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Cape Town: Unbelievable match. Really astounding. Incredible scenes at the end. Finally the IPL has come alive. Kolkata were well on course when Gayle was firing on all cylinders. Then enter the magician Warne, he nips out Gayle. Ganguly played an amazing innings as he silenced all his critics. Yashpal Singh opened the door for Royals with a poor stroke.
Kamran Khan bowled a splendid final over. It was 2 from 2 when Ganguly edged one to the keeper. Ishant strode in and looked to have won it for KKR with a firm drive, enter Warne again with a diving stop. Kamran Khan kept his nerve to relay the ball back to the keeper to run out Ishant.
Fast forward to the super over - Gayle blasted 15 off the super over from Kamran Khan. Then a major blunder by McCullum to give the ball to Mendis when Yusuf was on strike. Yusuf goes on and seals a terrific match with a couple of massive hits.
Chris Gayle and captain Brendon McCullum batted for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Super Over with Kamran Khan bowling for the Rajasthan Royals.
Here is how the Super Over went for the Kolkata Knight Riders:
Ball 1 Gayle takes a single.
Ball 2 McCullum takes a single.
Ball 3 Wide.
Ball 3 Gayle hits over mid-on for four.
Ball 4 Gayle pulls to square leg for four.
Ball 5 Gayle pulls to mid-wicket for four.
Ball 6 Gayle hits to deep point for Rob Quiney to take catch
Rajasthan Royals needed 16 runs to win. Yusuf Pathan and Ravinder Jadeja batted for the Rajasthan Royals with Ajantha Mendis bowling for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Here is how the Super Over went for the Rajasthan Royals:
Ball 1 Pathan hits over the covers for a 6.
Ball 2 Pathan takes 2.
Ball 3 Pathan hits over long on for a 6.
Ball 4 Pathan sweeps to square leg for 4 to win the match for the Rajasthan Royals.
Yusuf Pathan is the Man of the Match.
Yusuf Pathan broke the IPL's first tie and with it Kolkata Knight Riders' hearts through clean hitting in the Super Over, to chase down 16 runs in four deliveries. It was intense drama at Newlands with the match swinging either way - from the moment Rajasthan Royals lost two wickets in the first three overs, till Sourav Ganguly's dismissal with two runs required and one ball to go - as the excitement spilled over into the Super Over, the solution to a Twenty20 tie.
Earlier, Kolkata lost their captain Brendon McCullum (3) early to Dimitri Mascarenhas but Gayle set the stdaium ablaze with his stunning fireworks. Displaying brute power, the West Indian captain hit 4 sixes and 2 fours in his 33-ball 41. He was dismissed by Warne who had him caught at long off by Ravinder Jadeja.
Rajasthan Royals scored 150/6 in 20 overs. For Kolkata, Ajantha Mendis, Ishant Sharma and Anureet Singh took 2 wickets with Yusuf Pathan top scoring for the defending champions with a quickfire 42.
Abhishek Raut hit a four and 2 sixes in the last over by Anureet to take the Rajasthan total to the 150-run mark. Raut remained unbeaten on a 13-ball 21.
Brief Score: Kolkata Knight Riders 150/7 (Ganguly 46, Gayle 41, Kamran 3-18) tied with Rajasthan Royals 150/6 (Yusuf 42, Mendis 2-19). Rajasthan win in Super Over.
