The Kolkatta Knight Riders, the Champions of the Indian Premiere League,2012

The Kolkatta Knight Riders, the Champions of the Indian Premiere League,2012

Just a few days ago, Sharuk Khan, the franchise holder of the Kolkatta Knight Riders faced an ignominious ban imposed by the Mumbai Cricket Association prohibiting him from entering the Mumbai cricket stadium.On 27, May,2012, his team the Kolkatta Knight Riders repaired the damage to some extent by winning the Indian Premiere League cup by defeating the two times champion the Chennai Super Kings by five wickets. Both the teams were in good form.While the Kolkatta Knight Riders reached the final by defeating the Delhi Dare Devils in the first play off match rather convincingly. But it was a circuitous route for Chennai Super Kings, When both Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers of Bangalore are tied with equal points, thanks to Kings Eleven of Punjab, who won their final league match against the Royal Challengers of Bangalore thereby facilitating the Chennai Super Kings to enter the play off round easily. Then Chennai Super Kings in their play off match against the Mumbai Indians scored 187 in their allotted 20 overs. Mumbai Indians could not chase the total and so the Chennai Super Kings won easily. However, it had to play another play off match scoring a mammoth 222 against the Delhi Dare Devils and won it convincingly to reach the final. On 27, May, 2012, at 0800 p.m, the D day began at M.A.Chidambaram cricket stadium, Chennai In a nerve racking final played between two well deserved teams, it was the Kolkatta Knight Riders who kept their nerves won the match in style by scoring 193 for five wickets. When the Indian Premiere League 5 final match began, M.S.Dhoni, the captain of the Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. Both the openers Mike Hussey and Vijay played steadily and made a century partnership to lay down a solid platform. Then Suresh Raina played a whirlwind knock of 73 in 38 deliveries and in the end Chennai Super Kings set an imposing target of 190 for 3. Narain, the acclaimed bowler of Kolkatta Knight Riders had to concede as many as 49 runs in his allotted four overs. It was a nice batting pitch and it offered no assistance to any bowler. Thanks to the pitch curators who provided a fine pitch for the superb final. Though the skipper of Kolkatta Knight Riders Gautam Ghambhir began solidly, very soon he was out. Then it was Jack Kallis who laid a solid foundation with his steady innings of 62 along with the dark horse Manvinder Bisla who scored 89 in 48 deliveries for the second wicket partnership. Though Chennai Super Kings then managed to capture three quick wickets, it was Manoj Tiwari who had to score 9 runs in the last 6 balls; Darren Bravo was the bowler for the Chennai Super Kings. Despite his tight bowling, Manoj Tiwari scored two boundaries in the last over scoring 192 for five wickets. It was a spectacular win for Kolkatta Knight Riders and they became the champion of the fifth edition of Indian Premiere League. Despite playing their last couple of matches superbly and defeating every team on their way to final, in the end the Chennai Super Kings lost their final and of course, the two time Indian Premiere League champions failed to repeat their feet.