beautiful quicker ball, rushes past the slogging bat, picks up his first wicket, and this game is over, Kolkata get a consolation victory, Titans' net run-rate takes a big beating
KKR vs Titans, Group A at Cape Town, Oct 21 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Group A (D/N), Cape Town, October 21, 2012, Champions League Twenty20
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Asrar Haque jokes: "I think it was Balaji's 'nephew' who was playing for the last 2 weeks."
Post-match presentation::
van Jaarsveld: "They were like a runaway train today. We have a big match against Delhi on Tuesday, and we need to be up for it."
Gambhir: "I still feel we are a quality side, we put this performance on the field today. When you get 180 in these conditions, you know you have the bowling to defend."
Man of the Match is Debabrata Das: "We started well. I was told to just go out, and play your game." Das can't stop smiling as he receives his prize.
Three teams still with a chance of making the semi-finals in this group - Delhi, Titans and Auckland.
Thanks to everyone for joining us on commentary today. See you all again tomorrow. G'night!
16.4
W
Narine to Links, OUT
Eden Links b Narine 1 (6b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 16.66
16.3
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Narine to Links, no run
turns back in sharply, batsman can't push it to mid-wicket as it hits his pad and stays in the pitch
16.2
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Narine to Links, no run
can't time a shortish delivery
16.1
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Narine to Links, no run
straightens after pitching, pushes it towards point
end of over 168 runs • 2 wickets
TITNS: 89/9CRR: 5.56 • RRR: 25.00
Ethy Mbhalati6 (1b 1x6)
Eden Links1 (2b)
Manoj Tiwary 1-0-8-2
Sunil Narine 2-0-8-0
15.6
6
Tiwary to Mbhalati, SIX runs
hammers down the ground, past the running long-off fielder and it goes all the way
Last ball of this wicket-laden over
15.5
W
Tiwary to Thomas, OUT
turns a mile, easy stumping for Bisla, all smiles as Tiwari picks up his second wicket in the over
Alfonso Thomas st †Bisla b Tiwary 6 (11b 0x4 0x6 11m) SR: 54.54
15.4
1
Tiwary to Links, 1 run
turns back in, ball tapped towards square-leg where Balaji fields
15.3
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Tiwary to Links, no run
turns back in, a googly perhaps, batsman can only keep the ball away from the stumps with a prod
15.2
W
Tiwary to Cornel's, OUT
fuller legspinner, drags it on to the stumps, big smile from Tiwari
Cornelius de Villiers b Tiwary 4 (10b 0x4 0x6 14m) SR: 40
15.1
1
Tiwary to Thomas, 1 run
short from the leg-spinner, cut away for a single at deep cover
Tiwari comes in with his part-time leg-spinners
end of over 153 runs
TITNS: 81/7CRR: 5.40 • RRR: 21.60
Cornelius de Villiers4 (9b)
Alfonso Thomas5 (9b)
Sunil Narine 2-0-8-0
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-19-4
14.6
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Narine to Cornel's, no run
a straighter one, tries to slog the ball but misses
14.5
1lb
Narine to Thomas, 1 leg bye
turns back in, ball tapped towards square-leg, covered by the keeper
14.4
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Narine to Thomas, no run
full ball, tries to cut but mistimes, towards point
14.3
2
Narine to Thomas, 2 runs
too short, cut away towards sweeper cover where Iqbal Abdulla misfields
14.2
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Narine to Thomas, no run
turns back in, hits him on the front pad
14.1
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Narine to Thomas, no run
misses a short one outside off-stump
end of over 145 runs
TITNS: 78/7CRR: 5.57 • RRR: 18.50
Cornelius de Villiers4 (8b)
Alfonso Thomas3 (4b)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-19-4
Iqbal Abdulla 4-0-20-2
13.6
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Balaji to Cornel's, no run
wide of off stump and full, but just inside the tram lines. de Villiers can't get close to that
13.5
2
Balaji to Cornel's, 2 runs
fuller, honing in on the stumps, the batsman tries to drive that, gets an inside edge and it goes to deep midwicket
13.4
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Balaji to Cornel's, no run
fuller and wide of off stump, it beats a wild swing
13.3
1
Balaji to Thomas, 1 run
opens the face again, length outside off and the batsman take one
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