Yusuf Pathan made Deccan Chargers pay dearly for dropping him thrice as he hit three boundaries and three massive sixes in his 26-ball 47* and also shared a 80-run partnership in 48 balls with Manoj Tiwary for the fourth wicket as Kolkata Knight Riders made 169 for 4 after being put into bat by Deccan Chargers skipper Kumar Sangakkara at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium tonight.
In reply, the Chargers could only score 149 for 6 as Knight Riders moved to the top of the table with 12 points from nine matches while the Hyderabad-based franchise is languishing at the seventh position with only six points from nine matches. Pathan was dropped when he was on 3, 12 and 34 by Amit Mishra, Dan Christian and Shikhar Dhawan respectively and these blips in the field cost the Chargers dear as the hard- hitting batsman hit a six almost immediately after the first two chances went pleading and thereafter took the attack to the home team's bowlers with Tiwary giving him good support.
Tiwary (33 in 28 balls), who has been in good form in IPL-4, took his time to play himself in but broke the shackles when he hit successive boundaries off Dale Steyn in the 16th over of the innings and then hit a massive six behind midwicket off a Christian delivery. Pathan and Tiwary's calculated assault saw Knight Riders score 59 runs for the loss of one wicket in the last five overs of their innings after they were 84 for 3 in the 12th over at one stage
In reply, the Chargers could only score 149 for 6 as Knight Riders moved to the top of the table with 12 points from nine matches while the Hyderabad-based franchise is languishing at the seventh position with only six points from nine matches. Pathan was dropped when he was on 3, 12 and 34 by Amit Mishra, Dan Christian and Shikhar Dhawan respectively and these blips in the field cost the Chargers dear as the hard- hitting batsman hit a six almost immediately after the first two chances went pleading and thereafter took the attack to the home team's bowlers with Tiwary giving him good support.
Tiwary (33 in 28 balls), who has been in good form in IPL-4, took his time to play himself in but broke the shackles when he hit successive boundaries off Dale Steyn in the 16th over of the innings and then hit a massive six behind midwicket off a Christian delivery. Pathan and Tiwary's calculated assault saw Knight Riders score 59 runs for the loss of one wicket in the last five overs of their innings after they were 84 for 3 in the 12th over at one stage
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