Warne-led RR beat Kolkata comfortably

RR made one change to their playing eleven – Dinesh Salunkhe made way for Swapnil Asnodkar, the player of the match.

KKR (Moham)made four changes to their playing eleven – Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, Hafeez and Murali Kartik made way for the Pakistani pair (Salman Butt and Umar Gul), Brad Hodge and Wriddhiman Saha.

On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a wicket.

Graeme Smith had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a couple. A couple of overs into the (Shar)match, Ishant broke the 11-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). KKR had conceded five extras at that point.

Mohammad Kaif, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 21. Five overs after Smith’s dismissal, he was caught by Ajit Agarkar, who broke the 42-run stand.

Asnodkar’s half-century – which included eight boundaries and a six – scored 29 balls.

RR scored 100 off 10.5 overs (65 balls). KKR had conceded five extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 24 balls. While Asnodkar’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Yusuf Pathan’s contribution to it was 16. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Asnodkar, whose 34-ball innings included 10 boundaries, in addition to the six, eventually scored 60. Twenty-seven balls after Kaif’s dismissal, he was caught by David Hussey. Gul broke the 53-run partnership.

Shane Watson, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Gul, who broke the five-run stand.

RR scored 150 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). KKR had conceded nine extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While Pathan’s contribution to the partnership was 20, Ravindra Jadeja’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

Jadeja, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 33. Thirty-two balls after Watson’s dismissal, Laxmi Ratan Shukla broke the 57-run partnership.

Pathan’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – scored 29 balls.

Pathan, whose 33-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 55. A dozen balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, Gul broke the 22-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on a couple. Warne, who faced eight balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of balls later, Gul and Saha ran him out.

Sohail Tanvir, who faced three balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten, as was Mahesh Rawat, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

KKR eventually conceded 14 extras. RR scored 196 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Sourav Ganguly, KKR’s skipper, bowled a wicketless over, conceding 14.

Hussey, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Ashok Dinda, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 30.

Shukla, who bowled an over, conceded 16. He picked up a wicket, as did Agarkar and Sharma, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 46, the latter conceded 26.

Gul, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up three 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 three wickets.

Although his run-a-ball innings included a boundary, Butt had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 10 balls into the chase, Tanvir broke the 15-run stand.

Agarkar, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 20. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Rawat. Watson broke the 29-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). RR had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven. Hodge, who faced three balls, scored a run. Seven balls after Agarkar’s (Trive)dismissal, Siddharth ran him out.

KKR scored 100 off a dozen overs (72 balls). RR had conceded nine extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Ganguly’s contribution to the partnership was 29, Hussey’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Ganguly’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – scored 37 balls.

He faced 39 balls, eventually scoring 51. Forty-seven balls later, he was caught by Kaif. Warne broke the 68-run partnership.

The fifth-wicket pair put on a couple. Shukla, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. A couple of balls later, Jadeja and Rawat ran him out.

Hussey, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 42. Eighteen balls later, Trivedi broke the 22-run stand.

Saha, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, Trivedi broke the two-run stand.

Debabrata Das, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Four balls later, he was caught by Watson. Tanvir broke the two-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on a run. Gul, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. The next ball, Jadeja and Rawat ran him out.

KKR scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). RR had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sharma, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Dinda, who faced three balls, scored a run. Four balls after Gul’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Taruwar Kohli. Watson broke the three-run stand.

KKR, who were dismissed for 151 off 19.1 overs, lost by 45 runs.

Pathan, who bowled two overs, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as was Munaf Patel, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Warne, who bowled two overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Watson, who bowled 3.1 overs, conceded 22. He picked up two scalps, as did Trivedi and Tanvir, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 30.