IPL | Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers | Kolkata | 20/4/2008

[world_peace]

this match has to be the most anticipated game so far in the IPL.

my money is on Hyderabad.....just watching gilli smashing the ball around from one end with his elegant drives and symos with his power pull shots at the other end is going to be an delight!

 

[world_peace]

just an intro to hte hyderabad team

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[Saj]

The talk is that there will be 100,000 fans at Eden Gardens to watch this game.

Kolkata Knight Riders squad

SC Ganguly, S Kaul, AB Agarkar, RB Banerjee, A Chopra, DB Das, AB Dinda, CH Gayle, DJ Hussey, Iqbal Abdulla, M Kartik, SS Lahiri, BB McCullum, Mohammad Hafeez, RT Ponting, CA Pujara, WP Saha, Salman Butt, I Sharma, LR Shukla, T Taibu, Umar Gul, Yashpal Singh


Deccan Chargers squad

VVS Laxman, SB Bangar, H Das, HH Gibbs, AC Gilchrist, D Kalyankrishna, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, Shahid Afridi, RG Sharma, LPC Silva, RP Singh, SB Styris, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, DP Vijaykumar, AS Yadav, DNT Zoysa

 

[OZGOD]

I thought this game was starting at 10.30am GMT? I got up early to watch it (as DC are my team I'm cheering for) and there's nothing!

 

[jusarrived]

still 45mins to go , I can already see the stadium almost full....I wonder wat SRK was crying about ?

Kolkott has seen 120000+ crowd for its local football matches ....so not surprised atall !

 

[Shahid A]

come on i hope Deccan Chargers win (Afridi's Team) !!! i hate Kolkata Knight Riders they just have to good of a team so thats why i want them to looseee

 

[OZGOD]

DC will pwn - our batting lineup is unstoppable.

 

[OZGOD]

45 mins??? I'm going back to bed for half an hour then. Way too early to get up on a Sunday.

 

[world_peace]

^ whats your local time?

 

[jusarrived]

am supporting Chargers as well ..... I want only ishant to do well from KKR!

 

[jusarrived]

Chargers win toss & bat first !

 

[OZGOD]

^ whats your local time?

6.14 am.

 

[purplehaze]

Jadeja making a valid point- so far the costliest players haven't yet performed in the matches, as expected...

 

[jusarrived]

ishant has done really well & then they have played only one match as yet !

 

[purplehaze]

yeah, it's still kinda early days...

 

[purplehaze]

Free hit for DC.... Rao on strike

 

[jusarrived]

free hit.....gets 2 runs !

 

[jusarrived]

little surprised to see rao in the team , hes never been known for big hitting !

 

[purplehaze]

Deccan Chargers' kit looks pretty ordinary under day light...

meanwhile 4 overthrows to DC...

 

[purplehaze]

little surprised to see rao in the team , hes never been known for big hitting !

Perhaps doing a filler job till Afridi comes.

 

[Saj]

Its disappointing that a number of players are still not available for their respective teams.

 

[jusarrived]

last ball 92.6 kmph..wow !

 

[Master Blaster]

Great ball by Ishant.

Unknown gets beaten !!

puff of dust comes up.

Geeeeeeeeee this pitch is poor !!

 

[Master Blaster]

Leg side wide !!

The ball doesnt get up !!

 

[purplehaze]

Geeeeeeeeee this pitch is poor !!

Someone must have paid to curator..

 

[DesiMunda]

last ball 92.6 kmph..wow !

U sure ? This isn't Harbhajan bowling

 

[Master Blaster]

Someone must have paid to curator..

Paid what ??

 

[Random Aussie]

Someone must have paid to curator..

No the winning team pays him after the match

 

[Master Blaster]

Gilly gets hit on his back !!

 

[purplehaze]

No the winning team pays him after the match

I could sense you coming moment I wrote it...

 

[Master Blaster]

Gilly is on a beastly 3 off just 9 balls !!

 

[purplehaze]

Ishant strikes...Rao departs

 

[purplehaze]

Nasty bounce for VVS. Curator should be punished for pitch like this....

