Gibbs and Sharma took the game away from us, says Gautam Gambhir – Cricket News Update
The Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gibbs-c60021 and Rohit Sharma laid the platform for Mumbai Indians' 27-run win in their return-leg Indian Premier League match, played
at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on May 12, 2012.
"It would be an understatement to term it an excellent innings. It was far better than what I can express,” said the KKR skipper after the match. “A lot of credit goes to Rohit. Along with Herschelle Gibbs he built their partnership and took the game away
from us," he added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HH-Gibbs-c1549 and Rohit Sharma shared a tremendous unbeaten 167-run stand for the second wicket to take the tourists to
a competitive total of 182 for 1 in their allotted 20 overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309, who came in at No. 3, played a whirlwind knock of 109 runs from just 60 balls, studded with 12 muscular boundaries and five lofty sixes, while opener Gibbs returned unbeaten at 66 off
58.
In reply, the Kolkata top-order batsmen, who played brilliantly in their earlier matches, looked out of flair in this match, as they remained considerably below the required run-rate. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 though played good individual knocks,
but they lacked the pace required to chase down an intimidating 183-run target as the hosts fell short of 27 runs in the end.
Gambhir admitted that a target of over 180 was tough to chase.
"We always felt it was a good wicket. But 180 was a very good total. We were thinking of restricting them to 150-160," said the KKR skipper, after Mumbai broke their six-match winning streak with a convincing 27-run win.
Lavishing praise on centurion Sharma, the 30-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Anthony-Hibbert-c81005 hoped people would stop criticising the Eden Gardens wicket.
"Getting a hundred on this wicket is very special. I am sure people would stop asking me about the wicket. The way he batted was tremendous. All credit goes him to him," said Gambhir at the post-match press conference.
The Knight Riders will next play title holders Chennai Super Kings at home on Monday, May 14, 2012.
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