Cliff-hanger between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Riders
Among all the IPL matches till now, yesterday’s battle between defending champion Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders has been the most exciting. This match has made one thing clear that IPL has more to offer in the days to come. It was a great battle between the two teams. The match remained tie till end and later it was decided by a super over in which Rajasthan Royals had the last laugh.
After winning the toss, Kolkata decided to bowl first. Rajasthan royals batted satisfactorily and ser a target of 151 which was not so big and not so small. Yusuf Pathan high scored with a 21 ball 42.With this target Shane Warne the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals started his battle. Chris Gayle gave a very good start to Kolkata Knight Riders. But teenager Jadeja got his wicket. After that Kolkata kept on losing wickets in regular intervals. So it seemed that Rajasthan Royals were tightening the grip. But then came Sourav Ganguly.Dada took the challenge and made the target receivable. He made some nice stokes to made it possible for Kolkata to win the match. In the last over Kolkata needed just seven runs to win. Warne then gave the responsibility on teenager Kamran Khan to deliver the last and most important over. Kamran did not disappoint Warne. He got Ganguly caught behind the wicket. Then a situation comes when Kolkata needs two runs in the last ball. Baller was Kamran and in front of him was Ishan Sharma.Ishan drives hard but Shane Warne stops a certain boundary. Ishan takes one run and get run out while trying to take the second run. The match was thus tied. Then the famous super over comes. Kolkata starts with Chris Gayle and Mcculum. Again the baller was Kamran.Gayle drives three consecutive boundaries and set a target of 16.He got out in the last ball. It was a good target given by KKR. From Rajasthan Royals Yusuf Pathan was given the responsibility. He drived two consecutive Sixes and then takes two run. Then he takes the winning runs. Thanks to both the teams for giving such a exciting and close match.
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