Kolkata Knight RIders Lose Again!!

My favorite team being Kolkata Knight Riders could not get past Rajasthan Royals today and it is no less than frustating when i saw the match at my Tuition center..There has been many netizens rather Orkuttans commenting on Sourav Ganguly's poor form.However Today Sourav Ganguly took some time to read the wicket and played a T20 innings and scored his maiden Fifty ..With Ganguly playing well,KKR lost wickets in a hurry after he departed and The crucial stage could possibly be Laxmi Ratan Shukla's run out ..

Jaipur earlier put up a daunting target of 196-7 in their alloted 20 overs with one youngster probably taking away the match from the KKR team .Swapnil Asnodkar (60),Yousuf Pathan (55) and Ravindra Jadeja(33) rocked for the Jaipur Team and made life hard for the Kolkata Team..


Ganguly then opening with Salman Butt could not get off to a start as desired by the KKR team and the fans ..Salman Butt getting an inside edge and dragging the ball into the wicket courtesy Sohail Tanvir.

Ganguly however played some crisp shots and his timing as usual is world class and his innings had 2 sixes showing that the Best of Sourav Ganguly is yet to come.But their move to send Ajit Agarkar as a pinch-hitter worked to an extent as the pacer gave the visitors the much-needed flying start. Agarkar smashed two sixes in his 13-ball effort before Watson got him caught behind. And when new recruit Brad Hodge was unfortunately run out, Kolkata’s hopes were depended on Ganguly and Hussey.

Earlier, the Kolkata bowling, which looked formidable on paper with the inclusion of Umar Gul, took some heavy punishment as Jaipur's men with willows continued their super show in the IPL tourney. It were not the big names in the Jaipur camp that fired on Thursday with Graeme Smith and Shane Watson, the men in form, managing only two and zero, respectively.


After Smith and Watson played the protagonists in Jaipur's previous wins, it was time for the youngsters to come good.


Kolkata started off on a bright note after Jaipur elected to bat. Smith, who had two half-centuries in as many games in the competition, failed to get going this time around. Ishant Sharma cleaned up the South African skipper in the second over of the match.


But Kolkata failed to capitalise on the early jolt as Asnodkar took charge, flaying the famed Kolkata bowling.


Asnodkar reached his 50 off just 29 balls and helped Jaipur build the perfect launching pad for the home side. Manufacturing some lusty blows, the 24-year old opener put on 42 with Mohammad Kaif and 53 with Pathan, smashing 10 boundaries and one six.


The visitors struck back for a brief period in the middle with Umar Gul sending back Asnodkar and Watson, who fell victim to a horrendous leg-before decision.


But Pathan and Jadeja won back the momentum through some power hits. Though after a 57-run stand, Jadeja was sent back by Laxmi Shukla, Pathan did not relent. Pathan, like Asnodkar, brought up his fifty in 29 balls. It was not until the last over that Kolkata managed to get rid of Pathan, who fell for 55 off 33 with two towering sixes and six fours.

However all is not lost for the KKR team as if Luck favours the KKR team ,KKR could come up with amazing wins..And dont forget Sourav is a world class captain.