Match 29 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers is going to be a do or die for both the teams. Kolkata Knight Riders started this league on a winning note but have not maintained the success and are now loosing ina row. On the other hand Royal Challnegers are under huge pressure due to the sacking of CEO Charu Sharma and also do to the poor show of the team.

Royal Challengers (probables) 1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 2 J Arun Kumar, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Bharat Chipli, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Dale Steyn.

Knight Riders (probables) 1 Sourav Ganguly, 2 Salman Butt, 3 Debabrata Das, 4 Brad Hodge, 5 David Hussey, 6 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

Match Details :

Date – May 8, 2008 29th Match
Venue – Eden Garden Kolkata
20:00 India time.

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Knight Riders continue to loose where as Kings XI continue to win .Knight Riders were defeated by Kings XI Punjab in the 22nd match of DLF – Indian Premier League. Chasing the target of 179,they lost Ganguly when the team score was 22.Soon Hafeez, Hogg and Dass were also back in the pavilion and the Knight Riders were in dire straits. Half of the team was out in 9.4 overs at a score of 50 and it looked like a mere formality is to be done by Kings XI to win the match but David Hussey and Saha raised some hope and had a partnership of 104 runs.This could not proved to be sufficient as the run rate was way too high for Knight Riders to chase. Knight Riders needed 55 runs in last 3 overs and Hussey and Saha hit some huge sixes and thus they needed19 runs in the last over. The last over was bowled by Irfan Pathan and he gave only 8runs and thus Kings XI won the 4th match in a row.

Today – Match 22 – Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

In the 22nd match of DLF – IPL, Kings XI won the toss and decided to bat first. They got to a good start and scored 28 runs in 3.5 overs before loosing Hopes. The next wicket to go was of Yuvraj Singh who scored a quick fire 17 of just 10 balls. But this wicket stand was a good one for Kings XI and they took the score of the team to 82/2 in 9 overs. Saun Mash was the top scorer with 40 runs of just 32 balls. Other batsmen of Kings XI also chipped in with useful contributions.Kumara Sangakkara  scored some exquisites boundaries and got on to score 28 runs.Piyush Chawala scored 21 runs of 7 balls to finish the innings. The last  over brought some relief for Kings XI and they scored 21 runs in Ishant Sharma’s over. Kings XI finished the innings at 178/6 and now we have to wait and watch what special the bowlers can do so as to restrict the Kolkata Knight Riders from getting that target.

Today – Match 22 – Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Today is the 22nd match in DLF IPL between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders are loosing the matches in a row and now need to break that jinx where as Kings XI Punjab are riding on success and will go all over to maintain the winning streak. So we can expect a good battle on the ground between these two teams.

Kings XI Punjab (probable) 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Tanmay Srivastava, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Gagandeep Singh, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders (probable) 1 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 2 Salman Butt, 3 Brad Hodge, 4 David Hussey, 5 Debabrata Das, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Umar Gul, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

Date – 22nd Match May 3, 2008
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
20:00 India time.

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In the 18 th match of DLF – IPL Rajasthan Royals created yet another upset by defeating one of the strongest team of the league ie Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing the target of 197, Knight Riders lost Salman Butt very early and then Ajit Agarkar also perished after playing some good shots. The whole responsibility was on the shoulders of Captain – Saurav Ganguly who played a good innings of 51. But Rajasthan Royals just striked at right moments and got rid of Ganguly when he was looking very dangerous, soon L.R. Shukla was also run out and it looked all like a real difficult task for the Knight Riders. Hussey on the other end was playing a brilliant innings but his efforts went to vain as no other Knight Rider Batsmen was able to cope up with the increasing run rate. They needed 61 runs in last 4 overs and thus the batsmen felt to the pressure and lost the wickets. In the end it was an emphatic win of Rajasthan Royals by 45 runs.

Now Kolkata Knight Riders have lost 3 in a row and Rajasthan Royals have won 4 in a row.

Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 18th Match