Balaji stars as Knight Riders crush Titans by 99 runs


Group A, Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Titans,
Newlands, Cape Town,
South Africa
21 October, 2012

L Balaji take 4 for 19 helped Kolkata Knight Riders to beat Titans by 99 runs in the Champions League T20 Group A Match at Cape Town on Sunday. Kolkata Knight Riders are already out of the tournament.

Titans won the toss and elected to field first. Kolkata Knight Riders made a solid start. Bisla out for 27 off 14 balls and Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum added 63 runs for the 2nd wicket partership. Gambhir made 44 off 36 balls and McCullun Scored 36 off 20 balls. Debabrata Das unbeaten quik fire 43 off 19 balls helped Knight Riders to post 188/5 in 20 overs.

In the chasing huge margin 189,Titans wickets are falling in a regular intervals. Rudolph was the top scorer for Titans with 25 runs. L Balaji grabbed 4 for 19 runs and Manoj Tiwary take 2 for 8 in his one over spell. Titans were bowled out for 89 in 16.4 overs. Debabrata Das named for the Man of the Match award.

Scorecard:

Kolkata Knight Riders 188/5 (20)

Gautam Gambhir 44, Debabrata Das 43*
Roelof van der Merwe 2-18

Titans 89/10 (16.4)

Rudolph 25, Henry Davids 13
L Balaji 4-19, Manoj Tiwary 2-8

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