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.
CAPE TOWN, Monday, AFP
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 |