IPL 6: Rajasthan Royals defeats Kolkata Knight Riders to mark 2nd straight win
New Delhi,
Tue, 09 Apr 2013
NI Wire
Rajasthan Royals registered their second win in a row beating defending
champions Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 6.
The key performer for the Royals was Brad Hodge (46 not out) , which helped
Rajasthan to score a competitive score of 144 for six. In return, Kolkata could
only score 125. Eoin Morgan scored the highest 51 Knight Riders side.
Kolkata batsman could impress the spectators and were 44 for five in the
eighth over. Rajasthan Royals Rahul Shukla clinched two key wickets opener
Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis. Trivedi also claimed two wickets of Manoj
Tiwary (14) and Gautam Gambhir (22).
Though, Eoin Morgan took the charge and played some attacking shots but could
not make it for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard:
Rajasthan Royals
- Shane Watson c Morgan b Lee 5
- Ajinkya Rahane c aBisla b Narine 36
- Rahul Dravid b Bhatia 17
- Stuart Binny lbw b Shukla 14
- Brad Hodge not out 46
- Kevon Cooper st Bisla b Narine 0
- Dishant Yagnik run out (Shami Ahmed/aBisla) 16
- S Sreesanth not out 1
- Extras 9
- Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 144
Bowling:
- Brett Lee 4-0-20-1
- Shami Ahmed 3-0-26-0
- Sunil Narine 4-0-28-2
- Jaques Kallis 4-0-28-0
- Rajat Bhatia 3-0-21-1
- Laxmi Shukla 2-0-14-1
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Manvinder Bisla b Shukla 1
- Gautam Gambhir c Yagnik b Trivedi 22
- Jaques Kallis c Yagnik b Shukla 0A
- Manoj Tiwary lbw b Trivedi 14
- Eoin Morgan b Cooper 51
- Yusuf Pathan c Yagnik b Cooper 0
- Laxmi Shukla c Shukla b Trivedi 2
- Rajat Bhatia c Binny b Tait 12
- Brett Lee c Shukla b Sreesanth 5
- Shami Ahmed c Rahane b Cooper 5
- SunilP Narine not out 2
Extras 11
Total (all out in 19 overs) 125
Bowling:
- S Sreesanth 4-0-25-1
- Shaun Tait 4-0-29-1
- Rahul Shukla 3-0-28-2
- Kevon Cooper 4-0-15-3
- Siddharth Trivedi 4-0-23-3
