Yusuf Pathan takes Kolkata to a comfortable win over Deccan Chargers: IPL-4 News
KKR 169/4 20 overs DC 149/6 20 overs
A fiery performance by the swashbuckling all-rounder, Yusuf Pathan, takes Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 Deccan on Tuesday night.
The KKR who have been on a roll since the last few games gave another professional performance with the bat and the ball as DC's wretched home record continued.
The KKR batted first. They were indebted to a fine show by their batsmen who set up the win with their aggressive approach. Jacques Kallis, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 and Yusuf were the contributing architects of their impressive total. Kallis scored 30 runs off 31
balls with the help of 4 fours and Gambhir the captain of the KKR scored 35 off only 22 balls. His innings was studded with 3 fours and 1 six.
However the star of the show was Yusuf who once again underlined his impressive credentials with the bat with a blazing 26-balls unbeaten knock of 47 runs. His power-packed display included 3 sixes and 3 fours. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 also played his part at the end
of the innings chipping in with 33 off 28 balls, his innings was studded with 3 fours and 1 six.
The DC were off to a rollicking start in reply, Sunny Sohal and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shikhar-Dhawan-c90019 added 41 runs for the first wicket. Sohal scored 26 off 20 balls while Dhawan scored 54 off 45 balls.
Ravi Teja was the only one in the late order who offered some sort of resistance. He scored 30 runs off 33 balls before Brett Lee cleaned him up.
At the end of their stipulated 20 overs the DC could muster only 149 runs to hand over a rather comfortable win to KKR, who continue to impress the fans of the cash rich toournament for the very first time in four-year history.
Yusuf Pathan was named Man of the Match for his belligerent batting. He also made a contribution with the ball conceding only 19 runs in 3 overs.
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