Ganguly-led KKR triumph over Punjab

KKR (Moham)made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Hafeez and Ajit Agarkar made way for Aakash Chopra and Ajantha Mendis.

KXIP made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Luke Pomersbach and Gagandeep Singh made way for James Hopes and Irfan Pathan.

On winning the toss, Yuvraj Singh, KXIP’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a wicket.

Hopes, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Nineteen balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Umar Gul, the player of the match, who broke the 24-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). KKR had conceded eight extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Shaun Marsh’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Kumar Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

KXIP scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). KKR had conceded nine extras at that point.

Marsh, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 40. Fifty-seven balls after Hopes’ dismissal, he was caught by Chopra. Mendis broke the 83-run partnership.

Sangakkara’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 37 balls.

He eventually scored 64 off 45 balls, which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes. Fourteen balls after Marsh’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Gul, who broke the 24-run stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). KKR had conceded nine extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 31. Yuvraj, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 27. Twenty balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, Wriddhiman Saha ran him out.

Mahela Jayawardene, whose innings included a boundary, scored 11. He was unbea‘ten’.

Pathan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – his four-ball innings included a boundary. Eight balls later, Gul broke the nine-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Piyush Chawla, who face a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Gul.

Tanmay Srivastava, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded 11 extras. KXIP scored 174 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Ashok Dinda bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 18.

Ishant Sharma and David Hussey bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 49, the latter conceded 36.

Mendis, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket.

Gul, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, and lost a couple of wickets.

Salman Butt, whose 19-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 24. Thirty-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Srivastava. Sreesanth broke the 45-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Debabrata Das, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sreesanth.

KKR scored 50 off half-a-dozen overs (36 balls). KXIP had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

David Hussey, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Nineteen balls after Das’ dismissal, Chawla broke the 17-run stand.

Shukla, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. V R V Singh had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the eight-run stand.

KKR scored 100 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). KXIP had conceded five extras at that point.

Saha, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Twenty-nine balls after Shukla’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Chawla broke the 32-run stand.

Sourav Ganguly, KKR’s skipper, scored 50 off 41 balls, which included four boundaries and three sixes.

Chopra, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Hopes broke the four-run stand.

KKR scored 150 off 18 overs (108 balls). KXIP had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Gul, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 24. Eighteen balls after Chopra’s dismissal, he was caught by Ramesh Powar. V R V broke the 49-run stand.

Sharma, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

KXIP, who scored 175 for the loss of seven wickets off 19.4 overs, lost by three wickets with a couple of balls to spare.

Powar, who bowled two overs, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as was Pathan, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 36.

Hopes, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Chawla, Sreesanth and V R V bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. They conceded 36, 33, and 28, respectively.