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IPL 4: Deccan Chargers defeat KTK by 55 runs

Kochi: Skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored a terrific 65-run knock after being bowled off a no ball to lead Deccan Chargers to a modest 129 for seven against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their Indian Premier League clash on Wednesday.

Invited to bat, Deccan Chargers were in a spot of bother at 20 for three in 5.2 overs but Sangakkara in company of Cameron White (31) rescued the team from the precarious position with a defying 90-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Sangakkara, when batting at individual score of five, was bowled by S Sreesanth in the fourth over of the innings but he never looked back after getting the reprieve and led the amazing recovery of the Chargers` innings.

His superb knock, under pressure, came off 47 balls and contained 10 boundaries while White`s 34-ball innings featured two fours and a six.

R Vinay Kumar (3/25) dismissed both Sangakkara and White in the last two balls of his final over, 17th of the innings, to conclude his spell on a superb note.

White holed out to Jayawardene at deep mid-wicket while Sangakkara edged the next delivery to stumper Parthiv Patel.

The most productive session for the Chargers was between over number 11 and 15 when they scored 53 runs while the last five overs fetched 39 runs.

Earlier, with a juicy wicket to bowl on, Kochi paceman RP Singh (2/21) gave a dream start to the hosts by dismissing both the openers -- Sunny Sohal (1) and Shikhar Dhawan (4) -- in his successive overs.

The left-arm paceman trapped Sohal in the last ball of the opening over and then had Dhawan caught by Raiphi Gomez in the second ball of his second over.

However, he was unlucky to not have the wicket of Bharat Chipli, who drove straight to Brendon McCullum at extra cover but the Kiwi player failed to latch on to the chance.

Sreesanth then bowled Sangakkara with a gem of a delivery but that turned out to be a no-ball.

The visitors finally ran out of luck as R Vinay Kumar had Chipli (4) caught by Sreesanth at mid-off. The Kochi pace trio exploited the lively track, which offered bounce and seam, well as they gave away just 20 runs in the first six overs, conceding just one boundary.

Chargers needed Sangakkara to stay at the crease as long as possible and build a partnership along with Cameron White and the duo did not disappoint the teammates.

At half-way stage, they were 37 for three but gradually Sangakkara and White got into the groove and started punishing the bad balls. Only two boundaries were scored in the first 10 overs but then four were hit in two successive overs with three coming off the bat of Lankan batsman.

White then broke the shackles by dispatching Ravindra Jadeja for a huge six over the square leg and Sangakkara was just getting better and better as he smashed his compatriot Thisara Perera for a couple of boundaries.

The former Lankan skipper raised his fifty with a sweep boundary off Jadeja and took the team past 100-run mark before being dismissed by Vinay Kumar. PTI

27.04.2011. 23:31

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