The Kolkata Knight Riders’ final game of the season provided Sourav Ganguly and his team a chance to redeem themselves in front of their home fans. An insipid performance in the field and for three-fourths of the chase suggested the campaign would end on a low note but, after Umar Gul sparked life into the […]
Kumar Sangakkara and Shaun Marsh yet again built a solid foundation as Kings XI Punjab reached 174 for 6, the highest total at Eden Gardens in the tournament. It was the final game for the Kolkata Knight Riders - already out of the reckoning for the semi-finals - in front of their home fans but […]
18th Over: Sreesanth back into the atttack. Two runs off the first two balls. Now, a dot ball. FOUR! Gul powers that through mid wicket. Kolkata still in the hunt. SIX! Gul is on fire. He picks up the slower one and launches it over the ropes. Four leg byes
17th Over: SIX! Dada goes ballistic. […]
A persistent drizzle delayed the start of the Delhi Daredevils’ home game against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Feroz Shah Kotla. A rained-out match will eliminate Kolkata from the semi-final race while Delhi will need to beat the Mumbai Indians on Saturday and hope Mumbai don’t win their other two matches to make it […]
Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals’ captain, has said his side are keen to extend their four-match winning streak after a six-wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders made them the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the IPL.
“We hope the Rajasthan Express keeps rolling. The strength of our team is that every member […]
A disciplined performance with the ball, followed by a counterattacking blitz from Yusuf Pathan, sealed a six-wicket win at Eden Gardens for the Rajasthan Royals, who with 18 points from 11 matches, become the first team to firm a spot in the semi-finals. At the toss, Shane Warne had said his intention was to knock […]
10th Over: Ganguly brings himself on. FOUR! Watson plays it deftly. WICKET! Dada gets it to nip back and the off stump is shattered. Watson is gone. Pathan comes to the crease. Jaipur are 69-4
9th Over: Watson on strike to Agarkar. Every dot ball will add to the presure here. There have been two on […]
In a match that Kolkata must win to have realistic semi-final hopes, their batsmen were restricted to 148 by a disciplined performance from Rajasthan Royals’ medium-pacers at Eden Gardens. The pitch assisted the fast bowlers and a regular stream of wickets ensured that Kolkata’s innings failed to gather the momentum until the final overs.
Shane Warne […]
Match facts
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Start time 20.00 (local), 14.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
Despite a loss in the key game against the Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders are still in the running for a place in the semi-finals. Winning all three games will obviously boost their chances, but it still won’t assure them a top-four […]
Despite scoring 73 off 54 balls in Kolkata Knight Riders’ narrow three-run defeat against Chennai Super Kings in the curtailed game at Eden Gardens, Salman Butt was unhappy for more reasons than one. Coming off a successful five-match one-day series at home against Bangladesh - during which he scored 451 runs - Butt expected to […]
A heavy dust storm had the players scurrying indoors, as the weather intervened to disrupt what was turning out to be a fascinating run-chase. Stephen Fleming, finally showing signs of coming into his own, and Parthiv Patel added 55 undefeated runs for the first wicket after eight overs, repelling the new-ball attack of Shoaib Akhtar […]
Match facts
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Start time 16.00 (local), 10.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
With the race for the semi-finals slots hotting up, Kolkata Knight Riders have a tough task ahead. While both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have matches against Deccan and Bangalore, the two bottom-placed teams in the tournament, each of Kolkata’s four remaining games […]