Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers (1st April 2010)

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs

KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. With a splendid knock from Ganguly (88 from 54 balls) and David Hussey (31), they scored 181/6 in 20 overs. Deccan Chargers lost the wicket of Gilchrist early. Gibbs scored 50 and well supported 45 runs from Symonds. But the increasing pressure of asking run rate they lost wickets in crucial moments failing from the target by 25 runs.

Sourav Ganguly was declared as the Man of the match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 30

181 Kolkata’s highest total at home ground in all IPL matches. Their previous highest was 175 for 7 against Kings XI Punjab in 2008

162.96 Sourav Ganguly’s strike-rate – his highest-ever in an innings of 10 or more runs

78 Runs added by Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey – Kolkata’s highest fourth-wicket partnership in all IPL games. Interestingly, the previous best was also between this pair – 68 against Rajasthan Royals in 2008

4 Number of sixes conceded by Pragyan Ojha – Sourav Ganguly hit all four!

2 Boundaries scored by Deccan Chargers in their last 5 overs – one four in 19th over and one six in 20th over.