 The
match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset CCC would be the
sixth and the final match of the qualifying round. This match will be played in
Hyderabad, September 21 at 14:30 IST or 20 GMT.
Kolkata Knight Riders have won their first match only by two runs. In fact the
game was decided in the last ball of the innings. They started their match very
well but they could not kept pressure against their opponent as they some lost
some wickets very quickly.
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But at last they put up a decent fighting score considering they have very quality
bowling attack. Their all rounders also contributed to build up the moderate score.
But they have to re-think about their batting it has been very shaky.
Even in the IPL after a very good start by Jacques Kallis they failed
to win some matches. On the other hand their bowling was certainly praiseworthy.
They managed a win which seemed very much impossible at certain stage of the
game.
So, there should not be any big problem with their bowling as it is composed
of bowlers like Bret Lee, Yusuf Pathan, Iqbal Abdullah and Shakib Al Hasan. But none can guarantee the result of a Twenty20 match.
Somerset's batsman Snell and Hildreth both played well in their match against
Auckland Aces so KKR should be aware of them otherwise if they take the match
away from them KKR might be out of the tournament like the Auckland Aces.
Like KKR Somerset also beat the Auckland aces. In fact they beat Auckland in the
similar fashion in the last bowl of the innings. So, this encounter is expected
to be a very good encounter. Both of the team seems equally strong.
Obviously they will be certainly trying as much as possible to eliminate their
opponent from the tournament. Murali Kartik and Van der Merwe have experience
on bowling in India so it could the battle between the bowlers between the two
teams. But Somerset does not have the depth and quality batsmen like KKR. And
another important thing is that KKR got rest more than Somerset so this might
play a key role.
Everyone is eagerly waiting for the encounter. Even Shahrukh Khan has already
tweeted that he would be in the gallery to inspire his team as he did in the IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders certainly have the edge because this team has really some
match winner which lacks in Somerset very much but at the end of the day any team
could be the winner because it is Twenty20 cricket.
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