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Written by admin on 15 May 2012
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here Monday.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Gautam Gambhir* b Jakati 62 43 6 3 144.18
Brendon McCullum run out (Anirudha/Dhoni) 37
Jacques Kallis c Ashwin b Jakati 4
Manoj Tiwary c Bravo b Jadeja 12
Yusuf Pathan c Bravo b Ashwin 11
Debabrata Das not out 19
Laxmi Shukla c Raina b Hilfenhaus 9
Rajat Bhatia not out 1
Extras: (lb 2, w 1) 3
Total: (6 wickets; 20 overs) 158
Fall of wickets: 1-99 (McCullum, 11.3 overs), 2-100(Gambhir, 12.1 ov), 3-111 (Kallis, 14.4 ov), 4-127 (Pathan, 16.6 ov), 5-128(Tiwary, 17.2 ov), 6-156 (Shukla, 19.3 ov)
Bowling:
Shadab Jakati 4-0-26-2
Ben Hilfenhaus 3-0-26-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-26-1
Suresh Raina 2-0-17-0
Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-39-1
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-22-0
Chennai Super Kings innings:
Mike Hussey c Bhatiab Narine 56
Murali Vijay b Narine 36
Suresh Raina run out(Bhatia) 8
Faf du Plessis c Tiwary b Bhatia 13
MS Dhoni b Bhatia 28
Dwayne Bravo not out 11
R Jadeja not out 3
Extras: (lb 4, w 1) 5
Total: (5 wickets; 20 overs) 160
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Hussey, 10.2 overs), 2-97 (Vijay,10.4), 3-110 (Raina, 13.2), 4-127 (du Plessis, 17.1), 5-151 (Dhoni, 19.2)
Bowling:
Marchant de lange 3-0-3-0
Laxmipathy Balaji 4-0-33-0
Sunil Narine 4-0-14-2
Jacques Kallis 3-0-25-0
Rajat Bhatia 4-0-33-2
Yusuf Pathan 2-0-14-0
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Written by admin on 14 May 2012
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Dwayne Bravo struck a last ball six as titleholders Chennai Super Kings scraped past the Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in a nail-biting Indian Premier League contest at the Eden Gardens here Monday to brighten their chances of a play-off place.
Replying to the Knight Riders’ 158/6, the Super Kings needed five off the last ball. But West Indies all-rounder Dwyane Bravo (11 not out; 7 b, 1×6) held his nerves to dispatch a low full toss from Rajat Bhatia over the long on fence as the visitors reached 160/5 and silence descended at the Eden Gardens.
The Super Kings had a cracker of a start, with man of the match Mike Hussey (56; 39 b, 4×4, 4×6) and Murali Vijay (36; 24 b, 5×4, 1×6) mercilessly belting the Knight Riders’ bowlers during a 97-run opening wicket stand off only 9.2 overs.
The floodgates opened as early as in the second over that saw Knight Riders pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji conceding 25 runs with both batsmen making a feast of fours and sixes.
However, mystery spinner Sunil Narine threatened to bring the Knights back into the game by plotting the dismissal of Hussey and Vijay within a space of three balls in the 10th over.
When Suresh Raina (8) got run out in the 13th over, the Super Kings needed 49 from 46 balls. With the ball turning and keeping low and slow, Faf Du Plessis (13; 16b) and M.S. Dhoni (28; 21 b, 3×4, 1×6) found it difficult to get the boundaries, and instead concentrated on singles.
Plessis then holed out to Manoj Tiwary, and the Super Kings were left to score 32 of 23 deliveries. But Dhoni then took charge, punishing Marchant de lange in the penultimate over with a sequence of 4-4-6.
Eighteen came of the over, and the Super Kings needed 9 in the last over.
However, Bhatia skittled Dhoni’s stumps with a leg cutter off the second delivery, and kept a tight leash on the batsmen till the penultimate ball.
But Bravo’s six ensured the Super Kings had the last laugh.
Earlier, put in to bat, Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir blasted his eighth half century of the tournament, but the home side failed to follow up on an explosive start.
Gambhir (62; 43 b, 4×6, 3×6) and Brendon McCullum (37; 29 b, 4X4, 1X6) launched the Knights’ innings on a high rampaging a 69-ball 99, but loss of quick wickets led to a drop in the run rate as the Super Kings were set an asking rate of 7.95 runs per over.
