LIVE – Kolkata v Auckland - Auckland fall in front of Kolkata Knight Riders – Match Update
Auckland failed to overcome the tally of 122 runs in 20 overs needed to win against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the second match of the day in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
After staging an impressive bowling display by annihilating the Kolkata middle-order which restricted the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766 failed to give a similar show in the latter half of the game while they were batting against an extremely aggressive bowling attack of the KKR.
For Auckland tragedy struck early when on the first ball of their innings, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 lost his wicket on a duck as he was run-out. This was surely the worst start that the side could have had and something no team would desire while chasing a hefty target against a formidable side.
However, the arrival http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754.
However, the fielding side finally struck in the ninth over when Vincent after playing a sensational knock of 40 runs off 37 deliveries was also run-out.
While in the next over, Adams was also sent back to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs off 19 deliveries when he was caught and bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815. With 60 for three down, Auckland were surely in trouble and needed to get back in the game as soon as possible.
However, the KKR bowling was just too good to be countered by the batting side, nonetheless, Colin Munro and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Mills-c1781 forged a stiff resistance as the two lower-order batsmen tried to toy with the bowlers in a bid to take the team home.
When the team had posted 100 runs on the board, KKR struck once more as they dismissed Munro who after scoring 19 runs off 29 deliveries was bowled by KKR skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692.
In the end, Auckland lost the match by only two runs as they could bolster only 119 runs in twenty overs. From KKR Pathan took two wickets while from Auckland, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 was most successful with two scalps as well.
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