Match 35 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Fri Apr 26
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets.

Today in the 35th match of IPL 2013, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. Adam Gilchrist and Mandeep Singh added 45 runs for the first wicket stand before Mandeep Singh got out after scoring 25 in 20 balls. Adam Gichrist was the next to go as he scored a run a ball 27. KXIP were well placed at 67/2 in 9.3 overs. Some good bowling by KKR bowlers stopped the flow of easy runs and KXIP batsmen could feel the pressure. All the middle order batsmen got starts but none could convert it into a big score. A cameo of 28 in 15 balls which included 2 fours and 2 sixes by Gurkeerat Singh finally helped KXIP post a total of 149/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 150 to win, Manvinder Bisla and Gautam Gambhir opened the innings for KKR but the twin blow in the second over by Mahmood broght them on back foot. Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan got out on consecutive balls to leave KKR struggling at 10/2 in 1.3 overs. Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis then steadied the KKR innings as the duo added 66 runs in 9.1 overs to take KKR total of 76 before Kallis got out after scoring 37 in 33 balls. Manvinder Bisla stood firm on other end and along with Eoin Morgan played sensibly. Eoin Morgan was typically severe as he scored 42 in 26 balls which included 3 fours and 4 sixes and took the team towards victory. Bisla also completed his half century and remained unbeaten on 51 off 44 balls and took his team to a 6 wicket win over Kings XI Punjab.

Match 35 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Match 35 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Fri Apr 26
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Today in the 35th match of Pepsi IPL Season 6, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens. KKR who have won just 2 matches out of 7 played so far are feeling the heat as they are the defending champions and need to pull up the socks if they wish to play in the second round of the league.

On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab have won 4 out of 7 matches and will be looking for a good win today to move up the points table. The main worry for KXIP is the form of captain Gilchrist but the good news is the form of Mandeep Singh and Miller. Once Gilly returns to his form, it will be next to impossible for opponents to stop KXIP.

KKR are relying on heavily on captain Gautam Gambhir and if he fails, KKR is in all sorts of troubles as middle order is not responding well. The injury scare to Kallis and Manoj Tiwary has added to the KKR woes.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team IPL 2013
Gautam Gambhir (c), Sarabjit Singh Ladda, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla(wk), Debabrata Das, Iqbal Abdulla, Yusuf Pathan, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohammad Shami, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Ryan McLaren’ Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, James Pattinson, Sachithra Senanayake, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate

Kings XI Punjab Team IPL 2013
Parvinder Awana, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Chitnis, Aniket Choudhary, Manpreet Gony,Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Praveen Kumar, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Sunny Singh, Paul Valthaty,Manan Vohra,R Sathish ,Azhar Mahmood,Adam Gilchrist (c)(wk), Ryan Harris, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Dimitri Mascarenhas, David Miller, Luke Pomersbach

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Match 33 IPL 2013 –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Wed Apr 24
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Dwayne Smith

Today in the 33rd match of Pepsi IPL 2013, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Yusuf Pathan and Gautam Gambhir scored 27 runs before Pathan got out after scoring 19 off 6 balls. KKR were 271 in 1.1 overs. Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis then took the team score past 50. Gambir was the next to fall as he scored 26 off 20 balls before falling to Ojha. Kallis and Manoj Tiwary scored 37 and 33 respectively. It was a collective team effort as every batsmen contributed to the team score. In the end Eoin Morgan’s 25 ball 21 helped KKR post 159/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 160 to win, Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar opened the innings and scored 29 in 4.5 overs before Birthday Boy Sachin was bowled by Narine when he was on just 2 to spoil the party. Dwayne Smith continued his onslaught as he smashed KKR bowlers to all corners of the park. Dinesh Karthik also fell cheaply as he scored just 7. Needing 78 to win from last 10 overs, Mumbai were riding on D Smith’s innings but in the 11th over Dwayne Smith got out after scoring 62 off 42 balls(3×4,5×6). Rohit Sharma and Kevin Pollard then continued from where Smith left. Rohit Sharma scored 34 off 28 balls which included 1 four and 2 sixes before getting out when the team score was 132. Kevin Pollard and Ambati Rayudu then took Mumbai Indians inches away from win win Pollard got out. Harbhajan singh smashed a six and then Rayudu hit a four to take Mumbai towards a 5 wicket win.

Match 33 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Match 33 IPL 2013 –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Wed Apr 24
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Today in the 33rd match of Pepsi IPL 2013 defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on the Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens. KKR have won just 2 out of 6 games where as Mumbai has 3 wins out of 6 matches. Both teams need to win this match to move up the points table and to keep the hopes alive.

Mumbai who were demolished by Sehwag in the last match will be hoping KKR captain Gautam Gambhir does not repeat what Sehwag has done few days ago. Also an addition of Brendon McCullum instead of Yusuf Pathan at the top of the order may be worrying Mumbai.

On the other hand, despite having shown some form in the last match, Sachin Tendulkar has not been upto mark so far in the tournament. Fans will be hoping that on his 40th birthday, Sachin pleases them with his master blaster style.

If stats are to be seen, Mumbai are hot favorites as they have won 8 matches out of 10 played against Kolkata, but with the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik and others, KKR is capable of upsetting any IPL team.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team IPL 2013
Gautam Gambhir (c), Sarabjit Singh Ladda, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla(wk), Debabrata Das, Iqbal Abdulla, Yusuf Pathan, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohammad Shami, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Ryan McLaren’ Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, James Pattinson, Sachithra Senanayake, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

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Match 26 IPL 2013 –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat Apr 20
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
Man of the match – Ravindra Jadeja

Today in the 26th match of Pepsi IPL Season 6, KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan gave them flying start as the duo added 46 runs in just 5.5 overs. But with the wicket of Gautam Gambhir, KKR batting line up started to crumble. From 46/1 they were reduced to 55/4 in 8 overs. The duo of Jadeja and Ashwin proved too good for KKR batsmen as they both got 5 wickets and never allowed any batsmen to settle. Finally Kolkata could manage to post 119/9 n 20 overs.

Chasing 120 to win, CSK opened with Michael Hussey and Ravichandran Ashwin but this experiment didnt payed well as Ravichandran Ashwin got out when the team score was just 24. Murli Vijay( 2 off 5 balls) also fell cheaply followed by Suresh Raina (7 off 8 balls). CSK again looked to MS Dhoni to take them to victory but captain cool got run out after scoring just 9 off 7 balls. Michael Hussy also got out after scoring 40 off 51 balls leaving CSK struggling at 89/6 in 16.5 overs. Needing 31 to win off 19 balls, Chennai needed a heroic batting and Ravindra Jadeja didnt disappointed. He played a match winning cameo of 36 in just 14 balls which included 3 fours and 3 sixes and took his team to an excellent 4 wicket victory.

Match 26 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard