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 Ganguly stars in Kolkata Knight Riders victory
11th May 2008 23:04 IST
Agencies
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly led from the front both with the bat and the ball as Venugopal Rao's unbeaten 42-ball 71 went in vain as Deccan Chargers slumped to their seventh successive defeat, going down to Kolkata Knight Riders by 23 runs in their Indian Premier League match in Hyderabad today.
Opting to bat first, the Knight Riders rode on captain Ganguly's stroke-filled 91 and David Hussey's late assault to amass 204/4 in their quota of 20 overs.
In reply, the Chargers led by Rao's blitzkrieg -- studded with four boundaries and a half a dozen sixes -- could manage 181/7.
After their pathetic fielding allowed the Knight Riders to cross the 200-run mark, the Chargers lost wickets at regular intervals while trying to overhaul the massive target.
Openers Adam Gilchrist (24) and Herschelle Gibbs (4) fell to rookie pacer Ashok Dinda, while Umar Gul claimed Dwaraka Ravi Teja (10).
Ganguly then dealt another blow to the host side by scalping New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris to reduce the Chargers to 63/4.
Rohit Sharma and Rao stabilised the innings to add 32 runs for the fifth wicket. But before the pair could take the hosts to the safety zone, Dinda struck again to effect the departure of Rohit (33 off 24 balls, 3x4s, 2x6s).
Ganguly then drew the life out of Chargers' challenge by scripting the dismissal of Sanjay Bangar (9).
However, an unperturbed Rao took the attack to the Knight Riders' camp and plundered the visiting bowlers all over the park.
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