Ganguly's boys have done it. KKR win by 14 runs. For the record the final delivery was full pitched on the leg and Dan turned it to fine-leg boundary.
KKR vs Daredevils, 39th match at Kolkata, IPL, Apr 07 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Dinda: " I am very happy tonight. I bowled it in the right areas and got a little bit of swing going. We have been trying really hard and it's good to win. Dada is fantastic."
Wasim Akram: "I am very proud of the boys. You have to keep on fighting till the very end in the tournament. It's not me, the boys have turned it around. Mahela played an exceptional innings the other day. I have been hammered too everywhere on flat tracks. Dinda started well. He runs in hard from the first ball and gives 100%. Ajit bowled well, Matthews was slightly off today but the spinners did really well. We planned not to give room to Warner and not bowl short. Dinda put lot of pressure on him in the first four deliveries."
Gambhir: "We should have finished the game but this is what this format is all about. You tend to panic and lose. KKR did really well. I think i need to run well! That was the turning point. Once the opposition gets 180, whatever the wicket is, it 's always going to be difficult. All credit to Kolkata. 31 balls 47 runs ,,. anyone would have backed us to win but this is how this format is. We lost wickets and we lost the game."
Man of the match is Ganguly: "It was good to win. It was difficult to leave out Bond. I wasn't sure Bond or Mendis till we reached the ground. It was a dry track and Mendis did well. Isbal Abdulla did really well. Everytime he gets an opportunity the young boy does well. When Sehwag was batting, any target is acheiveable. When he gets out .. I felt we can do this. Everyone thinks they know how to bowl to Sehwag but he keeps pumping them into the stands! He is a champion batsman. Both Sehwag and Gambhir are really fine players .. "
That's it from us. Good bye and good luck.
goes for another yorker, ends up a low inswinging full delivery, takes the edge and rolls away to short fine-leg
screaming yorker length delivery outside off, Mishra can't get bat to ball. Saha collects
full delivery, short of the blockhole but pretty close up there.. edged to the on side
another low full toss, Dan smashes it to the straight boundary
low full toss outside off, drievn to long-off for a single
goes for another yorker, low dipping full toss, Mishra fails to connect with the slog .. the ball rolls to left of the keeper. What a super over from Dinda
almost yorker length, steered to third man
moves outside leg, Dinda pushes it wide outside off stump .. he tried a slower one but ended up pushing it too far across
the slower one outside off, Mishra edges the intended big hit to the off side
the slow bouncer on the leg stump line, Mishra had backed outside leg, tries to steer it to third man but fails
surely, game over now?! DK went for the swing across the line but dragged it straight to midwicket. Dinda, who started the damage by taking out the off stump of David Warner, has returned to take out DK
moves right across his sticks, Dinda follows him with a full delivery, tapped to the on side for a single
really full delivery on the legs, turned past square-leg for a single
on the off and middle, DK goes for his favourite slog sweep but just a single
Bhatia is run out Iqbal Abdulla you beauty! It was pushed to the short mid-off region .. Abdulla charged out, slid towards the ball, picked it up and fired a direct hit at the non-striker's end! KKR edge ahead
lunges out to scoop the flighted delivery wide of long-on
Ganguly is hype active today. He dives to his left at short cover to make another stop
Clatterrrrrrr! the stumps are in a disarray and Eden Gardens is screaming in delight. Maharoof went for the slog sweep but no wood on leather. Timber!
on the leg and middle line, pushed to short mid-on region for a single. What a fine over this from Mendis.
Over 20 • DC 167/8
KKR won by 14 runs