Bangalore XI vs Kolkata XI 30th T20 at Bangalore, 02 May, 2016

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bowl
Bangalore XI 185/7 (20)
Kolkata XI 189/5 (19.1)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Andre Russell
  • Suryakumar Yadav 10 * (5)
  • YK Pathan 60 * (29)

Over 3.1SR Watson bowls good length delivery to G Gambhir, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.Single

Over 3.2SR Watson bowls pitched up delivery to CA Lynn, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Two runs

Over 3.3SR Watson bowls short of length delivery to CA Lynn, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Single

Over 3.4SR Watson bowls good length delivery to G Gambhir, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to squarelegSingle

Over 3.5SR Watson bowls pitched up delivery to CA Lynn, flicks it off his pads towards the deep mid wicket regionSingle

Over 3.6SR Watson bowls pitched up delivery to G Gambhir, lofts it in the air over mid on.Boundary!

Over 10.1 SR Watson bowls a good length delivery to Manish Pandey, out Caught by Sachin Baby!! 

Over 10.2 SR Watson bowls it short of length to YK Pathan, 1 run,  swivels into a pull. Not in control and it dips well in front of an onrushing Kohli from deep mid-wicket

Over 10.3 SR Watson bowls a good length delivery to Andre Russell, 1 run, gets forward and works it away through mid-wicket and picks up another single.

Over 10.4 SR Watson bowls a pitched up delivery to YK Pathan, 1 run, gets the time to push it all flat-footed through cover.

Over 10.5 SR Watson bowls a back of length delivery to YK Pathan, 1 run, gets back in the crease and cuts it pass backward-point and picks up just a single.

Over 10.6 SR Watson bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to YK Pathan, no runs, gets forward and squeezed out to mid-off for no run. 

Over 16.1 SR Watson bowls a pitched up delivery to YK Pathan, Boundary! Gets clear his front leg and lofts it down to wide long-on fence for four.

Over 16.2 SR Watson bowls a good length delivery to YK Pathan, Boundary! Makes room and thrashes it with a cut through extra cover, once again the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 16.3 SR Watson bowls it short of length to YK Pathan, Boundary! Swivel across on the back foot and pulls it over bakcward square-leg fence for another boundary.

Over 16.4 SR Watson bowls a pitched up delivery to YK Pathan, Six!! Gets under the ball and smokes it over long-on for a maximum.

Over 16.5 SR Watson bowls it short of length to YK Pathan, 2 runs, goes on to the back foot and pulls it through mid-wicket and picks up couple of runs.

Over 16.6 SR Watson bowls it short of length to YK Pathan, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and steers it down to third-man fence for four.

Andre Russell is the Man of the Match

Gambhir: Unbelievable knock from Russell and Yusuf. We were never there, well we were there until the 17th over. Going for 60 odd runs in the last three. The way we started, our CV wasn't upto the mark. This is one of my favourite Yusuf innings. That one over from Watson where Yusuf cashed in set the game for us. At this venue, 12-13 runs per over is chaseable. We know Surya can be dangerous as a finisher as well and we also knew they had the Indian bowling and with not much of death bowling experience. It was matter of hanging in and having wickets in hand. Chasing 15rpo (runs per over) and getting it down to 7rpo set it up. Russell bowled very well up front. These are positive signs. Umesh didn't have a good day but he's a quality bowler. We need to sort these last 2 overs out and be more professional, and we can go a long way.

Kohli Nothing much to say. I think we needed to take our chances. Getting to 100/4 and then getting it to go away. Couple of chances came our way and guys like Russell will make you pay. We got 185, wicket was sticky and their bowlers bowled well. We were on course, our batters had batted well at the end but that's how it goes. If you don't take chances, the other team will make you pay. These games can pull a player down. Need to be positive and need to correct our mistakes.