Kolkata Knight Riders consolidate second place before play-offs - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – May 20, 2012
As things are heating up in the last stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders have sealed their second place in the tournament before heading into the play-offs after beating Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
Being in a comfortable position, KKR did not want to put their spot in jeopardy by not taking Pune seriously due to which they went out there with full strength to give their rivals – a team led by their former skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 – a tough time.
While batting first, KKR clobbered a total of 136 runs, thanks to the fine knocks of 41 and 42 by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990 was also named as the Player of the match.
Later, Pune were incinerated by KKR, as the side could score only 102 runs.
In the first match of the day, Delhi Daredevils knocked Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Himachal-Pradesh-c791 Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
Punjab could have made it to the final four had they won the match, but their dream was shattered as they miserably failed to defend a staggering total of 141 runs.
Kings XI were put into bat by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 and Player of the March, UT Yadav, wrecked havoc on them.
It were the batting heroics from the lower-order then that kept the team in the game as SD Chitnis and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 smashed 38 and 36 runs to hold off the bowlers.
Delhi, for the loss of four wickets, reached the target in 18.2 overs, to deny Punjab a place in the semi-finals.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the upcoming series in Sri Lanka.
"Obviously we have to be at our best in all departments, because they always come hard at the opposition. But our record against them gives us the upper hand, and our confidence level is high," said Misbah in a recent interview.
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