Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers, IPL, Kolkata
Hussey clinches nail-biter for Kolkata
April 20, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders 112 for 5 (Hussey 38*, Extras 28) beat Deccan Chargers 110 (Symonds 32, Kartik 3-17) by 5 wickets
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
A minefield of a pitch at the Eden Gardens was the subject of an intense thriller the as Kolkata Knight Riders, driven by an innings of grit and tenacity by David Hussey scraped home by five wickets in a low-scorer against a power-packed Deccan Chargers. There was no shortage of drama as the conditions challenged a modest target of 111 and floodlight failure towards the end only added to the drama. In the end, Kolkata managed their second straight victory and the usually raucous crowd got their money's worth.
Full report to follow
20 overs Deccan Chargers 110 (Symonds 32, Kartik 3-17) v Kolkata Knight Riders
A dustbowl of a pitch at the Eden Gardens brought a powerful batting line-up down to their knees as the Deccan Chargers crumbled to 110 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Andrew Symonds played the lone battle with a fine 32, but the rest were clueless against the seamers and spinners alike.
VVS Laxman had no hesitation in batting first, but early into the second over, the pitch came into play. Ishant Sharma got deliveries to balloon off a good length and his fearsome pace only exacerbated the agony for the batsman. Each time the ball thudded on the surface, a puff of dust went along with it and that was to be a regular feature.
The surface had even the most experienced batsmen all at sea. Laxman's stint was nothing short of a nightmare. Walking in at the fall of the first wicket - that of Venugopal Rao, steering one straight to gully of Ishant - Laxman had no time to settle down. He was the victim of a nasty Ishant lifter which kicked and rapped him flush on the glove and his instant reaction was to shed his glove in a flash and shake his hands vigorously. A worried Billy Bowden immediately whipped out his walkie-talkie, presumably communicating his anxieties about the dustbowl, but after a brief hold-up, play continued.
Laxman wasn't expected to hang around for too long and his maiden IPL innings ended tamely, miscuing a pull to Laxmi Rattan Shukla at mid-off. The pitch too was partly to blame for his downfall as the ball stopped before reaching him. Ajit Agarkar ambled in for a forgettable over, during which he leaked 16 runs. The over went against the run of play as Adam Gilchrist flicked him high over fine leg off the first ball, then deposited it over long-leg two balls later, before creaming one past backward point.
Sourav Ganguly, the captain, swiftly brought an end to the brief carnage by operating spinners from both ends. Then move intensified the pressure on the hapless batsmen, as deliveries turned square, remniscent of a crumbling fifth-day pitch. Murali Kartik got one to grip, shoot up and bamboozle Symonds on the forward prod.
The Australian duo of Gilchrist and Symonds failed to repair the damage as Gilchrist holed out to long leg off a short delivery by Kartik. Hafeez then deceived Scott Styris in flight, before Kartik returned to claim Rohit Sharma. A helpless Symonds at the other end struggled to push the scoring but cut loose in the 17th over, clattering three sixes over the on side off David Hussey.
Hussey had the last laugh when he hung on to a skier to get rid of Symonds and the innings folded up in the 19th over. The target of 111 may be below par by Twenty20 standards, but one can expect the home side to approach this with caution. Time will tell if this was a good toss to lose for Sourav Ganguly.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 4th match Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 20 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) |
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| Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
 | AC Gilchrist | c Mohammad Hafeez b Kartik | 23 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 104.54 | ||
| Y Venugopal Rao | c Kartik b Sharma | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
 | VVS Laxman | c Shukla b Dinda | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| A Symonds | c Hussey b Agarkar | 32 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 82.05 | |||
| RG Sharma | c Saha b Kartik | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| SB Styris | b Mohammad Hafeez | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |||
| AS Yadav | c Dinda b Hussey | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| SB Bangar | c Saha b Kartik | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 140.00 | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | c Ganguly b Agarkar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| RP Singh | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| PP Ojha | run out (Mohammad Hafeez/Saha) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 4, nb 2) | 10 | |||||||
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| Total | (all out; 18.4 overs) | 110 | (5.89 runs per over) | ||||||
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| AB Dinda | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 | (1nb) | |
| I Sharma | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3.00 | (3w) | |
| AB Agarkar | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 | ||
| M Kartik | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4.63 | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 | (1nb) | |
| DJ Hussey | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.66 | (1w) |
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| Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 111 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| WP Saha | c Styris b Vaas | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58.82 | ||
| BB McCullum | c Sharma b Singh | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| RT Ponting | lbw b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| SC Ganguly | b Ojha | 14 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 46.66 | ||
| DJ Hussey | not out | 38 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 88.37 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Symonds b Ojha | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| LR Shukla | not out | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, w 15, nb 1) | 28 | |||||||
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| Total | (5 wickets; 19 overs) | 112 | (5.89 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat AB Agarkar, AB Dinda, M Kartik, I Sharma |
| Fall of wickets1-6 (McCullum, 1.2 ov), 2-16 (Ponting, 2.1 ov), 3-21 (Saha, 4.2 ov), 4-68 (Ganguly, 12.6 ov), 5-88 (Mohammad Hafeez, 16.3 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| WPUJC Vaas | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3.00 | ||
| RP Singh | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 | ||
| SB Styris | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | (1w) | |
| SB Bangar | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | (2w) | |
| A Symonds | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | (1nb, 2w) | |
| PP Ojha | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 | (2w) |
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Toss Deccan Chargers, who chose to bat first
Points Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Deccan Chargers 0
Player of the match DJ Hussey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
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