Kolkata Knight Riders gives Rajasthan Royals taste of their medicine

Knight Riders avenged a sweet revenge, over Rajasthan Royals, in the must win game, for the defending champions and also incinerated any chances of their counterparts, to grab the opportunity, to make it to semi – finals

The match was bizarre in many facets, as both teams struggled, to put the bat on the ball and Rajasthan which batted first made a mere one hundred one runs, at the end of their innings, even after a massive twenty two run first over by Bard Hodge, where N Ojha slammed three huge sixes to the stand.

Rajasthan Royals batsmen had no answer for yet another IPL debutant Charl Langeveldt, who trounced on Rajasthan Royals top order with his pace and swing and claimed three crucial wickets in the process.

The other Indian bowlers in Kolkata arsenal complimented the good work done, by the South African fast bowler, as they kept the tight lines and pressure, which resulted in three freakish run – outs of their premiere batsmen, which saw even super cool Shane Wrne losing his temper.

For Kolkata Knight Riders Ajit Agarkar bowled well giving mere fifteen runs in his four overs spell and also claiming two price wickets along with Sarkar, who removed dangerous looking Ravindra Jadeja and also any chances of Rajasthan upheaval.

Kolkata batsmen had a horrible start to their chase, losing both their openers Sourav Ganguly and Brendon Mc Cullum pretty cheaply, where they needed their foreign recruits Brad Hodge and David hussy to come to the fore, if their team has to have any chances of a reprisal.

But they both failed to do justice to their reputation, where Kolkata lost their batsmen incessantly, where at one stage they were reeling at a score, of fort five runs losing six wickets.

But Kolkata Knight Riders had a new hero this time, in form of Laksmi Ratan Shukla, who had just ran – out all important Yusuf Pathan during fielding, spurted new energy into their batting and also build an match winning half – century partnership with Ajit agarkar, to romp their team home.

Shukla, who dint stamp his authority, with bat in any of his previous innings, announced his capabilities to the world, by flirting with pressure and hitting magnificent sixes when required to give Rajasthan Royals an humiliating defeat and also a knock – out punch, for so called defending champions.