IPL | Kolkata vs Rajasthan | Kolkata | 20/05/2008

[W63L35]

Toss: Shane Warne has won the toss and decided to bowl. There's so much noise in Eden that Warne needed to shout out "heads" so that everyone hears. Sourav Ganguly says he would have bowled as well. There is some rain around so D/L could come in later. Maybe the reason for bowling first.

Teams: Rajasthan are playing four seamers for this one - Watson, Tanvir, Munaf Patel and Siddharth Trivedi. They go in unchanged from the previous match.

Umar Gul in for the injured Shoaib Akhtar. That's the only change for Kolkata. Salman Butt is slated to open with Mohammad Hafeez.


Kolkata Knight Riders team
Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, captainSC Ganguly, DJ Hussey, DB Das, LR Shukla, wicketkeeperWP Saha, AB Agarkar, I Sharma, AB Dinda, Umar Gul

Rajasthan Royals team
GC Smith, SA Asnodkar, YK Pathan, SR Watson, M Kaif, RA Jadeja, captainSK Warne, Sohail Tanvir, wicketkeeperM Rawat, SK Trivedi, MM Patel

 

[cars112]

Shoaib not playing this one

 

[Mohsin]

Well Rajasthan have got 1 wicket already with the inclusion of Hafeez!

 

[bablu_khan]

shoaib not playing

gul is playing though, consistent and a better bowler then shoaib.

shoaib only good on his day..

gul is atleast more consistent..

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Disappointing to see Shoaib miss out. Lets hope the injury isn't too serious.

 

[12thMan]

Akhtar not playing sucks. Butt, Hafeez, Gul and Akhtar should be in all matches

 

[cars112]

Disappointing to see Shoaib miss out. Lets hope the injury isn't too serious.

Yep, let's hope he's back for the last few games

 

[bablu_khan]

if kolkata loses today, then i think they won't have any chance to qualify for semis

 

[Luton Bad Boy]

This is also a battle of the coaches - Buchanan v Warne. This is what Warne had to say after the previous game - 'They need to do some work on their game, maybe get back to their laptops". Never misses a chance, the master.

Cricinfo

 

[cars112]

if kolkata loses today, then i think they won't have any chance to qualify for semis

With Butt in great form and Gul (probably the best T20 bowler in the world) in the side, I think Kolkata has decent chance of winning today. Obviously if Shoaib was playing it would have been even better

 

[161]

 

[Luton Bad Boy]

PAK CLASH ON....Mohammad Hafeez/Salman Butt vs Tanvir

 

[12thMan]

Pakistan to open. Butt and Hafeez to face Tanvir

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

PAKISTANIS EVERYWHERE!!! Hafeez/Salman vs Tanvir

 

[161]

thnx man ... yeah it sucks that the sopcast links have all stopped.

 

[Mohsin]

Patel sharing the new ball (instead of Watto!!) and first ball shout for LWB against Hafeez right not given, second ball tough c and b chance dropped

 

[Mohsin]

Surpirse surprise hafeez gone. Said so

1.4 Patel to Mohammad Hafeez, OUT, he's got his man this time, good-length ball that was moving slightly away, Hafeez felt it was in the slot and tried to loft it over the infield but he's not got the timing right, that hits the inside half of the bat and pops straight to Asnodkar at mid-on. He appeared to be sent in to go after the bowling but has to go now.
Mohammad Hafeez c Asnodkar b Patel 4 (8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

 

[161]

Watson replaces Tanvir after 1 over .... hmmmn ... maybe Warnie thinks Tanvir can't bowl to lefties ?

 

[SameerM]

typical start!

 

[W63L35]

Watson replaces Tanvir after 1 over .... hmmmn ... maybe Warnie thinks Tanvir can't bowl to lefties ?

saving him for slog overs..... since Butt and Gangu are batting slow anyways!

