IPL Match 7 Scorecard: Royals Defeat Mighty Knights

Royals won their 14th match at home defending the fortress against the strong Kolkata Knight Riders. The star-studded KKR players could hit sixes, but none succeeded to play a long innings. Dravid’s introduction of Chavan and Amit Singh against strong KKR top order proved a master-stroke as KKR was reeling at 8/3. Defending the fortress, Royals relished the victory against the new captain, Dravid.

IPL 2012 Match Results

KKRs ace bowler Narine was not much of use. Ganguly started with a six in his first over and then on other batsmen made him bleed 29 runs without getting any wicket.

Match Facts

Royals lead KKR 5-4 in Head-to-Head IPL matches.
MOM: Brad Hodge
Manoj Tiwary scored half-century in losing cause.

Rajasthan Royals innings (20 overs maximum)

Dravid run out 26 runs 24 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Rahane run out 0
Goswami b Bhatia 23 runs 18 balls 2 4s
Menaria b Lee 40 runs 30 balls 4 4s 1 six
Hodge c McCullum b Lee 44 runs 29 balls 3 4s 2 6s
Owais Shah not out 23 runs 11 balls 2 4s 1 six
Cooper not out 5 runs 5 balls
Extras (w 2, nb 1) 3
Total (20 overs) 164/5

Fall of wickets

1-1 (Rahane, 1.3 ov), 2-44 (Dravid, 6.4 ov), 3-61 (Goswami, 8.4 ov), 4-125 (Hodge, 16.1 ov), 5-152 (Menaria, 18.4 ov)

Bowling

Lee 4 ov 29/2
Kallis 4 ov 35/0
Narine 4 ov 29/0
Iqbal Abdulla 2 ov 16/0
Bhatia 4 ov 27/1
Yusuf Pathan 2 ov 28/0

Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 165 runs from 20 overs)

Kallis c Dravid b Singh 5 runs 8 balls
Brendum McCullum lbw b Chavan 2 runs 4 balls
Gambhir c Goswami b Singh 0
Manoj Tiwary b Botha 59 runs 49 balls 7 4s
D Das b Cooper 12 runs 14 balls 1 six
Yusuf Pathan c Hodge b Trivedi 15 runs 14 balls 1 six
Bhatia c & b Trivedi 8 runs 8 balls 1 four
Shukla c Shah b Chavan 8 runs 8 balls 1 six
Lee b Cooper 25 runs 11 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Narine b Cooper 0
Iqbal Abdulla not out 1 run 2 balls
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 5) 7
Total (20 overs) 142

Fall of wickets

1-8 (Kallis, 1.5 ov), 2-8 (Gambhir, 1.6 ov), 3-8 (McCullum, 2.1 ov), 4-25 (Das, 5.4 ov), 5-66 (Pathan, 10.2 ov), 6-77 (Bhatia, 12.2 ov), 7-94 (Shukla, 14.4 ov), 8-132 (Lee, 18.2 ov), 9-132 (Narine, 18.3 ov), 10-142 (Tiwary, 19.6 ov)

Bowling

Chavan 4 ov 23/2
Amit Singh 4 ov 30/2
Cooper 4 ov 28/3
Trivedi 4 ov 1 maiden 25/2
Botha 4 ov 34/1