All the KING’s men couldn’t help KKR win a match!
May 4, 2009
For a team that has more support staff than players; (Head coach ,Assistant- coach, Fielding coach ,Bowling coach, Throwing coach, Wicket keeping coach) and theories abound - multiple captaincy, YO-YO fitness tests and special camps,it is strange that the only form of victory that it has tasted is with a little bit of help from outside- the weather and the Duckworth- Lewis method!
The Knights seem to have got things horribly wrong this season II of the Indian Premiere League. First the controversy over multiple captaincy theory then the sacking of Saurav Gangully (as captain) at the very last moment to the mystery blogger; they have managed to be in the news for all the wrong reasons… And at the end of five games find themselves languishing at the bottom of the table with one win and one draw.
There are many questions that need to be answered for it is quite strange that the management send home two senior players after having played them for only two games!(Aakash chopra -2 and Sanjay Bangar-1) with a comment that cant get stranger than this…
” These are two[Aakash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar] very good senior international players so John and the team management thought that if they are not going to have the opportunity [to play]it is unfair to keep them around”. The fact is that both these players are ill-equipped for T20 cricket and shouldn’t have been in the team in the first place.
Secondly they keep a seasoned spin bowler like Murali Kartik on the bench till it’s too late when we have already seen what the Kumbles, the Warnes and the likes of Bhajjis can do to the opposition. Then ofcourse they buy a player for 600 grands(MashrafeMortaza) and not use him!
It is high time that the KKR management especially its Chief of Cricketing Operations claimed responsibility for the team and did what is right for the Knight Riders. For the season seems to be lost but they must get back to winning ways and if there is one person who can meet this challenge it is Saurav Gangully! You may hate to admit it, Mr. Buchanan but reinstating the captaincy to Gangully is your only option at the moment!
IPL Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs - DLF IPL 2008 May 13 IPL Kolkata Knight Riders vs IPL Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May 13, 2008
IPL Kolkata Knight Riders vs IPL Delhi Daredevils, 35th Match
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: A Rauf (PAK) and I Howell (SA) Third Umpire: A Jayaprakash (IND)
Match Referee: T Ali (PAK)
| Toss: IPL Kolkata Knight Riders (Elected to Bat) | |
| Result: IPL Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs | Man of the Match: Shoaib Akhtar |
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IPL Kolkata Knight Riders innings |
Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | SR | FoW | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salman Butt | c McGrath | b Mahesh | 48 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 109.09 | 3-87 ( 13.1 ov. ) |
| Aakash Chopra | c Maharoof | b Sangwan | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 76.47 | 1-35 ( 5.6 ov. ) |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | b Mahesh | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.00 | 2-47 ( 6.5 ov. ) | |
| David Hussey | c Tiwary | b Maharoof | 31 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 | 6-129 ( 19.1 ov. ) |
| Tatenda Taibu | run out | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 77.78 | 4-99 ( 15.4 ov. ) | |
| Laxmi Shukla | c Gambhir | b Maharoof | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | 5-119 ( 17.6 ov. ) |
| Prasanta Saha (wk) | not out | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | ||
| Iqbal Abdulla | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Ishant Sharma | ||||||||
| Ashok Dinda | ||||||||
| Shoaib Akhtar | ||||||||
| Extras: ( 7 wd, 3 lb, 0 b, 1 nb, 0 p) | Total: 133 / 6 in 20.0 overs (Run Rate: 6.65) | |||||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | NoBall | Wide | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Pradeep Sangwan | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7.25 |
| Yo Mahesh | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8.50 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.25 |
| Amit Mishra | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Virender Sehwag (c) | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
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IPL Delhi Daredevils innings |
Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | SR | FoW | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | c Hussey | b Akhtar | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 142.86 | 2-17 ( 2.4 ov. ) |
| Virender Sehwag (c) | c Saha | b Akhtar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1-2 ( 0.2 ov. ) |
| AB de Villiers (wk) | c Taibu | b Akhtar | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 | 3-28 ( 4.2 ov. ) |
| Manoj Tiwary | lbw | b Akhtar | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 128.57 | 4-28 ( 4.3 ov. ) |
| Shikhar Dhawan | b Dinda | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | 5-43 ( 7.3 ov. ) | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | run out | 25 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 131.58 | 6-67 ( 11.1 ov. ) | |
