last 10 overs.Once again Yusuf Pathan was a great failure,did not scored even a boundary.The Knight Riders made 150/5 in the 20 overs.The Pune Warriors had great chance of winning the game as they restricted Knight Riders in 150.But they lost some quick wickets and failed to make stable partnerships in the beginning.Then Ganguly and Mathews made a strong partnership in the 6th wicket which gave the Warriors some hopes of getting back to the match.Angelo Mathews hit three consecutive sixes in Yusuf Pathan's over.Their hopes went in vain when Ganguly got out in a crucial stage.Sunil Narine bowled extremely well to restrict Pune Warriors to a low score.The Pune Warriors could only make it to 143 and lost the match for 7 runs.In my opinion the Pune Warriors failed to make a good batting order.If Steve Smith was given an opportunity to bat in the 6th wicket the result would have been different. As Steve Smith is an aggressive player with a strike rate above 150 he must have given a chance to strike at the end overs.The scores of both the teams along with important batting and bowling performances are given below :
Kolkata Knight Riders : 150/5 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 56(36) Brendon McCullum 42(43)
Angelow Mathews and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets each
Pune Warriors India : 143/8 (20 overs)
Angelow Mathews 35(27) Saurav Ganguly 36(35)
De Lange took 3 wickets
Man of the match : Sunil Narine