Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors India

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors India - 20-20

Read my content : Knight Riders spoil Ganguly's home coming at Eden

Match 47, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India,
Sat, 05 May 2012 04:00 PM IST
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss & elected to bat

Commentary ::

Sourav Ganguly - Well, this ovation feels great and more importantly, it feels great to be playing in Kolkata. Is one of the best cricketing grounds in the world. I have played over here before and doesn't look like it has changed much. We need to get a win tonight, should have won a couple of days ago as well. Usually, in Ranji matches, there is a bit of grass on the surface but given that this is a T20, don't expect too much grass.

Gautam Gambhir - So far it has been good and hopefully we can continue with the same. Wee have been playing as a unit and hope we can get some good results today. It is always a good feeling and a good headache when you have more than four quality foreigners. Twenty20 format is one where you cannot predict.

Kolkata are placed second on the points table while Pune, thanks to 4 successive losses, are at number 8. A loss here would mean that Pune cannot make it to the play-offs. In fact, they need to treat each and every match as a knock-out from here on. This is the trio of Karthik, Mihir and Tarun to take you through the proceedings. Sit back and enjoy!

The Kolkata Knight Riders have been on a roll since the start of the IPL and it is no surprise as they are now placed second on the points table, just below the mighty Delhi Daredevils. After having thrashed the Chennai Super Kings in Chepauk, the Knight Riders would be high on cofidence going into their next encounter, where they take on the Pune Warriors India at the Eden Gardens. The Warriors would be disappointed with their performance against the Mumbai Indians, losing to the visiting side by just one run. Sitting at the bottom of the table is not a pleasant sight for Pune, though, they will be itching to get back to winning ways as Sourav Ganguly visits his home town to play against his former team. Expect a lot of cheers for the Prince of Kolkata, but equal support for the home team as well. This should be an interesting contest to witness.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Points : 13
Player
Manoj Tiwary
Sunil Narine
James Pattinson
Ryan ten Doeschate
Shakib Al Hasan
Jacques Kallis
Eoin Morgan
Yusuf Pathan
Brad Haddin
Brett Lee
Gautam Gambhir (C)
Brendon McCullum
Chirag Jani
Debabrata Das
Iqbal Abdulla
Iresh Saxena
Jaidev Unadkat
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Laxmi Shukla
Manvinder Bisla
Marchant de Lange
Pradeep Sangwan
Rajat Bhatia
Sanju Samson
Sarabjit Ladda
Shami Ahmed
Coach:
Trevor Bayliss

PUNE WARRIORS INDIA Points : 8
Player
Alfonso Thomas
Ali Murtaza
Angelo Mathews
Anustup Majumdar
Ashish Nehra
Ashok Dinda
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Callum Ferguson
Dheeraj Jadhav
Eklavya Dwivedi
Harpreet Singh Bhatia
Harshad Khadiwale
Jesse Ryder
Kamran Khan
Krishnakant Upadhyay
Luke Wright
Mahesh Rawat
Manish Pandey
Marlon Samuels
Michael Clarke
Mithun Manhas
Mohnish Mishra
Murali Kartik
Rahul Sharma
Raiphi Gomez
Robin Uthappa
Sachin Rana
Shrikant Wagh
Sourav Ganguly (C)
Steven Smith
Tamim Iqbal
Wayne Parnell
Coach:
Geoff Marsh