Kolkata won their first match of the second round against the Deccan chargers by 24 runs.As Mentioned in those previous articles that its high time, the prince of kolkata had to come good with the bat in their next 2 matches or else he himself needs to take the hard decision,he has replied his harsh criticism in the best possible way by talking with a bat and scoring a rapid 54 ball 88 which included nine boundaries and five sixes.
It was the look of old scenario where Ganguly invariably dances down the track to the spinners to hit over long on,long off or deep midwicket.He does with aplomb even after out of the competitive ODI matches for 3 long years.But still critics would point to his running between the wickets as he let go lots of opportunities to take quick singles or twos.
Deccan Chargers seems to, getting into a no man land where they are the only team in this IPL which nobody can say that they are in form or out of form.They seem to do well most of the things but they cant finish the job well begun in both batting and bowling departments.Gilchrist seems more content in playing cameos or getting out early and he need to put a pause to this pattern which might let the plain old habits creep into you unknowingly.
Gibbs with a 50 and Symonds making 45 was seemingly keeping the match under control in their chase taking the score to 121 in the 15th over but Shane Bond proved his worth in the 15th over of the innings giving away 5 runs and dismissing Gibbs.Then Rohit sharma immediately followed and Andrew Symonds could not force the pace afterwards.
KKR have made a good start to the second half of the tournament and with more matches in their home ground in the second phase,they seem to provide a sense of optimism just as Chennai did against Bangalore
