sixteen April, 2011
Half centuries from Jacques Kallis as well as Gautam Gambhir helped Kolkata Knight Riders to their second win of a IPL deteriorate as they thumped Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets upon Friday.
Kallis scored an dominant 80 off 65 balls whilst Gambhir was not out upon 75 from 44 balls to assistance Kolkata accumulate a points during a Sawai Mansingh stadium.
Rajasthan posted 4-159 in twenty overs. Kolkata, in reply, successfully chased down a aim with 9 balls to spare.
Chasing 160, Kolkata mislaid their opener Manvinder Bisla with 8 runs upon a board, though Gambhir as well as Kallis played realistically to beam their group home with no serve hiccups.
The twin additionally common an dominant partnership of 152 runs for a second wicket.
Earlier, Rajasthan got off to a delayed begin with their openers Amit Paunikar as well as Rahul Dravid anticipating it formidable to measure openly opposite Brett Lee as well as Lakshmipathy Balaji.
Paunikar was discharged by left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, who had a wicketkeeper batsman held by Kallis during reduced third man.
Ashok Menaria, a subsequent male in, fake a partnership of 52 runs for a second wicket with Dravid.
However, when things proposed to demeanour great for Rajasthan, Yusuf Pathan came to Kolkata’s rescue.
He struck twice in 3 balls claiming Dravid (35) as well as Menaria (27) as well as a home group was struggling during 79 for 3 in 11.5 overs.
Had it not been for Shane Watson as well as Ross Taylor’s cameo hit of twenty-two as well as twenty-five respectively, Rajasthan would have been in large trouble.
For Kolkata, Shakib as well as Pathan claimed dual wickets each.
Kolkata’s subsequent compare is during Eden Garden opposite Rajasthan upon Sunday.
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