Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata XI 30th Match at Kolkata, 01 Apr, 2010

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat first
Kolkata XI 181/6 (20)
Deccan Chargers 157/5 (20)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs
Man of the Match: SC Ganguly
  • Y Venugopal Rao 0 * (0)
  • T Suman 15 * (11)

Over 15.4: Single. M Kartik to T Suman, flatter trajectory delivery, flicks it to deep squareleg for a single. 56 from 26

Over 15.6: Single. M Kartik to T Suman, flighted delivery, works it to short fine leg for a single. DC need 54 more runs to win from 24 balls.

Over 16.1: Single. AD Mathews to T Suman, bangs it short, pulls it flat in the air to wide long on for a single. 53 from 23

Over 16.5: No runs. AD Mathews to T Suman, short of length delivery, slams the slower one back to the bowler. 50 from 19

Over 16.6: Two runs. AD Mathews to T Suman, pitched up delivery, drags it across to wide mid wicket and steals a second run to give the strike back to Symonds. DC need 48 more runs to win from 18 balls.

Over 17.2: Single. AB Agarkar to T Suman, full toss, drags the near yorker to squareleg for a single. 46 from 16

Over 17.5: Single. AB Agarkar to T Suman, full toss, drives the near yorker towards extra covers for a single. 41 from 13

Over 19.1: Single. CH Gayle to T Suman, quicker and flatter in the air, flicks it to deep mid wicket for a single. 33 from 5

Over 19.3: Single. CH Gayle to T Suman, quicker and flatter in the air, drives it to long off for a single. 31 from 3

Over 19.5: Sixer! CH Gayle to T Suman, quicker and flatter in the air, hoicks it wristily over wide mid wicket for a consolation six. 25 from 1 ball

Over 19.6: Beaten! CH Gayle to T Suman, quicker and flatter in the air, makes room and is beaten outside off by a yorker.

Kolkata Knight Riders win by 24 runs. Well victory has been set up by Sourav Ganguly who made 88 from 54 balls and his bowlers did well in the middle overs. They even got the ball to reverse swing. DC well had wickets in hand but somehow the big hits eluded them and left them short of the target by a long way!