Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 45: Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Kolkata Knight Riders"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 45 of the IPL 2011 season between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Kolkata Knight riders. Kolkata Kngiht Riders have been exceptional this IPL 2011 seasona and with each passing game have been the favourites along side Mumbai Indians. Kochi Tuskers Kerala are having a nice and decent debut compared to Pune warriors and todays win will open the IPL 2011 season wide open. Lets see if Kochi Tuskers kerala can challenge the mighty Kolkata Knight riders.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and choosed to bowl first. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala BB McCullum and M Klinger opened the batting, for Kolkata Knight Riders B Lee opened the bowling. Kochi Tuskers Kerala lost BB McCullum early for 1 to JD Unadkat. M Klinger and PA Patel then shared a little partnership with PA Patel dominating it. After the fall of PA Patel to JD Unadkat again, M Klinger and DPMD Jayawardene score a 51 run partnership in less than 7 overs. Soon Kochi Tuskers Kerala lost M Klinger and RA Jadeja and were loosing their way out, but DPMD Jayawardene and Bj Hodge then played some nice shots to take Kochi Tuskers Kerala out to safety and last over surge by BJ Hodge ment Kochi Tuskers Kerala scored more than what they asked for. Kochi Tuskers Kerala scored 156 for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala DPMD Jayawardene scored 55 and BJ Hodge scored 35*, for Kolkata Knight Riders JD Unadkat took 2 wickets.

In reply Kolkata Knight Riders opened the batting with JH Kallis and EJG Morgan, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala RP Singh opened the bowling. Kolkata Knight Riders had a fantastic start when JH Kallis and EJG Morgan scored 69 of the first 10 overs without any loss. RV Gomez took 2 important top order wickets in 11th over of JH Kallis and G Gambhir to pull back Kolkata Knight Riders. MK Tiwary soon followed the pavilion when he was out to R Vinay Kumar for 1. EJG Morgan and YK Pathan then scored some nice shots and took Kolkata Knight Riders back on track. After EJG Morgan and YK Pathan where out of consecutive balls Kolkata Knight Riders lost their way and the indeed the match. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 139 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 17 runs. For Kolkata Knight Riders EJG Morgan scored 66 and JH Kallis scored 45, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala R Vinay Kumar and RV Gomez took 2 wickets each.

Man of the Match is BJ Hodge for his 35* and last over surge to B Lee for 22 runs.

Score : Kochi Tuskers Kerala 156 for 5 (DPMD Jayawardene 55, BJ Hodge 35*, JD Unadkat 2/25) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 7 (EJG Morgan 66, RV Gomez 2/14, R Vinay Kumar 2/28) by 17 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 41: Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers Kerala"

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Hi and Welcome to the Match No 41 of the IPL 2011 season between Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Delhi Daredevils are at the bottom of the table and are looking to come out of it and on other hand Kochi Tuskers Kerala who started badly came back with impressive wins and recently lost badly to Deccan Chargers. Lets see who wins this battle and come out of the bottom half of the points table.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Delhi Daredevils DA Warner and V Sehwag opened the batting, RP singh opened the bowling for Kochi Tuskers kerala. DA Warner and V Sehwag had a good start initially, but once V Sehwag was out to new comer P Parameswaran Delhi Daredevils where in dire straits. Delhi Daredevils kept loosing wicketsand where 97 for the loss of 4 top order wickets in nearly 15 overs. Y Venugopal Rao and TR Birt then played cameos to get Delhi Daredevils some respectability to their total. Delhi Daredevils scored 140 for the loss of 6 wickets in their 20 overs. For Delhi Daredevils Y Venugopal Rao scored 40 and TR Birt scored 27, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala P Parameswaran and R Vinay Kumar took 2 wickets each.

In reply Kochi Tuskers Kerala opened the batting with M Klinger and BB McCullum, IK Pathan opened the bowling for Delhi Daredevils. BB McCullum gave a blazing start to Kochi Tuskers Kerala and rained fours and sixes. In first 5 overs Kochi Tuskers Kerala scored 61 for no loss. After BB McCullum was out Kochi Tuskers Kerala had a mini slump where they lost 3 quick wickets. PA Patel and BJ Hodge then completed a comprehensive victory with 7 wickets in hand and 5 overs to spare. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala BB McCullum and PA Patel scored 37 runs each, for Delhi Daredevils M Morkel and RE van der Merwe took a wicket each.


Man of the Match is P Parameswaran for his 2 crucial wickets.

