It was valiant effort by Uthapa and Kallis which take them overhaul Kings Xi formidable total of 203 . The old fox Kallis played through out the innings to see through the Royal's win. He made 89 runs in 55 balls with 5 sixes. Uthappa played magnificiently to make 50 out of 19 balls. His blazing innings included 4 towering sixes. On the other hand Bisla and Bopara's good hand made Kings XI reach big score of 203 which they must have thought is a winning score. Royals had a good start from Manish Pandey. Also his innings was attractive to watch with 3 sixes. Few more innings like this in IPL will seal his spot in national team for World T20.
In other match Sourav's KKR displayed a very reckless batting where they were unable to chase a not so big target of 165. Top order has to be blamed for some poor shot selection. They needed few 40 runs partnership to seal the match but continuously wicket fallen with some pathetic shot selection. KKR has one of the best bowling line up in this IPL which got strenthen by Bonds presence. Kartik is also bowling very good. Ishant need some more tips from Akram it seems and he has to deliver those in actual match specially during death bowling. They need to sort out their batting at the soonest so that they can climb ladder hereonwards after this loss otherwise it will be difficult because T20 is designed for batsman, team needs good batting and it is the major factor between win and loose. In first IPL also they won first 2 matches that too against same opponents, Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers but after that they fallen apart. Ganguly is a wise man and surely he knows all the stats and this time he must be strategising to perform better and will give his batters a pep talk to bat judiciously according to the situation of match and win more matches here onwards so that they can seal the semi final spot.
It has been almost a year
10 years ago
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