full-toss and that's hit over the bowler's head for a four to finish off the game!
RR vs KKR, 47th match at Kolkata, IPL, May 03 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
KKR won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
Interestingly, one thing that stood out in that Rahul Dravid interview, was that when he was asked about the home advantage at Jaipur, he replied something on the lines of, "It's a good cricket wicket back at Jaipur, it's not about home advantage there, it's about who plays the better cricket on that wicket that wins." On that note, Suneer Chowdhary here, signing off from today's live coverage of the game, will be back next week...till then have a very good night ahead!
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Yusuf Pathan remains stranded on 49 but I don't think that should matter, what should is that his 49 helped his side win the game. Yep, KKR have won their fourth this season and have barely kept themselves alive, while Rajasthan now continue to have 12 points from their 10 games. In the end, Kallis looked very disappointed at hitting that boundary, apologises to Pathan, who was more than happy to have remained there till the end.
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Quotes from presentation:
Dravid:
had to try something different, they had all the aces and needed to score as many as possible in the first 10. Was a touch wicket to bat on. There were a lot of positives to come from this, batted well, did not bowl too well on this wicket. Samson is a very good kid, long way to go for him and we allow him to keep his feet on ground.
Gambhir
It was important to win here, we needed to get ourselves out of the situation we were in and we did well today. Spin has been our strength, we have got quality and they have done well. Completely different venue at Ranchi, hopefully we get the same support there too.
Pathan is the man of the match:
Good to see everyone happy when I score. Today I had a lot of time to bat, which gave me confidence to play well. It was an important match, needed to win it and we did it.
goes for a sweep and that one from Hogg lands on the spot he wanted, wrong 'un too, beats the outside edge of the bat
shorter in length and pushed to the off side for a single
and that's a single to the fine-leg fielder, it was very full and he was going for a full-bloodied flick there, straight to the fielder
shorter in length, bit of movement away from the bat and pushed down the ground for a single
on his pads, good length ball too and easily tucked it away to the leg side for a single
short of length, pushed back to the bowler, not for runs
shorter in length and that's pulled away for a four, good, good shot!
The last time Pathan scored a half-century in IPL was in March 2010.
Avinash: "@Kushagra.. Mind looking at Faulkner's career economy? It is anything but great!"
another shorter ball and he isn't averse to pulling it away, does it well, gets it away to the fielder for a single
shorter in length, pushed to the off side this time, jams his bat down in time
short of length and pulled away to the leg side for a four, that's a very well-played shot from Pathan, powered away!
and that's played very fine, through to the third-man region, opening the face of the bat and through to fielder
Kushagra Agrawal: "James Faulkner is one of the greatest T20 bowlers. Even if he doesn't take wickets, he has a great economy rate more often than not."
short of length from the bowler and it's punched to the off side, straight to the short cover fielder
short of length and that's punched down the ground for a single
Watson's back on.
full-toss on the off stump and it's driven to the short cover fielder
on his pads and tucked away to the leg side for a single this time
slower in pace and on a good length and he pats it back to the bowler
very full this time and it's dug out well by the batsman, pushed down the ground for a single
slower in pace, shorter in length and very calmly played away to the off side
on his pads and that's patted away to long-on for a single
Over 18 • KKR 133/2
KKR won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)