Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 11 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders beat defending champions Deccan Chargers by 11 runs in the opening match of the third edition of Indian Premier League on Friday.

After Angelo Mathews (65n.o.) and Owais Shah (58n.o.) struck unbeaten half-centuries to rescue Knight Riders from a dismal start and steered them to a fighting 161 for four, the Sourav Ganguly-led side restricted Deccan to 150 for seven at the floodlit DY Patil Stadium.

From 99 for two at the fall of Gilchrist, who played a typically flamboyant innings, the defending champions lost wickets steadily and with that the match too as the other batsmen were not up to the task.

Gilchrist, who struck three fours and as many sixes, powered Chargers in the company of VVS Laxman (22 off 14) to 61 for the first wicket and then to 99 before pulling a long hop from counterpart Brad Hodge (1/14) to deep square leg to depart.

Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders KKR: 161/4 (20.0 ov) Deccan Chargers: 150/7(20.0 ov) Venue: DY Patil Stadium Date: Mar 12 - Apr 25 , 2010

Kolkata Knight Riders Batting innings Batsman RUNS BALLS 4's 6's SR Manoj Tiwary C  Rohit Sharma b Chaminda Vaas 0 1 0 0 0 Brad Hodge C  Herschelle Gibbs b Jaskaran Singh 13 9 1 1 144.44 Sourav Ganguly (C) C  Anirudh Singh b Chaminda Vaas 0 3 0 0 0 Cheteshwar Pujara C  Pragyan Ojha b RP Singh 10 16 2 0 62.5 Owais Shah notout   58 46 3 3 126.09 Angelo Mathews notout   65 46 5 4 141.3 Wriddhiman Saha (W)    Laxmi Shukla    Murali Kartik    CK Langeveldt    Ishant Sharma    Extras(lb 8, w 6, nb 1) Run Rate: 8.05 Total:(161/4 in 20.0 overs) Fall of wickets 1-0(Manoj Tiwary, 0.1 ov.),2-0(Sourav Ganguly, 0.4 ov.),3-31(Cheteshwar Pujara, 4.4 ov.),4-31(Brad Hodge, 5.1 ov.) Deccan Chargers Bowling innings Bowler OVER MAIDEN RUNS WICKET NO BALL WIDE ECO Chaminda Vaas 3.0 1 22 2 7.33 RP Singh 4.0 0 35 1 3 8.75 Jaskaran Singh 4.0 0 35 1 1 8.75 Pragyan Ojha 4.0 0 19 0 4.75 Andrew Symonds 4.0 0 26 0 2 6.5 Tirumalsetti Suman 1.0 0 16 0 1 16 Deccan Chargers Batting innings Batsman RUNS BALLS 4's 6's SR Adam Gilchrist (W & C) C  Manoj Tiwary b Brad Hodge 54 35 3 3 154.29 VVS Laxman C  Murali Kartik b Murali Kartik 22 14 2 1 157.14 Herschelle Gibbs C  Angelo Mathews b CK Langeveldt 19 24 2 0 79.17 Andrew Symonds C  Sourav Ganguly b Ishant Sharma 5 9 0 0 55.56 Rohit Sharma C  Brad Hodge b Angelo Mathews 13 12 2 0 108.33 Anirudh Singh C  Laxmi Shukla b Laxmi Shukla 14 14 1 0 100 Tirumalsetti Suman notout   7 9 1 0 77.78 Chaminda Vaas BWLD   b CK Langeveldt 0 1 0 0 0 Jaskaran Singh notout   4 4 0 0 100 RP Singh    Pragyan Ojha    Extras(lb 1, w 5, nb 2) Run Rate: 7.5 Total:(150/7 in 20.0 overs) Fall of wickets 1-61(VVS Laxman, 5.5 ov.),2-99(Adam Gilchrist, 11.1 ov.),3-102(Herschelle Gibbs, 12.2 ov.),4-116(Andrew Symonds, 14.1 ov.),5-128(Rohit Sharma, 16.2 ov.),6-141(Anirudh Singh, 18.0 ov.),7-142(Chaminda Vaas , 18.3 ov.) Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling innings Bowler OVER MAIDEN RUNS WICKET NO BALL WIDE ECO CK Langeveldt 4.0 0 26 2 3 6.5 Ishant Sharma 4.0 0 31 1 1 1 7.75 Laxmi Shukla 3.0 0 30 1 10 Murali Kartik 3.0 0 17 1 5.67 Angelo Mathews 4.0 0 27 1 1 1 6.75 Brad Hodge 2.0 0 14 1 7

Match Information Series IPL-III, 2010 Match Referee Andy Pycroft (ZIM) Toss Deccan Chargers, elect to field Match Timings 20:00 IST - 23:30 IST 20:00 Hrs - 23:30 Hrs