Kolkata is known for its craziest fans of cricket across India. Hidden Garden that hosted 4th IPL match is the proof of that where 90,000 people came to see the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers. The hot & humid temperature could not resist the spirit of Kolkata’s cricket fans. However pitch dampened the spirit of the game as it was very slow, dry with uneven bounce.
Arun Lal in his pitch report, before the start of the match predicted that it would be a low scoring match and whoever wins the toss should bat first. As predicted the pitch proved very slow and dry with lots of dust flying but Deccan Chargers managed to put 110 runs on board.
Chasing 111 runs was a dreadful task for Knight Riders who lost half of their wickets because the ball was not coming on the bat easily and wicket was hard to play on. Match was evenly poised when Knight Riders required 23 runs of 22 balls with 5 wickets in hand. But another barrier came when stadium flood lights went off and stopped the play. Arun Lal during the commentary was heard saying that this could result in a tie or perhaps the Duckworth-Lewis method would come into play.
It was a relieving sight for the thousands tensed Knight Riders fans who were cheering for their home team. Some might be praying that the lights should not come back hoping that it could result in a tie. However stadium lights were on once again and Knight Riders won the thrilling match with one over still remaining, which really enlightened the spirit of Kolkata Knight Riders fans back once again.
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