Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2011
Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata (D/N)
Toss : Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Russell Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
Match Result : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match : L Balaji
Rajasthan Royals (20 Overs Maximum)
Shane Watson b Balaji 11 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Amit Paunikar st Bisla b Iqbal Abdulla 15 (15) 2 ‘4s’
Faiz Fazal run out (Iqbal Abdulla) 3 (4)
Abhishek Raut run out (Shakib Al Hasan/Bisla) 11 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Ashok Menaria c Bhatia b Balaji 21 (17) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ross Taylor st Bisla b Pathan 6 (9)
Ajinkya Rahane b Balaji 6 (9)
Shane Warne (C) not out 3 (6)
Amit Singh b Shakib Al Hasan 0 (2)
Shaun Tait b Shakib Al Hasan 0 (1)
Siddharth Trivedi b Lee 0 (2)
Extras : 5 (1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)
Total : 81 all out (15.2 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-24 (Watson, 3.4 ov), 2-28 (Paunikar, 4.4 ov), 3-38 (Fazal, 6.5 ov), 4-43 (Raut, 7.6 ov), 5-67 (Taylor, 10.5 ov), 6-78 (Rahane, 13.1 ov), 7-79 (Menaria, 13.6 ov), 8-80 (Amit Singh, 14.4 ov), 9-80 (Tait, 14.5 ov), 10-81 (Trivedi, 15.2 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling
Lee 2.2-0-12-1 (1nb)
Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-21-2
Balaji 3-0-15-3
Iqbal Abdulla 3-0-18-1 (1w)
Bhatia 1-0-4-0
Pathan 2-0-10-1 (2w)
Kolkata Knight Riders (Target : 82 from 20 Overs)
Jacques Kallis c Taylor b Tait 0 (2)
Manvinder Bisla (WK) c Raut b Warne 9 (22)
Gautam Gambhir (C) not out 35 (35) 3 ‘4s’
Manoj Tiwary not out 30 (26) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Yusuf Pathan
Eoin Morgan
Shakib Al Hasan
Rajat Bhatia
Iqbal Abdulla
Brett Lee
L Balaji
Extras : 11 (4 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)
Total : 85/2 (13.5 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Kallis, 0.2 ov), 2-31 (Bisla, 6.6 ov)
Rajasthan Royals Bowling
Tait 3.5-0-29-1 (3w 2nb)
Watson 4-0-20-0 (1w)
Warne 4-0-17-1
Trivedi 1-0-8-0
Amit Singh 1-0-7-0