In the nail biting 2nd game of the day and 48th match of 2009 IPL, Deccan Chargers beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets on the last ball to move to 3rd place in IPL2 points table on Saturday, 16th May, 2009 at Johannesburg. KKR made 160/5 in 20 overs and DC made 166/4 in 20 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders got a strong but slow start as the were 50/1 in 10 overs and scored another 110 runs in next 60 balls to take the total to 160/5 in 20 overs due to fine batting by two Australian Hodge made 48 runs and Hussey made quick fire 43 runs off just 17 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Ganguly also contributed 33 runs.
In reply, Deccan Chargers made 71/1 runs in 10 over as Gilchrist scored quick 43 runs in 31 balls but they almost lost the match before Rohit Sharma's heroic inning of 32 runs off just 13 balls scored 26 runs in the last over of Moshrafe Mortaza.
Match Summary:
Kolkata Knight Riders - 160/5 in 20 overs.
Deccan Chargers - 166/4 in 20 overs.
Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bowl first.
Man of the Match - Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 0 balls remaining).
1 comment:
Deccan Chargers need to refine the Team. Harmeet Singh needs to be dropped & need to enhance their Bowling Strengths.Give C.Vaas another chance,H. Singh is just so expensive in all of his spells. Start winning every match you play hereafter.
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