 

[Mohsin]

Change of ends for Tanno! 3 dot balls to Ganguly so far

 

[Mohsin]

EXCELLENT over from Tanno, just 2 off it! 14/1 after 4

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

2 back to back fours for Salman Butt

 

[SameerM]

Salmon kicking some ipl butt

 

[SameerM]

Again Ganguly playing like its a test match !! he just not performing.. putting too much pressure on the other guys!


oh and look wot cricinfo says "Ganguly doesn't have much of a clue but is trying to clear the field, thick inside edge goes to square leg, even Dada is smiling by the end of it "

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

EXCELLENT over from Tanno, just 2 off it! 14/1 after 4

lol I thought itz some indian bowler I was looking for his name in the score card n then realized itz our very own Tanvir hehe

 

[12thMan]

Has Younis Khan left for Rajhastan yet or he will sit out the whole season. I doubt with Watson and Marsh performing they will sit out and Warne is the captain and Tanvir is a bowler.

As I type this YK is sitting in the dugout talking to commentators

 

[SameerM]

Aint Watson meant to be in West Indies?

 

[12thMan]

Watson is not in test squad. Thoes who were left 10 some days ago

 

[SameerM]

lol@ Warne has changed the bowler after every over. Laxman did that when Deccan played Punjab and failed miserably. Warne is doing fine as of now

this is village tactics

 

[cars112]

Tanvir bang on target as usual

Butt also played some good shots, good to see

Ganguly ) ) Seems to have forgotten this T20 not Test match

 

[SameerM]

last few games Ganguly been batting crap

 

[Mohsin]

lol I thought itz some indian bowler I was looking for his name in the score card n then realized itz our very own Tanvir hehe

Now c'mon SC! Do you think after the EXCELLENT over that was bowled, it would have been an Indian bowler?!

 

[cars112]

Do you think after the EXCELLENT over that was bowled, it would have been an Indian bowler?!

Tanvir is a class apart to these Indian trundlers

 

[Goldbrain]

Srinivas has a lateral thought: "How about limitations for batsmen.like a bowler can bowl maximum 4 overs(24 balls). Similarly a batsmen can bat for 24 balls (max). If he is out without facing 24 balls he is out."

 

[SameerM]

2*4 for butt

 

[cars112]

Butt out

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Butt gone LBW to Munaf

 

[SameerM]

Srinivas has a lateral thought: "How about limitations for batsmen.like a bowler can bowl maximum 4 overs(24 balls). Similarly a batsmen can bat for 24 balls (max). If he is out without facing 24 balls he is out."

never understood wot he meant by this!? sounds stupid

 

[Mohsin]

Oh well here comes the real test mode from Kolkata now with Butt gone

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

Salman gone

 

[Indiafan]

Tanvir is a class apart to these Indian trundlers

Yet both the wickets were taken by Patel

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

David Hussey will need to play a gem with Dada here

 

[jusarrived]

am surprised KKR are persisting with butt/hafez opening ....they need get some better player next season & also get rid of ganguly !

 

[TruSachFan]

Yet both the wickets were taken by Patel

 

[SameerM]

Butt did a good job.. opened for 7 overs wot else do u want?

2nd opener (today Hafeez) and Ganguly who slow down the whole process

ps. hussey done f'all too.. one good innings that was it

 

[jusarrived]

never understood wot he meant by this!? sounds stupid

six a side matches have similar rules ..wer a batsmen retires after he scores 30 runs ..wont work here !

 

[Mohsin]

Yet both the wickets were taken by Patel

Not even gonna start the Tanno, Patel coparison!

 

[SameerM]

six a side matches have similar rules ..wer a batsmen retires after he scores 30 runs ..wont work here !

but he mentioned something about facing 24 balls and not being out or something!

 

[jusarrived]

Not even gonna start the Tanno, Patel coparison!

why not ? agreed tanvir has doen well ....but hes never going to be a top notch bowler nor is munaf patel ...fair comparison between bowlers who have potential to be above average at best ..currently tanvir looks a better prospect though!

 

[Mohsin]

Hussey fails again bowled by Yusuf Pathan for 11. KK 71/3

 

[161]

YKP is surprisingly turning out to be quite a bowling threat in T20 ... averaging better than even Warnie.

 

[TruSachFan]

12.2 Warne to Debabrata, SIX!!, Warne tosses it up on the stumps, Debabrata comes down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball, whacks it over the bowler's head, as straight as a ramrod! Warne is flummoxed, bamboozled, the kid has smashed him badly!

 

[Indiafan]

From Cricinfo

Bit of banter between Warne and Ganguly. Such fun. Ganguly dropped a piece of paper and Warne, having a cheeky look at it, gave it back. My guess is it was the D/L chart, but it could have well been something more romantic.

