IPL Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR to decide team’s strategy on Thursday : SRK
Category: Cricket News,IPL,IPL 2012 News,IPL Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata, Feb 01: Bollywood superstar and owner of IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Shah Rukh Khan said the team management will sit for a discussion on Thursday to chalk out the strategy of for the upcoming cricket season.
“We are having a new coach as Trevor (Trevor Bayliss), because we were not aware whether our old coach would have been able to stay with us. I will be meeting him on Thursday at Mumbai. The cricketing decisions will be taken by captain Gautam (Gambhir), coach and other cricketing heads. We will start our preparations from on Thursday night,” said Shah Rukh while addressing a programme in Kolkata.
King Khan was hopeful was filling up the spaces where the team is lacking right now.
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 4 – Eliminator Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Match Results,IPL Mumbai IndiansMay 25, 2011 : Mumbai Indians have managed to keep their nose ahead in the crucial eliminator game against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai now progress to the second qualifier against Bangalore while as it is curtains for Kolkata who have virtually gained nothing from the play-offs, finishing fourth. The Sachin led side have also assured themselves of a Champions League spot.
Match Notes :
Toss - Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
Result - Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets
Kolkata after being put in were still ruing the dramatic Sunday loss as they looked lost and indulged in self-destruction from the very start. Save for a determined batting effort by their lower order led by Ryan ten Doeschate, Kolkata would have evaporated without a fight. In the end, their total of 147 was 10 runs short of the par.
Mumbai although began the chase in a spectacular fashion but the late order collapse provided lot of excitement as the game went down to the wire. Mumbai openers, Sachin Tendulkar and Aiden Blizzard got off to a blazing start, runs came thick and fast. 81 runs came in just under 8 overs, Blizzard particularly cashed in on some ordinary Kolkata bowling, in the process brought up his fifty.
Meanwhile, Tendulkar played his own brand of cricket, picking up vacant areas in the field. In his 50th IPL appearance, the little master hit Pathan for four consecutive boundaries, all improvised shots to frustrate the visitors. Once, the openers were dismissed, wickets fell at regular intervals as Kolkata bowlers began to find their feet. Jacque Kallis’ nagging line and length combined with few loose strokes from the batters allowed Kolkata to claw back their way into the match.
At 133 for six with bowlers dictating the terms, the hero of last match James Farnklin took control, of faltering Mumbai innings and eventually saw them home with a gutsy 29. The winning shot, a six over cow-corner came form the bat of Harbhajan Singh in the last over.
Earlier, Kolkata tried to grab the initiative by aggressive stroke-play, instead paid a heavy price for over attacking. In thoughtless five and a half overs, the visitors were in dire straits at 20 for the loss of four wickets.
Jacques Kallis was the first to go, smartly caught by Sachin at mid-off when he attempted to drive Munaf Patel through the covers. Skipper Gambhir opened his account with a trademark inside-out shot off Harbhajan but three balls later was castled as he went for a wild heave.
Shreevats Goswami then had a brain fade, he could manage only a tickle to the keeper from an ugly slog and when Manoj Tiwary’s propensity to shuffle across the stumps got him in trouble, Kolkata were literally staring down the barrel. At this point, Mumbai bowlers were all over Kolkata, Slinger Malinga worked up some serious pace and Munaf was his usual self, on the money every time.
Dutch international, Ryan ten Doeschate who had not a lot to do in the IPL so far, played a superb knock to give his team something to defend. First he combined with Yusuf Pathan to get over the shock start with little nudges here and there. The duo targeted Pollard in the eleventh over as the run rate got a move on; ten Doeschate collected a boundary with a fierce square cut followed by a maximum over long-on; Pathan who had till then played the waiting game took a cue form his partner and tonked one over the bowler. They added priceless 60 runs in quick time.
However, a couple of lapses by the Mumbai wicket keeper Ambati Rayudu allowed the batsmen to put in a fine recovery.A stumping was missed when ten Doeschate had made only 38 and Saqibul Hassan’s edge eluded the gloves when the score was reading 95 for 5.
That apart, Saqib provided the Kolkata some impetus with a flurry of boundaries, the rub of the green going his way with some streaky shots. While he was deceived by a Malinga slower-one, ten Doeschate ensured that Kolkata were still in the game at the half-way mark. His 49 ball 70 was a good exhibition of controlled hitting, six boundaries and three huge hits. For the hosts, Malinga kept down the runs and Munaf grabbed three key wickets.
