Ganguly shines, Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers

Sourav Ganguly took the game away from the Deccan Chargers with his blazing knock of 91 and superb bowling performance. Batting first, the Kolkata Knight Riders put up 204/4 in 20 overs. Sourav Ganguly scored a brilliant 91, while D Hussey remained unbeaten on 57. Chopra scored 24. It rained boundaries and sixes when Ganguly and Hussey were batting.

Chasing a victory target of 205, Deccan Chargers found it too hot to handle. Only Venugopal Rao showed resistance and fought till the end. The Deccan Chargers managed to score 181/7 in 20 overs, thus losing by 23 runs. Venugopal Rao remained unbeaten on 71. Rohit Sharma scored 33. Gilchrist contributed 24. For Knight Riders, Dinda took 3 wickets, while Ganguly took 2 wickets. Ganguly was declared 'Man of the Match' for his all-round performance.