IPL 2013: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals - As it happened...

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Live Updates of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Kolkata Knight Riders win by 8 wickets. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 17.2 II Score: 133/2 Brad Hogg comes into the attack as Kallis misses with a big sweep. Full toss this time and Kallis hits it over the bowler for a boundary. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 17 II Score: 129/2 Trivedi comes back into the attack and Pathan greets him with a boundary wide of mid off. Pathan gets a single to backward square leg off the third ball. Kallis gets a single to long off. Pathan flicks this one to deep square leg for a single. Kallis gets a single off the last ball. KKR need 4 runs to win off 18 balls. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 16 II Score: 121/2 Watson comes into the attack as Pathan works this on the leg side for a single. Kallis drives this one to cover, no run taken. This one is wide and Kallis guides it to third man for a single. Pathan pulls a short one in the gap between deep square leg and deep mid wicket for a boundary. He defends the next one back to the bowler. Another short one pulled to deep mid wicket for a single. KKR need 12 runs from 24 balls. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 15 II Score: 114/2 Faulkner starts this over as Pathan gets a single to long on. Kallis plays a full toss to point, no run taken. Kallis gets a single to long off this time. Pathan pushes this to the leg side, no run taken. Kallis drives the last ball to cover, no run taken. KKR need 19 runs in 30 balls to win the match. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 14 II Score: 111/2 Trivedi into his second over and Kallis cuts it for a boundary. He works this one on the leg side for a single. Gets a single this time. Pathan flicks the next one to mid wicket, no run taken. Gets a single this time. Kallis gets another single to long off. This one is wide down the leg side. He works this one to mid wicket for a single. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 13 II Score: 102/2 Faulkner is back into the attack. Pathan tries to cut this one past short third man, no run taken. He gets a single this time to long on. Kallis cuts this late to short third man, no run taken. This was full and Kallis only hit it to cover, no run again. Beaten outside off stump this time. This one is short and Kallis pulls it for a single. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 12 II Score: 100/2 Hogg into his third over. Kallis pushes the first one to mid off, no run taken. This is a juicy full toss and Kallis hits it in the air but the ball lands safely in front of the man at deep mid wicket, batsmen get single. Pathan takes this one on the full and sweeps it over deep mid wicket for a six. He gets a single to short third man. Kallis gets another single to cover. Pathan cuts the last ball for a single. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 11 II Score: 90/2 Stuart Binny into the attack and Pathan smashes this one over deep mid wicket for a six. Flicks the next ball for a single. Kallis gets a single this time to long on. Pathan tries to hit this one past short third man but can't it past the fielder. He misses the next one outswide off stump, looks for a single but is sent back by Kallis. He plays the last ball back to the bowler. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 10 II Score: 82/2 Siddharth Trivedi comes into the attack as Pathan pushes the first one to cover, no run taken. He guides the next one to the man at short fine leg, gets a single. Kallis flicks this one off his pads for a single to deep mid wicket. Pathan defends the next one to cover, no run again. He cuts this one very late and the ball beats the man at short third man and races away for a boundary. Gets a single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 9 II Score: 75/2 Hogg continues as Kallis hits it inside out and over cover boundary for a six. Full toss from Hogg this time and he hits it to long off for a single. Pathan sweeps the next one to deep mid wicket for a single. Kallis hits this one to long off for another single. Another full toss and Pathan only manages to get a single to deep mid wicket. Hogg beats Kallis this time with one that turned away from him. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 8 II Score: 65/2 Ankeet Chavan is back into the attack and Bisla gets a leading edge on the first ball and the ball lobs to Rahane who takes a good diving catch at covers. Yusuf Pathan comes to the middle now. Pathan tries to heave this one over mid wicket gets an inside edge and the ball goes to fine leg for a single. Kallis drives this one to long off for another single. Pathan hits this straight over the bowler's head for a six. He cuts the next ball late for two runs to third man. Next one is played to point, no run taken. Bisla c Rahane b Chavan 29(25) ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 7 II Score: 55/1 Brad Hogg comes into the attack now. Kallis defends the first one back to the bowler. He gets a single off the next one to long off. Bisla gets a couple of runs to fine leg this time. Bisla misses with an attempted sweep this time. Bisla paddle sweeps this wide ball but fails to connect, he gets a single. Kallis gets another single to fine leg. Bisla flicks this one to square leg for a single. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 6 II Score: 48/1 Watson continues with a wide down the leg side. Gambhir drives the next one to cover, no run taken. Gambhir this time plays it back to the bowler. Gambhir tries to hit this one over mid off but misses the ball and Yagnik flicks the bails ever so quickly and Gambhir is short of his crease. Jacques Kallis is the new man in the middle. Kallis flicks this one past mid on for three runs. This one is on the pads and Bisla gets some pad on it as the ball races away for a boundary to fine leg. BIsla pushes the last ball to mid off, no run taken. Gambhir st Dishant Yagnik b Shane Watson 12(14) ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 5 II Score: 40/0 Faulkner continues as Gambhir dabs the first one to point, no run taken. He guides the next ball to third man for a single. Bisla pushes the next ball to point, no run taken. Next ball is defended to cover, no run again. Bisla steps out and smashes the ball over mid off for a boundary. The last ball is defended back to the bowler. