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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
Bengal Govt. showers bouquets, shawls and Sandesh on IPL champs KKR Kolkata, May 29 : The state of West Bengal went into celebratory mode on Tuesday, welcoming Indian Premier League season five champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with bouquets,...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Match Report» I As it happened » I The Knights who dethroned Super Kings » I KKR's road to glory» I Debate: Is Gambhir a better captain than Dhoni?» I IPL Final: In Pics» After four years' of despair, disillusionment and despondency, IPL franchise...
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India Abroad
| 12 months ago
W hen Kolkata Knight Riders [ Images ] (KKR) beat two-time defending champion Chennai Super Kings [ Images ] to win their first ever title in the Indian Premier League [ Images ] (IPL) on Sunday night, the Knights not only shed their underachievers'...
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Rediff
| 12 months ago
D elhi Daredevils had the best side on paper, and finished the league stage well ahead of the rest of the field. However, they choked when it mattered most and were knocked out in the second qualifier by runners-up Chennai Super Kings. Captain...
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Fiji Times
| 12 months ago
Australian batsman Michael Hussey starred with the bat, but it was opponent Brett Lees Kolkata Knight Riders celebrating a five-wicket win in a dramatic Indian Premier League final. Hussey, deployed as an opener, flayed the likes of Lee while...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
53 AM Sunset : 6:16 PM Today Partly cloudy sky...Calcutta, May 28: The Kolkata Knight Riders' bond with the state and the city keeps getting stronger. If principal owner Shah Rukh Khan is Bengal's brand ambassador, captain Gautam Gambhir has declared...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
Some traditions continued even in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League that concluded in Chennai on Sunday. Things that did not change: Like for example, the Orange Cap holder not being able to emboss his team's name on the IPL trophy. This...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
Chennai Super Kings was dethroned but definitely not disgraced in what was a fitting finale to an exciting IPL-V...Though we got Gambhir early, Bisla and Kallis took the game away from us, said Fleming. About the fantastic performances against Mumbai...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
Players and support staff had to remain rooted to where they were. Those standing had to endure aching limbs and stay on their feet. Though dismissed in the very first over of his teams chase, skipper Gautam Gambhir too sat stoically, refusing to...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
His talent was never in doubt for his family and cricketing friends. But when Manvinder Sultan Singh Bisla exploded for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the crucial final of Indian Premier League (IPL) final Sunday night against Chennai Super Kings,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Crowing with delight at Kolkata Knight Riders finishing champions in the Indian Premier League (IPL), batsman Manoj Tiwary said on Monday they would start favourites at the Champions League Twenty20 tournament starting in October. Of course we are...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
Gambhir said the story of Knight Riders was about team effort with individual players making their contributions. He dedicated the KKR's maiden IPL title to the team's fans in recognition of their support even when the Knight Riders struggled to make...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Cricket Indian Premier League Saves Best Cricket for Title Game Published: May 28, 2012 Manvinder Singh Bisla entered the Indian Premier League final as probably the least heralded of the 22 players who took part...Few expected him to take part in...
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News 24
| 12 months ago
South African household names emerged from the 2012 Indian Premier League in the money and in some cases also with laurels to place in their cabinets. Veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis was the big winner in team terms, playing an influential role...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
However, the slam-bang version of gentleman's game isn't just about the hits and the stars. It is true that a lone match turning performance in T20 cricket can propel one to limelight in no time...We at Zeenews.com take a look at some of the biggest...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
It is common knowledge that sportsmen tend to relate success with superstition and it has been affirmed by Gautam Gambhir who has been so superstitious through the IPL that he stuck to his routine of keeping his pads on till the very end in every...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
After leading Kolkata Knight Riders to its maiden IPL title win, skipper Gautam Gambhir said the victory sends out a message that cricket is a team game and it is not confined to individual performances. Gambhir's strong reaction came when he was...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said while his team's strategy to target Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir worked, little known Manvinder Bisla's outstanding knock came as a surprise and snatched the game away from the defending...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
Man of the Match Bisla, who added a valuable 136-run stand with Jacques Kallis (69), said he was nervous after his opening partner and skipper Gautam Ghambhir (2) departed in the very first over. The Haryana boy said it was Kallis, who helped him to...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
Pathan was part of the Rajasthan Royals squad which won the inaugural IPL in 2008. The 29-year-old attributed Knight Riders' success in IPL-V to Gautam Gambhir's captaincy and compared it with the leadership skills of Shane Warne, his captain at...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles Chasing 191 runs for victory, KKR reached the winning score of 192 runs for the loss of five wickets in 19.4 overs in the game. KKR had the worst possible start to the match as Gautam Gambhir (2) perished in the very first over of the match.
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Dhoni as India`s best Twenty20 skipper, former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said the time has not come to compare Gautam Gambhir to the Ranchi boy. "Overall Dhoni is the best T20 captain now...And Gambhir is only captain of this...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
In its fifth edition, it was the turn of little-known opener, wicket-keeper Manvinder Bisla. It was Bisla who fashioned the maiden title win of Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday night, ending the two-year reign of Chennai Super Kings. Bisla draped...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
The Indian Premier League (IPL) finals are known to produce heroes out of unlikely characters. If Yusuf Pathan put in a stand out performance for Rajasthan Royals in the first season, it was Murali Vijay who took to the stage in the last edition.
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
53 AM Sunset : 6:16 PM Today Partly cloudy morning...Chennai, May 27: The trick has tumbled out of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hat and become Gautam Gambhir's crown...Await the Knights riding in with the cup that brimmeth over at long last.