Score : Kochi Tuskers Kerala 141 for 3 (PA Patel 37*, BB McCullum 37, RE van der Merwe 1/15) beat Delhi Daredevils 140 for 6 (Y Venugopal Rao 40, TR Birt 27, R Vinay Kumar 2/25, P parameswaran 2/29) by seven wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 32: Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Deccan Chargers"

Hi and Welcome to the 32nd Match of the IPL 2011 season between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Deccan Chargers. Deccan Chargers are going into this match after their heavy loss to Mumbai Indians and Kochi Tuskers Kerala are coming out to their loss to Chennai super kings. Lets see who will win this battle of bottoms.

Kochi Tuskers kerala won the toss and opted to bowl first. Deccan Chargers Opened with S Sohal and S Dhawan, Kochi Tuskers Kerala opened with RP Singh and S Sreesanth. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers had a disastrous start to the match when they last their top 3 batsmen with just 20 on the board in the 6th over. RP Singh taking two of those wickets and R Vinay Kumar the other. KC Sangakkara and CL White then cautiously started the repair. KC Sangakkara was more aggresive between the two and scored an odd boundary each over and took out the pressure on CL White. Once set both lauched the attack and added another 90 runs in 10 overs. Both where out in consecutive delivers to R Vinay kumar and in the process Hyderabad deccan chargers made a respectable and defendable total on a seamer friend pitch. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers made 129/7 of their allotted 20 overs. For Hyderabad Deccan Chargers KC Sangakkara scored a gritty 65 and CL White scored a strong 31, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala R vinay kumar took 3 and RP Singh took 2 wickets respectively.

In reply kochi tuskers kerala had a very very bad start, it was even more disastrous than Hyderabad deccan chargers. They lost their 6 wickets for 11 runs in 4 overs. Ishant Sharma and DW Steyn where the main distroyers. Ishant Sharma took 5 wickets of those and DW Steyn starting it all with the first wicket. Kochi tuskers kerala didnt recover from the horror start and where bowled for just 74 in less than 17 overs. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers won by 55 runs. For Kochi tuskers kerala RA Jadeja scored 23 and NLTC Perera 22, for Hyderabad Deccan chargers Ishant Sharma took 5 and Dale Steyn 3 wickets respectively.


Man of the Match is Ishant Sharma for his 5 wickets

Score : Deccan Chargers 129 for 7 (KC Sangakkara 65, CL White 31, R Vinay Kumar 3/27, RP Singh 2/21) beat Kochi Tuskers 74 (RA Jadeja 23, NLTC Perera 22, Ishant sharma 5/12, Dale Steyn 3/16) by 55 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 10: Pune Warriors v Kochi Tuskers Kerala"

Hello and Welcome to the 10th Match of the IPL 2011 season between Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Exciting match on the cards as new franchises Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala are palying each other for the first time. Lets see who will have the upper hand going ahead.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and opted to bat first. Kochi Tusker Kerala opened the batting with BB McCullum and VVS Laxman, for Pune Warriors AC Thomas Opened the bowling. Kochi Tuskers Kerala had a horror start when they lost BB McCullum and VVS Laxman within 3 overs and with just 11 on board. DPMD Jayawardene too lost his wicket and Kochi Tuskers Kerala where in deep deep trouble after the double stike from WD Parnell. BJ Hodge and RA Jadeja then studied the Kochi Tuskers Innigns and had a partnership of 88 in less than 11 overs to boost the Kochi Tuskers Kerala total. With late stikes Pune warriors had a check on kept Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Kochi Tuskers Kerala scored 148 for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala RA Jadeja scored a brilliant 47 and BJ Hodge scored 39 under pressure, for Pune Warriors WD Parnell took 3 wickets.

In reply Pune warriors opened the batting with JD Ryder and GC Smith, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala RP Sing started the bowling. Pune warriors had a good start when JD Ryder and GC Smith scored 31 in 3.4 overs. Soon after JD Ryder was out to Vinay Kumar pune warriors had a mini collapse after which they were 73 for 4 of 11.2 overs. RV Uthappa then started to counter attack the opposition and scored a rapid fast 31 and was later bowled by M Muralitharan. MD Mishra then continued the attack on Kochi Tuskers Kerala bowlers and a late big hit from R sharma settled the nerves and Pune warriors where home with 4 wickets in hand and 7 balls to spare. For Pune warriors MD Mishra scored 37* and RV Uthappa 31, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala BJ Hodge took 2 wickets.


Man of the Match is MD Mishra for his Match winning 37*

Score : Pune Warriors 151 for 6 (MD Mishra 37*, RV Uthappa 31, BJ Hodge 2/14) beat Kochi Tuskers Kerala 148 for 8 (RA Jadeja 47, BJ Hodge 39, WD Parnell 3/35) by four wickets