KKR vs RCB - M60 Report & Stats: IPL 2013

Match Report:

The first IPL match at Ranchi turned out to be a low scoring affair on a slow pitch as the ‘home team’, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets. KKR, after restricting RCB to just 115, chased down the total with four balls remaining. 

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Kolkatta Knight Rider captain Gautam Gambhir and Royal Challengers Bangalore captian Virat Kohlireact during presentation ceremony after match 60 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, India on the 12th May 2013 
Chasing a meager 116, KKR lost Manvinder Bisla (0) caught by Moises Henriques off Ravi Rampaul on the second ball of the run chase. Jacques Kallis was given a chance on three as Abhimanyu Mithun misjudged the catch by the boundary. Gautam Gambhir got stuck into Mithun smashing three successive boundaries off him in the fourth over. R Vinay Kumar struck in the sixth over when he had Gambhir (14) edge to Chris Gayle at slip.

Yusuf Pathan slammed a six off Murali Kartik in the eighth over. At the halfway stage, KKR were 61 for two, still requiring 55 more runs. Kartik got the dangerous Pathan (18) out LBW. Kallis (41) smashed consecutive boundaries off Mithun before the bowler came back to have him caught by Henriques. Needing 14 off the last three overs, Vinay Kumar had Manoj Tiwary (24) caught by Virat Kohli at cover to cause a brief moment of worry in the KKR dressing room. Ryan ten Doeschate hit a boundary in the 19th leaving his team to score five off the final over. Doeschate (11*) hit Vinay Kumar straight down the ground to finish the match in style as KKR crossed the line. 

Earlier, KKR won the toss and opted to field. After a slow start, KKR struck through Sachithra Senanayake when he had Cheteshwar Pujara (5) caught by Lakshmipathy Balaji at cover. RCB managed only 22 from the Power Play – the lowest score posted in the Power Play overs in this season of IPL. RCB got a move on as Gayle launched Ryan ten Doeschate for a six. Jacques Kallis got KKR their second wicket as Kohli (17) dragged one onto the stumps. At the halfway stage, RCB were 54 for two. 

Gayle (33), who was looking out of sorts, was put out of misery when he was beaten by Narine and Manvinder Bisla pulled off a sharp stumping. The KKR bowlers bowled tight lines to strangle the flow of runs. AB de Villiers (28) slammed Balaji for a six, before the bowler came back to have him caught behind, attempting a reverse sweep. Narine then trapped local lad Saurabh Tiwary (1) leg before wicket to leave RCB five down.

Henriques (11) perished in the 18th over caught in the deep off Kallis. Rampaul (0) and Mithun (2) departed off Narine to give him his fourth wicket and with it the Purple Cap. RCB eventually crawled to 115 for nine.

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Mr Jay Mehta Co-Owner of Kolkata Knight Riders and Mr Saurabh Ahuja Delhi Regional Sales for Matrix present the Man of the Match Award to Jacques Kallis of Kolkata Knight Riders during match 60 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, India on the 12th May 2013
Man-of-the-Match: Jacques Kallis 

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 115 for 9 (Chris Gayle 33, Sunil Narine 4-22) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 116 for 5 in 19.2 overs (Jacques Kallis 41, R Vinay Kumar 2-17) by 5 wickets. 

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Mrs Ratan from the show Veera presents the Star Plus Nayi Soch Award to Lakshmipathy Balaji of Kolkata Knight Riders during match 60 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, India on the 12th May 2013
Stats Highlights:

115: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s total – their lowest in IPL2013. They had made 130 for 8 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad.

20: JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi became the 20th Indian ground to host an IPL match.

4: Number of times Sunil Narine has taken four wickets in an IPL match. He becomes the first bowler to do so. Five other players – Anil Kumble, Munaf Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Amit Mishra and Lasith Malinga – have taken three four-wicket hauls.

3: Number of times Chris Gayle has scored 600 runs in an IPL edition – for third consecutive year! He had made 608 in 2011 and 733 in 2012. No one else has done this more than once.

2: Number of bowlers to take 20 wickets in an IPL edition on two occasions. Sunil Narine emulated Lasith Malinga, who had taken 28 wickets in 2011 and 22 in 2012. Narine took 24 in 2012 and has 22 in 2013.

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Mr Sumit Gupta Senior President Commercial Banking Yes Bank presents the Yes Bank Maximum Sixes Award to Yusuf Pathan of Kolkata Knight Riders during match 60 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, India on the 12th May 2013
Presentation

Gambhir: "We don't want to think too much about whether we're going to reach the playoffs or not, we still need to play good cricket, we're the defending champions and just need to keep playing in the same way. It was a very professional effort from the bowlers, a lot of credit needs to go the bowling department and to Jacques [Kallis] for the way he handled the chase. It was a difficult wicket but we put in a very professional effort. I'm a strong believer that the captain is only as good as his team. When everything clicks, you look like a great captain, but when it's not working you like a very funny kind of a captain."

Kohli: "It's a wrong time to have that loss, we weren't good enough on the day. It was a hard enough wicket that you could score runs, the guys got starts but there were a few unfortunate dismissals, a few errors of judgement but all credit to Kolkata, they'll bowled pretty well. AB [de Villiers] and Moises [Henriques] were important wickets at the end, they probably could have added the 20 or 30 more runs that would have made the difference. It got pretty close but all credit to KKR, they bowled well on the slowish track. We're not thinking about the playoffs, we just want to win our next two games."

source: iplt20.com

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