Kolkata Knight Riders vs King XI Punjab (4th April 2010)

Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wkts

At last, KXIP put a decent score and won the match. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Gayle played fiery strokes to score 88 in 42 balls with well support from Ganguly and Tiwary. KKR managed to score 200/3 in 20 overs. KXIP started the chase in a overcast condition. Jayawardene open the innings and started playing strokes from beginning and scores 110 not out. Sangakara and Yuvraj have given well support to him to chase 200 mark in 18 overs.

Jayawardene was the MoM for his unbeaten 110, Kaif got the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award and Chris Gayle got the 'maximum sixes' award.


Numbers that mattered, Match 34

3 Number of occasions on which a 200+ target has been successfully chased in the IPL. Kings XI Punjab followed Rajasthan Royals (beat Deccan in 2008 scoring 217-7) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (beat Kings XI Punjab in 2010 scoring 204-2).

4 Number of consecutive defeats after which Kings XI Punjab registered a win in the tournament

12 Mahela Jayawardene became the 12th batsman to score a hundred in IPL. He became the second Sri Lankan after Sanath Jayasuriya who made an unbeaten 114 against Chennai Super Kings in 2008. This was the fourth hundred in the 2010 edition after Yusuf Pathan, David Warner and Murali Vijay.

33 Runs conceded by Ravi Bopara in his third over (13th of the Kolkata innings). The sequence – 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5 wides, 2 wides, 1. Manoj Tiwary faced the first ball, while Chris Gayle faced the next four. This is the most expensive over in IPL history. Virender Sehwag had hit Andrew Symonds for 30 runs at Hyderabad in 2008, which was the previous most expensive over in IPL. Interestingly, that carnage had also come in the 13th over!

80 Runs scored by Kolkata batsmen between the 11th and 15th overs – the most by any side in IPL history.