KKR vs Kings XI, 23rd match at Mohali, IPL, Mar 27 2010 - Match Result

A great result this for Kolkata, who have gone a long time without a win, after winning the first couple of games. They came out with a plan today, radical as it was, to keep wickets for a really late end-burst. Chris Gayle got some lucky runs off Brett Lee's first over, giving them the cushion to consolidate. Ganguly and Tiwary did that, in scratchy fashion to begin with and they both got better with every passing over. Tiwary started off, more like Tavare, stodgy and slow, but opened up in style towads the end, plundering 21 off Irfan's last over to get 183.

Punjab's chase, well. Little said about it the better. KKR were without their best bowler - Murali Kartik - today, and were not at the best on the field, but KXIP did not get going at all. Bopara's fall in the first over left them gasping, and after Yuvraj fell to a sensational catch from Tiwary, the fight had been knocked out. Mahela and Sanga got absolutely no timing going. The writing was on the wall well before the end.

KKR move to number five on the leader-board. Below them are three semi-finalists from the first edition of the IPL - Delhi, Chennai and Punjab - three teams that have lost their way in staggering fashion.

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Sangakkara: "I never got going, neither did Mahela, and left too much for the bottom half. We were trying to find the best positions for players to bat, but we are yet to find it. Only one way to go now - up."

Ganguly: "Good to get a win. To be honest, our batting dipped against Chennai and Rajasthan. As I said after losing to Mumbai, we finally have got the x-factor, an extra 10-15 runs. I have been in decent form, a couple of good thirties, good to get a fifty today. We spend a lot of time deciding which overseas players to play, but as long as the 7 Indian players do well, we will be in good shape. Anyone can come back in this format. Rajasthan have shown it by winning 3 in 3. We are going to play freely and hopefully keep winning."

Man of the match is Manoj Tiwary: "Today the wicket was very good to bat on, not much lateral movement. I took my time, to get my eye in and later accelerated. I wanted to do well and score big.. I had to take that catch, Yuvi is such a good player, it felt good to take it and helped me relax." Good on ya Manoj! Great catch that was.

That winds it up from us. Do check out Sriram Veera's match bulletin that captures the highs and lows, the ebbs and flows of this game. On behalf of scorer Sanjay Murari and the rest of the team at Cricinfo, this is Nitin Sundar signing off.