Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2007/08
Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Day/Night)
Toss : Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Brian Jerling (SA) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Match Result : Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match : Yusuf Pathan
Kolkata Knight Riders (20 Overs Maximum)
Salman Butt lbw b Munaf Patel 24 (20) 5 ‘4s’
Mohammad Hafeez c Asnodkar b Munaf Patel 4 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Sourav Ganguly (C) c Kaif b Trivedi 32 (34) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
David Hussey b Pathan 11 (15) 2 ‘4s’
Debabrata Das b Sohail Tanvir 31 (20) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
LR Shukla c Asnodkar b Sohail Tanvir 15 (10) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Wriddaman Saha (WK) not out 11 (6) 1 ‘6s’
Ajit Agarkar run out (Jadeja/Rawat) 5 (2) 1 ‘4s’
Umar Gul c Kaif b Sohail Tanvir 7 (4) 1 ‘6s’
Ishant Sharma not out 2 (1)
Ashok Dinda
Extras: 5 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 147/8 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 1.4 ovs), 2-40 (Salman Butt, 6.4 ovs), 3-71 (Hussey, 11.5 ovs), 4-95 (Ganguly, 14.4 ovs), 5-118 (Das, 17.3 ovs), 6-123 (Shukla, 17.6 ovs), 7-129 (Agarkar, 18.3 ovs), 8-142 (Umar Gul, 19.3 ovs)
Rajasthan Royals Bowling
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-26-3 (1w)
Munaf Patel 4-1-22-2
Shane Watson 4-0-36-0 (1w)
Sidharth Trivedi 3-0-26-1
Warne 3-0-21-0
Yusuf Pathan 2-0-14-1
Rajasthan Royals (Target : 148 from 20 Overs)
Graeme Smith c Saha b Umar Gul 24 (24) 4 ‘4s’
Swapnil Asnodkar c Saha b Ishant Sharma 5 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Sohail Tanvir c Salman Butt b Umar Gul 13 (8) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mohammad Kaif not out 34 (31) 4 ‘4s’
Shane Watson b Ganguly 19 (15) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Yusuf Pathan not out 48 (18) 5 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Ravindra Jadeja
Shane Warne (C)
Mahesh Rawat (WK)
Siddharth Trivedi
Munaf Patel
Extras: 7 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 150/4 (Overs : 16.3)
Fall of Wickets: 1-16 (Asnodkar, 1.6 ovs), 2-42 (Sohail Tanvir, 5.2 ovs), 3-42 (Smith, 5.5 ovs), 4-69 (Watson, 9.5 ovs)
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling
Dinda 4-0-32-0
Ishant Sharma 3-0-23-1
Agarkar 3-0-30-0
Umar Gul 3.3-1-30-2 (3w)
Ganguly 2-0-24-1
Shukla 1-0-7-0