 

[TruSachFan]

Cric INDIA rocks

 

[Mohsin]

From Cricinfo

Bit of banter between Warne and Ganguly. Such fun. Ganguly dropped a piece of paper and Warne, having a cheeky look at it, gave it back. My guess is it was the D/L chart, but it could have well been something more romantic.

Thats why Ganguly's batting so slowly. He wants to spend all the time he can out there with Warnie. Awww bless

 

[Mohsin]

Well he's gone now, caught by Kaif, 95/4

 

[lollol]

Tanveer dropping a very simple catch.....

 

[lollol]

Oh well, it seems he had dropped it only to take that wicket himself

 

[Rana]

he always does that!

dropped and then bowled!

 

[Mohsin]

First:

16.5 Watson to Das, 2 runs, shocking drop, Das backs away and lofts a short of a length ball over cover, he's hit it straight to Tanvir on the boundary who attempts the catch rather casually and drops it, Watson is gutted, he had begun to celebrate before the catch was taken, Tanvir was taking a few steps back and was in an uncomfortable position when the ball got to him

Then:

17.3 Sohail Tanvir to Das, OUT, well he's got Das with an outstanding yorker, Tanvir comes round the wicket and whips the yorker in with a quick-arm action, he swings the yorker into middle and leg and Das is late in bringing his bat down, Tanvir's celebration is unusually animated, relieved after the drop catch no doubt
DB Das b Sohail Tanvir 31 (20b 1x4 2x6) SR: 155.00

 

[McBoom]

Oh well, it seems he had dropped it only to take that wicket himself

Déjà vu

 

[lollol]

This is when i say that Tanveer seems to get his wickets with 'normal' deliveries.

This time from a full toss.... even i myself couldve hit that one for six with the boundaries in the IPL

 

[Mohsin]

Now gets Shukla as well after getting hit for a boundary! Tanno on fire, shabaash!

 

[The WagonWheel]

Aggy - run out - trying to go wicket to wicket :-D

 

[Mohsin]

Wat can Gul conjure up in the final over?

 

[bilals85]

"Sohail Tanvir has this habit of dropping catches and taking the wicket by himself the following over. In T20 world cup he dropped Jayasuria, and than the very next over he bowled him," says Syed.

 

[Mohsin]

First ball from Tanno and (VERY!) slower ball 99kph, second ball 6666666 from Gul

19.2 Sohail Tanvir to Umar Gul, SIX, that's clobbered way over midwicket for six, that's a quick and full one, Gul stands up tall and swings clean, what a hit, some Pakistani love here
19.1 Sohail Tanvir to Umar Gul, no run, round the wicket and the most tantalising slower ball of the night, 99kph and Gul has no clue of when that's going to reach him, loops to the keeper

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

Sohail gave the Pakistani love back

 

[Mohsin]

Tanno gets another!

19.3 Sohail Tanvir to Umar Gul, OUT, holds it back a bit, tucks him for room, Gul swings hard again but a thick top-edge flies straight to Kaif at long-on, that's as easy as it gets for him, third wicket for Tanvir
Umar Gul c Kaif b Sohail Tanvir 7 (4b 0x4 1x6) SR: 175.00

 

[jackal786]

tanvir has turned into a strike bowler.

 

[Mohsin]

Rajasthan Royals will require 148 runs to win (should be easy chase)

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

tanvir has turned into a strike bowler.

I guess hes always been one...isn't he?

 

[pakdesi]

my online viewing stopped whan ganguly was out any one else had the same problem

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

looking forward to Umar Gul's bowling

 

[Mohsin]

RR 6/0 after 1 over Smith with a scintillating 4

Gul nor bowling the opening overs, instaed its Dinda and Sharma

 

[Mohsin]

Sharma gets the breakthrough, just after getting hit for a 4, he comes back to remove Asnodkar, 16/1 after 2

AND GUESS WAT...............................ITS TANNO AS THE NEW BATSMAN. PROBABLY SENT IN AS PINCH HITTER

 

[SwEeT CaNdY]

interesting...Tanvir comes to bat

 

[Mohsin]

Ganguly sends Agarkar to bowl now, still no Gul! 26/1

 

[bilals85]

tanno hits a four