Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Kingsmead, Durban 20 May 2009

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field

Man-of-the-match
Shukla

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
102/6 in 19.3 Overs(5.23 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Shukla
48n.o runs from 46 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Munaf Patel
4 Overs 2/14

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
101/9 in 20 overs (5.05 runs per over)

Top Scorer
N Ojha
22 runs in 12 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
C Langeveldt (KKR)
4 overs 3/15

Kolkata Knight Riders Team

B McCullum
S Ganguly
B Hodge
D Hussey
Yashpal Singh
L Shukla
A Agarkar
C Langeveldt
A Dinda
S Sarkar
S Shaikh

Rajasthan Royals Team

N Ojha
R Quiney
S Asnodkar
Y Pathan
R Jadeja
T Henderson
N Patel
S Warne
J Botha
A Singh
M Patel

Match between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 10 May 2009

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 7 wickets
Man of the Match - A Mishra

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
125/3 - 17.1 Overs(7.3 runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers
40 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
A Mishra
4 Overs 3/14

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
123/8 - 20 Overs (6.15 runs per over)

Top Scorer
S Ganguly
44 runs in 45 balls


Highest wicket taker
I Sharma
4 OVers 2/23


Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Brendon McCullum
Sourav Ganguly
Brad Hodge
Morne van Wyk
Yashpal Singh
Wriddhiman Saha
Moises Henriques
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Sourav Sarkar

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gautam Gambhir
David Warner
AB de Villiers
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes

Match Between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Buffalo Park, East London(neutral venue), 1 May 2009(20-over match)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs

Mumbai Indians Score Card
148/6 in 20 Overs (7.40 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Duminy 52 n.o. of 37 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Zaheer Khan
4 Overs 3/31

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuria
Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Nayar
Duminy
Rahane
Tiwary
Shah
Zaheer Khan
Malinga
Napier

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
139/6 in 20 Overs (6.95 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hodge 73 runs of 60 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Gayle
4 Overs 1/21

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
MN van Wyk
Saha
Shukla
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

DLF Indian Premier League Season 2 in SouthAfrica

Game of Passion, Aspiration and Triumph heading towards its Centenary celebration is Cricket. Change, which is permanent immaterial of ends did strike the game last year giving new facet and re-life in the form of T20.

Gaining its momentum more than expectation at its launch Indian Premium League witnessed huge hype with players exhibiting immense talent towards The Game of Cricket. Price for the effort was paid off to the Commissioner of IPL Mr.Lalit Modi and his team. With the success of IPL Season I being fresh in the minds of Cricket Enthusiast yet another reason to rejoice is on cards with successful foundation for IPL Season 2 being laid, laid strong.

India being a Multi-dilemmatic Country irrespective of Sectors, it is not shocking news for the drama to end inappropriately as the decision on conducting the Indian Premier League Season 2 to be hosted in South Africa.

IPL Season II 2009 will kick off at The Newlands in Cape Town on April 18th while the semi-finals are to be held on May 22nd and 23rd at Pretoria and Johannesburg. Grand Finale takes its position at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24th.

The league will showcase a grand total of 59 matches providing broadcasters and in-stadia spectators with 177 hours of live “family entertainment”, targeting international audience as well.

All matches will be telecasted by Sony Entertainment at 4pm and 8pm IST the official broadcaster for IPL to coincide with prime time for television audience in India.

Season 2 of the Indian Premier League will feature eight Franchises battling for over a month in South Africa continuing to play on a home and away basis. The top 4 Franchises in the league will contest the semi-finals and the victorious semi-finalists will meet in the Grand Final all over one weekend.

In a double header on the first day, First edition’s winners Rajasthan Royals will take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers while Mumbai Indians would clash with the runners-up Chennai Super Kings at Cape Town.