In what was the most thrilling match of Indian Premier League, Knight Riders could hold the nerves and win the match against Deccan Chargers. Unlike the earlier matches which were mostly one sided, this match witnessed to many ups and downs. Kolkata Knight Riders had a poor start and were 21/3 in 4.2 overs and it looked like they would fell apart chasing that target. But Saurav Ganguly and David Hussey started to stabalise the innings with singles and doubles.The score reached 68 when Ohja bowled Ganguly and raised hopes for Deccan Chargers.

The match was poised evenly and Knight Riders needed run a ball. Mohammad Hafeez and David Hussey hit few shots to bring the climbing run rate down but Ohja came into attack and got the wicket of Hafeez. Knight Riders needed 22 runs in 20 balls and suddenly the lights went off to add more tension to the already prevailing match tension.

But the match resumed after few crucial minutes were lost. But it was decided that Duckworth method was not required.Hussey striked a huge six (86m) followed by a four to bring back the run rate and they required 8 to win from 12 balls.They took few singles and then it was Hussey who hit a six and thus Kolkata Knight Riders won the match.

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In one of the most awaited matches, Kolkata Knight Riders take on Deccan Chargers on Sunday. At 4 pm local time (IST) the match started with Deccan Chargers winning the toss and deciding to bat first. The decision proved not so fruitful as they lost Venugopal Rao at 21. Captain of Deccan Chargers Laxman came to bat but didn’t lasted long. The very first ball missed the stumps by inches and after facing mere 6 balls he was out and the team was reeling at 22/2 in 4.3 overs.

Now the responsibility was on the shoulders of Australian batsmen, Symonds and Gilchrist were in the center and the run rate started to improve.But just then Murli Kartik gave the final jolt when he got rid of Adam Gilchrist.Rohit Sharma came at the center but was not able to understand the ball from Kartik and was catch out by Saha. Deccan Chargers were reduced to 58/5 with the fall of Scott Styris for 6. Hussey came for bowling and and striked in his second over by tricking Arjun Yadav.It was Sanjay Bangar and Andrew Symond who provided some much needed acceleration with some power hitting but once they perished it was almost all over for Deccan chargers. They ended on 110/10 in 18.4 overs and thus the target to chase was 111 which also looked a bit hard due to the pitch which was said to be non suitable for twenty20 format

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Sunday – April 20 2008 – Indian Premier League is all set to have a cracker of a match between the two strongest teams of the competition – Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers. Eden Garden is the venue for this high profiled match and it is expected to be full to its capacity. Saurav Ganguly – Prince of Kolkatta lead Knight Riders to a thumping 140 runs victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers in last night’s tournament opener and is quite confident of a good show by the team. On the other hand, Deccan Chargers lead by V.V.S Laxman have completed the preparations to start on a winning note in DLF – IPL.

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The incomparable wicket keeper batsmen Adam Gilchrist wishes he could perform the duties of an adopted son when he plays in the Indian Premier League. “It’s interesting you drew the parallel. The move to Western Australia gave my international cricket a move-on and it’s very exciting now to be part of this experience in its inaugural year. To play the adopted son is something I really look forward to and I really hope to draw on this experience,” said Gilchrist in a chat with ToI here.

“I don’t want to put a figure on that but I do feel that this tournament will give the players a greater earning capacity. More importantly, the health of the game overrides every other aspect of this tournament. This is a new avenue and it needs to be fully understood by players and administrators before we sit in judgment. I would rather have T20 fitting nicely with Test and One-dayers, but that said I also believe that players with no desire in the heart to excel will stand to lose more than they gain.”

What better can we expect for the crowd in a cricket match. The new form of cricket – Indian Premier League is changing the whole concept of cricket. Earlier a run rate of 6 was considered too high to chase but now with changing times, run rate of 12 is also not impossible to achieve. What a nightmare for the bowlers who are under tremendous pressure to limit the scoring rate where as on the other hand the batsmen are enjoying smashing the ball to every corner of the ground.

Starting from the first match in which Mc Cullam scored 158 with 13 sixes to the second match in which Hussey scored a 50 ball 100 with 9 mighty sixes. IPL is being labeled as the batsmen game.The gentleman’s game is becoming a real difficult one for the bowlers who look so helpless when they are being hit for sixes even on bouncers and yorkers.

But one thing is for sure.The Batsmen are loving it, the media is loving it and above all the crowd is loving it. IPL seems to full fill its promise of being the Baap of Manoranjan ( Father of Entertainment) and hope this new form of entertainment entertain us for long.