Nokia Champions League T20: Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 post 155 runs against Kolkata – Match Update
In the ongoing Champions League T20, Warriors posted an impressive total of 155 runs against rivals Kolkata Knight Riders at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Saturday, October 01, 2011.
Kolkata after winning the toss chose to field first, aiming to restrict the opposition on a small total to grab a win in the match.
Gautam Gambhir’s Kolkata made early inroads when on the last delivery of the second over Warriors left-hand opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692.
It was then the arrival of 26-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JJ-Smuts-c1701.
The duo batted splendidly against a bowling attack that contained big names such as Kallis, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lakshmipathy-Balaji-c72130. However, the bowlers were made to look amateurish by the two batsmen.
It was in the 13th over, when Kolkata finally struck by grabbing the wicket of Smuts as the batsman was caught by Iqbal Abdulla off the bowling of Balaji after clobbering 46 runs off 43 deliveries.
At the time of this wicket, Warriors had bolstered 95 runs on the board.
Then on the penultimate delivery of the 19th over, Ingram was caught at wide long-on by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iqbal-Abdulla-c1596 off the bowling of express pacer Brett Lee. The batsman walked back to the pavilion after smashing a blistering knock of 61 runs off 47 deliveries. By this time, Warriors had succeeded in posting 141 runs on the board.
Wicketkeeper/batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MV-Boucher-c2048 then contributed an unbeaten knock of 38 runs off 27 deliveries as his side ended their 20-over innings.
From KKR, Balaji took two wickets while Lee and Kallis shared one wicket each.
KKR now have to exhibit nerves of steel while batting against a belligerent bowling attack to win the game. Ace all-rounder Kallis, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 need to bat their team to victory by giving a commendable performance against the Warriors.
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