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 4 – Eliminator Match – Scorecard
Category: Indian Premier League Scorecards,IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Mumbai IndiansMumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Match: IPL Eliminator Match 2011
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai,
Date: May 25th,2011 (Wednesday)
Toss: Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
Result: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets
Scoreboard : Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
| Kolkata Knight Riders Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Gautam Gambhir (C) | b Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Jacques Kallis | c S Tendulkar b M Patel | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Shreevats Goswami (W) | c A Rayudu b M Patel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Manoj Tiwary | lbw b D Kulkarni | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Yusuf Pathan | c K Pollard b M Patel | 26 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 108.33 | |
| Ryan ten Doeschate | Not Out | 70 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 142.85 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | b L Malinga | 26 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 162.50 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | run out (R Sharma/D Kulkarni) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Brett Lee | Not Out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | |||||||
| Iqbal Abdulla | |||||||
| Extras | (b 1,lb 1,w 4, nb 0) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 20.0 overs) | 147 | (7.35 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of Wickets (Kolkata Knight Riders):
1-9 (Kallis, 1.4 ov), 2-13 (Gambhir, 2.5 ov), 3-15 (Goswami, 3.2 ov), 4-20 (Tiwary, 5.3 ov), 5-80 (Pathan, 12.6 ov), 6-121 (Shakib Al Hasan, 17.1 ov), 7-131 (Bhatia, 18.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | (w 2) |
| Munaf Patel | 4 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 6.75 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | (w 1) |
| Lasith Malinga | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | (w 1) |
| James Franklin | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| Kieron Pollard | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 |
Powerplay: 1-6
Scoreboard : Mumbai Indians Innings
| Mumbai Indians Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Aiden Blizzard | c I Abdulla b B Lee | 51 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 170.00 | |
| Sachin Tendulkar (C) | c M Tiwary b J Kallis | 36 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| Rohit Sharma | run out (Gautam Gambhir) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ambati Rayudu (W) | c S Goswami b J Kallis | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| James Franklin | Not Out | 29 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 116.00 | |
| Kieron Pollard | lbw b Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Tirumalasetti Suman | c M Tiwary b S Al Hasan | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | Not Out | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 220.00 | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | |||||||
| Lasith Malinga | |||||||
| Munaf Patel | |||||||
| Extras | (b 0,lb 3,w 1, nb 0) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 19.2 overs) | 148 | (7.65 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of Wickets (Mumbai Indians):
1-81 (Blizzard, 7.5 ov), 2-82 (Sharma, 8.2 ov), 3-92 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 4-103 (Rayudu, 12.5 ov), 5-123 (Pollard, 15.4 ov), 6-133 (Suman, 17.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Brett Lee | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | |
| Iqbal Abdulla | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | |
| Yusuf Pathan | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 3.2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 7.20 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 | (w 1) |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
Powerplay: 1-6
Teams:
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Sachin Tendulkar(c), Aiden Blizzard, Ambati Rayudu(w), Rohit Sharma, James Franklin, Kieron Pollard, Tirumalsetti Suman, Dhawal Kulkarni, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Jacques Kallis, Shreevats Goswami(w), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 4 – Eliminator Match
Category: IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Mumbai IndiansMay 25, 2011 : After a thrilling encounter in the last league match, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders will once again cross swords but this time in the IPL eliminator match at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday. Due to the changed rules, the tie has become more of a quarter-final clash where the winner will have to play against the loser of the first play-off between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Mumbai snatched a five-wicket victory off the last ball of the match against Kolkata after Franklin and Ambati Rayudu smashed 23 off the final over. The defeat eluded Kolkata of a second place finish, which would have given them an advantage of playing two games in the play-offs. However, it will be a fresh beginning for both sides and a failure here would mean an end to the journey.
Match Details
Match – IPL 2011 Eliminator Match (3rd v 4th)
Date – May 25th,2011 (Wednesday)
Time – 14:30 GMT (20:00 IST)
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
With so many quality players in the mix, it’s hard to take a definitive stand on this one. The Indians will tick the confidence column and likewise it would be interesting to see if the Knight Riders have gotten over the loss on Sunday. In knockout games you need players who can shoulder the responsibility and can be the calm amidst all the humdrum. Kolkata have more solidity in their ranks as compared to the Indians. And finally that all important 22 yards: a slow turner will suit the Knight Riders while a raw pace wicket will help the stroke makers of the Indians. It has the making of another humdinger and our gut feel suggests this might just be Kolkata’s year.
