04:36 pm 7th over: 75/0 Clarke comes into the attack. He begins with a dot ball and McCullum scores a single off the second towards midwicket. Gambhir scores a single towards long-on. McCullum takes a single towards midwicket. The next ball goes towards point for no run. Gambhir comes down the track and clears the gap between the two fielders in the deep for a boundary.
04:32 pm 6th over: 68/0 Dinda back into the attack and he begins with a Wide. Gambhir scores a couple towards deep backward point. Gambhir takes a single off the third ball. Mccullum gets an outside edge and the ball runs towards third-man for a boundary. Mccullum scores a quick single towards mid-on. Gambhir comes down the wicket and SMASHES THE BALL OVER DEEP MIDWICKET FOR A SIXX! A monstrous hit from the skipper! The last ball runs for another boundary towards fine-leg. 19 runs from the over.
Gautam Gambhir 35*(18b) Brendon McCullum 20*(18b) 04:27 pm 5th over: 49/0 Parnell comes into the attack. And Gambhir welcomes him with a boundary over covers! Gambhir plays the second ball towards the leg-side for a single, that was a risky shot as the ball was in the air for quite some time. 4 leg byes for Kolkata, it hit the left pad of McCullum and rushed past fine leg for a boundary. WHAT A SHOTTT FROM MCCULLUM! COMES DOWN THE TRACK AND LIFTS THE BALL OVER LONG ON FOR A DLF MAXIMUM!! Mccullum scores a single towards square leg. Gambhir scores single towards point. 17 runs from the over.
04:22 pm 4th over: 32/0 Bhuvaneshwar Kumar comes into the attack. He begins with a WIDE ball that also runs towards fine-leg for a boundary, Uthappa got his hands to hit but the pace was enough for a boundary. Another wide Ball. Dot ball. Another Wide ball. Gambhir takes a single. McCullum takes a single towards covers. Gambhir rushes for a single off the fourth ball. The next ball is spot on and hits McCullum on the pads, appeal denied by the umpire. McCullum charges down the track and hits the ball towards midwicket for no runs.
04:15 pm 3rd over: 22/ Kartik to continue. And McCullum plays a good reverse sweep that produces a boundary towards third-man. The next ball spins and beats McCullum, very good delivery. McCullum plays the next one back to the bowler. McCullum defends the next ball back to Kartik for no run. McCullum scores a single towards midwicket. Gambhir plays the last delivery towards point for one run.
04:11 pm 2nd over: 16/0 Dinda comes into the attack. McCullum drives the first ball for no run towards covers. McCullum defends the next ball back to the bowler. Good line and length from Dinda, he bowls another straight delivery and McCullum plays it towards mid-on. Dinda offers some width and McCullum scores a single towards third-man. Dinda bowls a short ball and in-form Gambhir clobbers that over SQUARE LEG FOR A DLX MAXIMUMMM!! Super shot that! Gambhir taps the next ball towards midwicket for a couple.
04:06 pm 1st over: 7/0 Gambhir and McCullum to open for Kolkata, Murli Kartik will bowl the first over. Gambhir defends the first ball towards covers for no run. A short ball from Kartik and Gambhir smashes it towards square leg for Kolkata’s first boundary! Kartik bowls a Wide. Gambhir defends the next ball for no run. Gambhir hits the next ball towards mid-on for no run. Gambhir runs a single off the fifth ball. McCullum takes a single off the last ball.
TOSS: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bat first. PITCH REPORT: The wicket looks pretty flat and shouldn't have any assistance for the seam bowlers. In one of the most anticipated matches of the Indian Premier League season 5, Kolkata's favourite son Sourav Ganguly will take the field at Eden Gardens as the opposition team Pune Warrior's captain against the home team Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday.
One team has lost four matches on the trot in the Indian Premier League and now finds itself in the rear pack. The other side is on a high occupying the second position after four back-to-back victories and looks set for a place in the play-offs. But such dry statistics carry little significance for Saturday`s marquee game. Passion runs high among the public, who are billing the encounter as a Dada versus SRK grudge match.
For the first three Indian Premier League editions, Ganguly was an indispensable part of the KKR, though their association was not controversy-free. The prince of Kolkata captained the team in the inaugural year but lost the job in the second season which was marked by his run-ins with coach John Buchanan. Ganguly got back the captaincy in the third season, but his authority was much diluted amidst reports of growing differences with SRK. Weather update Rain could play spoilsport in the much-anticipated clash. It had been the case here on two previous occasions and the Met forecast been no different this time.
