Match 4 of the DLF Indian Premier League, would bring two legends of Indian cricket face to face today at 8 pm Indian standard time.

Dada vs Jumbo
After winning the first match of IPL season 3, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ganguly will take on season 2 finalist Bangalore Royal Challengers today at Eden gardens. Kolkata Knight Riders are flying high after the first win which gave them much needed booster but Bangalore Royal Challengers captain Kumble and his boys are also willing to take the challenge. This match is expected to be a thriller and fans can expect fireworks today.

Match Details
Match Number – 4
Date:- Sunday 14 March 2010
Time – 16:00 ( 4 pm)
Venue – Eden Garden Kolkata

Team Compositions
Bangalore Royal Challengers
A Kumble (captain), R Dravid, V Kohli, MK Pandey, LRPL Taylor RV Uthappa, Eoin Morgan, KP Apanna, B Akhil, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JH Kallis, KP Pietersen, RE van der Merwe, CL White, Steven Smith, S Sriram, MV Boucher (wicket keeper), SP Goswami(wicket keeper), D du Preez, A Mithun, Praveen Kumar, DW Steyn, R Vinay Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders

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

Final eleven will be announced just before the match

Match: 1st IPL -2010 Match
Date – 12th March, 2010
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs
Location – New Delhi

Kolkata Knight Riders: 161/4
Deccan Chargers: 150/7

Deccan Chargers: A Gilchrist (captain/wk), A Reddy, A Singh, A Bilakhia, H Gibbs, H Singh, VVS Laxman, M Mishra, P Ojha, D Ravi Teja, R Sharma, RP Singh, T Suman, B Sumanth, A Symonds, C Vaas, V Rao and A Yadav

Kolkata Knight Riders: S Ganguly (captain), V Aaron, A Agarkar, A Dinda, E Ahmad, R Gavaskar, B Hodge, I Abdulla, M Kartik, H Khadiwale, A Mathews, C Langeveldt, A Mendis, C Pathak, C Pujara, W Saha (wk), O Shah, I Sharma, LR Shukla, M Tiwary and G Vignesh

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Defending champions Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Kolkata Knight Riders had a good start with 50 runs in 8.2 overs. KKR’s score was 100 runs in 15.4 overs (99 balls). AD Mathews (not out) scored 65 runs off 46 balls. OA Shah (not out) made 58 runs. Brad Hodge scored 13 runs. Manoj Tiwari and Captain Saurav Ganguly couldn’t make any run.

Kolkata Knight Riders scored a total of 161 runs for a loss of 4 wickets.

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers scored 150 runs for a loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Adam Gilchrist scored 54 runs. VVS Laxman scored 22.

The grand opening of IPL 2010 will be start at 6:00pm IST and will be telecasted live on SET Max and YouTube.com. The two teams which will start this biggest cricket feast are Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team: S Ganguly (C), Harpreet Singh, S Bangar,S Gaekwad, Sunny Singh, S Rana, A Chowdhury, S Sanyal, Amit Das, Bhavik Thakkar, Kl Waingankar, M Tiwary, V Indulkar, Ameya Shrikhande, Arindam Ghosh, S Sarkar,Gnaneshwar Rao, Mohnish Parmar, I Choudhary, Laxmi R Shukla, Debabrata Das, W Saha, A Dinda, Aditya Dole, Rajesh Verma, Anureet Singh, Iqbal Abdulla, M Kartik, Ishant Sharma, A Agarkar, C Pujara.
B McCullum (WK), David Hussey, B Hodge, Chris Gayle, Owais Shah, A Mendis, M Mortaza, A Mathews, Shoaib Sheikh, G Chabbra, S Bond, Charl Langeveldt, Murtuza Hussain, Sheldon Jackson.

Deccan Chargers Team: Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Arjun Yadav, Bodapati Sumanth, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh, Kemar Roach, Mitchell Ross Marsh, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Harris, Venugopal Rao, Ammana Ashish Reddy, Anirudh Singh, Azhar Anjum Bilakhia, Chaminda Vaas, Dwayne Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Laxman VVS, Mohnish Dinesh Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Tirumalasetti Suman.

Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for 2010 IPL season. Click on image to enlarge

The sensational upcoming Indian diva Sherlyn Chopra will now be seen in a new role as she is getting ready to be the official cheerleader for Shah Rukh’s Kolkata Knight Riders. Sherlyn Chopra, an actress and big boss participant has managed to get the attention of Shah Rukh Khan

As per some media reports,Shah Rukh met Sherlyn at an event where he came for the announcement of the deal with an inner wear brand for marketing his team Kolkata Knight Riders clothes. It is said that in this function, Sherlyn asked Shahrukh if he could join the cheerleading squad of the team. Overwhelmed by this offer, Shahrukh offered her the opportunity to be part of the team as a guest star.