Coming into this match, Mumbai, the runners-up of the 2010 season, have few things to worry about and the issue on top of their priority list is finding a suitable opening partner for batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar, Rayudu and Rohit Sharma are the only consistent performers for Mumbai while other big names Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds are yet to join the party. In the bowling department, Lasith Malinga has been the only consistent and successful story. Others have performed in bits and pieces. Munaf Patel, who didn’t play the last match, will be back in the playing XI to strengthen the attack. Harbhajan Singh, Pollard, Symonds and Ray Price are the other bowling options for Tendulkar to shuffle with.
Kolkata, on the other hand, will be high on confidence for the way they played and dominated the last game against Mumbai, until the last over. The top-order comprising skipper Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis and Manoj Tiwary have scored runs consistently and they would aim to continue the good work. With England batsman Eoin Morgan back in England, Kolkata will rely on Ryan ten Doeschate and all-rounder Yusuf Pathan to provide with the fireworks later in the innings. The bowling will be led by Brett Lee, who has been impressive barring a few games when he has gone for runs and the team will be banking on his pace and experience to give them a good start. Left-arm spinner Iqbal Adbullah, Shakib Al-Hasan, Pathan and Rajat Bhatia are the other options Gambhir might look to do the job for him.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – IPL 4 – 70th Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Match Results,IPL Mumbai IndiansMay 22nd, 2011 : Today was a match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians in the IPL Cricket Season 4 2011. This was the 70th match of the league. The match was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Team Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. In a thrilling encounter between two sides who had already qualified, it was the Mumbai Indians who took victory and third spot with the last ball of the match.
It looked like a regulation victory for the Kolkata Knight Riders for most part of the final quarter of the game. With 44 needed off the last three overs followed by the dismissal of Kieron Pollard in that over, the game looked all over bar the shouting.
Balaji conceded 14 and yet a good over from Lee pushed the equation up to 21 to win off the last over, with James Franklin and Ambati Rayadu at crease.
Match Notes
Toss – Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
Result – Mumbai beat Kolkata by 5 wickets
Six balls later, the Eden Gardens was silenced by Franklin’s four successive boundaries and completely stunned by a six off the last ball by Rayadu that took them to the third spot in the table.
With the Super Kings going down to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous game of the IPL, a win in this game would take Kolkata to the second spot, hence, allowing them a couple of shots at entering their first ever IPL final. Mumbai, on the other hand, needed to win it to ensure that the losing confidence from going down in three games in a row could be stalled.
Kolkata went in unchanged while Mumbai Indians dropped Dhawal Kulkarni and Andrew Symonds and replaced them with Abu Nechim and Ray Price, thus attempting to strengthen the bowling.
Chasing 176 to keep the Kolkata Knight Riders out of the top two positions in the points table, the Mumbai Indians started off aggressively with three boundaries off the first over, Sachin Tendulkar hitting two of them. However, T Suman tried to repeat the dose off the first ball of the second over and perished to the spin of Iqbal Abdulla.
There was a surprise move from Mumbai Indians when they sent Harbhajan Singh to the number three position. He started off slowly but he did get going towards the end of the Powerplay overs, eking out 18 off the sixth over sent down by L Balaji.
Just when one thought that the Mumbai Indians had finally arrived with their batting after three successive failures, Harbhajan’s 29-ball 30 was ended by Rajat Bhatia’s slow dibbly-dobblies.
Much like how James Franklin had earlier slowed the Kolkata scoring down, it was Bhatia’s four over-spell broke the Mumbai back. After getting rid of Harbhajan, he had Rohit Sharma edging one to the wicket-keeper and then getting the better of Tendulkar. He deceived Tendulkar with a slower ball who spooned the ball into the covers for an easy catch.
At this stage, they needed 79 from the last 7.3 overs off a pitch that was allowing the ball to grip with every passing over.
A lot was expected out of Kieron Pollard but his poor form continued to raise questions about his inclusion in the side over Andrew Symonds. He batted out 22 balls for his 18 but just when his side needed him to blast the runs, his stumps were sent cartwheeling by Balaji.
It was Franklin who seemed to have got back his batting form of the previous year, getting a six off Abdulla but his best period came in the final over of the game when, needing 21 off the last over, he blasted off four boundaries off the first four balls of the over.
The hapless bowler was Balaji who then conceded a single off the penultimate ball to get the equation down to four needed off the last ball and Rayadu on strike. In a moment that was so reminiscent of Javed Miandad’s last ball six off Chetan Sharma at Sharjah, Rayadu slammed a full-toss from Balaji over the mid-wicket fence for a six.
