IPL 3: Day 16 Review…
Hi guys,
Its Day 16 in IPL 3…
Match 23 Review
Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Both teams languishing in the bottom of the table, will look to win this and move up, which also means, who ever loses will stay in the bottom of the table… More than KKR its a very imp game for KXIP to pull this one…
Ganguly won the toss and decided to Bat first, he walked out with Gayle to open the innings, for KXIP its Brett Lee who is back to their squad opened the things up, shud say not a gr8 start for KXIP for their strike bowler, he gave up 19 runs in over 1. Sanga made quick movement in bowling got srivatsava, and it did bring immediate reward, as they got Gayle with a good catch from Bisla. Mandeep singh, young indian player walked in as the first down, but couldn’t make much impact, fell to a well direct short delivery. Tiwary joined the skipper to mend the things from there on, of course they did it well, scored 79 runs between them in a span of 57 deliveries. Dada got out after making fifty.. He quite happy playing his part. From then on its one man show, as Young Tiwary took charge and got runs coming in thick. esp in last over of Pathan he picked 21 runs which really changed the course of the match. (first and last over together made up 40 runs)… KXIP took almost 1 hr and 45 mins to finish up the bowling, which means Sanga will be in trouble again. This time Match ban is wide open…. Preity isn’t smiling anymore….
KKR 183/5 in 20 overs.
M.Tiwary 75* Ganguly 50
Pathan 2/42 Srivatsava 2/23
KXIP 144/6 in 20 overs.
Yuvaraj 24 Sangakarra 30
S.Bond 2/24 Agarkar 2/32
KKR WON THE MATCH BY 39 RUNS.
Sangakarra sent out Yuvi as the opener in a Must win game along with Bopara. To all their shock, Bond stuck in the very second ball to send Bopara back to hut… Which got Bisla in, both did play out the Powerplay overs. Yuvi took Agarkar for a Boundary and followed by half a dozen, but Agarkar came back to pin Yuvi, Tiwary being the brilliant catch taker. i cant write much about anyone as none performed exceptionally, just came in chipped for one r two overs and left the crease. One partnership which could have made the difference is that of srilankan’s Mahela and Sangakarra, but it didnt stick quite effectively… Pathan, Goel in the end just reduced the margin of loss. KXIP ended losing the match by 39 runs. Serious come back from Sharukh boys, Good Job…
Standings as on DAY 16:
Interesting Facts on DAY 16 in IPL 3:
– Previously both team has won 2 games each, by the end, Its KKR edge past KXIP.
– Ganguly became the first man in this season to be dismissed in a free hit delivery. (any way it didnt count.. 🙂 )
– 19/0 is the highest ever scored by KKR in the very first over in this season.
– Before this match KKR’s avg score was 139.
– Most sixes conceded by any bowler P.Chawla heads with 37, followed by Shane warne 36 and praveen kumar 35. (till today)
– Manoaj Tiwary scored his 2nd IPL fifty.
– 183/5 is their Highest ever total against KXIP.
– 39 runs victory is the second biggest win for KKR in IPL tournament.
– Manaoj Tiwary secured his 2nd Man of the Match Award.
– Manaoj TIwary became the first player to receive all the three awards for a day. (DLF Maximum Sixes, Karbonn Kamal Catch and Man of the Match).
– Ironically last match of KXIP vs RR.. RR also made 183/5 in 20 overs… which they failed to chase by 31 runs.
At the end of DAY 16:
Total no.of Boundaries – 685
Total no.of Sixes – 223
Orange Cap – J.Kallis (310) followed by Sachin Tendulkar (248) and Yusuf Pathan(242).
Purple Cap – M.Muralitharan (11) followed by Chaminda Vaas (8) and Vinay Kumar (8).
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