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KKR end Royals’ unbeaten streak AFP Jaipur, April 15: Jacques Kallis and Gautam Gambhir hit impressive half-centuries to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League on Friday. South African Kallis topscored with a 65-ball 80 not out while skipper Gambhir made an unbeaten 75 off just 44 balls as Kolkata achieved
a 160-run target with nine deliveries to spare for their second win in three matches. The pair added 152 for the unfinished second-wicket stand to ensure an easy victory for their team. Left-handed Gambhir, caught off a no-ball when on 66, cracked one six and 11 fours, including four boundaries in an over from seamer Amit Singh. Kallis hit two sixes and seven fours in his third successive half-century.
It was the first defeat in three matches for Rajasthan, led by former Australian legspinner Shane Warne. Kolkata spinners Yusuf Pathan (2-4) and Shakib Al Hasan (2-31) earlier shared four wickets to restrict Rajasthan despite a 25-ball 35 not out by New Zealander Ross Taylor. Off-spinner Pathan bowled former India captain Rahul Dravid (35) and then held a return catch to
account for Ashok Menaria (27) in the same over to put pressure on Rajasthan. Bangladesh left-arm spinner Shakib struck with his third delivery when he had opener Amit Paunikar (nine) caught by Kallis. He then got a big wicket when he bowled Australian all-rounder Shane Watson for 22, which came off just 13 balls with the help of two sixes.
Team is winning and that's more important, says Gambhir
Sachin heroics go in vain
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Kochi stun Mumbai by 8 wickets AFP
Jaipur, April 15: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir emphasised on the importance of clicking together as a team after his side's nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Jaipur on Friday. The dashing left-hander smashed a 44-ball 75 but, instead of basking in glory, attributed the victory to team effort. "I'd rather think about the team first than about myself. The team is winning and that's more important," Gambhir said when asked about the decision to let Manvinder Bisla open the innings instead of himself. "Bisla's done well, he has given us two good starts in the last two matches. That's the team's strategy," he added. "I have been hitting the ball well, except for the first match, when I batted at number six. Hopefully I can continue." Kolkata beat Rajasthan black and blue and Gambhir was in agreement with that. "We dominated the entire game. We bowled, batted and fielded well," he said. Gambhir is expecting bigger turnouts at the Eden Gardens, the team's home ground, for their coming matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain batsman Gautam Gambhir celebrates victory over Rajasthan Royals at the Swai ManSingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday.
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Mumbai, April 15: Brendon McCullum and Mahela Jayawardene hit robust halfcenturies as Kochi Tuskers Kerala posted an eightwicket win over Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians in the IPL on Friday. Skipper Tendulkar hammered an unbeaten 100 off just 66 balls for his maiden IPL hundred to help his side reach 182-2 before Kochi achieved the stiff target with six balls to spare for their first win in three matches. New Zealander McCullum cracked a 60-ball 81 while Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene hit 56 off 36 balls before being yorked by compatriot Lasith Malinga, but not before the pair had put on 128 for the opening wicket. McCullum hit two sixes and 10 fours and Jayawardene nine fours. Ravindra Jadeja (25 not out) finished the match with
Watson recently smashed a record 15 sixes in his career-best 185 not out in the
second one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
SCorEboArd Rajasthan Royals: A Paunikar c Kallis b Hasan 9, R Dravid b Pathan 35, A Menaria c and b Pathan 27, S Watson b Hasan 22, R Taylor not out 35, J Botha not out 14. Extras: 19. Total: 159 for 4. Fall of wickets: 26-1, 78-2, 79-3, 124-4. Bowling: B Lee 4-0-29-0, L Balaji 4-0-31-0, J Kallis 4-0-31-0, S Hasan 4-0-31-2, R Bhatia 1-0-12-0, Iqbal Abdulla 20-14-0, Yusuf Pathan 1-0-4-2. Kolkata Knight Riders: M Bisla run out sub (Fazal) 1, J Kallis not out 80, G Gambhir not out 75. Extras: 4. Total: 160 for 1. Fall of wickets: 8-1. Bowling: A Menaria 2-0-18-0, A Singh 2.3-0-26-0, S Watson 2-018-0, N Doshi 2-0-23-0, J Botha 2-0-13-0, S Warne 4-0-28-0, S Trivedi 4-0-34-0. Man-of-the-match: G Gambhir
Sachin is India's most popular on Twitter AGENCIES New Delhi, April 15: After smashing most of the records on the field, India's cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has scored a hit off the field too. This time on Twitter. Tendulkar surpassed former Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor's following on the social networking site on Thursday with 983,174 followers. And the number is growing. Tharoor currently has a following of 980,263 people. Twitter has become a buzz word of sorts these days with celebrities rushing to grab an account and many having a following that runs into millions. Tendulkar is India's most popular on Twitter However, Tendulkar is still far from being the celebrity with the maximum numbers of the followers. Lady GaGa currently tops the list with over nine million followers.
