Kolkata XI vs Chennai XI 30th T20 at Kolkata, 30 Apr, 2015

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to field
Chennai XI 165/9 (20)
Kolkata XI 169/3 (19.5)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Andre Russell
  • Andre Russell 59 * (32)
  • Robin Uthappa 80 * (58)

Over 7.1Ronit More bowls pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.Boundary!

Over 7.2Ronit More bowls good length delivery to RV Uthappa, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 7.3Ronit More bowls good length delivery to M Pandey, gets forward and defends it towards point.Single

Over 7.4Ronit More bowls pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it past covers.Two runs

Over 7.5Ronit More bowls pitched up delivery to M Pandey, gets back into the crease and punches it past coversSingle

Over 7.6Ronit More bowls pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, gets forward and drives it wide of mid off.Single

Over 9.1Ronit More to SuryakumarYadavHe is Caught ...

Over 9.2Ronit More to RV UthappaTwo runs ...

Over 9.3Ronit More to RV UthappaTwo runs ...

Over 9.4Ronit More to RV UthappaTwo runs ...

Over 9.5Ronit More to RV UthappaSingle ...

Over 9.6Ronit More to Andre Russell Wide ball ...

Over 9.6Ronit More to Andre Russell Single ...

Over 17.1 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and clips it to deep square leg for a single.

Over 17.2 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, 2 runs, gets forward and flicks it away to deep square-leg.

Over 17.3 Ronit More bowls a good length delivery to RV Uthappa, 2 runs, comes across and whips it away beautifully through mid-wicket and picks up couple of runs.

Over 17.4 Ronit More bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to RV Uthappa, no runs, squeezes it out towards mid-wicket and the batsmen can't get the single away.

Over 17.5 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it pass the bowler.

Over 17.6 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, 1 run, gets forward and  jams out the drive to long-on and he will keep the strike.

Over 19.1 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, 1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long-off.

Over 19.2 Ronit More bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Andre Russell, 1 run, waits deep in the crease and clips it to deep mid-wicket, only a single once again.

Over 19.3 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it down to long-off.

Over 19.4 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to RV Uthappa, 1 run, gets forward and drives it down to long-off.

Over 19.5 Ronit More bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell, Boundary! Comes across and  looks to drive it down the ground, gets an inside edge and the ball rolls away through his legs, past the keeper and into the fence..

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wkts

Andre Russell is the Man of the Match

Gambhir: It was a very important test for us, especially the way we messed up in the last match. It was a test of our character and temperament, the guys stood up to the challenge. If you want to play like defending champions, we had to pass this test. The way Russell and Robin (Uthappa) batted, was just too good. We pulled things back magnificently after the initial pounding from Brendon (McCullum). The guys batted aggressively and took us home. We thought about containing them to 120-130 after they lost those wickets. But we knew that we can chase it down after they went past 160. We had amazing firepower, Robin and Russell batted extremely well. Robin batted till the end, the way he batted was the key. One of the top 3 have to bat for a long time. Robin had the temperament to bat for long and he showed us his class today.

Dhoni: It was a very good score. The reason we were there was because of Negi. We lost a few wickets, but we also wanted to attack. We want to be a bit more aggressive, especially when we are on top of the points table. Jadeja didn't bowl that well today, he went for a few runs today. The wrist spinners get slightly more purchase. The wicket got much better as the game progressed. Negi bowled well, I thought his spell was good. Ashwin is injured now and we will evaluate how quick is he healing to decide on his future.