IPL First Match: KKR Vs Deccan Chargers

Knight Riders defeat the defending champs

In IPL 2010, the teams for Deccan Chargers vs. Kolkata Knight Riders:

DC: Adam Gilchrist (capt.), Rohit Sharma, R.P. Singh, Pragyan Ojha, V.V.S. Laxman, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, Chaminda Vaas, Harmeet Singh, Ravi Teja, Rahul Sharma, T. Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Anirudh Singh, Mohnish Mishra, Venugopala Rao, B. Sumanth, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy. Coach: Darren Lehmann.

KKR: Sourav Ganguly (capt.), Manoj Tiwary, Murali Kartik, Ajit Agarkar, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Cheteshwar Pujara, Iqbal Abdulla, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Brad Hodge, Owais Shah, Charl Langeveldt, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ganapathi Vignesh, Rohan Gavaskar, Mandeep Singh, Harshad Khadiwale. Coach: Dav Whatmore .

Place: Mumbai DY Patil Stadium

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 11 runs.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field first. Though the beginning innings of the KKR was not good one after their successive wickets, the partership between Owais Shah and Angelo Matthews have created the momentum on the field. They brought the score to 161 for 20 overs.Shah (58 *: 46b, 3x4, 3x6) and Mathews (65*: 46 b, 5x4, 4x6) revived the innings with a breathtaking 130-run unbeaten stand.

Deccan Chargers though the 54 runs accounted by Gilchrist not helped their team to won the match as all other batsmen failed to perform. Ganguly's KKR won it in an easy way with the help of pace bowlers at last.