RESULT
22nd match (N), Mohali, April 18, 2012, Indian Premier League
(16.3/20 ov, T:125) 127/2

KKR won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
66* (44)
gautam-gambhir
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That is it from me for this game, but you can tweet your match reports to @espncricinfo with the tag #IPLreport. Best ones get published on the site.

Gambhir is the Man of the Match

Gautam Gambhir: "I have always believed if we play to our potential, we are a strong side to beat. The way we restricted them was an excellent effort on such a flat wicket. My Man of the Match to be honest is Rajat Bhatia."

Adam Gilchrist: "[My injury] took the direction out of our innings. Hard to say what was a good score on this wicket."

They are too good a side to lose as often as they do, but today KKR performed like the power-packed side they actually are. Tight bowling, decent fielding, and safe batting, made a Twenty20 look dull, but they'll gladly take the comfortable win, especially after slipping to a two-run loss to the same side three days ago

afsana: "dear kartik. shukla is warming the benches along with shakib, tamim and mccullum." Ha

Annanya: "And Kallis sabotages Gauti's bid of finishing the match in the 18th over."

Kartik: "A piece of word for our bangladeshi fans, today kkr won without shakib, a team always wins when they play as a unit, individual performance lifts u up, but may not always win u matches, so its not always shakib, or tamim, or even mccullum, and even talented abdulla is warming benches. It is tough to pick 11 from 30 player squad when u face different opposition on different pitches. And i m shocked that where is laxmi shukla gone?"

Freddy: "its always nice to score a few runs, and hit a six before your girlfriend. Well done Kallis."

16.3
6
Bhatt to Kallis, SIX runs

that will be it then, Kallis ends it with another skip down the pitch, and lofts the tossed up ball straight over the bowler

16.2
4
Bhatt to Kallis, FOUR runs

oh what an effort from David Hussey running to his left from long off, he must have run yards and yards, reached out one-handed as the ball came down after having been lofted by Kallis, but Hussey tumbled over with all his momentum in the end, and the ball rolled into the ropes

16.1
Bhatt to Kallis, no run

slashes a turning ball to short third man

Been a safe chase from KKR, they should have won in Kolkata against Kings XI as well, but left it for too late, Gautam Gambhir has done it himself, best way to get something done

end of over 1610 runs
KKR: 117/2CRR: 7.31 RRR: 2.00
Jacques Kallis20 (20b 1x4)
Gautam Gambhir66 (44b 7x4 1x6)
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4-0-23-0
Bhargav Bhatt 3-0-22-0
15.6
1
AD Mascarenhas to Kallis, 1 run

steered to third man

15.5
2
AD Mascarenhas to Kallis, 2 runs

gets out of the crease and across, and works behind square

15.4
AD Mascarenhas to Kallis, no run

drive to extra cover

15.3
1
AD Mascarenhas to Gambhir, 1 run

now he pulls as Mascarenhas digs it in short, gets it away to deep midwicket

15.2
2
AD Mascarenhas to Gambhir, 2 runs

worked through square leg off the pad

15.1
4
AD Mascarenhas to Gambhir, FOUR runs

excellent placement, that was almost on to off stump before he turned the face of the bat and it went purring past short third man

Someone has invaded the field, and is throwing some papers around the players, manages to hang around for some time near the pitch while the security men run towards him, he is taken off eventually

end of over 1510 runs
KKR: 107/2CRR: 7.13 RRR: 3.60
Gautam Gambhir59 (41b 6x4 1x6)
Jacques Kallis17 (17b 1x4)
Bhargav Bhatt 3-0-22-0
Piyush Chawla 4-0-19-2
14.6
1
Bhatt to Gambhir, 1 run

worked to deep square

14.5
4
Bhatt to Gambhir, FOUR runs

leaving the crease to almost every delivery, stops after taking a couple of steps out, and squeezes the full delivery through cover

14.4
2
Bhatt to Gambhir, 2 runs

comes down the track, and opens the face to squeeze a full ball through point

14.3
Bhatt to Gambhir, no run

turned to midwicket

14.2
2
Bhatt to Gambhir, 2 runs

dropped at midwicket, he charged out, looking for the clip past midwicket, but hit it close to the fielder, PK dived to his left, got a hand to the ball, but that was a tough chance

14.1
1
Bhatt to Kallis, 1 run

driven to long off along the ground

end of over 146 runs
KKR: 97/2CRR: 6.92 RRR: 4.66
Jacques Kallis16 (16b 1x4)
Gautam Gambhir50 (36b 5x4 1x6)
Piyush Chawla 4-0-19-2
Bhargav Bhatt 2-0-12-0
13.6
1
Chawla to Kallis, 1 run
13.5
1
Chawla to Gambhir, 1 run

fine stroke, skips out, makes room as well and drives to sweeper cover, that is fifty for the KKR captain, not much of a celebration, for those who were expecting a big one

13.4
Chawla to Gambhir, no run

tries to drive down the ground but takes it full on the pads as he leaves the crease

13.3
3
Chawla to Kallis, 3 runs

this one carried in with the angle, but Kallis was in the crease, hadn't committed and dabbed it wide of short third man

13.2
Chawla to Kallis, no run

defends a flighted ball

Teja: "With that many overs and too many wickets in hand, why don't KKR promote Yusuf up the order? He can find himself some time at the crease, and they can try to finish the game with some big hitting - after all winning with bigger margin and increasing Net Run Rate in such a tournament means a lot."

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KKR won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
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