Kolkata Knight Riders comprehensively defeat Titans in their last match, by 99 runs

The Titans have looked like a bunch of ordinary cricketers. They would want to forget what has happened today and would want to focus on their next game. KKR on the other hand would want to carry some confidence from this victory. We have seen some incredible individual performances in the match from KKR players and Balaji’s 4-for is one of them.

Kolkata Knight Riders  produced a clinical performance to thrash Titans  by a huge margin of 99 runs in their Champions League T20 2012 match at Cape Town on Sunday.

  

After setting a mammoth target of 189 runs for Titans to win, Lakshmipathy Balaji and company skittled out the local side for 89 in 16.4 overs to register big win. 

 

Earlier, Gautam Gambhir's gritty knock of 44 and some late hitting by Debabrata Das and Manoj Tiwary lifted KKR to 188 for five from their allotted 20 overs.

 

Gambhir scored 44 runs, which came from 36 balls, studded with four boundaries and a six.

 

Brendon McCullum provided Kolkata a rollicking start as the IPL champions raced to 95 runs in the ninth over, before the dismissal of the explosive Kiwis opener.

 

McCullum swatted three sixes and as many boundaries to score 36, which came from 20 balls.

 

But, the tone was set by opening batsman Manvinder Bisla, who cracked two sixes and three boundaries in a bid to provide Kolkata Knight Riders a strong start.

 

Bisla fell to Titans’ bowler Ethy Mbhalati in the fourth over, scoring 27 off 14 balls.

 

Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 188 for 5 in 20 overs (Gautam Gambhir 44, Debabrata Das 43*, Brendon McCullum 36; Roelof van der Merwe 2 for 18) 

                     Titans 89 all-out in 16.4 overs (Jacques Rudolph 25, Henry Davids 13; Lakshmipathy Balaji 4 for 19, Manoj Tiwary 2 for 8, Iqbal Abdulla 2 for 20) by 99 run