http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders: Batsmen to watch out for (Part 1) – IPL-4
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is in full swing these days and a scintillating battle between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils is scheduled to take place at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
The match is a crucial one for Delhi Daredevils, as the team stands at the bottom of the points table.
Bettor.com takes a glance at key batting figures of the two sides.
Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan and Jacques Kallis.
Gautam Gambhir
KKR skipper, Gambhir has been trying exhibit his extra-ordinary batting talent in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League.
Making his debut in the T20 format of the game, the left-hander emerged as the highest run-scorer for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the ICC World T20, in 2007. With his aggressive but meticulous play, he holds the number three position in the Indian team. Gambhir also has the
‘Test Player of the Year’ award, which clearly shows his temperament to play in the longer format of the game.
For the 2011 IPL season, he has been purchased for a record bid of $2.4 million. The classy Indian batsmen has played 78 T20 games so far and scored 2035 runs, with an excellent strike rate of over 120.
Eoin Morgan
Eoin Morgan has two tags on his cricketing career, one of the Irish and the other of English. He took a start from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 and played 23 International matches, before shifting to the English side. Morgan poses to be a compact, composed and bold batsman with
high-voltage skills in hand.
He loves to sweep and pull the ball and is also well-known for his inventive and audacious stroke-play. In the last edition of the IPL, he signed with Royal Challengers Bangalore for $220, 000. This season, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 is with KKR to demonstrate his batting capacity.
In his 72 T20 games, the left-hander has hit 1422 runs, at an outstanding strike rate of a little under 130.
Yusuf Pathan
A hard-hitting batsman with an excellent strike rate, Pathan is a precious batting asset of the Kolkata outfit. He started his IPL career from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in 2008 and hit the fastest fifty off 21 balls.
During the ICC World Cup 2011, he put up a convincing performance whenever he was given a chance to play for his country. He has attained a contract worth $2.1 million for this IPL season.
In 80 T20 matches, the blistering all-rounder has scored 1613 runs at a fabulous strike rate of over 163.09. With his ability to change the course of any game, Pathan will be Kolkata’s vital player in today’s encounter.
Jacques Kallis
Kallis is one of the most experienced campaigners in the fourth edition of the IPL. Without doubt, the South African is one of the best all-rounders the game has ever seen.
An icon of South African Cricket, Kallis holds a very calm personality. With his rock-solid technique and judicious temperament, Kallis likes to play swoop shots and lofted drives. In this edition of the IPL, the all-rounder has been batting well as an opener.
Playing 73 T20 games, he has amassed 2211 runs with an exquisite average of over 35. Being the second highest run-scorer in the 2010 IPL, the 35-year-old player will try his best to replicate his legacy of the last edition in the ongoing tournament.
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