 

[Yasin]

VVS gone for 0 in his DEBUT T20 match

 

[purplehaze]

and gilly hits one for a SIX

 

[Yasin]

6 by Gilly.... that was Agarkars first delivery

 

[Master Blaster]

Gilly boy gets beaten !!

 

[Yasin]

Another 6 by Gilly.... Chargers really charging !

 

[Master Blaster]

6666666666666666666 more to Gilly dude !!

Aggy leakin !!

 

[Yasin]

now 4 !

 

[Master Blaster]

Ferocious cut by Gilly !!

444444444444444444444444444444444

 

[purplehaze]

Gilly brings Agarkar back in form: 1-0-16-0

 

[Yasin]

16 from the AA over.

 

[Saj]

Some things just dont change in cricket do they - Agarkar goes for 16 in his first over

 

[Yasin]

Murali Kartik on to bowl

 

[Yasin]

45/2 after 7

 

[Master Blaster]

Murali is doing a Muttiah on this pitch !!

 

[Master Blaster]

Hafeez to bowl now !!

 

[Yasin]

Hafeez on to bowl.

 

[Yasin]

very good over by hafee so far

 

[Yasin]

awesome over.... 47/2 after 8...run rate below 6...

 

[purplehaze]

Looks like 130-ish type scroe would be a good one to defend.

 

[OZGOD]

Geez this is an average pitch. The bounce is extremely variable. If either team gets over 150 it will be amazing.

 

[Yasin]

OUT ! Kartik gets it

 

[purplehaze]

and Kartik gets Gilly... BIG WICKET

 

[DesiMunda]

150 would be a winning score here I think

 

[OZGOD]

Gilly gone for 23.

 

[Yasin]

Gilly gone.

 

[purplehaze]

There was no need for Gilly to do an Afridi here...

 

[purplehaze]

Looks like you need players like Dravid/ Kallis/ MoYo in your side to bat through 20 overs on this surface...

 

[Yasin]

Sharma also gone hahaha

Go kolkata...korbo lorbo jeetbo !

 

[OZGOD]

Sharma gone for a duck! This guy was worth $750K?

 

[OZGOD]

We're collapsing - we need Symmo to play a rearguard role if we're to be any chance...

 

[OZGOD]

Can we trade Sharma to some other team? That was the lamest shot ever.

 

[Yasin]

Awesome over for KKR ...2 wickets and just a single off it

 

[Random Aussie]

I could sense you coming moment I wrote it...

Yes my "Indian harassing alert" went off

 

[Yasin]

10 overs gone. 52/4

 

[OZGOD]

What a dismal surface to play on. Completely variable bounce and no consistency at all. I reckon I could get a fifer on this pitch. This is "Dark Side of the Moon" Mark II!

 

[purplehaze]

Yes my "Indian harassing alert" went off

So which team Oz fans are supporting here?
I presume (Gilly + Symonds) >> Ponting ?

Edit: Added the missing word "team"

 

[OZGOD]

So which Oz fans are supporting here?
I presume (Gilly + Symonds) >> Ponting ?

Gilly > Ponting

Symmo is irrelevant

 

[OZGOD]

LOL the Indian commie reckons that a score of 100 will be a winning score.

 

[Yasin]

57/4 after 11 overs...symmo 7 from 18

 

[purplehaze]

Bowled him...

This wicket is a spinners' paradise

 

[purplehaze]

LOL the Indian commie reckons that a score of 100 will be a winning score.

Must be some stupid guy. I reckon 85 around is safe one...

 

[FAM]

Hafeez! Hafeez! Hafeez!

 

[OZGOD]

Styris made to look like a dunce by Hafeez. 5/58.

 

[Yasin]

Arjun yadav in.. never heard of him be4

 

[OZGOD]

Can someone tell Sharuk Khan to sit down and be quiet?

 

[OZGOD]

This new dude should just let Symmo have the strike.

 

[Yasin]

Can someone tell Sharuk Khan to sit down and be quiet?

true...annoying to the core