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Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 11 runs

Chasing a target of 162, Deccan Chargers made 150 for seven in 20 overs after skipper Adam Gilchrist scored 54. Angelo Matthews scored an unbeaten 65 and Owais Shah made 58 not out as the Knight Riders made 161 for four in 20 overs

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Manoj Tiwary c Sharma b Vaas 0

Brad Hodge c Gibbs b Jaskaran 13

Sourav Ganguly c Anirudh b Vaas 0

Chetshwar Pujara c Ojha b Rudra Pratap 10

Owais Shah not out 58

Angelo Mathews not out 65

Extras (lb 8, w 6, nb 1) 15

Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 161

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tiwary, 0.1 overs), 2-0 (Ganguly, 0.4), 3-31 (Pujara, 4.4), 4-31 (Hodge, 5.1)

Bowling:

Chaminda Vaas 3-1-22-2

Rudra Pratap Singh 4-0-35-1

Jaskaran Singh 4-0-35-1

Pragyan Ojha 4-0-19-0

Andrew Symonds 4-0-26-0

Tirumalasetti Suman 1-0-16-0

Deccan Chargers:

Adam Gilchrist c Tiwary b Hodge 54

V.V.S. Laxman c & b Kartik 22

Herschelle Gibbs c Mathews b Langeveldt 19

Andrew Symonds c Ganguly b Sharma 5

Rohit Sharma c Hodge b Mathews 13

Anirudh Singh c&b Shukla 14

Tirumalasetti Suman not out 7

Chaminda Vaas b Langeveldt 0

Jaskaran Singh not out 4

Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 5, nb 2) 12

Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 150

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Laxman, 5.5 overs), 2-99 (Gilchrist, 11.1), 3-102 (Gibbs, 12.2), 4-116 (Symonds, 14.1), 5-128 (Sharma, 16.2), 6-141 (Anirudh Singh, 17.6), 7-142 (Vaas, 18.3)

Bowling:

Charl Langeveldt 4-0-26-2

Ishant Sharma 4-0-31-1

Laxmi Ratan Shukla 3-0-30-1

Murali Kartik 3-0-17-1

Angelo Mathews 4-0-27-1

Brad Hodge 2-0-14-1

Toss: Deccan Chargers, who chose to field

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs

Points: Kolkata Knight Riders 2

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Russel Tiffin (Zimbabwe)

TV umpire: Brian Jerling (South Africa)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)