Match 17 Facts and Scorecard: KKR defeats RR

Kolkata Knight Riders handed Rajasthan Royals second consecutive himiliation.

Match Facts

Match 17
Venue: Kolkata
Toss: KKR
Captains: Gambhir (KKR), Warne (RR)
Result: KKR def RR by 8 wkts
MOM: Balaji
3wkts or more: 3/15 Balaji (KKR)
6s: 2 (1 each)
4s: 13 (RR 6, KKR 7)
50-plus partnerships: 54 3rd wkt Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary (KKR)

Records

Rajasthan Royals registered 3rd lowest IPL total.
81 is the 2nd below 100-score of IPL 2011.
KKR now stands even against RR. Both have won 4 match each against each other.

Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs maximum)

Watson b Balaji 11 runs 13 balls 2 4s
Paunikar st Bisla b Iqbal Abdulla 15 runs 15 balls 2 4s
Fazal run out 3 runs 4 balls
Raut run out 11 runs 15 balls 1 four
Menaria c Bhatia b Balaji 21 runs 17 balls 1 four 1 six
Ross Taylor st Bisla b Pathan 6 runs 9 balls
Rahane b Balaji 6 runs 9 balls
Warne not out 3 runs 6 balls
Amit Singh b Shakib Al Hasan 0
Tait b Shakib Al Hasan 0
Trivedi b Lee 0
Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 5
Total (15.2 overs) 81

Fall of wickets

1-24 (Watson, 3.4 ov), 2-28 (Paunikar, 4.4 ov), 3-38 (Fazal, 6.5 ov), 4-43 (Raut, 7.6 ov), 5-67 (Taylor, 10.5 ov), 6-78 (Rahane, 13.1 ov), 7-79 (Menaria, 13.6 ov), 8-80 (Singh, 14.4 ov), 9-80 (Tait, 14.5 ov), 10-81 (Trivedi, 15.2 ov)

Bowling

Brett Lee 2.2 ov 12/1
Shakib Al Hasan 4 ov 21/2
Balaji 3 ov 15/3
Iqbal Abdulla 3 ov 18/1
Bhatia 1 ov 4/0
Pathan 2 ov 10/1

Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 82 runs from 20 overs)

Kallis c Taylor b Tait 0
Bisla c Raut b Warne 9 runs 22 balls
Gambhir not out 35 runs 35 balls 3 4s
Manoj Tiwary not out 30 runs 26 balls 4 4s 1 six
Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 2) 11
Total (13.5 overs) 85/2

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Kallis, 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Bisla, 6.6 ov)

Bowling

Tait 3.5 ov 29/1
Watson 4 ov 20/0
Warne 4 ov 17/1
Trivedi 1 ov 8/0
Amit Singh 1 ov 7/0