| Amit Mishra | c Sharma | b Shukla | 31 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 96.88 | 8-105 ( 17.2 ov. ) |
| Farveez Maharoof | run out | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | 7-101 ( 15.6 ov. ) | |
| Yo Mahesh | b Shukla | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 10-110 ( 17.5 ov. ) | |
| Pradeep Sangwan | c Hussey | b Shukla | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9-105 ( 17.3 ov. ) |
| Glenn McGrath | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras: ( 7 wd, 1 lb, 0 b, 0 nb, 0 p) | Total: 110 / 10 in 17.5 overs (Run Rate: 6.11) | |||||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | NoBall | Wide | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoaib Akhtar | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.67 |
| Ishant Sharma | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Ashok Dinda | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.25 |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Iqbal Abdulla | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 |
| Laxmi Shukla | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7.20 |
IPL Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs - DLF IPL 2008 May 8 IPL Kolkata Knight Riders vs IPL Bangalore Royal Challengers at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May 8, 2008
IPL Kolkata Knight Riders vs IPL Bangalore Royal Challengers, 29th Match
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: A Rauf (PAk) and I Howell (SA) Third Umpire: B Doctrove (WI)
Match Referee: F Engineer (IND)
| Toss: IPL Kolkata Knight Riders (Elected to Bat) | |
| Result: IPL Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs | Man of the Match: Sourav Ganguly |
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IPL Kolkata Knight Riders innings |
Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | SR | FoW | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aakash Chopra | lbw | b Steyn | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | 1-9 ( 2.1 ov. ) |
| Brad Hodge | c Vinay | b Khan | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 90.91 | 2-20 ( 3.3 ov. ) |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | run out | 20 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 90.91 | 3-46 ( 7.3 ov. ) | |
| David Hussey | run out | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 225.00 | 4-64 ( 8.6 ov. ) | |
| Tatenda Taibu | c Boucher | b Steyn | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 125.00 | 5-80 ( 11.2 ov. ) |
| Laxmi Shukla | b Steyn | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 122.22 | 6-88 ( 11.5 ov. ) | |
| Prasanta Saha (wk) | not out | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 170.00 | ||
| Murali Kartik | c and | b Praveen | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 130.77 | 7-122 ( 15.4 ov. ) |
| Umar Gul | not out | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 300.00 | ||
| Ishant Sharma | ||||||||
| Ashok Dinda | ||||||||
| Extras: ( 2 wd, 2 lb, 0 b, 0 nb, 0 p) | Total: 129 / 7 in 16.0 overs (Run Rate: 8.06) | |||||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | NoBall | Wide | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Zaheer Khan | 3.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Praveen Kumar | 3.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Vinay Kumar | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Anil Kumble | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 |
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IPL Bangalore Royal Challengers innings |
Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | SR | FoW | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jagadeesh Arunkumar | run out | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 129.41 | 2-32 ( 4.5 ov. ) | |
| S Chanderpaul | c Kartik | b Ishant | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.64 | 1-17 ( 3.3 ov. ) |
| Mark Boucher (wk) | not out | 50 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 125.00 | ||
| Rahul Dravid (c) | b Ganguly | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | 3-51 ( 9.1 ov. ) | |
| Cameron White | run out | 30 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 187.50 | 4-96 ( 14.1 ov. ) | |
| Praveen Kumar | not out | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | ||
| Vinay Kumar | ||||||||
| Virat Kohli | ||||||||
| Zaheer Khan | ||||||||
| Dale Steyn | ||||||||
| Anil Kumble | ||||||||
| Extras: ( 2 wd, 3 lb, 0 b, 1 nb, 0 p) | Total: 124 / 4 in 16.0 overs (Run Rate: 7.75) | |||||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | NoBall | Wide | Eco |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashok Dinda | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Ishant Sharma | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
| Umar Gul | 3.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Murali Kartik | 2.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Laxmi Shukla | 1.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 |
IPL 2010
Which Team Will WIN IPL 2010 Finals?
- Mumbai Indians (60.0%, 19,081 Votes)
- Chennai Super Kings (40.0%, 12,964 Votes)
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