Kolkata Knight Riders crumble in front of Chennai Super Kings - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – May 15, 2012
On Monday, Kolkata fans saw their team Kolkata Knight Riders fall from grace against Chennai Super Kings as they lost the match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata by five wickets.
After bolstering a respectable total of 158 runs, Kolkata failed to save the game that went down to the wire as Chennai snatched the win from the clutches of the home team with a six by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 on the last delivery.
The initial work was, however, done by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, who smashed a stupendous knock of 56 runs to leave KKR flabbergasted as the fielding side needed to grab wickets early in the match to end on a high note.
Hussey was later named as the Man of the Match for his contribution with the bat.
Earlier in the first game of the day, Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets, successfully chasing down a strong total of 172 runs needed to win the match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754, who also stayed unbeaten with a knock of 52 to his name, as the side clinched a well crafted victory.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Scott-Lehmann-c52487, the Deccan Chargers coach, believes that his team’s demise was the result of bad execution of plans, due to which the team is now placed at the bottom of the points table with only two wins from 14 games.
Lehmann in an interview said, “We haven't executed our plans well. We have missed a lot of opportunities when we should have taken them. It's about getting our basics right and that's what we have to do better."
Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, believes with the current form of his team it might be difficult for him to make the playing eleven even if he recovers from his hamstring injury which has kept him on the benches for the most part of the current season of the Indian Premier League.
“Even if I am available for playing, it is not sure that I will play as the the boys are doing a great job right now and the team is really getting along very well," he said.
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