Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st Match
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, April 18, 2008
An absolute blitzkrieg from McCullum ensured that the Royal Challengers had no other option but to go hammer and tongs from ball one. They failed miserably, caving in for a pathetic 82.McCullum was smashed the ball all around the park from the word go . It was a record breaking innings of 158(73) with 13 big sixes beating the previous best of the T20 (141) by C.White . BRC on the other hand was looking in all sorts of trouble and were eventually bowled out for 82 giving KKR 140 runs easy victory .Ishant started the procession, Agarkar picked up 3 wickets and Ganguly chipped inwith 2 as Bangalore fell short by a whopping 140 runs.
Brief Scores
Kolkata Knight Riders - 222/3 (20 overs) B.McCullum - 158(73) n.o , Z.Khan - 1/38
Banglore Royal Challengers - 82 all out (15.1 Overs) P.Kumar - 18(15) n.o , A.Agarkar - 3/25
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) & Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Third Umpire: Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (Ind)
Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers (Elected to field)
Match Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs
Man of the Match: Brendon McCullum
