CLT20: Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore – Match Recap
Royal Challengers Bangalore 169 v KKR 171 – KKR won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets in the ongoing Champions League T20 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Thursday, September 29, 2011.
The first win for Kolkata in the CLT20 came due to an emphatic unbeaten knock of 64 runs off 47 deliveries by all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 who while chasing a target of 170 runs left the Royal Challengers in ruins by smacking the bowlers all around the park
which helped his side reach the tally in 17.3 overs for the loss of only one wicket.
The all-rounder was also named as the Player of the Match for his belligerent knock that left everyone captivated.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Kolkata put Bangalore into bat in a bid to restrict the opposition on a meagre tally.
However, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 wreaked havoc on the opposition as Bangalore raced to 28 runs before losing Gayle in the fourth over when the batsman had his stumps shattered on 25 runs off 16 deliveries by Kallis.
In the next over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 on nil as the batsman was caught by Gautam Gambhir.
With two wickets down for 29 runs, things were beginning to look bad for Bangalore who were playing fine when Gayle was on the crease.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 as the batsmen exhibited some resistance against a very formidable bowling outfit.
However, the 10th over saw the demise of Tiwary as the batsman after scoring 19 runs off 18 deliveries was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815.
On the third delivery of the next over, pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170. The batsman walked back to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs off 21 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384 left everyone mesmerized by playing an astounding knock of 44 runs off 23 deliveries to help the side post a respectable total of 169 runs.
Vettori lost his wicket on the last delivery of the innings when he was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shami-Ahmed-c2496 at deep-midwicket off the bowling of Jaydev Unadkat.
Coming out to bat, KKR had their sights set on the required target as the openers Kallis and Haddin took off to a flying start by playing magnificent shots all around the park, giving Kolkata supporters plenty to cheer about.
Kolkata lost their only wicket in the 8th over when Haddin after smashing 42 runs off 27 deliveries was caught by Kohli at point off the bowling of Vettori.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, who came to bat after Haddin, stayed unbeaten after playing an innings of 55 runs off 31 deliveries.
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