Kolkata lose to Warne-led RR

RR made three changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Damien Martyn, Sumit Narwal and Morne made way for Faiz Fazal, Adam Voges and Shaun Tait.

KKR made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Rohan Gavaskar made way for Cheteshwar Pujara and Ashok Dinda.

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 56, and lost a couple of wickets.

RR’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Michael Lumb, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Dinda.

Fazal, whose 23-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 31. Twenty-nine balls later, he was caught by Pujara. Shane Bond broke the 42-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 30. Naman Ojha, whose 18-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 27. Twenty balls after Fazal’s dismissal, Angelo Mathews and Murali Kartik ran him out.

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

Yusuf Pathan, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 15. Twenty-eight balls after Ojha’s dismissal, he was caught by Brad Hodge. Dinda broke the 33-run stand.

Abhishek, the player of the match, scored 45. His 36-ball innings included five boundaries. Twenty-five balls (Jhunjhunwa)later, he was caught by Sourav Ganguly. Ishant Sharma broke the 37-run stand.

Voges, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 37. He was unbeaten.

Paras Dogra, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls after Jhunjhunwala’s dismissal, he was caught by Wriddhiman Saha. Sharma broke the one-run stand.

Warne, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was called by Manoj Tiwary. Bond broke the three-run stand.

RR scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). KKR had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Munaf Patel, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded eight extras. RR scored 168 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Hodge, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 12.

Mathews, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 33.

Kartik, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Sharma, Bond and Dinda bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 33, 32, and 28, respectively.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a wicket.

Tiwary, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Three overs into the chase, Pathan broke the 18-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). RR had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 45 balls. While Hodge’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Pujara’s contribution to it was 29. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Pujara, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually (Trive)didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-six balls after Tiwary’s dismissal, Siddharth broke the 50-run partnership.

Hodge, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 36. Twenty-one balls later, Pathan broke the 27-run stand.   

KKR scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Owais Shah, whose 17-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 19. Thirty-one balls after Hodge’s dismissal, he was caught by Voges. Patel broke the 37-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mathews, who didn’t face a ball, didn’t open his account. (Abhish)Ek ball later, Raut ran him out.

Saha, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

RR eventually conceded five extras. KKR, who scored 134 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs, lost by 34 runs.

Voges bowled a wicketless over, conceding five.

Tait and Warne bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 29, the latter conceded 27.

Patel bowled three overs, conceding 20. He picked up a wicket, as did Trivedi, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

Pathan bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up two scalps.