IPL 2010: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers

Knight Riders start IPL 3 campaign with win

Kolkata Knight Riders, which finished at the bottom of the table in IPL 2, started their IPL 3 campaign in style, as they beat defending champion Deccan Chargers by 11 runs.

The match witnessed many ups and downs and Deccan Chargers were in a commanding position mo [Ganguly_Shastri] st of the times. However, the fate of the game changed in the last 4/5 overs and KKR emerged as the winner.

Chasing a victory target of 162, Deccan Chargers were cruising towards victory, as they were 88/1 in 10 overs. However, some disciplined and clever bowling changes for Sourav Ganguly did the trick for KKR.

Decca Chargers finally finished at 150/7 and lost the match by 11 runs. Gilchrist was the top scorer with 54 off 35 balls. Laxman made 22 off 14 balls. For KKR, Charl Langeveldt took 2 wickets.

Earlier, Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. Despite losing 4 wickets for 31, Kolkata Knight Riders made 161/4 in 20 overs. Owais Shah remained unbeaten on 58, while Angelo Mathews remained not out on 65. Vaas took 2wickets for the Chargers.