Jayawardene-led KTK beat Kolkata narrowly

KKR made no changes to their playing eleven.

KTK made one change to their playing eleven – Thisara Perera made way for his compatriot, Muttiah Muralitharan.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of KTK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, without the loss of a wicket.

Brendon McCullum, whose 19-ball (Eo)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. Seven overs into the match, he was caught by Morgan. Shakib Al Hasan broke the 49-run stand.

KTK scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). KKR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Mahela Jayawardene, KTK’s skipper and the player of the match, scored 25. His 27-ball innings included five boundaries. (Path)An over after McCullum’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Yusuf, who broke the two-run stand.

Brad Hodge, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. Eleven balls later, Pathan broke the four-run stand.

Parthiv, whose (Pat)eleven-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. A dozen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Pathan, who broke the 10-run stand.

KTK scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). KKR had conceded four extras at that point.

Kedar Jadhav, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored 12. Nineteen balls after Patel’s dismissal, Shakib broke the 35-run stand.

Ravindra Jadeja, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 29. Four balls later, he was caught by Pathan. Brett Lee broke the five-run stand.

Raiphi Gomez, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, was unbea‘ten’.

Vinay Kumar, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Eighteen balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, Shakib broke the 22-run stand.

Ramesh Powar, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded eight extras. KTK scored 132 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Lakshmipathy Balaji and Iqbal Abdulla conceded 23 apiece, and were wicketless.

Lee conceded 33, picking up a wicket.

Shakib and Pathan picked up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 20.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost three wickets.

Jacques Kallis, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by Jadhav. Vinay broke the 24-run stand.

Gambhir, who faced five balls, scored three. Five balls later, Rudra Pratap Singh broke the three-run stand.

Manvinder, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. Ten balls (Bis)later, Jadeja broke the run-a-ball stand.

KKR scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). KTK had conceded four extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 36. Morgan, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Thirty-eight balls after Bisla’s dismissal, Jayawardene ran him out.

Shakib, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Sixteen balls later, Rudra Pratap broke the 13-run stand.

Pathan, whose three-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Five balls later, he was caught by Muralitharan. Powar broke the 11-run stand.

KKR scored 100 off as many balls (16.4 overs). KTK had conceded eight extras at that point.

Manoj Tiwary, whose 51-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 46. Half-a-dozen balls after Pathan’s dismissal, he was stumped by Patel. Jadeja broke the four-run stand.

Lee, who faced three balls, scored a run. Four balls later, he was caught by Jadhav. Muralitharan broke the four-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 20. Rajat Bhatia, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Fourteen balls later, Patel and Jadhav ran him out.

Abdulla, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Balaji, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

KTK eventually conceded 11 extras. KKR, who scored 126 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by half-a-dozen runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Powar, Vinay and Muralitharan picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 29, 21, and 18, respectively.

Rudra Pratap and Jadeja conceded 25, and picked up two scalps apiece.