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 4 II Score: 35/0 Shane Watson is into the attack. Bisla drives the first ball to mid off, no run taken. Bisla flicks this one to deep mid wicket for two runs. Bisla slashes at this one and the ball goes up in the air but lands just ahead of Faulkner, ball goes for a boundary. This one is driven by and Chavan misses the ball as Bisla gets another boundary. The last ball is defended back to the bowler. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 3 II Score: 25/0 Chavan into his second over. Gambhir defends the first one. Gets a single off the next one to short fine leg. Bisla walks out and smashes this one over long on boundary for a six. This one is defended by Bisla, no run taken. Bisla dabs it towards the leg side and takes a single. Gambhir flicks this one to deep mid wicket for two runs. Ten runs off the over. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 2 II Score: 15/0 James Faulkner to bowl the second over. Gambhir flicks the first one off his pads for a single. Bisla gets a leg bye off the next delivery. Gambhir trying to guide it to third man nearly plays this one on to the stumps. He drives the next one through cover for a boundary. He flicks the next ball of his pads for a single to deep mid wicket. Bisla drives the last ball to cover, no run taken. ==================================================================================== KOLKATA Over: 1 II Score: 8/0 Gautam Gambhir and Manvinder Bisla are in the middle for KKR. Ankeet Chavan to bowl the first over. He starts with a wide down the leg side. Gambhir steps out and flicks the next ball to mid wicket for a single. Bisla gets a leading edge on this one, no run taken. No run off the next ball as well. Bisla sweeps this one towards square leg for a boundary. He gets a single off the inside edge. Gambhir hits the last ball to long on for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 20 II Score: 132/6 Kallis to bowl the last over and he starts with a wide yorker outside off stump. Kallis not happy with the call. Shah misses out on a full toss that he hits back to the bowler, no run again. This one is driven nicely to long off for two runs. Shah tries to paddle sweep the next ball but ends up escorting the ball to the stumps. Dravid comes in with three balls to spare and he drives a full toss past sweeper cover for a boundary. Dravid squares up to slog one but misses the ball. Dravid hits the last ball to long off and comes back for the second. Run out opportunity but Dravid was safe. Owais Shah b Kallis 24(22) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 19 II Score: 123/5 Narine into his final over as Binny gets a single on the off side. Shah gets another single to long on. Rajasthan need to show some positive intent here. Binny tries to play this on the off side but the ball turned and beat Binny, no run taken. Another attempted sweep but misses again. This time he gets a single to cover. Shah pulls the last ball for another single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 18 II Score: 119/5 Bhatia continues with another slower one that Samson tries to hoik but only managed to get an inside edge on, no run taken. This one was wide and Samson who stepped out managed to get some bat on it for a single to sweeper cover. Shah drives the next one for a single. Samson tries to hoik another one and the ball goes high in the air and is easily held by Kallis at long on. Stuart Binny is the new man. Shah gets another single off the next ball. Binny gets a single to end the over. Samson c Kallis b Bhatia 40(36) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 17 II Score: 115/4 Narine continues as Samson tries to pull one but the ball goes high in the air and Bisla makes a mess off a simple catch, batsmen take a single. Another single to Shah. Samson pushes this one to long off for another single. This one is short and Shah capitalizes by cutting it hard for a boundary. No run off the next ball. Shah guides the next one to point, no run again. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 16 II Score: 108/4 Bhatia continues as Shah gets a single off the first ball. Samson drives the next one to long off for another single. Another single to long off for Shah. Samson gets another single to long on this time. Rajat Bhatia is rolling his fingers on the ball consistently and the batsmen are not being provided any pace to work with. Shah gets another single to long off. Samson gets another single to end the over. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 15 II Score: 102/4 Sunil Narine is into his second over as Shah gets a single off his first ball. Samson defends the next ball to cover, no run taken. Samson flicks the next one to long on for a single. Shah gets another single to mid wicket. Samson also flicks the next one for another single. Batsmen taking no risks against Narine. This one is short and Shah slaps it for a single ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 14 II Score: 97/4 Bhatia into his second over as Shah drives the first one for a single. This one is down the leg side and Samson gets some pad on it and the ball goes to short fine leg, no run taken. He gets a single off the next ball to long off. Shah defends the next ball. He drives the next ball through covers for a boundary. Gets a single off the next ball to long off. