Pitches win you matches. Kolkata defeated Hyderabad IPL by 5 wickets in a poorly organised tight match at Eden Gardens dusty track in Kolkata. David Hussey produced a match winning knock (38 crucial runs in 43 balls) under difficult conditions without losing concentration. Failure to win the toss came as a blessing disguise for Sourav Ganguly.
Hyderabad lost this match due to lack of world class spinner. Part time bowlers like Symonds and Styris were exposed in this tight match by Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey. 
First they prepared worst pitch then flood Lights were off in the middle of Kolkata innings. All these things are whether due to poor administration or voluntary actions from the unsatisfied CAB members. BCCI should take serious action on the culprits who want to destroy the spirit of the game. These are unforgivable acts from Bengal Cricket Association members. They are doing their best to disrupt the Kolkata IPL image.
IPL T20 cricket match review:
Toss: Laxman won the toss and choose to bat on his favourite ground.
Pitch: Kolkata failed to prepare good pitch for this match. Why curator prepared a sluggish dusty pitch like this for a twenty20 match?
IPL T20 Match result: Kolkata won by 5 wickets against Hyderabad. Kolkata IPL is now leading table.
Man of the match: David Hussey.
IPL match Scores:
Hyderabad IPL: 110/10 in 18.4 overs.
Kolkata IPL: 112/5 in 19 overs.
Highlights of Hyderabad innings:
1. Hyderabad started innings in slow fashion. I can’t understand why it picked a batsman like Venugopala Rao for T20 match.
2. Kolkata bowlers Ishant Sharma and Dinda ideally utilised bad pitch conditions to trouble Hyderabad batsmen.
3. As I said in the last article, Ajit Agarkar was exploited by Adam Gilchrist to score 16 runs in his first over (2 sixers and 1 four).
4. Twenty20 cricket is not for players like Laxman, Dravid and Jaffer. It is better for them to stay away from Indian Premier League and T20 Cricket. Dhoniji, you are right!
5. Adam Gilchrist fell to Murali Karthik by scoring 23 runs in 23 balls. Rohit Sharma failed miserably. He scored zero runs in 3 balls. Hyderabad is in deep trouble. Can Andrew Symonds save this match?
6. Can you believe it? Andrew Symonds is on 8 by facing 20 balls. Hyderabad lost 5th wicket (Scott Styris). Score is 58/5. Symonds is playing patient game.
7. Everyone knew why Arjun Yadav was picked ahead of talented players like Ravi Teja. IPL is no exception for cricket politics. Deccan Chronicle franchise may be paying gratitude by picking this Yadav ahead of others. If you want get cooperation from authorities, pick their sons and relatives. These “Yadavs” have spoiled the careers of good cricketers like Ambati Rayudu.
8. Ajit Agarkar took the crucial wicket of Andrew Symonds to limit the damage in the end overs. Vital wicket for Kolkata Knight Riders. Symonds hit 32 runs in 39 balls.
9. Murali Karthik and Ishant Sharma bowled superbly utilising pitch conditions to their advantage. Shahrukh Khan is the happiest man on earth.
Kolkata innings highlights:
1. Bangalore hero McCullum and Australian Captain Ricky Ponting failed. Ricky Ponting was out for golden duck.
2. David Hussey and Sourav Ganguly tried to resurrect innings with their 47 run partnership in the difficult conditions.
3. Poor Hyderabad spinners failed to capitalise suitable pitch conditions.
4. Hyderabad IPL overspent on batsmen. This lack of depth in their bowling will cost them dear in the coming matches.
5. Andrew Symonds gave 20 runs in his first 2 overs at a crucial period which changed the match course.
6. Pragyan Ojha took the crucial wicket of Sourav Ganguly but much was expected from him on this dust bowl.
7. David Hussey emulated his brother Michael Hussey by playing a match winning knock under difficult conditions in front of 90,000 passionate crowd. Hatsoff to Hussey family for bringing so much joy to us.
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers squad:
VVS Laxman (Captain), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-Captain), Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Scott Styris, Arjun Yadav, Y. Venugopala Rao, RP Singh, Vaas, Pragyan Ojha and Sanjay Bangar.
Kolkata Knight Riders squad:
Sourav Ganguly (Captain), Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Dinda, Karthik, Mohammad Hafeez, Shukla, Saha, Ajit Agarkar and Ishant Sharma.
Note: BCCI should investigate whether there is any conspiracy behind this “dust bowl” pitch. Dissatisfied CAB officials may do these types of nasty things. BCCI should take serious action on the curator of Eden Gardens. Sunday crowd at Eden Gardens expected fireworks from both sides but they got dust bowl. Anything can happen in Kolkata.
Why Hyderabad lost this match?
1. They failed to read the pitch properly.
2. Lack of good bowling attack to save small total.
3. Not opening with Gilchrist- Raviteja combination.
4. Robin Sharma's duckout at crucial period.
5. David Hussey's cool composure.
6. They selected accumulators like Styris and Venugopala Rao which a fatal error in a Twenty20 match.
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