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Kolkata cruise to victory

May 20, 2012
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Kolkata Knight Riders cruised into the play-offs in style beating Pune Warriors by 34 runs in their last league encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Subroto Roy Sahara Stadium .


Knight Riders qualified as the second-placed side and will now play toppers Delhi in the Qualifier 1. In the eliminator, Mumbai Indians will facing either defending Chennai Super Kings or Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The win was also Knight Riders' second in the season against Pune Warriors, having beaten them in the much-hyped home-leg by seven runs as well.

At Pune, however, it was a difficult track to bat on and after skipper Gautam Gambhir opted to bat, Knight Riders managed a modest 136 for four in 20 overs. Shakib Al Hasan was the top scorer with 42 while Brendan McCullum made 41.

While chasing 137, Pune Warriors fared miserably, losing batsmen at regular intervals and finished at 102 for eight in 20 overs. Jesse Ryder was the top scorer with 22.

Pune Warriors batsmen struggled against the slow bowlers of Knight Riders, who hardly gave any room to the hosts. Left-arm spinner Hasan bagged two, including the prized scalp of Warriors skipper Sourav Ganguly (5), and gave away just 18 runs from his four overs. The former Bangladesh captain was also adjudged as Man of the Match for his all-round show.

Yusuf Pathan also bagged two for 12 while West Indies' mystery spinner Sunil Narine was again at his miserly best giving away just 15 runs for one wicket from his four overs.


SCOREBOARD

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Brendan McCullum c Ryder b Parnell 41

Gautam Gambhir c Nehra b Parnell 10

Jacques Kallis b Clarke 13

Shakib Al Hasan b Kumar 42

Manoj Tiwary not out 8

Yusuf Pathan not out 15

Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 2) 7

Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 136

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Gambhir, 4.3 overs), 2-40 (Kallis, 8.4), 3-107 (McCullum, 16.1), 4-117 (Shakib Al Hasan, 17.5)

Bowling:

Ashish Nehra 4-0-35-0

Ali Murtaza 2-0-11-0

Wayne Parnell 4-0-18-2

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 4-0-23-1

Michael Clarke 4-0-27-1

Sourav Ganguly 2-0-17-0

Pune Warriors:

Robin Uthappa c Tiwary b Iqbal Abdulla 8

Jesse Ryder b Pathan 22

Michael Clarke st McCullum b Pathan 13

Sourav Ganguly lbw Shakib Al Hasan 5

Anustup Majumdar st McCullum b Shakib 17

Calum Ferguson c Kallis b Bhatia 12

Harpreet Singh c & b Narine 6

Wayne Parnell c sub (Shukla) b Balaji 3

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar not out 3

Ali Murtaza not out 3

Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 7) 10

Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 102

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Uthappa, 2.2 overs), 2-51 (Clarke, 7.4), 3-56 (Ryder, 9.2), 4-62 (Ganguly, 10.4), 5-86 (Majumdar, 15.5), 6-92 (Ferguson, 16.6), 7-. (Harpreet Singh, 17.5), 8-97 (Parnell, 18.3)

Bowling:

Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-20-1

Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-18-2

Iqbal Abdulla 3-0-20-1

Sunil Narine 4-0-15-1

Yusuf Pathan 2-0-12-2

Rajat Bhatia 3-0-14-1

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat

Result: Knight Riders won by 34 runs

Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Billy Doctrove (West Indies)

TV umpire: Subroto Das

Match referee: Graeme Labrooy (Sri Lanka)

POINTS TABLE

Teams Mat Won Lost N/R Pts Net RR

Delhi Daredevils 16 11 5 0 22 +0.617

Kolkata Knight Riders 16 10 5 1 21 +0.561

Mumbai Indians 15 9 6 0 18 -0.160

Chennai Super Kings 16 8 7 1 17 +0.100

Royal Challengers Bangalore 15 8 6 1 17 +0.010

Kings XI Punjab 16 8 8 0 16 -0.216

Rajasthan Royals 15 7 8 0 14 +0.272

Pune Warriors 16 4 12 0 8 -0.551

Deccan Chargers 15 3 11 1 7 -0.582



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