CHENNAI, India (Mon, May 28) – Gambhir-led spirited Kolkata Knight Riders
(KKR) emerges as the champions in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League
(IPL) after thrashing the two0time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 5
wicket on their home ground on Sunday night.
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| IPL 2012 (Final): Match Summary and Photos -- KKR Winning Moments |
A once-in-a-lifetime innings of 89 off just 48 balls by Himachal Pradesh
Ranji player Manvinder Bisla and an equally stirring 49-ball 69 by Jacques
Kallis guided the Shahrukh Khan co-owned franchise to the title with a
five-wicket win in the final.
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| IPL 2012 (Final): Match Summary and Photos -- KKR Winning Moments |
Chasing a daunting task of 191 KKR lost their skipper and inform batsman in
very first over of their innings’ but no body knows that it will be all-Bisla
show later on, who was gracefully supported by veteran Jacques Kallis to lead
their team to first ever IPL title.
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| IPL 2012 (Final): Match Summary and Photos -- KKR Winning Moments |
Manvinder Bisla took the charge after Gambhit fell to an in-cutter of Ben
Hilfenhaus on the last ball of the first over. Bisla played an extraordinary
innings to keep the required run rate under control at any point of time during
their batting. He was very well supported by experienced Kallis.
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| IPL 2012 (Final): Match Summary and Photos -- KKR Winning Moments
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Earlier, Chennai won the toss and elected to bat first and piled up a total
of 190 which was virtually beyond the limits of Kolkata with the existing
players’ stats in the current edition of IPL. Top three batsmen did almost the
entire job for Chennai. Suresh Raina (73 off 38) was pick of the Chennai’s
batting courtesy to an excellent start provided by Michael Hussey (54 off 43)
and Murali Vijay (42 off 32).
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| IPL 2012 (Final): Match Summary and Photos -- KKR Winning Moments |
Chennai bowlers started well to defend a total which seemed to be out of
reach for Kolkata especially when they lost their skipper Gautam Gambhir in the
very first over; but Manvinder Bisla’s aggressive and Jacques Kallis’ sensible
knock turned the tables for Chennai who were dreaming to be completing a
hat-trick of title champs.
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| IPL 2012 (Final): Match Summary and Photos -- KKR Winning Moments |
Manoj Tiwari smashed a winning shot to get past the target
of 191 with 2 balls to spare and KKR became the new IPL champions. Manvinder Bisla named as man of the
match while Sunil Narine was picked up as man of the series.
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