Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

About 50,000 people of Kolkata gathered on the roadside and around 70,000 more people inside Eden Gardens felicitated warmly the team KKR and Shah Rukh Khan alongwith the CM and CAB. The team KKR started their journey of 5 kilometers from Hazra to Eden Gardens on this open truck. But later took shelter in AC bus of the team owing to hard heat of summer noon. The truck was decorated with blue and white Bangla words - 'Korechi, Lorechi, Jitechi Re!' which means - we did, we fought, we won. -- A. B.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL Trophy for the first time. The team KKR with SRK arriving Kolkata today with the trophy. 3-cheers for KKR - Hip Hip Hurray! -- A. B.

27 May 2012 : IPL Final in Chennai, battle of bat & ball between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Who will win the match - captain Gautam Gambhir or Mahendra Singh Dhoni? Kolkatans wish that KKR will win the IPL Trophy for the first time. Kolkata is confident that team of Brand Ambassador Shah Rukh Khan will win tomorrow. Cricket lovers of the city alongwith celebrities will watch the mega final of IPL tomorrow on giant screen outside Eden Gardens. -- A. B.

Although KKR lost the toss, finally won the match. They defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 42 runs this evening in IPL5 cricket match in Bengaluru. The start was great, first two matches they lost, so this particular match was a real fight to win for KKR. The superb partnership of Captain Gautam Gambhir and Kallis and after the dismissal of Kallis - Bisla, the openers showed their expected responsibility to stay at crease and score as much run as possible in the first 6 overs. So, hats off to captain Gambhir and for his marvellous 64 runs. Kallis, Gambhir and Bisla contributed 132 runs out of total 165 runs. So, they layed the pillars of success - it can be said. In the second innings, Balaji played the crucial role to dismiss Bangalore players. He took 4 wickets. In the last match, Rahul Dravid's Rajasthan Royals scored 165 runs and Gautam Gambhir's Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match, and today KKR showed that they can also score 165 runs to set the chal...

Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 22 runs this evening in IPL 5. And they defeated KKR in all the fields - bowling, fielding, batting. Goti won the toss today and elected to field. And the cricket lovers also expected good cricket from KKR but, they failed to restrain RR and the highest score 164 managed Rahul's team. Goti's team chased the target, but it proved difficult when the openers of KKR failed to bat. They scored only 2, 5, or 15 and captain himself utterly failed. What will be the fittest excuse of this disaster of batting? The bowlers of KKR also failed to perform well, while the bowlers of RR showed much better performances. Within this darkness, the only silver line of KKR was Manoj Tiwary - his 59 with partner Lee's 25 runs. So many matches yet to play, but if this is the performances of KKR, what more can we expect?-- A. B.

Shah Rukh Khan will come tomorrow in the city for the first match of KKR against Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens. And he may go to invite the CM to watch the match. He also introduced a series of KKR Cars for the sell of tickets. The cars will run through the city.-- A. B.

Check out IPL 2012 Season 5 match schedule, fixtures & timings of Kolkata Knight Riders: 5 April Thurs 8pm Eden Gardens : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils. 8 April Sun 4pm Jaipur : Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 10 April Tue 4pm Bengaluru : Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 13 April Fri 8pm Eden Gardens : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals. 15 April Sun 4pm Eden Gardens : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab. 18 April Wed 8pm Mohali : Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 22 April Sun 8pm Cuttack : Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 24 April Tue 8pm Eden Gardens : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers. 28 April Sat 8pm Eden Gardens : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers. 30 April Mon 8pm Chennai : Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 5 May Sat 4pm Eden Gardens : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors India. 7 May Mon 8pm Delhi : Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders. 12 May Sat 4pm Ede...

Interrupted by rains, today's match reduced to 13 overs and Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match. -- A. B.

IPL Cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore being played in Bengaluru now stopped due to rain. It will possibly be started within 15 minutes. At the moment KKR scored 69 runs and lost 3 wickets. -- A. B.