Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Deccan Chargers by 20 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Tuesday.
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Deccan Chargers by 20 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Tuesday.
Yusuf Pathan (47 off 26 balls) shared a 80-run stand with Manoj Tiwary (33 off 28) to take the Knight Riders to an impressive 169 for four.u00a0
The Chargers, however, could only reply with 149 for six in 20 overs.
Iqbal Abdulla and Rajat Bhatia took two wickets each for the Knight Riders.
Jacques Kallis scored 30 runs and scalped the key wicket of Shikar Dhawan who contributed a gritty fifty four for the Chargers.
KKR captain Gautam Gambhir contributed a quick-fire 35 of 22 balls at the top of the order.
