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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Knight Riders declared winner as rain-hit CLT20 tie abandoned

Bangalore, October 2 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was spoken leader opposite Warriors of South Africa late Saturday, as a organisation A compare was called off due to complicated sleet in a ICC Champions League Twenty20 (CKT20) contest during a Chinnaswamy track here.

Riders won a deserted tie by twenty-two runs underneath a Duckworth-Lewis process after sleet gods played spoilsport when they were 83 for a single after 9 overs.

Set to measure a medium 156 for a second win in a third book of a tournament, upbeat Riders began their follow upon a spacious note with openers Manvinder as well as Jacques Kallis posting 35 runs in 3.3 overs.

After Bisla was out for nineteen held at a back of by Mark Boucher of a Wayne Parnell ball, skipper Gautam Gambhir assimilated Kallis to accelerate a measure to 83 with a 48-run second wicket partnership.

With no-let up in a sleet after 36 mins of play, umpires M. Erasmus as well as S. Ravi legalised a soppy margin underneath covers as well as motionless to call off a compare as serve fool around was ruled out even in a lengthened time.

Playing a cameo innings, Gambhir done 33 in twenty-three balls with 3 fours as well as a single six, whilst Kallis done 31 in nineteen balls with 3 fours as well as a single six.

Earlier, put to bat first, Warriors were limited to 155 for 4 wickets in twenty overs in a second tie of a day which was behind thirty mins due to complicated rains evening.

Riders’ aggressive bowling as well as parsimonious fielding tamed Warriors from accelerating a measure in a center as well as toil overs.

With 3 sixes as well as 3 fours, Colin Ingram was a top scorer – 61 in 47 balls, whilst opener JJ Smuts strike 46 in 43 balls with 6 fours.

Keeper Mark Boucher remained dominant 38 in twenty-seven balls with 5 fours.

For Riders, Lakshmipathy Balaji took dual wickets whilst Brett Lee Kallis common a single wicket each.

Earlier in a day, a Group B compare in between Somerset as well as South Australian Redbacks was additionally deserted due to complicated sleet in a evening.

Knight Riders spoken leader as rain-hit CLT20 tie abandoned

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