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 13 II Score: 90/4 Senanayake comes back into the attack and Yagnik guiudes the first one through third man for a boundary. This one is slightly quick and Yagnik chops it back onto his stumps. Owais Shah comes to the middle now and he flicks the first ball for a single to mid wicket. Samson pushes the next one to cover, no run taken. Full this time and Samson defends it back to the bowler. Samson gets hold of a sweep and the ball flies over mid wicket boundary for a six. Yagnik b Senanayake 10(6) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 12 II Score: 79/3 Rajat Bhatia is into the attack and Samson pushes the first ball to cover, no run taken. Slower delivery this time and Samson strokes it to long on for a single. This one beats Yagnik outside off stump. Slightly short this time and Yagnik pulls it to the man at deep mid wicket for a single. Samson tries to hit this one a long way but there is no pace on the ball and he gets an inside edge for a single. Yagnik gets another single to end the over. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 11 II Score: 75/3 Sunil Narine is into the attack now. Watson gets a leading edge to one he attempted to play on the leg side, no run taken. The next one trpas Watson on the pads and that looked pretty straight but the umpire says not out. Next one is defended to the off side. The next ball comes in and Watson is trapped on the pads again. This one is straight and keeps low and Watson is plumb in front this time. Yagnik is the new batsman and he gets a boundary off a cut to end the over. Shane Watson lbw b Narine 35(35) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 10 II Score: 71/2 Kallis continues as Samson takes a single off the first ball. Watson hits the next one straight at the stumps towards the non striker's end and takes a single. Samson cuts this in the air over point for a single. Watson gets some pad on the next one and takes another single. Singles off the next two balls as well. The last ball is called a no ball for height and Watson pulls it for another single. Kalli is not too pleased with the call. Samson smashes the next one straight past the bowler for two runs. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 9 II Score: 62/2 Abdulla starts this over with a short one and Samson pulls it hard and long over deep mid wicket for a six. This one is fuller and Samson flicks it to mid wicket along the ground for a single. Watson this flicks the ball from his pads to deep mid wicket for two runs. This one is down the leg side and Watson helps it to fine leg for a boundary. This is short and wide outside off stump and Watson cuts it for a single. Single off the last ball to Samson. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 8 II Score: 47/2 Kallis is into the attack now as Watson pushes the first ball to the leg side for a single. Samson drives the next one ever so elegantly for a boundary towards the off side. Takes a quick single off the next ball. Watson drives this one for two runs. He defends the next one to cover, no run taken. He pushes the last ball back to the bowler. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 7 II Score: 39/2 Watson gets a single off the first ball of a new over from Abdulla. Samson flicks the second ball to mid wicket for another single. Watson defends the next one on the leg side and takes a quick single. Samson hits this one to mid off for another single. This one is slightly short and Watson pulls it to deep mid wicket for another single. Samson hits the last ball to cover, no run taken. FIve runs off the over. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 6 II Score: 34/2 Senanayake flights the first one and Samson takes him on with a straight drive in the air but lands short of the man at long on, single taken. The next ball is wide down the leg side. Next ball is hit to cover, no run again. Watson misses with an attempted sweep. Gets a single this time to long off. Samson flicks this one to mid wicket for a single. This one is wide outside off stump. Watson gets a single to mid off. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 5 II Score: 28/2 Iqbal Abdulla is into the attack now as Watson defends the first one back to the bowler. He gets a single off the next one to long off. Faulkner chips this one in the air and straight to the man at cover. Sanju Samson comes to the middle now. He defends the first two balls and gets a single off a flick to the leg side to end the over. Faulkner c Gambhir b Iqbal Abdulla 1(4) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 4 II Score: 26/1 Senanayake continues with a well flighted delivery and Rahane steps out but fails to make contact and is stumped by Bisla. James Faulker is the new batsman. He defends this one back to the bowler. He flicks the next delivery to mid wicket, no run again. This time he gets it away to long on for a single. This one is short and Watson rocks back and pulls it hard to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Single taken off the last ball. Rahane st Bisla b Senanayake 6(10) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 3 II Score: 20/0 Sumit Narwal continues with a short one to Watson who cuts it hard but the fielder at point stops it from going for runs. He flicks the next one to the leg side for a single. Rahane flicks the next one to the leg side again and the batsmen take a single. This one is on the pads again and Watson helps it to short fine leg, no run taken. This one is wide down the leg side. Another wide down the leg side. Narwal is under pressure and he has to control his line. This one is pitched on outside off stump and Watson drives it over covers for a boundary. This one is on middle stumps and Watson flicks it towards deep mid wicket for another boundary. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 2 II Score: 8/0 Senanayake to bowl the second over of the match. Watson defends the first ball and gets a single off the next ball to mid wicket. Rahane this time defends it off the front foot. Flicks the next one to mid wicket, no run taken. This one is tossed up and Rahane gets a single off it. Watson sweeps one to deep mid wicket for a single. Just three runs off the over. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 1 II Score: 5/0 Sumit Narwal to start off proceedings for Kolkata as Watson gets a single off the first ball. Rahane defends the first three balls and dispatches the next one to the deep mid wicket boundary for four runs. Good comeback from the bowler as the next one is defended back to him by Rahane. No run off the last ball as well. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have decided to bat first.