game of the IPL in which Kohli scored 93 off just 47. There's no quality bowler aside from Steyn. And there is so much one bowler can do."

19.4
3w
Bhatia to KV Sharma, 3 wides, down the leg side and that's a wide, the keeper fumbles as well

Amit Mishra can bat

19.3
W
Bhatia to Vihari, OUT, Vihari has holed out, slower one and he swings that straight into Tiwary's hands at long-on, flat hit, but Tiwary took it comfortably

GH Vihari c Tiwary b Bhatia 1 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

19.2
1
Bhatia to KV Sharma, 1 run, pitched up, chips it wide of long-on for just the single

SRH 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57PA PatelCL White
2nd11KC SangakkaraCL White
3rd3KC SangakkaraDB Ravi Teja
4th36NLTC PereraDB Ravi Teja
5th8NLTC PereraA Ashish Reddy
6th9KV SharmaNLTC Perera
7th3KV SharmaGH Vihari
8th5A MishraKV Sharma