KKR score 169
After a sedate start the Kolkata Knight Riders, inspired by some familiar pyrotechnics from Yusuf Pathan, reached a competitive 169 for four at the end of the first innings in the IPL match against Deccan Chargers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad yesterday. Coming in at 79 for 2, Pathan hammered three 4s and three 6s to remain not out on 47 off 26 balls.
Promoting the out-of-sort Eoin Morgan to open the innings with the solid Jacques Kallis, Kolkata reached 36 when Morgan lost his leg-stump to a slower ball from Daniel Christian for 14 off 15 balls. That brought captain Gautam Gambhir to the crease and he played some enterprising cricket to give the innings some impetus. Deccan Chargers leg-spinner Amit Mishra pulled things back by getting Kallis to hole out to long off for a 31-ball 30.
Five runs later Gambhir edged behind to his opposite number Kumar Sangakkara off left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha for a 22-ball 35, leaving the total at 84 for 3 and with his team's innings in danger of being derailed. That was the last bit of joy for Deccan for a while as Pathan and Manoj Tiwary combined for 80 runs off the next eight overs. Tiwary was out to the fourth ball of the twentieth over, caught by Shikhar Dhawan off speedster Dale Steyn.
In reply, Deccan Chargers reached 10 without loss after the second over when this report was filed.
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