KKR vs RR - M47 Report & Stats: IPL 2013

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Match Report:

Kolkata Knight Riders kept themselves in the hunt for a spot in the last four, of the Pepsi IPL 2013, with a convincing eight wicket win over Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday night. KKR, after restricting RR to just 132 on a slow wicket, chased down the target on the back of an unbroken 78-run partnership between Yusuf Pathan and Jacques Kallis.

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RR captain Rahul David(r), KKR captain Gautam Gambhir toss the coin during match 47 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata on the 3rd May 2013
Chasing a modest 133, KKR openers Gautam Gambhir and Manvinder Bisla started positively. Bisla stepped down the track to Ankeet Chavan and launching him over the fence. Bisla then proceeded to hit Shane Watson for consecutive boundaries. RR finally got their first breakthrough as Watson had Gambhir (12) stumped. KKR made 48 from their power play.

Bisla (29) departed in the eighth over caught by Ajinkya Rahane off Chavan. Yusuf Pathan thumped Chavan for a massive six before Jacques Kallis followed it with a handsome hit for maximum off Brad Hogg. At the halfway stage, KKR were 82 for 2, needing just 51 more runs.

Pathan continued his assault with a six off Stuart Binny before another massive one off Hogg. Kallis ticked the scoreboard over, while Pathan played his strokes and remained unbeaten on 49. Kallis sealed the run-chase with a boundary, helping his team go past the finish line with 16 balls to spare.

Earlier RR won the toss and elected to bat. After a quiet couple of overs, Watson smashed Sumit Narwal for consecutive boundaries in the third over. Sachithra Senanayake outfoxed Rahane (6) to have him stumped. Iqbal Abdulla then struck having James Faulkner (1) caught by Gambhir. RR made 34 from their power play. Sanju Vishwanadh pulled Abdulla for a six in the 9th over. RR were 71 for one at the halfway stage.

Sunil Narine trapped Watson (35) leg before wicket before Senanayake got Dishant Yagnik (10) to chop one onto his stumps to leave RR four down. Sanju continued to attack, depositing Senanayake over the fence. With the ball keeping low, boundaries were difficult to come by for RR. Sanju (40), who was put down on 37 by Bisla off Narine, perished in the 18th over caught by Kallis off Rajat Bhatia. Kallis sent Owais Shah's (24) leg stump flying in the final over as RR finished at 132 for 6.

Man-of-the-Match: Yusuf Pathan 

Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 132 for 6 (Sanju Vishwanadh 40, Sachithra Senanayake 2-26) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 133 for 2 in 17.2 overs (Yusuf Pathan 49*, Shane Watson 1-21) by 8 wickets.

Stats Highlights:

4: Number of consecutive wins for Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata.

8: Number at which Rahul Dravid came out to bat - the lowest he has ever batted in an IPL match. He had batted at number 7 on three occasions – all in a chase.

12: Number of overs taken by Kolkata Knight Riders to reach their hundred– their fastest in IPL 2013.

42: Years 86 days – Brad Hogg’s age. He became the oldest to appear in an IPL match. Shane Warne – who played his last game at the age of 41 years 249 days- held the previous record.

49: Yusuf Pathan made his highest score for Kolkata Knight Riders in 38 innings.

59: Number of singles in Rajasthan Royals’ innings – most for them in an IPL match. They had 57 singles against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi in 2012.

400: Manvinder Bisla’s six off Ankeet Chavan was the 400th six in IPL2013.

Quotes from presentation:

Dravid: Had to try something different, they had all the aces and needed to score as many as possible in the first 10. Was a touch wicket to bat on. There were a lot of positives to come from this, batted well, did not bowl too well on this wicket. Samson is a very good kid, long way to go for him and we allow him to keep his feet on ground.

Gambhir: It was important to win here, we needed to get ourselves out of the situation we were in and we did well today. Spin has been our strength, we have got quality and they have done well. Completely different venue at Ranchi, hopefully we get the same support there too.

Pathan is the man of the match: Good to see everyone happy when I score. Today I had a lot of time to bat, which gave me confidence to play well. It was an important match, needed to win it and we did it.

source: iplt20.com

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