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
53 AM Sunset : 6:16 PM Today Partly cloudy morning...A win looked impossible when CSK scored 190, and appeared even more distant when Gautam Gambhir went with only 3 on the board, and it seemed all over when Jacques Kallis walked back with 16 needed...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
The Hindu Needing nine runs in the last over, Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a sensational win over Chennai Super Kings to register its maiden triumph in the IPL on Sunday...Pichumani Bisla, Kallis star in thrilling final victory in the last over...
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CricInfo
| 12 months ago
Manvinder Bisla , who had played one IPL game in the last month, played the final only because Kolkata Knight Riders were forced to rejig their combination, after L Balaji failed to recover from a hamstring injury. To accommodate a second fast bowler...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
Kolkata Knight Riders overcame defending champions Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the Indian Premier League final in Chennai. Mike Hussey (54), Murali Vijay (42) and Suresh Raina (73 from 38 balls) helped Chennai post 190-3 from their 20...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Is Gambhir a better captain than Dhoni? » I IPL Final: In Pics » Again, it was not Gambhir or Sunil Narine who anchored KKR to glory, but the change here again was Manvinder Singh Bisla. The wicket keeper batsmen playing his 7th game of the season,...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
L Zeenews Sports Bureau As the Kolkata Knight Riders team saw their glorious maiden victory, captain Gautam Gambhir shed his gambhir mantle and spoke about the historic win for KKR. Gambhir said, Only one word comes to mind, mission accomplished...
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Times of India
| 12 months ago
Purple is the colour of the Indian Premier League and the Knights are the new Kings. There are a whole host of new heroes who made this possible: The unheralded Manvinder Singh Bisla, the legendary Jacques Kallis , Shakib Al Hasan, and Kolkata's own...
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Rediff
| 12 months ago
Manvinder Singh Bisla and Jacques Kallis [ Images ] hit half-centuries to help Kolkata Knight Riders [ Images ] outclass defending champions Chennai Super Kings [ Images ] by five wickets in a nerve-wracking final, to win their maiden IPL title, in...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
The Super Kings, champions in the previous two seasons, looked to be in command when they posted 190 for three after batting first on winning the toss, and then dismissing Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir in the very first over. But Bisla (89 of...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Live Score » I Live commentary » I While the Chennai Super Kings will hunt for their third straight IPL title, Kolkata will make sure to make the maximum of this rare opportunity of reaching the final. CSK are playing with the same squad while KKR...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
After a tight race to the finals, Chennai find themselves in a familiar position...Out of the five seasons played, the Chennai Super Kings have not been there only once and even that came more than three years ago. With a majority of their players...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
It then ran up the season's highest total of 222-5 on Saturday to bat league topper Delhi Daredevils out of the contest in the second "qualifier.'' Opener Murali Vijay hit 113 from 58 balls to help Chennai win by a huge margin of 86 runs under lights...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
But the main difference has been Sunil Narine, which was not the case in the previous editions," the former Indian skipper told a local news channel. "If Gambhir comes good with bat again and Narine continues his magical form Kolkata will definitely...
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NewKerala
| 12 months ago
Gambhir Chennai, May 26 : Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir today said his team would give 100 per cent and was not 'the underdogs' as they take on reigning champions Chennai Super Kings in the final of IPL5 at the M A Chidambaram stadium...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
K Zeenews Sports Bureau MA Chidambaram Stadium at Chepauk awaits a cracker of a contest when Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings lock horns for the title in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League on Sunday. Zeenews.com's sports team...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
After the Delhi-Chennai game on Friday, we no longer have to die wondering if India missed out on having Virender Sehwag as captain. MS Dhoni is far from perfect, as he showed in England and Australia, but it still looks like he's the best we've got...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Chennai Super Kings peaked at the right time and pushed their case for a third IPL title further. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders reached the final of the T20 extravaganza for the first time in the league's five-year history. Here's a chance...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
There is a thrilling sensuousness in witnessing contrasting forces of equal pedigree collide. And in a team sport, when two evenly-matched sides helmed by leaders with unique, yet similarly effective, styles compete with one another, the excitement...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Chennai Super Kings are the masters of wriggling out of difficult situations. They have effortlessly done it this season on their way to qualify for the IPL final for the third time in a row. Now, they have a unique opportunity to create history by...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
It was around 9.30 pm on Saturday, after returning to the Taj Coromandel from the Chepauk, that the Kolkata Knight Riders's captain, Gautam Gambhir, spoke to The Telegraph . Job No.1 on coming back, though, had been to head for the cake-cutting (in...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Sunil Narine, the one player to have had the biggest impact on the Kolkata Knight Riders's fortunes in IPL-V, spoke to The Telegraph in the lead-up to Sunday's final. With 24 wickets in the bag, Narine stands an excellent chance of finishing the...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Will the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)'s four-year wait to triumph in the Indian Premier League (IPL) finally come to an end when they take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Chepauk? Or will CSK, who have a penchant of rising to the big occasions,...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Eric Simons, the Delhi DareDevils' coach, has picked the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as favourites for Sunday's final. The Kolkata Knight Riders have had a very good run, but CSK is a team with dimensions... (Captain Mahendra Singh) Dhoni has such...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Brendon McCullum, who has again been wearing the Kolkata Knight Riders's colours after a year with Kochi (which is history now), spoke to The Telegraph at the Taj Coromandel on Saturday evening. The following are excerpts Q Just what are your...
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Hindustan times
| 12 months ago
The captain must know how to deploy whatever skills his players have at their disposal. He must enable them to widen their own range, to have the confidence to experiment. In short, the captain must get the best out of his team by helping them to...
