IPL T20 Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata

Bangalore 135/7 (20/20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders 136/3 (19.2/20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Manoj Tiwary and Brad Hodge set up the win with a fine partnership. The real work, though, was done by the bowlers - Angelo Matthews and Murali Kartik who restricted Bangalore to a low total.

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	Royal Challengers Bangalore innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	JH Kallis	not out	65	52	7	1	125.00
	SP Goswami†	c Sharma b Langeveldt	8	10	2	0	80.00
	2.6 the short deliveries haven't troubled Goswami but have kept him scoreless. He has found it difficult to pull or cut. This time he charged down the track and received a bouncer and he could only top edge the attempted cut straight to third man 15/1
	MK Pandey	b Mathews	0	7	0	0	0.00
	4.3 Inside edge .. dragged on! Manish looked tentative throughout his brief stay - perhaps the pressure of playing in Eden Gardens - and is gone now. He tries to force a length delivery outside off .. he stays rooted to his crease, just lunges out and attempts to flat bat it. Fatal inside edge. 17/2
	V Kohli	c Mathews b Kartik	2	5	0	0	40.00
	5.4 Murali Kartik, who bowled superbly in the previous editions of iPL, takes out Kohli. He got it to dip rapidly on Kohli, who had charged down the track, and the attempted lofted hit went towards deep midwicket. Lovely bit of bowling from Kartik. 20/3
	EJG Morgan	b Kartik	10	7	0	1	142.85
	7.2 Goes for the reverse sweep but Kartik had slowed up the pace and shortened the length .. Morgan was early through his shot and the ball bounded off his arm and fell on the stumps. 35/4
	R Dravid	b Mathews	21	16	3	0	131.25
	12.1 Another fatal inside edge. Angelo strikes again. It was a low dipping full toss well outside off, Dravid wanted to lash it to the cover boundary but gets a thick inside edge as he perhaps went too hard at the ball. He is fuming as he walks back. 73/5
	RV Uthappa	c †Saha b Mathews	20	17	1	0	117.64
	17.3 walks down the track and goes for the lofted big hit but ends up nicking it behind the wicket. Angelooooo had pushed it wider to induce that edge 110/6
	RE van der Merwe	c Hodge b Mathews	1	2	0	0	50.00
	17.6 Angelo is da Maan for KKR so far in this competition. He slips in a slower one around off stump and Van der Merwe slices the intended big hit to backward point where Hodge takes a good low tumbling catch 112/7
	P Kumar	not out	3	5	0	0	60.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	5
	Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs)	135	(6.75 runs per over)

Did not bat A Kumble*, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets1-15 (Goswami, 2.6 ov), 2-17 (Pandey, 4.3 ov), 3-20 (Kohli, 5.4 ov), 4-35 (Morgan, 7.2 ov), 5-73 (Dravid, 12.1 ov), 6-110 (Uthappa, 17.3 ov), 7-112 (van der Merwe, 17.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CK Langeveldt	4	0	27	1	6.75
	2.6 to Goswami, the short deliveries haven't troubled Goswami but have kept him scoreless. He has found it difficult to pull or cut. This time he charged down the track and received a bouncer and he could only top edge the attempted cut straight to third man 15/1
	I Sharma	4	0	27	0	6.75	(1w)
	AD Mathews	4	0	19	4	4.75
	4.3 to Pandey, Inside edge .. dragged on! Manish looked tentative throughout his brief stay - perhaps the pressure of playing in Eden Gardens - and is gone now. He tries to force a length delivery outside off .. he stays rooted to his crease, just lunges out and attempts to flat bat it. Fatal inside edge. 17/2 12.1 to Dravid, Another fatal inside edge. Angelo strikes again. It was a low dipping full toss well outside off, Dravid wanted to lash it to the cover boundary but gets a thick inside edge as he perhaps went too hard at the ball. He is fuming as he walks back. 73/5 17.3 to Uthappa, walks down the track and goes for the lofted big hit but ends up nicking it behind the wicket. Angelooooo had pushed it wider to induce that edge 110/6 17.6 to van der Merwe, Angelo is da Maan for KKR so far in this competition. He slips in a slower one around off stump and Van der Merwe slices the intended big hit to backward point where Hodge takes a good low tumbling catch 112/7
	M Kartik	4	0	22	2	5.50	(1nb)
	5.4 to Kohli, Murali Kartik, who bowled superbly in the previous editions of iPL, takes out Kohli. He got it to dip rapidly on Kohli, who had charged down the track, and the attempted lofted hit went towards deep midwicket. Lovely bit of bowling from Kartik. 20/3 7.2 to Morgan, Goes for the reverse sweep but Kartik had slowed up the pace and shortened the length .. Morgan was early through his shot and the ball bounded off his arm and fell on the stumps. 35/4
	BJ Hodge	1	0	11	0	11.00
	SC Ganguly	2	0	18	0	9.00
	RS Gavaskar	1	0	8	0	8.00

	Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 136 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	BJ Hodge	c Pandey b van der Merwe	50	45	7	0	111.11
	13.6 Hodge holes out to long-on. He moved down the track but was beaten in flight and ended up slicing it ... Fine innings from him 112/2
	MK Tiwary	c & b van der Merwe	50	29	6	2	172.41
	11.4 Good catch by Van der Merwe. Tiwary had really struck it very hard back down the pitch .. Van der Merwe manages to hold on it .. it hit him on the wrist i think and rolled up and he clung on to it. Looks like he is in some pain now.. Entertaining breezy fifty from Tiwary. 101/1
	SC Ganguly*	c Morgan b Kumar	23	22	1	1	104.54
	18.2 banged in short outside off stump, Ganguly pulls it but straight to deep midwicket fielder ...Oh well ... 133/3
	CA Pujara	not out	5	15	0	0	33.33
	OA Shah	not out	2	5	0	0	40.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 5)	6
	Total	(3 wickets; 19.2 overs)	136	(7.03 runs per over)

Did not bat RS Gavaskar, AD Mathews, WP Saha†, M Kartik, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma

Fall of wickets1-101 (Tiwary, 11.4 ov), 2-112 (Hodge, 13.6 ov), 3-133 (Ganguly, 18.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	4	0	16	1	4.00
	18.2 to Ganguly, banged in short outside off stump, Ganguly pulls it but straight to deep midwicket fielder ...Oh well ... 133/3
	JH Kallis	3	0	34	0	11.33
	DW Steyn	4	0	38	0	9.50	(2w)
	A Kumble	4	0	19	0	4.75
	RE van der Merwe	4	0	27	2	6.75	(3w)
	11.4 to Tiwary, Good catch by Van der Merwe. Tiwary had really struck it very hard back down the pitch .. Van der Merwe manages to hold on it .. it hit him on the wrist i think and rolled up and he clung on to it. Looks like he is in some pain now.. Entertaining breezy fifty from Tiwary. 101/1 13.6 to Hodge, Hodge holes out to long-on. He moved down the track but was beaten in flight and ended up slicing it ... Fine innings from him 112/2
	V Kohli	0.2	0	1	0	3.00

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