http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 and Shikhar Dhawan star in thriller - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders – Part 1
The 42nd match of the Indian Premier League was an entertaining encounter between the Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792. While the match did go down to the wire, it fizzled out as the
bowling from the Knight Riders proved to be too much for the Deccan batsmen to handle.
There were plenty of defining points in the match with Yusuf Pathan’s blitz and Shikhar Dhawan’s valiant effort the most notable, as well as a brace from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iqbal-Abdulla-c1596’s each.
Yusuf Pathan’s 47 runs from 26 deliveries
The Indian World Cup winner was the stand out performer in a well rounded and consistent batting attack that, on the given day, performed admirably. The reason Pathan’s performance is highlighted is because it gave the Knight Riders an added dimension in
aggression and helped put the match just beyond the opposition’s reach.
Blasting his way to 47 runs off just 26 deliveries, Pathan silenced his critics in what would later turn out to be a match-winning performance. The Kolkata batsman hit three fours and just as many sixes in his innings as the Deccan bowlers could not handle
the explosive hitting. In the end, the innings boosted his side’s score from an average to a formidable total and was one of the highlights of the match.
Shikhar Dhawan’s valiant half century
The Deccan Chargers had a tough task chasing the 170 run target set by the Knight Riders and with wickets falling regularly, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392 was the only batsman who came close to giving his side any hope of a win.
Dhawan was at the crease until the third delivery of the 18th over, batting his way to a heroic 54 runs that gave the Chargers an outside chance of winning the match when others faltered around him. Sending four balls rolling across the boundary and one
flying over for a magnificent six, Dhawan was the star of an otherwise ineffective Deccan Chargers batting line-up.
Iqbal Abdulla and Rajat Bhatia
With figures of four overs bowled with two wickets taken and 34 runs conceded, Iqbal Abdulla, the Kolkata Knight Rider bowler may have been on the expensive side but his brace proved vital in the way the match panned out.
Taking two wickets in quick session in the sixth over, Iqbal Abdulla changed the complexion of the match and put the Chargers on the back foot early on. More important was the fact that one of the two wickets was that of the deadly, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779.
Rajat Bhatia seemed to be having a personal duel with Iqbal as Bhatia showed he was more than capable of emulating his fellow bowler when he took two wickets in the 11th over himself. Dismissing, the disappointing, Cameron White on the first delivery
and following it up with the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308 on the last, Bhatia’s over put the match to rest as the batting side was unable to recover.
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