Match-17 KKR vs SRH, Eden Gardens, Kolkata

MATCH-17

KKR vs SRH

Venue- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match Officials- M.Erasmus ,V.Kulkarni, K.Srinath(Umpires), R.Madugalle (Refree)

Toss-  KKR Won the toss and chose to bat first

Result- KKR won the match by 48 runs!

Man Of The Match- GAUTAM GAMBHIR

Match Report-

                  KKR after 2 away loses, were back in their home, Eden Gardens. Gambhir won the toss against the SRH and choose to bat first. It looked a much better track than it was for the first game. Bisla and Gambhir played cautiously at start but not playing out too many dot balls. In 8th over Bisla[28(24)] departed. Gambhir had another good partnership with Kallis, but trying to explode, lost his wicket. He compiled useful 53(45), when he got out KKR had scored 104 runs in the 14th over. Then England's Eoin Morgan joined Kallis, which turned the match! They shared partnership of 67 runs in just 5 overs, in which Morgan's part was of 47(29)!! After that Kallis continued and KKR reached 180 in their 20 overs.

                          SRH, send Cameron White for a change along with Parthiv Patel. They didn't try to attack much, instead were happy to keep wickets in hand. Patel who struggled to score run a ball got out in 9th over, when runs scored by SRH were 58.Cameron White soon perished to the same bowler, Kallis, who took the wicket of Patel.  Sangakkara departed early, Bhatia took his wicket. They kept loosing their wickets at regular intervals. Perera was a lone fighter at the crease. He scored 36 of just 25 balls till he got out in 19th over. The match was over till then! KKR won their consecutive home game comprehensively. Gambhir was named Man Of The Match for his half century and captaincy! 

My Views-  

                            It was a good win for KKR. They played Senanayke(Sri Lankan spinner) along with Narine, at it worked for them beautifully! Batsmen struggled against them. Earlier Morgan played unbelievable innings that change the course of the match.  KKR now will be hoping to perform better, away from home and win some matches there!
                           SRH are struggled in the death overs. They were unable to stop the flow of runs. And batting wasn't upto the mark as well. As I had said earlier, one of the top 3 batsmen needs to stay and play a big innings for them! Darren Sammy will be a useful option for them, when he joins the team! 

Highlights Of Match in Photos---

Man Of The Match- Gambhir

Morgan took the game away from SRH

Kallis took 3 wickets

Perera tried his best

Bhatia took 2 wickets