In the 32nd match of DLF – IPL Deccan Chargers lost yet again and thus it looked like they are virtually out of the race for the semi finals. Chasing a mammoth target of 205, they lost Gibbs very soon and then Gilchrist played some shots before perishing for 24. He was the only hope for Deccan Chargers and once the Kolkata Knight Riders got his wicket half the battle was won.Rohit Sharma and V. Rao played some good shots but the asking rate was beyond the reach. Rao played brilliantly and at one stage it looked like he will take the win out of the jaws of Knight Riders but all the efforts failed as they needed 33 runs in the last over. Rao scored a brilliant 71 of just 42 balls. With this loss, Deccan Chargers have made it almost impossible to enter the semifinals.

Today – Match 32 – Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders

In the 32nd match of DLF – IPL Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bat first.They lost Salman Butt earlier but after that it was the prince of Kolkata – Saurav Ganguly who played a superb innings of 91 runs of just 57 balls. Akash Chopra and Ganguly added 69 runs and this partnership laid a strong platform for the Knight Riders. After Chopra got out, David Hussey came to the center and this duo really took the charge and dealt with mostly fours and sixes. Ganguly played a captain’s knock but missed his first century in Indian Premier League by 9 runs, but the damage was already done. On the other hand David Hussey was busy hitting fours and sixes. He completed his 50 in 24 balls by hitting a six to R.P Singh.

Apart from the excellent batting by Knight Riders, they were helped by sloppy fielding of Deccan Chargers. Deccan Chargers have no one else to blame but them self for dropping catches, giving doubles when singles was also not there and overthrowing. The target of 204 is huge and it looks like Deccan Chargers would have to bat extraordinarily to win this match and stay in the competition.

Today – Match 32 – Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders take on each other in the 32nd match of the league and both the teams wish to win today’s match to improve the rankings.

Deccan Chargers: 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Venugopal Rao, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Ravi Teja, 7 Sanjay Bangar, 8 Chaminda Vaas, 9 RP Singh, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 DP Vijaykumar.

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Aakash Chopra, 2 Salman Butt, 3 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 4 David Hussey, 5 Tatenda Taibu, 6 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Murali Kartik, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

Match Detials Are :

Date – May 11, 2008 32nd Match
Venue – Hyderabad
16:00 India time.

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In the rain interrupted match, Kolkata Knight Riders broke the jinx and atlast won the match by runs. They had set a target of 130 for the Royal Challengers and that proved to be too much for the Royal Challengers. They started off miserably and lost Chaderpaul of just 17 and then the next to go was Jagadeesh Arunkumar.The problem for Challengers was not wickets but the climbing runrate. The bowlers of Knight Riders were superbly assisted by the fielders. Fielders were throwing themself for saving each run and in the end it was the combine efforts of superb bowling and fielding which helped Knight Riders win the match. In the last over Royal Challengers needed 19 runs and they were short by 5 runs. So after loosing the last 4 matches Knight Riders are back and the happiness was seen on in the camp and also on the dancing Shahrukh Khan’s face.

Today – Match 29 – Scorecard – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

The 29th match of DLF – IPL was interrupted by rain and due to this, umpires had decided to reduce the overs to 16 over each. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bat first but had a dismal start as they lost Akash Chopra when the team score was 9. Soon Hodge also was out leaving the Knight Riders at 20/2. Captain Ganguly then played some brave shots before he was brilliantly run out and the team score was 46/3. Hussey and Taibu then took the score past 50 and at a team score of 64 at which Hussey also returned to pavilion.Taibu and L.N Shukla also felt soon and the Knight Riders were struggling at 88/6 in 12 overs. Some sloppy fielding and some good hits to the boundary finally took the score of Knight Riders to 129 runs in 16 overs.

Lets see how the bowlers try to restrict the Royal Challengers Batsmen.

Today – Match 29 – Scorecard – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers