Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 22: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kochi Tuskers Kerala"

Hello and welcome to the 22nd Match of IPL 2011 season between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. This IPL has been pretty insteresting with each passing day. All teams have won their respective games on their day. Lets see who wins this battle today.

Kolkata knight riders won the toss and elected to field first. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala McCullum and Jayawardene gave a great start. They scored 49 of 7 overs, when McCullum was the first wicket of Sakib Al Hasan. Jayawardene too perish in the next over to yousuf pathan and Kochi Tuskers Kerala kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Jadeja made a quick fire 29 to revive the Kochi Tuskers Kerala score. Kochi Tuskers Kerala scored a defendable score of 132 of their 20 overs. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala Jadega made 29, Jayawardene Made 25 and McCullum 23, for Kolkata Knight Riders Yousuf Pathan and Sakib Al Hasan took 3 wickets each.

In reply Kolkata Knight Riders lost Kallis and Gambhir early to Vinay kumar and RP Singh of Kochi Tuskers Kerala respectively. Apart from MK Tiwary Kilkata Knight Riders kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Tiway made a crucial knowck of 46 but coudnt get Kolkata Knight Riders across the line. Good Captaincy, fielding and tight bowling won the match for Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the match by 6 runs. For Kolkatta Knight Riders MK Tiwary made a fighting knock of 46, for Kochi Tuskers Kerala RP Singh and RA Jadeja took 2 wickets a piece.


Man of the Match is DPMD Jayawardene for his crucial 25 runs and amazing captaincy.

Score : Kochi Tuskers Kerala 132 for 7 (RA Jadeja 29, DPMD Jayawardene 25, Yusuf Pathan 3-20, Shakib Al Hasan 3-28) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 126 for 9 (MK Tiwary 46, RP Singh 2-25, RA Jadeja 2-25) by six runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 17: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals"

Hi and welcome to the Match No 17 of the IPL 2011 season between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have balanced sides and looking good in their respective outings. Lets see how they perform today.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Rajasthan Royals SR Watson and AG Paunikar opened the batting, for Kolkata Knight Riders B Lee opened the bowling. Rajasthan Royals had a decent start when they were 24 for no loss in less than 4 overs. Trouble started for Rajasthan Royals when SR Watson was bowled by L Balaji for 11. Soon AG Paunikar followed him in next over for 15 when he was out to Iqbal Abdullah. Rajasthan Royals kept loosing wickets and a small cameo from AL Menaria also coudnt save Rajasthan Royals from getting a good score. Rajasthan Royals finally fell for 81 all out in over 15 overs. For Rajasthan Royals AL Menaria scored 21, for Kolkata Knight Riders L Balaji took 3 and Shakib Al Hasan took 2 wickets respectively.

In reply Kolkata Knight Riders opened the batting with JH Kallis and MS Bisla, for Rajasthan Royals SW Tait opened the bowling. Kolkata Knight Riders had a horror start when they lost both the openers with 31 on the board in 7 overs. G Gambhir and MK Tiwary then played sensible cricket and took Kolkata Knight Riders home with more than 6 overs to spare and 8 wickets in hand. For Kolkata Knight Riders G Gambhir scored 35* and MK Tiwary scored 30*, for Rajasthan Royals SW Tait and SK Warne took a wicket a piece.


Man of the Match is L Balaji for his spell of 3/15.

Score : Kolkata Knight Riders 85 for 2 (G Gambhir 35*, MK Tiwary 30*, SK Warne 1/17) beat Rajasthan Royals 81 (AL Menaria 21, L Balaji 3/15, Shakib Al Hasan 2/21) by eight wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 12: Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders"

Hi and Welcome to the 12th Match of the IPL 2011 season between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Rajasthan Royals are settling in very well and looking threatening with each passing game and on other hand Kolkata Knight Riders havent been as strong as the team suggests. Lets see who will show their command and win this match and move up the points table.

Kolkata Knight riders won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Rajasthan Royals AG Paunikar and R Dravid opened the batting, for Kolkata Knight riders B Lee opened the bowling. Rajasthan Royals lost AG Paunikar early to Shakib Al Hasan. R Dravid and AL Menaria batted well and where on their way to take Rajasthan Royals towards a big score. YK Pathan had a double strike for Kolkata Knight Riders and peged them back. But a late burst fro SR watson and LRPL Taylor made sure that Rajasthan royals scored a reasonable 159 for the loss of 4 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. For Rajasthan Royals R Dravid and LRPL Taylor scored 35 each, for Kolkata Knight Riders Shakib Al Hasan and YK Pathan took 2 wickets a piece.

In reply Kolkata Knight Riders opened the batting with MS Bisla and JH Kallis, for Rajasthan Royals AL Menaria Opened the bowling. Kolkata Knight Riders lost MS Bisla very early when we was run out in the second over. G Gambhir and JH Kallis made sure that there were no more hiccups and pace their innings very well and took Kolkata Knight riders home with 9 wickets and 9 balls to spare. For Kolkata Knight Riders JH Kallis scored 80* and G Gambhir 75*.



Man of the Match is G Gambhir for his 75*

Score : Kolkata Knight Riders 160 for 1 (G Gambhir 75*, JH Kallis 80*) beat Rajasthan Royals 159 (R Dravid 35, LRPL Taylor 35*, Shakib AL Hasan 2/31, YK Pathan 2/4) by nine wickets