(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Rajasthan royals win over kolkata on boundary count after super over too tied
james faulkner picked up three wickets for 11 runs from two overs. — kt photo by shoaib anwer
now who would have thought of that? what a way to wrap up the abu dhabi segment of the uae leg of the ipl. and the crowd which had packed into the shaikh zayed international cricket stadium on tuesday night got their money’s worth.
in what was the final game in the capital fortunes swung either way between the kolkata knight riders and the rajasthan royals after the latter had posted 152 for five. the game went down to the wire with three required from one ball and the kolkata knight riders all-rounder scrambled hard for two with sunil narine to go level on 152 and force the issue to a super over the first in the uae.
the kolkata knight riders made 11 for two in the super over bowled by birthday boy james faulkner with manish pandey smoking a six after the rest were singles from suryakumar yadav and shakib al hasan.
in the super over chase rajasthan royals captain shane watson took a single off sunil narine before steve smtih ran two off the next ball. smith took another single which left eight to get from three balls. and watson smacked him towards deep mid-wicket with rajasthan royals requiring four from two balls. watson ran single which left them needing three from one ball.
smith tapped it calmly towards extra cover and ran a double to make it a tie in the super over. but the rajasthan royals won on a boundary count. the kolkata knight riders had 12 boundaries and two sixes while the rajasthan royals had 17 boundaries and one six.
the nervy win also helped the rajasthan royals tie their head-to-head to 6-6.
the kolkata knight riders captain and opener gautam gambhir is not one to shy away from a fight. more the delicate situation and more the danger he revels in that. gambhir takes that phrase ‘if you are not living on the edge you are wasting space’ to a whole new level.
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