Kolkata Knight Riders could not give a blasting start in IPL 2009 here in CAPE TOWN, South Africa. KKR was the opening team in IPL season 1 and gave a rocking performance in the match which also helped the IPL to make it a success and huge increase in popularity that time. But this time Deccan Chargers RP Singh made it tough for the team while batting and got 4 crucial wickets of KKR. KKR made 101/10 in 19.4 overs by batting first. DC scored the total in 13.1 overs by losing 2 wickets and won the match.
Scoreboard
Kolkata Knight Riders
Total:(101/10 in 19.4 overs)
Fall of wickets:
1/1(Brendon McCullum , 1.1 ov.), 2/12(Chris Gayle, 3.4 ov.), 3/16(Sourav Ganguly, 5.2 ov.), 4/34(Aakash Chopra, 10.4 ov.), 5/48(Laxmi Shukla, 12.2 ov.), 6/72(Brad Hodge, 15.3 ov.), 7/73(Moises Henriques, 15.5 ov.), 8/81(Ajit Agarkar, 16.3 ov.), 9/99(Ishant Sharma, 19.2 ov.), 10/101(Ashok Dinda, 19.4 ov.)
Deccan Chargers (Winner)
Total:(104/2 in 13.1 overs)
Fall of wickets:
1/24(Adam Gilchrist, 2.5 ov.), 2/35(VVS Laxman, 4.5 ov.)