Since the starting of Indian Premier League
in 2008, Kolkata Knight
Riders have been longing for this day to come when they will play in the
IPL Final and grab the prestigious IPL championship title. Finally the team is
on the way to fulfil their dream in IPL 2012 and they will achieve this coveted
title once they defeat Chennai Super Kings in the final on May 27, 2012.
The final match of this IPL has been
scheduled at MA Chidambaram
Stadium, Chennai and the match will start at 8.00 PM IST. After a
glamorous and colorful inaugural ceremony, this stadium once more ready with
the same excitement and thrill to host the IPL 2012 Final. Kolkata team is
already in Chennai and is ready to fulfil their dream.
In all these years, this
team has gone through many incidents and the most important among them was when
Captain Saurav Ganguly had been replaced by Gautam Gambhir before IPL 2011. It
really took a toll on the team’s mental strength because many supporters set
back their support from this team as Saurav is an iconic figure in Bengal.
However, this year, Kolkata has won back hearts of many supporters once more
with their impressive performance throughout the league matches. Out of the 16
league matches, this team won 10 matches and retained the second position in
the Points Table which smoothened their way to the playoffs. In the Qualifier 1
match, when Kolkata confronted table topper Delhi Daredevils in Pune ground,
Kolkata boys smashed Delhi in a fabulous way and moved to the final.
In that match, they batted
first and left Delhi to chase 162. Throughout this tournament, Captain Gambhir
has been in an explosive form to give a boost to his team score. In most of the
matches, he received a good partnership from either Kiwi batsman, Brendon
McCullum or from South African
veteran Jacques Kallis. Last night also, these three were in good strike rate
with Gambhir at 200.00. Moreover, that day, Pathan finally returned to his
explosive form to get 40 from 21 balls. Although this was a good score for slow
wicket in Pune but for tomorrow’s match, they need to look for 190+ score.
Compared to the bowling squad, the batting order is not so strong for Kolkata
and so when they are looking for the IPL 2012 Championship Cup, the batting
line up needs to be more consistent to get a challenging score for the
opponent.
The bowling department is
very strong for this team because the magical spell of Sunil Narine, Shakib Al
Hasan, Kallis, Iqbal Abdulla, Balaji and Bhatia are working fabulously. In most
of the winning matches, the main credit goes to the attacking bowlers. Narine’s
bowling is always a threat for the batsman and Kallis has proved himself
equally competent in bat and ball. They need to show the same spells in their
delivery in tomorrow’s match to push the rival to a corner like Qualifier
match.
Although Kolkata is in a
formidable form but after Chennai’s innings in Qualifier 2 match, it is a
serious matter for Kolkata to tackle their opponent in a planned way to get the
victory. With so much support and pray from the supporters, it is hopeful that
this time, Kolkata will succeed. The western bookies like 32Red, Betfair, WBX
and Betdaq are offering odds of 19/16, 6/5, 29/25 and 119/100 respectively on
Kolkata victory.
Probable squad for Kolkata
Knight Riders: Gautam
Gambhir (C), Brendon McCullum (W), Jacques Kallis, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf
Pathan, Laxmi Shukla, Debabrata Das, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy
Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla.
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