IPL 5 - Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match Recap
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Deccan Chargers by a handsome margin of five wickets in an important fixture of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on the 22nd of April, 2012.
Kolkata’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 won the toss and elected to field first, as his team has a history of doing well batting second. The match was delayed by rain but fortunately no overs were reduced.
It was a crucial match for the Chargers as they were still searching for their first win of the season. However, their batsmen failed to perform under pressure once again and apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392, none of the batsmen were able to counter the accuracy
of the Knight Riders’ bowlers.
As a result of that, Chargers managed to score only 126 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Dhawan remained the top-scorer with 50 runs, which came off as many balls with the help of four boundaries and a six. After Dhawan, it was
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 who contributed 23 runs, the innings' second highest, before he was unfortunately run-out.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 impressed one and all with his pace and gave away only 15 runs in his four overs, alongside
picking up an important wicket of Cameron White.
Chasing a mediocre total, Kolkata never seemed to be in trouble and went about their way smoothly. Gambhir led his team from the front and scored a timely 30 at the start of the innings to make sure that the Deccan bowlers were put under pressure straight-away.
However, the visitors kept on losing wickets on consistent basis which kept Chargers in the hunt, but the lower middle-order held their nerves and achieved the target with an over to spare.
Gautam Gambhir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, he failed to receive much support from the other end.
Lee was named as the Player of the Match for his economical spell of fast bowling.
This victory has enhanced Kolkata’s chances of qualifying for the play-off stage as they have eight points after seven matches. The owners will be hoping that major players like Kallis and McCullum find their form with the bat as both of them have failed
to score big in the tournament so far.
On the other side of the coin, Chargers have lost five matches in a row and they need to get their act together before it gets too late.
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