Gambhir, whose blade failed to fire in the game against Mumbai Indians two days back, was back among the runs, clobbering the bowlers to all ends of the ground.
The Super Kings finally broke the partnership in the 12th over when McCullum got out looking for a second run. The New Zealander’s departure triggered a collapse as Gambhir returned in the very next over giving the charge to Shadab Jakati, but only managing an inside edge to the pad before the ball kissed the stumps.
Jacques Kallis (4) never got going, Yusuf Pathan’s (11; 8b, 1×6) only significant contribution was a six over long on, while Manoj Tiwary (12)also disappointed, as the scoring rate slowed down. In the end, it was left to Debabrata Das (19 not out; 10b, 2×4, 1×6) to play a cameo that helped the Knight Riders cross the 150-mark.
–indo-Asian News Service
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Written by admin on 14 May 2012
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings won another last-ball thriller in the Indian Premier League beating Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets here Monday.
Mike Hussey top-scored with 56 while his opening partner Murali Vijay made 36 in Super Kings’ 160 for five. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipped in with 28 and the six off the last ball came from Dwayne Bravo, who remained unbeaten on 11.
Sunil Narine and Rajat Bhatia picked up two wickets each for Knight Riders.
Earlier, Knight Riders made 158 for six in 20 overs.
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Written by admin on 14 May 2012
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Gujarat NRE Coke ltd, the largest independent coke producer in India, Monday said its board has approved the plan to issue five crore warrants to promoters on preferential basis and raising capital of up to $150 million by issuing securities.
“The board of directors of the company at its meeting held on May 13, 2012, inter alia, decided to issue securities (including Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds) in one or more tranches, for an amount not exceeding $150 million or Rs.750 crore, whichever is higher subject to the approval of shareholders,” the company said in a regulatory filing.
The board of the company has also approved providing a guarantee of upto Australian $100 million (about Rs.5 billion) to its Australian subsidiary, Gujarat NRE Coking Coal.
The guarantee is proposed to be provided to the Australian subsidiary for borrowings to help it avail working capital facilities.
The company would conduct a postal ballot exercise to secure shareholders approval for all the announcements.
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Written by admin on 14 May 2012
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) East Bengal football coach Trevor James Morgan Monday quit from his post, hours after the red and gold brigade won the Kolkata Premier division football league, amid speculation of growing differences with club officials.
A source said Morgan – unhappy with the bossy style of some club officials – mailed his resignation to the club. He also skipped the post-match media conference after East Bengal whipped Mohammedan Sporting 6-0 in a crucial game.
The source said an upset Morgan was considering flying back home as soon as possible.
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Written by admin on 14 May 2012
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Skipper Gautam Gambhir blasted his eighth half-century of the tournament, but the Kolkata Knight Riders failed to follow up on an explosive start and finished at 158 for six in 20 overs against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Monday.
Gambhir (62; 43 b, 4×6, 3×6) and Brendon McCullum (37; 29 B, 4X4, 1X6) launched the Knight’s innings on a high rampaging, 69-ball 99 at the Eden Gardens, but loss of quick wickets led to a drop in the run rate as the Super Kings were set an asking rate of 7.95 runs per over.
Gambhir, whose blade failed to fire in the game against Mumbai Indians two days back, found himself among runs. The most successful with the bat for his team so far in the tournament, Gambhir started off with a boundary in the square leg region off the very second ball, and continued the momentum thereafter clobbering the bowlers to all ends of the ground.
With McCullum, apart from punishing the loose balls, cleverly rotating the strike and letting his captain do the bulk of the scoring, the Knight Riders galloped to 50 without loss at the end of the powerplay.
With Gambhir in full force, 15 runs were milked off the eighth over bowled by left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and the score mounted to 86 at the half-way stage of the innings.
The Chennai bowlers, sent on a leather hunt, finally broke the partnership in the 12th over when McCullum got run out looking for a second run. The New Zealander’s departure triggered a collapse.
In the very next over, Gambhir charged Shadab Jakati, but managed only an inside edge to the pad before the ball kissed the stumps as the Knight Riders were reduced to 100/2.
Kallis (4) never got going, Yusuf Pathan’s (11; 8b, 1×6) only significant contribution was a six over long on, while Manoj Tiwary (12) also disappointed, as the scoring rate slowed down.
In the end, it was left to Debabrata Das (19 not out; 10b, 2×4, 1×6) to play a cameo that helped the Knight Riders to cross the 150-mark.
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