Yusuf Pathan’s 47 and line-ups strong bowling attack help beat Deccan Chargers - IPL
Yusuf Pathan’s unbeaten 47 runs in the death overs and his side’s leading bowling attack helped Kolkata Knight Riders enjoy an easy 20-run victory over Deccan Chargers in 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) fourth edition.
Pathan’s 80-run partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manoj-Tiwary-c1890 played a significant role in setting the 170 runs target for Deccan.
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who setup a partnership of 43 runs. Kallis scored 30 runs off 31 balls before he was caught by Ravi Teja off the bowling of Mishra. Pathan then came to join Gambhir on the crease. The next wicket fell early when the captain was caught by Kumar Sangakkara off
the bowling of Pragyan Ojha, leaving his side on 84 in 11.4 overs
Following Gambhir’s dismissal, Knight Riders came a little under pressure but Pathan along with Tiwary became the only hope of his team for setting a considerable run target.
In response, Deccan took an unimpressive batting start as the opener Sunny Sohal was caught by Morgan off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iqbal-Abdulla-c1596, leaving his side at 41 runs. While Sangakkara, went back to the pavilion for duck.
Following the dismissal of this important wicket, Deccan came under immense pressure and their next two wickets fell shortly. Cameron White and Christian added just 13 and a single respectively.
However, Teja and Dhawan set a partnership of 56 runs which helped his side cross a hundred safely. Deccan hopes faded when Teja and Dhawan were dismissed in the 17th and 18th over. Bhatia and Abdulla gave a splendid bowling show and claimed two wickets
each.
Yusuf was awarded Man-of-the Match for his useful innings. The win lifted KKR to the top of table with a maximum 12 points, out of their nine matches played so far. On the other hand, Deccan are languishing in seventh place in the points tables with six
points, out of their nine games.
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