Saurav Ganguly, the prince of Kolkatta led his team to an all round performance victory by defeating Deccan Chargers, by 23 runs. Dada hasn’t proved his metal in the IPL series and has been getting out for cheap and moderate figures with average strike rate. But in the Match against Deccan Chargers one saw the vintage aggressive Saurav Ganguly who ripped apart the bowling attack of the Deccan Chargers.

The Knight Riders who batted first played upto their caliber with their captain Saurav Ganguly scoring a brilliant knock of 91 runs off 57 balls (11 boundaries and 5 sixers). He was supported well by David Hussey who scored his half-century (57 runs) in a classy way. At the end of 20 overs, Saurav’s boys scored a huge target of 204 runs.

In reply to such a huge target, IPL’s very powerful team – the Deccan Chargers backed by powerful hitters failed to a larger extent. Adam Gilchrist the stand-in skipper had brisk knock of 24 runs of 17 balls (5 boundaries) but failed to capitalize on the brisk knock. The local lad Venugopal Rao played a supportive knock (unbeaten 71 runs) and ensured his team reaches somewhere near the target score. On the other hand, Kolkatta Knight Riders’ bowled economically and restrained the run flow. At the end of 20 overs, the Deccan Chargers were restrained for 181 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Kolkatta Knight Riders won by 23 runs and Saurav Ganguly was declared the Man of the Match for his all-round performance.

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by Cricket
Filed under: IPL Cricket