IPL5: Kolkata Knight Riders outclass Royal Challengers Bangalore – Cricket News Update
Kolkata Knight Riders closed the gap with IPL5 leaders, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils, after mauling Royal Challengers Bangalore by 47 runs in the 38th game of the tournament, played at Eden Gardens.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, skipper KKR, powered the hosts to a nerve-racking total of 190. The left-hander missed out on a rare century by only seven runs. The sacrifice did not go to waste however, as Kolkata Knight Riders secured two valuable
points.
Saturday, April 28, was Gambhir’s day as everything went his way, from the toss till the final delivery of the match. The left-hander was also quite lucky during his innings, as RCB dropped him thrice and it cost them heavily.
Gambhir admitted lady luck was smiling on him. After receiving the Player of the Match award at post-match presentation, he said, “Look, it was just one of the days when things go right, where everything went off the middle of
my bat.”
The skipper of KKR hailed the batting of his senior pros, South African international, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, the right-arm off-spinner, who
hampered RCB’s scoring rate by conceding only 11 runs at 2.75 runs-per-over.
Gambhir said, “Credit to the entire team the way they played. The way the pair of Kallis and McCullum batted was simply superb. The way Sunil bowled was brilliant, he bowled four overs for almost nothing.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384, skipper Royal Challengers Bangalore, blamed his side’s fielding for the loss. The Kiwi cricketer held that the drop chances came to haunt RCB in the end. However, he remained optimistic with his side’s chances,
as they’ll be playing the next two games at their home ground.
Vettori said, “You always look back on those dropped catches as things that could have changed the game. We go home to Bangalore for a week and play on a ground we know really well and enjoy playing on.”
KKR, who have won five off their nine fixtures and are at the second spot, are now one point behind the league leaders, Delhi Daredevils (12). However, the latter has a game in hand. RCB, on the other hand, find themselves placed
at fourth with four wins from nine games.
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