Sourav Ganguly has been fined US $40,000 and the rest members of Kolkata Knight Riders US $10,000 each, due to slow over rate in the match against the Delhi Daredevils in Kolkata on Wednesday. They were two overs behind the required over rate.
“The Indian Premier League today advised that Kolkata Knight Riders have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during last night’s DLF IPL match against Delhi Daredevils in Kolkata,” read a statement from the IPL.
“Since it was Kolkata’s second offense of the season, under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offenses, captain Sourav Ganguly was fined USD 40,000 and each player in the team USD 10,000,” the statement added.
Now if this offense is repeated the third time, Ganguly can face a ban for 1 match.
Match Details
Match: 39 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs
Today in the 39th match of DLF IPL 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. They got to a superb start with Ganguly and Gayle posting 94 runs for the first wicket partnership. Ganguly continued the good form and scored 56 runs to lay a solid platform for KKR to post a huge total. But once Gayle and Ganguly were out, the run rate dipped but Angela Mathews and M Tiwary took the charge and scored some quick runs to reach the total of 181/3 in 20 overs.
Chasing the target of 182, Delhi Daredevils got to a poor start as they lost superstar D Warner for a duck. But Gambhir and Sehwag then steadied the innings and got a 99run partnership. Sehwag was in full flow and it looked, KKR will have a real problem in curtailing the run flow. But then Gambhir was run out by Ganguly and a dangerous looking partnership ended. This was the opportunity that Kolkata Knight Riders wanted. Once this partnership broke, Delhi Daredevils lost the way and wickets started falling like pile of cards. With each wicket, the pressure of run rate was mounting and finally Delhi Daredevils succumbed to the pressure and could score only 167/8 in 20 overs. This victory by 14 runs kept Kolkata Knight Riders chances for the semis alive.
Match Highlights
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs, Extras 4
* SC Ganguly: 50 off 42 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.6 overs, Extras 5
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.6 overs , Extras 7
* Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 181/3 in 20.0 overs
* Delhi Daredevils innings
* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.2 overs, Extras 4
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 10.5 overs, Extras 6
* V Sehwag: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 17.5 overs, Extras 8
Match Details
Match: 39 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Delhi Daredevils today at Eden’s at 8pm IST in the 39th match of DLF IPL 2010. Delhi Daredevils who had stunned Royal Challengers in the last match are looking in good form with one or the other batsmen taking charge in every match. On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders have been very unpredictable in this tournament so far. Ganguly has shown some of his lost touch and if he gains his form, Kolkata Knight Riders will give a tough competition to Delhi Daredevils.
Kolkata Knight Riders would be playing in front of home crowd with immense support, which would add to the confidence of the team where as Delhi has shown that when its there day, they can fight with the lion in his den.
Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders squad
S Ganguly (captain), C Gayle, A Mathews, G Vignesh, L Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, B Hodge, C Pathak, C Pujara, O Shah, M Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, B McCullum, W Saha, A Agarkar, V Aaron, A Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, C Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.
Delhi Daredevils squad
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, D Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, T Dilshan, M Henriques, K Jadhav, K Karthik, A McDonald, M Maharoof, V Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, D Nannes, A Nehra, W Parnell, S Ranjan, A Salvi, P Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, U Yadav
Match: 34 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 4:00 pm
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wkts
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bat first. C Gayle and S Ganguly opened the innings for KKR. Both started off really well and took the score to 56 before Ganguly got out after scoring 36. Once Ganguly got out, the run rate started to dip. Powar bowled a wonderful spell of 4 overs and it looked KKR will not be able to score more than 150. But then Gayle unleashed and took the charge. In one over from Bopara, he got 32 runs and changed the whole equation of the match. Gayle scored a brilliant 88 off just 42 balls (4*6 6*8). A useful innings by Tiwary. Hussey and Mathews then helped KKR post a hgue total of 200 runs in 20 overs.
Kings XI Punjab needed 201 to win and gift a smile to Priety Zinta, as they had lost 7 of the 8 matches played so far. They changed the opening pair as Mahela Jayawardene and BIsla opened the innings for them. Jayawardene who was the last minute replacement for Shaun Marsh played one of the best IPL innings and scored 106 not out. It was his innings which paved the way to victory for Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab were in total control of the game and the target of 201 was achieved in just 18.2 overs at the loss of two wickets
Match Highlights
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (78 balls), Extras 4
* CH Gayle: 50 off 30 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (96 balls), Extras 11
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (127 balls), Extras 13
* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (28 balls), Extras 2
* Jayawardene: 50 off 26 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (60 balls), Extras 4
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
* Jayawardene: 100 off 55 balls (12 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 200 runs in 18.1 overs (111 balls), Extras 5
Match: 34 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 4:00 pm
Today at Eden’s, Ganguly’s Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sangakkara’s Kings XI Punjab. Kolkata Knight Riders have won the last match and are looking confident to do well against Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab have had a disastrous season 3 of DLF Indian Premier League, loosing 7 out of the 8 matches. Kings XI Punjab are virtually out of the race for semis and are now playing for pride. Kings XI Punjab hope to restore some of the lost pride against Kolkata and all eyes would be on the top order which has led them down till now.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are now getting the winning combination and if Dada returns to the form, no one can stop them
Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders squad
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.
Kings XI Punjab squad
Kumar Sangakkara (Captian), Yuvraj Singh, Shawn Marsh, Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, R Powar, V.R.V. Singh, P. Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Ravikant shukla, Ranadeb Bose, Vikramjeet Malik, Taruwar Kohli, Amanpreet Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Shalabh Srivastava, Love Ablish, Manvinder Bisla, Bipul Sharma, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Mahela Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Yusuf Abdulla, Nuwan Kulasekara, Adrian Barath, Jerome Everton Taylor.
