BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Salman Butt	c †Gilchrist b Vaas	4	4	-	1	0	100.00

Aakash Chopra	run out (Gibbs)	24	23	-	3	0	104.34

Sourav Ganguly (c)	c Singh b Vijaykumar	91	57	-	11	5	159.64

David Hussey	not out	57	29	-	4	3	196.55
Tatenda Taibu	c Ravi Teja b Singh	9	5	-	1	0	180.00

Laxmi Shukla	not out	14	3	-	2	0	466.66
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	5
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 10.20)	204/4
Did not bat: Wriddhiman Saha †, Umar Gul, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Murali Kartik
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Salman Butt, 0.4 ov), 2-73 (Aakash Chopra, 10.1 ov), 3-175 (Sourav Ganguly, 18.1 ov), 4-190 (Tatenda Taibu, 19.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	3	0	36	1	12.00	5	4	2	0	0
0.4 to Salman Butt, Vaas bowls the awayswinger, pitches it on a good length outside off and invites the drive, Butt drives away from his body and gets a thin edge to Gilchrist. 4/1
Paidikalva Vijaykumar	3	0	21	1	7.00	8	2	0	0	1
18.1 to SC Ganguly, Vijaykumar gets his man! He bangs it in short, Ganguly makes room and tries to hook it over fine leg, the ball flies off the top edge and RP Singh at fine leg takes it low. 175/3
Scott Styris	3	0	28	0	9.33	9	3	2	0	0
RP Singh	4	0	59	1	14.75	5	7	2	1	0
19.3 to T Taibu, fires in a full delivery which comes in with the angle, he makes room and scoops it down to Ravi Teja at cover. 190/4
Venugopal Rao	4	0	24	0	6.00	10	2	0	1	0
Sanjay Bangar	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	2	0	0	0
Pragyan Ojha	2	0	25	0	12.50	4	2	2	1	0

Deccan Chargers (T: 205 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Gilchrist (c)†	c Ganguly b Dinda	24	17	-	5	0	141.17

Herschelle Gibbs	c Salman Butt b Dinda	5	7	-	1	0	71.42

Dwaraka Ravi Teja	c †Saha b Umar Gul	10	7	-	2	0	142.85

Rohit Sharma	c Ganguly b Dinda	33	24	-	3	2	137.50

Scott Styris	c Shukla b Ganguly	5	11	-	0	0	45.45

Venugopal Rao	not out	71	42	-	4	6	169.04
Sanjay Bangar	c Chopra b Ganguly	2	4	-	0	0	50.00

Chaminda Vaas	b Shukla	9	8	-	0	0	112.50

RP Singh	not out	6	4	-	1	0	150.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 4, w 4)	16
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 9.05)	181/7
Did not bat: Paidikalva Vijaykumar, Pragyan Ojha
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Herschelle Gibbs, 2.2 ov), 2-41 (Adam Gilchrist, 4.6 ov), 3-41 (Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 5.1 ov), 4-63 (Scott Styris, 8.1 ov), 5-95 (Rohit Sharma, 12.2 ov), 6-123 (Sanjay Bangar, 14.4 ov), 7-161 (Chaminda Vaas, 17.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashok Dinda	4	0	33	3	8.25	12	6	0	1	0
2.2 to HH Gibbs, bouncer followed up with a fuller and wide one, Gibbs is tempted to cut and the ball flies high to Salman Butt at deep third man. 12/1 4.6 to AC Gilchrist, pitched on off, goes for the pull once again and is caught at midwicket by Ganguly who points to the bowler in appreciation. 41/2 12.2 to RG Sharma, Dinda varies the pace with an offcutter, pitches it on a good length and Rohit goes for the across the line hoick a little too early as he ends up placing it straight to Ganguly at the edge of the midwicket circle. 95/5
Ishant Sharma	3	0	27	0	9.00	8	4	1	0	0
Umar Gul	4	0	43	1	10.75	9	3	2	3	3
5.1 to DB Ravi Teja, first-ball wicket! Gul pitches it outside off and the ball pitches on the seam and deviates away from the right-hander who has a go at it anyway and the edge carries to the keeper. 41/3
Sourav Ganguly	4	0	25	2	6.25	11	0	2	0	0
8.1 to SB Styris, Styris edges a slog sweep and three fielders flock under it but Shukla is the first one at midwicket to get to it.. 63/4 14.4 to SB Bangar, Bangar holes out! Ganguly cuts back on the pace and the ball comes on slow to Bangar who tries to clear midwicket, he fails to get the elevation and Chopra takes the catch. 123/6
Murali Kartik	3	0	29	0	9.66	8	1	3	0	0
Laxmi Shukla	2	0	16	1	8.00	5	2	0	0	1
17.6 to WPUJC Vaas, Vaas makes a little too much room to slog but the ball is too full for that stroke, it lands on the base of legstump and takes it out. 161/7

MATCH FLOW

Kolkata Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (A Chopra 9, SC Ganguly 41, Ex 0)
SC Ganguly: 50 off 40 balls (10 x 4)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (SC Ganguly 29, DJ Hussey 19, Ex 2)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 4
DJ Hussey: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 46 balls (SC Ganguly 48, DJ Hussey 52, Ex 2)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (121 balls), Extras 5
Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 204/4 in 20.0 overs (DJ Hussey 57, LR Shukla 14)

MATCH DETAILS

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Toss	Kolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Sourav Ganguly
Hours of play (local time)	16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00
Match days	11 May 2008 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires	Amiesh Saheba Ian Howell
TV Umpire	Billy Bowden
Match Referee	Talat Ali
Points	Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Deccan Chargers 0

Win Probability

KKR 100%

KKRDCH

100%50%100%

Over 20 • DCH 181/7

KKR won by 23 runs

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Chargers Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
AB Dinda	4	33	3	8.25
I Sharma	3	27	0	9
Umar Gul	4	43	1	10.75 (3 nb)
SC Ganguly	4	25	2	6.25
M Kartik	3	29	0	9.66
LR Shukla	2	16	1	8 (1 nb)

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