Kolkatta Knight Riders headed by Saurav Ganguly defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers headed by Rahul Dravid in the IPL match held at Eden Gardens, Kolkatta. It was the third victory for Kolkatta Knight Riders and the sixth defeat for Bangalore Royal Challengers in the IPL tournament.

The match was delayed due to rain and finally 20 overs game was reduced to 16 overs for each team due to time factor. Kolkatta Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. The team’s opener Chopra and Hodge scored 2 and 10 runs respectively. The team’s skipper Saurav Ganguly scored 20 runs off 22 balls. Hussey marked the highest score of 26 runs in their team’s scoreboard. At the end of 16 overs, the Kolkatta Knight Riders posted a total score of 129 runs. Steyn was successful in claiming 3 wickets for his team Bangalore.

Chasing the target of 130 runs, the Bangalore Royal Challengers started their Innings. Arunkumar scored 22 runs. Boucher scored 50 runs off 40 balls (5 boundaries and 1 sixer). White scored a fast 30 runs off 16 balls (3 boundaries and 1 sixer). At the end of 16 overs, the Bangalore Royal Challengers scored 124 runs for the fall of 4 wickets. Kolkatta Knight Riders won the match by 5 runs and Ganguly was awarded the Man of the Match.

Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Cricket
Filed under: IPL Cricket