Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue : DY Patil, Mumbai Time: 2000 IST
The third season of the Indian Premier League kicks off today with defending champions Deccan Chargers taking on Kolkata Knight Riders, who finished last at the previous event.
This is the first match 2010 IPL edition which takes place at Mumbai. India is heated up with IPL 2010 Edition as last year they lost the total IPL edition except via TV.
Last year in IPL 2009 Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets in the First leg with RP Singh taking 4 wickets to break the backs of Knight Riders and then Herschelle Gibbs & Rohit Sharma guiding Deccan Chargers to a easy win.
On paper, Deccan's batting might will be up against Kolkata's bowling, but it could well turn out to be the other way around if one glances at the format's unpredictable nature.
Kolkata would miss the services of the explosive Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum in the early stages of the tournament. They would be banking on Brad Hodge and new signing Owais Shah to bolster the middle order, while Manoj Tiwary and Rohan Gavaskar will be the local attractions.
Deccan, however, are very strong with the batting, with Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Rohit Sharma all available.
The squads:
Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (captain), Ashish Reddy, Anirudh Singh, Azhar Bilakhia, Herschelle Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, VVS Laxman, Monish Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Tirumalasetti Suman, Bodapati Sumanth, Andrew Symonds, Chaminda Vaas, Venugopal Rao, Arjun Yadav.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Varun Aaron, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Eklak Ahmad, Rohan Gavaskar, Brad Hodge, Iqbal Abdulla, Murali Kartik, Harshad Khadiwale, Charl Langeveldt, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Chirag Pathak, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, Owais Shah, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary and Ganapathi Vignesh.
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