Hyderabad to Host Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Ipl 2011 Match Tonight
IN THE 42nd match of the Indian Premier League 2011 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, host Deccan Chargers will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, May 3. Deccan Chargers is playing its fifth game at home in the IPL 2011. In all the IPL matches since 2008, Chargers has won only one match at the home ground.
Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders are playing for the second time with each other in IPL 2011. In the first meeting between these two teams on April 11 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Knight Riders won by nine runs. After winning the toss, Kolkata scored 163 runs for the loss of four wickets. Jacques Kallis played a brilliant inning, and scored 53 runs.
In reply, Deccan Chargers scored 154 runs for eight wickets in its allotted 20 overs. Bharat Chipli was the highest scorer for his team, who missed his fifty by two runs.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers have played seven matches so far with each other in the Indian Premier League and the winning record is a big concern for the Chargers. In the seven matches it has played, Kolkata Knight Riders has won five times and lost twice.
Kolkata Knight Riders, under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir, is playing good cricket in the IPL 2011. This time Knight Riders is looking to secure its berth for the last four for the very first time. According to the latest points table, Kolkata is at the third spot.
The Knight Riders team has experienced as well as young cricketers such as captain Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, and Yusuf Pathan, Brett Lee, Laxmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla. Gambhir, Kallis, and Manoj Tiwary have scored over 220 runs in the IPL 2011. Mark Boucher, who replaced the injured Brad Haddin, is one of the best finishers as well as a very good wicket-keeper.
Deccan Chargers, who reached the semi final of the Indian Premier League in 2010, current season of the IPL is not very good for them. However, captain Kumar Sangakkara is contributing for the team, but others are not performing consistently.
In bowling, Deccan has some quality bowlers such as Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma. In the last match against Kochi Tuskers, Ishant Sharma took five wickets for 12 runs in three overs.
Given below are the squads of Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers in the IPL 2011:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Gautam Gambhir (capt), Sarabjit Ladda, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Shreevats Goswami, Mark Boucher (wk), Iqbal Abdulla, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, James Pattinson, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Laxmi Shukla, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary, Jaidev Unadkat.
Deccan Chargers (DC): Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Kedar Devdhar, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Michael Lumb, Chris Lynn, Ishan Malhotra, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Jaydev Shah, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White, Arjun Yadav.
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