In search of its first victory Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Deccan Chargers (DC) are meeting at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata this evening in the seventh match of the ongoing IPL 2011. Both KKR and DC lost their opening match in the IPL 4.
Deccan Chargers, who won the IPL 2009 and finished fourth in 2010, lost its opening match against Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets, whereas Kolkata Knight Riders, who has the record of the longest losing streak in the IPL, lost by two runs against CSK.
In the DLF IPL matches, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers have played six matches so far with each other and the record is favouring KKR by 4-2.
In tonight's match Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara said that Eden Gardens wicket will help spin bowlers, in the first few overs spin may just be a great option. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir said they need to improve their fielding and catching. In the last they missed some very important catches and missed many runs.
Here are the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Deccan Chargers (DC) squads for the IPL 2011:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Gautam Gambhir (capt), Sarabjit Ladda, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Shreevats Goswami, Brad Haddin (wk), Iqbal Abdulla, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, James Pattinson, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Laxmi Shukla, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary, Jaidev Unadkat.
Deccan Chargers (DC): Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Kedar Devdhar, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Michael Lumb, Chris Lynn, Ishan Malhotra, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Kevin Pietersen, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Jaydev Shah, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White, Arjun Yadav.
Sixth match of the IPL 2011 between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers can be seen live on the SET Max channel from 8:00 PM.
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