Earlier, Kolkata knew that a win would see them through to the top two positions in the points table and hence allow them a better chance to get to the final of the Indian Premier League. They batted with much purpose and scored 175 in their 20 overs, a target that looked defendable for most part of the game.
What stood out in the Kolkata innings was the fact that each time they lost a wicket and it seemed like the Mumbai Indians were coming back into the game, there was a flurry of boundaries that took the Knight Riders away.
Sreevats Goswami departed early, while Gambhir hit one six and was dismissed off the next ball.
Manoj Tiwary provided the early momentum with a couple of boundaries in the first over he batted, before exploding against the IPL-debutant Ray Price. Price conceded a six and a four in that over.
Tiwary continued to bat aggressively even after the Powerplay overs and the obtained momentum was continued by Yusuf Pathan who blasted a 27-ball 36.
Kallis, who had begun in a circumspect fashion while the others around him were doing all the scoring, exploded towards the end of the innings. He smashed three sixes, all of the last five balls that the South African played to push the side along to the score of 175.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – IPL 4 – 70th Match – Scorecard
Category: Indian Premier League Scorecards,IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Mumbai IndiansKolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Match: 70 IPL Match 2011
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: May 22nd,2011 (Sunday)
Toss: Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
Result: Mumbai beat Kolkata by 5 wickets
Scoreboard : Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
| Kolkata Knight Riders Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Jacques Kallis | c T Suman b J Franklin | 59 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 140.48 | |
| Shreevats Goswami (W) | run out (Tirumalasetti Suman) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Gautam Gambhir (C) | b Abu Nechim | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 114.29 | |
| Manoj Tiwary | run out (Harbhajan Singh) | 35 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 159.09 | |
| Yusuf Pathan | c A Nechim b J Franklin | 36 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 133.33 | |
| Ryan ten Doeschate | lbw b Abu Nechim | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | run out (Ambati Rayudu) | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 183.33 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | |||||||
| Iqbal Abdulla | |||||||
| Brett Lee | |||||||
| Extras | (b 1,lb 2,w 3, nb 0) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 20.0 overs) | 175 | (8.75 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of Wickets (Kolkata Knight Riders):
1-4 (Goswami, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Gambhir, 3.2 ov), 3-67 (Tiwary, 8.5 ov), 4-124 (Pathan, 15.6 ov), 5-149 (Kallis, 17.3 ov), 6-166 (ten Doeschate, 19.2 ov), 7-175 (Bhatia, 19.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Abu Nechim | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 | |
| Lasith Malinga | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | (w 1) |
| Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.66 | (w 1) |
| Ray Price | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 | |
| Kieron Pollard | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | |
| James Franklin | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 |
Powerplay: 1-6
Scoreboard : Mumbai Indians Innings
| Mumbai Indians Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Tirumalasetti Suman | c Y Pathan b I Abdulla | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Sachin Tendulkar (C) | c G Gambhir b R Bhatia | 38 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 140.74 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c M Tiwary b R Bhatia | 30 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Rohit Sharma | c S Goswami b R Bhatia | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 111.11 | |
| Kieron Pollard | b Lakshmipathy Balaji | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 81.82 | |
| James Franklin | Not Out | 45 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 195.65 | |
| Ambati Rayudu (W) | Not Out | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 283.33 | |
| Ray Price | |||||||
| Abu Nechim | |||||||
| Lasith Malinga | |||||||
| Rajagopal Sathish | |||||||
| Extras | (b 0,lb 9,w 7, nb 0) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 20.0 overs) | 178 | (8.90 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of Wickets (Mumbai Indians):
1-13 (Suman, 1.1 ov), 2-70 (Harbhajan Singh, 8.1 ov), 3-85 (Sharma, 10.2 ov), 4-96 (Tendulkar, 12.3 ov), 5-137 (Pollard, 17.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Brett Lee | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | (w 2) |
| Iqbal Abdulla | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4.00 | (w 2) |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 3 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 17.00 | (w 2) |
| Yusuf Pathan | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5.50 |
Powerplay: 1-6
Teams:
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Sachin Tendulkar(c), Tirumalsetti Suman, Ambati Rayudu(w), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Harbhajan Singh, Ray Price, Munaf Patel, Lasith Malinga, Abu Nechim
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Jacques Kallis, Shreevats Goswami(w), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manoj Tiwary, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Yusuf Pathan, Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla