pitched on the leg-stump and Tendo has smacked it over the leg-side for a six! That is an excellent shot to end the game, Kolkata have made it two wins in two games here!
RR vs KKR, 15th match at Kolkata, IPL, Apr 13 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
KKR won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Presentation
Gautam Gambhir: Always knew 120-125 will be a good, but we had the batting to chase it down. They started well but Shakib did well along with Narine and later the batsmen did well. Narine is a mystery bowler, difficult to play, the way he bowled the 19th over was tremendous.
Rahul Dravid: We always knew it was a competitive score, but they built up a partnership after an early wicket. We knew we had to go hard up front and set up a base, the experience to play on these tracks will help the youngsters. Not comfortable losing two in a row, hope to bounce back soon.
Shakib is the man of the match. "Love playing here, the early wickets boosted me, settled my nerves down. I felt this was a pitch where I needed to bowl well on this pitch for my time and did that. We needed a run a ball here and then a boundary here and there and we did just that to win the game"
Excellent batting from Kolkata to chase down what was a decent score on a tough pitch. First it was Kallis whose 31 helped the side lay a foundation, before Bisla and Tiwary batted well in the middle overs to get the side closer. Shakib played a wonderful end and ten Doeschate smacked a six to finish off the game.
pitches on the leg-stump and turns away from the batsman and beats the outside-edge of the bat.
delicate and cheeky! Pathan has late cut that one to the third-man fence for four, the fielder was up in the circle and there was no chance he could get to this one. Scores level.
on the middle-stump and the batsman slogs it away to the deep square-leg fielder for a single.
Ryan ten Doeschate has joined Pathan.
or has he! Slower one and he goes down the track and tries to hit him over the field on the off-side, but gets a leading edge and it is caught at point.
slogged away over mid-wicket and that is gone over the fence for a six! Slower, on the length and he has almost got his team home!
tries to hoick it over the short fine-leg and the bowler went for a huge appeal. It did hit his pads but the ball was pitching outside the leg-stump and given not-out.
outside the off-stump and tapped it to the off-side for a single.
defends to the right of the bowler and they run across for a single.
short and down the leg-side for the umpire to stretch his arms wide.
slogs it away but it was a slower one and that goes straight to the long-on fielder for a single.
fullish and drilled to the covers, where Dravid fields and throws it back to the keeper. Shakib was down the pitch but he comes back really quickly and the third-umpire, who was called to adjudicate this, gives it not-out.
shortish and Pathan gets off the mark with a pull to deep square-leg.
heaved away to the leg-side and this one goes on a bounce to the deep square-leg fielder for a single.
sweeps Trivedi and it beats both, the short fine-leg and the deep square-leg fielder for a boundary. Second successive over where a boundary is scored off the first ball.
Trivedi to bowl the 18th now.
wrong 'un, attempts a late cut but it goes straight to the fielder at short third-man. Excellent end to the over.
pitched up, turning into the bat and Pathan defends it back to the bowler.
wrong 'un, spins away and defended on the off-side.
Yusuf Pathan at the crease.
goes down the pitch and Hogg not only slows it down but also gets it to go away from the bat, beaten all ends, and the wicket-keeper has whipped off the bails. Not too dissimilar from the Owais Shah stumping.
again a reverse sweep and this goes to the right of the short third-man fielder for a couple.
tries to go for a reverse sweep and it is mis-hit, and then it is misfielded too at the short third-man by Amit Singh, who dives over it!
They have one over each from Amit Singh, Ankit Chavan and Brad Hogg. And then one more from their fifth bowler. It is Hogg coming on now.
Over 20 • KKR 137/5
KKR won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)