Eoin Morgan with a superlative attempt on the long on boundary, it was swung hard from a fuller length, and looked headed for maximum before Morgan decided to get in the way and leaped high in the air one-handed, he even got a hand to the ball but could not hold on, toppling over the ropes in the end, Kolkata have a win that was more comfortable than the margin of nine runs
That will be all from us today. Join us for tomorrow's games, till then this is Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers, and keep them comments flowing. And also read Sid Ravi's bulletin which should be updated soon.
Kallis, the Man of the Match: "Not a good feeling getting hit on the chin with a cricket ball, but I'll be alright. We were steady throughout, good performance in the end, couple of international players will come in now, so that should boost us. We have a powerful batting line-up and look to set the platform for the big hitters down the order."
Gambhir: "Always a great feeling to put runs on the board. It's the City of Joy, hopefully we can win many and bring them lot of joy. Lot of credit to the bowlers today."
Sangakkara: "I thought 163 was a good total on this wicket. We still got the rate back on track after some early wickets, but kept losing so many wickets."
Hang on for the presentation.
Kolkata looked the stronger side, and for once they have justified the billing, despite ten Doeschate and Morgan not getting a bat, they got enough in the end to comfortably see off Deccan's charge, which never came. Chipli resisted with 48, Christian smoked a few big ones, but once he was dismissed, Deccan had no chance.
Karthik: "Even though Kallis hit a fifty and took 4 catches, I believe Iqbal Abdulla should get the man of the match award. If it wasn't for the last two blows from Dan, his figures would have been 4-0-14-3. Good effort that." Certainly was.
shorty: "Last ball six, yet still a loss. How poetic."
Siva: "Deccan Chargers is not looking to win any match this season, unless their opponents utterly fail in any day. No batting fire power, no bowling (except Steyn). I have no answer "how they can win"?"
S Potnis: "Rajat Bhatia has come a long way. He used to be my school roommate. Not many might know this but he was a pretty decent batsman."
one more slower one outside off stump, but it is called a wide this time
fuller again but this time angled across Ishant who pushes it in the air to long off
Jaidev shatters Steyn's stumps and sets off on a big celebratory run, it was bowled fuller this time, and Steyn missed with the swing
110.4 kph slower one outside off on a length, well bowled, he had set himself up for the big one over midwicket, but was surprised by the lack of pace and pulled out of the shot in the end
117 kph delivery slanted across the batsman who looks to swing it away again but misses it completely
goes for maximum over deep midwicket, but gets it on the bounce to wide long on
hit down the ground, but only for a single to long on
what is going on? it was a very slow one from short of a length, he walked away outside off to scoop it over short fine leg, missed, and Bisla fumbled the take as well
another one in the blockhole around off stump, squeezed away towards extra cover
yorker outside off stump, squeezed away towards point
lovely extra cover drive, stands tall in the crease and hammers it past mid off
gives a slower one outside off everything, but all he gets is an inside edge past the stumps to short fine leg
girish: "Can Kallis get a 5 catch haul ???" Balaji is back
swung down to Morgan at long on again, this time he'll get only a run
high full toss and he gets it away straight down the ground where Morgan at long on fails to stop it in the end
goes for the big swing over midwicket, but misses out another short slow one
how is that a wide, it was dug in very slow, and looped away outside off stump, and on the bouncer to the keeper, called a wide
squares him up with one that kicks away from a length, he gets it off a thick edge through point
angled wide of the right-hander who drives it to sweeper cover
Vaibhav: "Can KKR do it again? Can they again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?" Not this time I think
would you believe it, it is Jacques Kallis, there is no getting away for him, Teja went down on a knee for the big heave-ho over midwicket, got it off the high part of the blade, the ball hung in the sky for ages before coming down in to the safe hands of Kallis at deep midwicket, fourth catch for him today
Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
Toss | Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2011 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00 |
Match days | 11 April 2011 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Deccan Chargers 0 |
Over 20 • DC 154/8