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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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News Network
June 20,2020

Jun 20: Bengaluru FC (BFC) have signed Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva for a one-year deal, the ISL club said in a statement on Saturday.

As per the agreement, BFC have the option of extending Silva's contract for another year.

The 33-year-old, who started his career with Brazilian side Madureira, moved to Thailand where he spent the better part of the decade playing for Muangthong United and Suphanburi, apart from stints in Mexico and China.

Silva, who also operates on the wing, became the first foreign player to reach the 100-goal mark in Thailand and finished top scorer of the Thai League 1 for two seasons. He also tops the charts of the all-time leading scorers of the League.

His biggest success came at Muangthong where he racked up 57 goals in 79 appearances and won three major trophies in as many seasons at the club.

The Brazilian, who was in talks with the Blues last season before the deal didn't materialise, said he was glad to have finally made the move.

"I've signed with Bengaluru FC because I want to be a champion and this is a club that is always after titles. I have that opportunity once again at BFC. I want to make the club and its fans happy. I have been following the club for some time now because we were in talks a while ago. And I liked what I saw. I am looking forward to making my way to Bengaluru and am excited to meet my new teammates, the fans and embrace the city," said Silva.

Silva, thus, became BFC's first new foreign signing of the season after the club had handed extended deals with Juanan Gonzalez, Dimas Delgado and Erik Paartalu.

Bengaluru FC coach Carles Cuadrat said Silva's addition was an important one, given his penchant for scoring.

"Cleiton has a proven track record when it comes to scoring and this is an area we needed to strengthen on the squad. The goals aside, he even has an eye for a quality final pass and we're looking forward to working with him," he said.

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Agencies
August 7,2020

Islamabad, Aug 7: Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, known for his blistering deliveries on the cricket field, recently baffled many with a deadly off-field bouncer by claiming he is willing to eat grass if it enabled an increase in budget for his country's Army!

"If Allah ever gives me the authority, I will eat grass myself but I will increase the budget of the army," said Akhtar in an interview with ARY News.

The 'Rawalpindi Express', considered the fastest bowler in history said he does not understand why the civilian sector cannot work in collaboration with the Armed forces.

"I will ask my army chief to sit with me and make decisions. If the budget is 20 per cent, I will make it 60 per cent. If we insult each other, the loss is ours only," the once feared fast-bowler said.

Akthar had also claimed to ARY News interview that he was willing to take a bullet for his country and had turned down a county stint just because he wanted to fight the 1999 Kargil War.

Ties between India and Pakistan have been strained in the recent months over several issues, the latest being Pakistan's attempt to broach in the UNSC the issue of Kashmir on the first anniversary of the India's move to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and to split the erstwhile state into two union territories .

Pakistan also has not been in a good financial position and under prime minister Imran Khan, himself an all rounder cricketer, has added nearly USD 22 billion, that is 35 per cent to the nation's international debt pile in the last two years, according to an Asia Times report in July.

While Pakistan recently received USD 1.39 billion from the IMF to cushion the economic shocks caused due to COVID-19 outbreak, Akthar had a few months ago proposed that a joint cricket match be played between India and Pakistan to raise funds to fight the coronavirus. The suggestion that was put down by cricketers in India.

Meanwhile the 'Pindi boy' whose deadly pace and bounce was once dreaded by batsmen had recently taken to Twitter to deny former India cricketer Virender Sehwag's claim of sledging him.

Sehwag along with other Indian crickerters such as Harbhajan Singh and even Rahul Dravid had been at the receiving end of Akthar's sledging and antics during their playing days.

"Yes, totally self made story by him. Mujhe yeh bol k bach k jana kidhar tha us nay," Akthar tweeted to a report in which Sehwag claimed that he had sledged the 'Rawalpindi Express' by telling him that Sachin Tendulkar was his father.

During an awards ceremony Sehwag had recounted that fed up with Akthar's sledging and retaliated by telling him to say the same things to Tendulkar, who smashed the 'Pindi boy' for a six. Sehwag quipped that he told Akthar then that "Baap baap hota hai".

In the recent ARY interview, asked about the allegation made against him by former India cricketer Virendra Sehwag that he makes pro-India comments for greater following on social media channels, Akhtar said, "I cannot talk on the basis of hate." 

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News Network
January 29,2020

Hamilton, Jan 29: India defeated New Zealand in the third T20 International via Super Over to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series here on Wednesday.

India posted a competitive 179 for five at Seddon Park after being sent into bat. Opener Rohit Sharma top scored for India with a 65-run knock while skipper Virat Kohli contributed 38 runs in team's total.

Later, skipper Kane Williamson smashed a 48-ball 95 but New Zealand faltered in the final over to take the match into the Super Over.

Needing nine runs of the last over, New Zealand lost Williamson and Ross Taylor to finish at 179 for six and tie the match.

In the Super Over, New Zealand scored 17, a target which India overwhelmed in the final ball with Rohit smashing Tim Southee for two consecutive sixes.

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