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Singh grabs four in Deccan Chargers victory

Fast bowler RP Singh took four wickets as the Deccan Chargers gained a comfortable eight-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League crown at Newlands Sunday.

Singh took four for 22 as Kolkata struggled to 101 all out on a lively pitch.

The Chargers needed only 13.1 overs to clinch their win, with Herschelle Gibbs hitting 43 not out and Rohit Sharma 36 not out. It was an encouraging performance by the Deccan side, who finished last of the eight teams in 2008.

“It’s a good start,” said Gibbs.

“We’ve got a new captain, a new manager and some new ideas. The team spirit is really good.”

With new captain Adam Gilchrist at the helm and former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann as coach, the Chargers kept the Knight Riders under pressure almost from the time Kolkata captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and decided to bat.

McCullum was out early, caught down the leg side off Singh, and Chris Gayle followed soon afterwards, hitting Singh for a four and a six before holing out to deep mid-off.

While Singh took the wickets, West Indian fast bowler Fidel Edwards conceded only two runs in a remarkable opening spell of three overs.

Gilchrist and Gibbs gave Deccan a fast start, putting on 24 in 2.5 overs before Gilchrist was caught for 14.

VVS Laxman was run out for 10 but Gibbs and Sharma saw their team through in an unbeaten stand of 69.

Kolkata Knight            Riders innings
(20 overs maximum)

B. McCullum c Gilchrist b RP.Singh	 1
C. Gayle c Harmeet Singh b RP.Singh	10
S. Ganguly c Laxman b Harmeet Singh	 1
B. Hodge c Gibbs b Styris		31
A. Chopra st Gilchrist b Ojha		11
L. Shukla st Gilchrist b Ojha		 8
M. Henriques c Sharma b Styris		 6
A. Agarkar run out			 7
M. Kartik not out			10
I. Sharma b RP. Singh			 9
A. Dinda b RP. Singh			 2

Extras (lb-4, w-1)			 5
TOTAL (all out, 19.4 overs)		101

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 2-12 3-16 4-34 5-48 6-72 7-73 8-81 9-99 10-101.
BOWLING: Edwards 4-1-6-0, RP. Singh 3.4-0-22-4, Harmeet
	Singh 4-0-23-1 (1w), Ojha 4-0-14-2, Styris 4-0-32-2.

Deccan Chargers innings

A. Gilchrist c Henriques b Dinda	13
H. Gibbs not out			43
V. Laxman run out			10
R. Sharma not out			36

Extras (b-1, w-1)			 2
TOTAL (for two wickets, 13.1 overs)	104

DID NOT BAT: R. Teja, Venugopal Rao, S. Styris, P. Ojha, RPSingh, Harmeet Singh, F. Edwards.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-24 2-35
BOWLING: Dinda 3-0-24-1, Sharma 3-0-13-0, Kartik 4-0-23-0, Ganguly 1-0-8-0, Agarkar 1-0-17-0 (w-1), Gayle 1-0-14-0,Henriques 0.1-0-4-0.

Result: Deccan Chargers won by eight wickets 

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