two successive sixes off leftarm spinner Ali Murtaza as Mumbai suffered their first defeat in three games. Tendulkar, needing 10 runs off the last four deliveries of the innings to complete the century on his home ground in Mumbai, hit two fours and took two singles off seamer Vinay Kumar. It was heart burn for Tendulkar whose spectacular knock, in which he threw caution to the winds towards the end and came up with unorthodox shots, went in vain. Sachin smashed three sixes and 12 fours, reaching his hundred off a single off the last ball of the Mumbai innings. The Tuskers, who had lost their opening two games in their debut season, started the run chase promisingly when McCullum, dropped on zero by Rohit Sharma off Malinga at slip, punished the Sri Lankan pacer with a flurry of fours, three in all, in the bowler's second over.
SCorEboArd Mumbai Indians: D Jacobs b Gomez 12, S Tendulkar not out 100, A Rayudu run out (Hodge) 53, K Pollard not out 0. Extras: 17. Total: 182 for 2. Fall of wickets: 61-1, 177-2. Bowling: RP Singh 4-0-15-0, V Kumar 4-0-48-0, T Perera 4-0-38-0, R Gomez 3-0-29-1, R Jadeja 4-029-0, R Powar 1-0-12-0. Kochi Tuskers Kerala: B McCullum b Malinga 81, M Jayawardene b Malinga 56, R Jadeja not out 25, B Hodge not out 11. Extras: 11. Total: 184 for 2. Fall of wickets: 128-1, 156-2. Bowling: L Malinga 4-042-2, M Patel 3-0-15-0, A Murtaza 4-0-37-0, K Pollard 3-0-43-0, Harbhajan 4-0-33-0, R Sathish 1-0-11-0. Man-of-the-match: B McCullum
Gilchrist, Sangakkara all CSK, RCB keen to get set for a pitched battle back to winning ways PTI Hyderabad, April 15: After breaking the home-jinx with a 33-run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore yesterday, a confident Deccan Chargers will take on Adam Gilchrist-led Kings XI Punjab, who are equally on a high after their splendid victory over Chennai Super Kings. One can expect a cracker of a contest at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal tomorrow, as both teams square off after recording convincing victories in their previous matches after not so great starts. Interestingly for both 'keeper captains Kumar Sangakkara and Gilchrist, it
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Chennai Super Kings v. Royal Challengers, 4 p.m. Deccan Chargers v. Kings XI Punjab, 8 p.m. will be a reversal of roles as they will be pitted against a
side they have captained during the last season. While Gilchrist was Deccan Chargers skipper for the last three editions, Sangakkara had unsuccessfully led the KXIP during their worst ever finish last season. One side, it will be a test of leadership skills for both Sangakkara and Gilchrist while on the otherhand, the likes of Bharat Chipli and Paul Valthaty will like to show world that they can consistently come good at the big stage. For KXIP, the match against defending champions Chennai after being crushed by Pune may just be the shot in the arm they required after what transpired throughout the last season.
PTI Chennai, April 15: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will like to shrug off their disappointing loss against the Kings XI Punjab as they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in their third IPL match here tomorrow. After winning a thriller against Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening encounter of IPL by two runs, the CSK were in for a rude shock after having scored 188 when little known KXIP opener Paul Valthaty single-handedly guided his team to a six-wicket in Mohali last Wednesday. Even their opponents RCB who started their campaign with convincing vic-
tory over Kochi Tuskers Kerala have somewhat lost the plot with back-to-back defeats against Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers respectively. Both teams will be desperate to get back on winning track in the match that will be played at the Chepauk tomorrow. While batting isn't concern for CSK as most of the toporder batsmen barring Suresh Raina have had one decent knock in the last two games, it's the bowling that will be a concern for the defending champions. Skipper Dhoni will surely find it as a relief that Australian seamer Doug Bollinger who was nursing an ankle injury is back.
AGENCIES New Delhi, April 15: Retired spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on Friday slammed Sri Lankan Cricket Board for asking its players to return home midway through the Indian Premier League for a tour to England, saying the No Objection Certificate had per-
mitted them to play till May 20. "I think the board (SLC) has given them permission till May 20. I don't know what happened suddenly. The players were told to come on May 5. It is the fault of SLC because they signed the NOC till May 20 so if they change it to May 5 it is something
wrong," Muralitharan, who quit international cricket after Sri Lanka's defeat to India in the World Cup final early this month, said. "Players will get demoralised because if they go back on May 5 they play half of the IPL and they are going to miss a lot. SLC should have informed
the players earlier, then the IPL franchises would understand and everyone would understand," he said. Muralitharan said that the incident could spark "friction" between cricket boards of the two countries and SLC would lose a lot financially if it antagonises the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI).
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