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Balaji blows RCB away

Shakib'sfirst game, KKR'sfirst win

INTERNET, Bangalore
Seam bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji pro-4^' duced a superb spell of 4-18 as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers
■ eaciic Bangalore by 42 runs in the Indian Premier riHUAUUE League on Tues day.
Balaji bowled an immaculate line to claim the important wickets of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to help restrict Bangalore to 123-9 after Kolkata had scored 165-8 in 20 overs.
South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis had earlier removed big-hitting opener Chris Gayle and Cheteshwar Pujara to complete an all-round performance of 22 and 2-7.
Captain Gautam Gambhir (64) and Manvinder Bisla (46) were the other performers for Kolkata, who won their first game after two losses. Bangalore have one win and one loss.
Kolkata made a superb start after being put in to bat, but faltered in the latter half of their innings when a total of close to200looked likely.
After Kallis's steady innings was brought to an end by Bangalore captain Daniel Vettori, Gautam Gambhir and Manvinder Bisla added 64 in less than eight overs.
Gambhir struck nine fours in 39 balls, the captain hitting pace bowler Harshal Patel for 15 in an over, including the lone six of his innings.
Bisla struck three sixes and two fours, the wicketkeeperbatsman using his feet well during his 29-ball innings. He was fooled by a ball that left him from Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralidaran to be stumped as he jumped out of his crease.
Muralidaran, Zaheer Khan and Vinay Kumar took two wickets each as Kolkata slipped from 125-1 in the 14th over. Manoj Dwary, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate and Shakib Al Hassan, who got his first game of the tournament, all failing to get into double-figures.
In reply, Bangalore failed to recover horn the early wickets by Kallis and Balaji was later well supported by all-rounder Rajat Bhatia in the middle of the innings to mount pressure on the batsmen. Although Shakib failed with the bat, he did not disappoint with the ball, taking2for21.
Bangalore were 33-5 in the 10th over. A brief resistance by Vettori (20) was brought to an end by Balaji in his final over. Vinay Kumar threw his bat around for 25 off 26 balls but the contribution was too little too late.
SCORES IN BRIEF
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: 165-8 (Gambhir 64, Bisla 46; Kumar 2-18, Zaheer 2-31, Muralidaran 2-31)
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE: 123-9 (Vinay 25; Balaji 4-18, Kallis 2-7, Shakib2-21)
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 42 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Lakshmipathy Balaji.