Kolkata Beat Kings XI Punjab
The Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 39 wickets with the help of Manoj Tiwary and skipper Saurav Ganguly, they have scored 75 runs from 47 balls and 50 runs from 40 balls respectively. Initially, Ganguly the captain of KKR has won the toss and elected to bat first. The Kolkata Knight Riders scored 183 runs for 5 wickets loss from 20 overs with the run rate of 9.15 per over.
The Kings XI Punjab has scored 144 runs for the loss of 6 wickets from 20 overs. Kings 11 skipper Kumar Sangakkara has scored 30 runs from 27 balls and Yuvraj has scored 24 runs from 16 balls.
IPL Score Card
KKR Batting:
- Manoj Tiwary – 75 runs from 47 balls (2 sixes and 8 fours)
- Sourav Ganguly – 50 runs from 40 balls (1 six and 6 fours)
- Angelo Mathews – 19 runs from 11 balls (2 fours).
Punjab Bowling:
- Shalabh Srivastava – 2 wickets fro 23 runs
- Irfan Pathan – 2 wickets for 43 runs.
Kings 11 Punjab Batting:
- Kumar Sangakara – 30 runs from 27 balls (3 fours)
- Irfan Pathan – 22 runs from 14 balls (1 six and 1 four)
- Bisla – 22 runs from 24 balls (3 fours).
Kolkata Bowling:
- Shane Bond – 2 wickets for 24 runs
- Agarkar – 2 wickets for 32 runs.
Man of the match was Manoj Tiwary.
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