Kings XI vs KKR, 17th match at Kolkata, Apr 15 2012, Indian Premier League

RESULT
17th match (D/N), Eden Gardens, April 15, 2012, Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:135) 132/7

Kings XI won by 2 runs

Player Of The Match
5/19
sunil-narine
Cricinfo's MVP
112.11 ptsImpact List
piyush-chawla
Match centre 
Scores: Binoy George | Comms: Abhishek Purohit
Scorecard summary
Kings XI Punjab 134/9(20 overs)
5/19 (4)
32 (31)
2/14 (4)
Kolkata Knight Riders 132/7(20 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
PBKS112.1113(8)17.3821.623/184.4990.48
KKR97.48--05/195.2597.48
PBKS74.516(2)9.8815.082/243.1959.44
KKR62.243(2)3.553.872/142.1458.37
PBKS59.3714(6)21.5731.081/271.528.29
end of over 206 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 132/7CRR: 6.60 
Debabrata Das35 (23b 3x4 1x6)
Rajat Bhatia3 (2b)
Harmeet Singh 4-0-27-1
Praveen Kumar 4-0-22-0

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Narine is the Man of the Match for his 5 for 19. Narine: "I look just to contain and hit the right areas. Pretty much everyone is on BBM [when asked whether he is in touch with his West Indies team-mates]."

Gautam Gambhir: "We left it till the end. You need to play intelligent cricket. We should have finished it off when we needed 13 off 12. We should have played better as a batting unit."

Adam Gilchrist: "The guys fought well with the bat, some exceptional spin bowling from Narine and Co. Always felt Harmeet had it in him."

The KKR dugout is looking totally stunned. They were 73 for 2 at one stage. But you never know what you get with KKR.

Chawla and Bhatt brought Punjab back and Harmeet defended nine runs nervelessly off the final over. Not to forget PK's excellent over, the 19th, which went for just four

Charindra: "Gotta feel for the Kolkata fans. KKR have the most passionate and most loyal support in the world, and they keep letting the fans down year after year. They got rid of Ganguly, and now his team is leading the table."

Achuthan: "Slow and Steady win the race,only if you are a tortoise,not a Knight Rider."

James: "Very glad KKR lost, perhaps they will now drop YK Pathan who has contributed nothing this IPL. As far as this match goes there was one MAJOR failing, Bisla & Tiwary to push on after slowish starts, and Hasan and Pathan throwing their wickets away. A shame for the home crowd!"

19.6
1
Harmeet Singh to Das, 1 run

cannot get it away, the legbreaks, those harmless looking legbreaks from a medium-pacer have done it for Punjab, tries to swing one of them over midwicket, cannot time it at all, it rolls away to deep midwicket

19.5
1
Harmeet Singh to Bhatia, 1 run

Bhatia gets a taste of how it feels to generate some power off slower ones, gets it towards long off, another pick-up fluffed, but they are satisfied with one this time

19.4
2
Harmeet Singh to Bhatia, 2 runs

down the track, hits it down the ground, long on runs in, stops the ball, seems to have kept them to one, but he cannot pick it up cleanly, they hesitate and eventually get across for the second

19.3
W
Harmeet Singh to Ryan ten Doeschate, OUT

he's bowled Tendo., the legbreak appears innocuous, but it has taken out Tendo, who looked to swipe it through midwicket from outside off stump, an inside edge results, also finds its way on to the stumps

Ryan ten Doeschate b Harmeet Singh 11 (14b 1x4 0x6 22m) SR: 78.57
19.2
1
Harmeet Singh to Das, 1 run

cannot get this one away for more than a single down to long off

19.1
1lb
Harmeet Singh to Ryan ten Doeschate, 1 leg bye

legbreak arrives on a length on leg stump, Tendo has already swung around to swing it behind square leg, but somehow misses it

Nine off the final over from Harmeet

end of over 194 runs
KKR: 126/6CRR: 6.63 RRR: 9.00
Ryan ten Doeschate11 (12b 1x4)
Debabrata Das33 (21b 3x4 1x6)
Praveen Kumar 4-0-22-0
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4-0-34-1
18.6
1
Praveen to Ryan ten Doeschate, 1 run

excellent stuff from PK, for the third time in succession, he finds the blockhole, this time bang on middle, not much Tendo can do with that, just manages to jam down his bat on it

18.5
Praveen to Ryan ten Doeschate, no run

another one around the blockhole just outside off, dug out to short mid on

A shortish mid on in place, in addition to long on

18.4
Praveen to Ryan ten Doeschate, no run

makes room, PK finds the blockhole around off, Tendo reaches out and squeezes it to point

Ash Habib: "Well Das just made me eat my words. I guess KKR needs all the batsman they can cramp in the playing 11!"

18.3
1
Praveen to Das, 1 run

swings hard and gets the full ball through midwicket

18.2
1
Praveen to Ryan ten Doeschate, 1 run

down to long on again for one

18.1
1
Praveen to Das, 1 run

mistimes a swing off a length ball down to long on along the ground

end of over 1811 runs
KKR: 122/6CRR: 6.77 RRR: 6.50
Ryan ten Doeschate9 (8b 1x4)
Debabrata Das31 (19b 3x4 1x6)
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4-0-34-1
Harmeet Singh 3-0-22-0
17.6
4
AD Mascarenhas to Ryan ten Doeschate, FOUR runs

and again, this time he tries to pull a short of a length ball, misses as it nips in a shade, the ball goes over the stumps, Gilchrist cannot collect it standing up, and KKR inch closer

17.5
AD Mascarenhas to Ryan ten Doeschate, no run

tries to lift a length ball down the ground, is beaten by the bounce, which is why the ball also goes over off stump

Paul Hart: "Didn't an early comment say what's the point of having the extra KKR batsman."

17.4
1
AD Mascarenhas to Das, 1 run

worked through midwicket

17.3
AD Mascarenhas to Das, no run

steered to point, Tendo wants the single, has to dive back into his ground as the throw comes in

17.2
4
AD Mascarenhas to Das, FOUR runs

Das doing it for KKR, fetches the full ball from outside off and smokes it high to the left of long on

17.1
2
AD Mascarenhas to Das, 2 runs

hits a low full toss quite well in the end, Marsh dives to his left at long on as the ball travels quickly down the ground

end of over 1712 runs
KKR: 111/6CRR: 6.52 RRR: 8.00
Debabrata Das24 (15b 2x4 1x6)
Ryan ten Doeschate5 (6b)
Harmeet Singh 3-0-22-0
Bhargav Bhatt 4-0-24-2
16.6
1
Harmeet Singh to Das, 1 run

down to long off for a single

16.5
4
Harmeet Singh to Das, FOUR runs

consecutive fours, full delivery clipped through midwicket with the angle, and just beats deep midwicket and long in running across to the rope

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
Mandeep Singh
38 runs (34)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
15 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
88%
DB Das
35 runs (23)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
on side drive on front foot
18 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
96%
Best performances - bowlers
SP Narine
O
4
M
0
R
19
W
5
ECO
4.75
PP Chawla
O
4
M
0
R
18
W
3
ECO
4.5
Match details
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to field first
Series
Season2012
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10
Match days15 April 2012 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsKings XI Punjab 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Win Probability
KXIP 100%
KXIPKKR
100%50%100%KXIP InningsKKR Innings

Over 20 • KKR 132/7

Ryan ten Doeschate b Harmeet Singh 11 (14b 1x4 0x6 22m) SR: 78.57
W
Kings XI won by 2 runs
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