Match: 30 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 1, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs
Saurav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat first. Ganguly and Gayle opened the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Though Kolkata Knight Riders lost Gayle when the team score was just 15, Ganguly was today at his best on the other hand. Kolkata Knight Riders kept loosing wickets at regular interval but Saurav Dada stood firm on the other end. Saurav Ganguly (88 runs 54 balls 4*9, 6*5) showed his class today and proved why he is called the prince of Kolkata. Useful contributions from David Hussey, Pujaara and Saha helped KKR to post a total of 181/6 in 20 overs.
Chasing a total of 182 to win, Deccan Chargers lost Gilchrist early but Gibbs and Mishra steadied the innings and took the score to 77 when Mishra was eventually out. Gibbs and Symond then took the score past 100 and it looked like KKR’s would really have a tough time saving this match. But then again a twist came into match when KKR got two priced wickets of Gibbs and Rohit Sharma and Deccan Chargers were 137/4 in 17.2 overs. It was an impossible task for Deccan Chargers wo win this match as they needed 36 runs to win from last 9 balls and eventually they could make only 157/5 in 20 overs and thus lost the match by 24 runs.
