Tuskers bring down high-flying http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knight-c71599 Riders: IPL-4 News
A belligerent assault by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 (KTK) go past high flying Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a match of the Indian Premier League played
in Kochi.
Lee conceded 22 runs in the final over of the innings as Hodge helped Kochi catapult to a score of 156 at the end of the innings, the former Australian middle order batsman had scant respect for his former team-mate as he hammered him for two sixes and two
fours to propel the score to a winning total.
KKR won the toss and elected to field first. They made immediate in-roads by sending back http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 pinch-hitter Brendon McCullum for 1 run only.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159 and Mahela Jayawardene held the innings together with valuable contributions in the middle order, the captain of KTK Jayawardene who was enduring a wretched run off late finally came in his own to smack a useful 55 off 41 balls.
His innings was studded with two sixes and a brace of fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaidev-Unadkat-c1626 claimed two wickets for the visitors who were hit hard by the assault on their pace ace Lee at the end of the innings.
In reply the KKR team got off to a flying start through Jacques Kallis and Eoin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707, the two international stalwarts made use of the conditions and added 69 in only 10.2 overs.
Kallis who stroked five fours in his 45 runs knock was sent packing by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raiphi-Gomez-c2250. A middle order slump pushed the KKR back at this stage, Morgan carried on in his attacking vein, however, he fell for 66 runs at a crucial stage of the innings. He hit 8
fours and 2 sixes in his innings. The KKR struggled to keep their run rate going at the end of the innings, they were left with a mountain to climb at the end needing 25 runs of the final over of the innings.
Vinay Kumar and Gomez took 2 wickets each to restrict the visitors as KTK recorded an impressive win which would reignite their campaign in the league.
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