Mahela insisted his pal Sangakkara to make him opener for this encounter before the match against KKR in Kolkata.And the thought that led to this decision never would have come at an appropriate time as the KingsXI were again looking down the barrel after bowling a disciplined first 10 overs and then allowed chris Gayle to blast 42 ball 88.
This was made by Gayle after a struggling start and then he hit his last 56 runs of 18 balls.KKR posted 200 and it looked like 230 with all the crowd support behind them.
In came Jayawardene with his steely eyes and resolve,played proper cricketing shots which is his trademark and made the game a no contest scoring unbeaten 110 runs from 59 balls.He got able support from Sangakkara who scored 38 runs and un beaten 33 runs from Yuvraj singh.
Shahrukh looking with great energy till the first half of the innings went back disappointed as his team once again faltered at his presence.
