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Knight Riders seems to have unearthed the true definition of “ Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo Re” as they snatched triumph from the jaws of defeat in their tie against the Auckland Aces at Hyderabad in the second match of the Nokia CL T20 yesterday . With the KKR Team bereft of their influential captain Gautam Gambhir and Eoin Morgan , it was left to the bowlers of the outfit to produce a scintillating comeback and register a win after Auckland threatened to sweep Kolkata with a blistering start .
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Led by Jacques kallis , KKR still had a very strong batting lineup . And they did justice to that when KKR opening pair of Kallis and Bisla provided a solid start and added 72 runs in the first 9 overs. But with both Bisla and Kallis falling , the Auckland bowlers unleashed a tight grip on the KKR batting lineup, strong enough to have Yusuf Pathan struggling . With Yusuf’s dismissal, started the collective collapse as Manoj Tiwari again failed to perform and the star studded batting lineup failed to amass a total past 130 . Ryan ten Doeschate , getting a chance to shine failed to deliver as Aces bowler Bates finished with a figure of 4-0-13-1 .
19th September could have easily been the day of run outs, as a total of 4 run outs were recorded . With Kolkata falling to some comical running, Auckland Aces seemed to have caught the virus of getting run out as Martin Guptill fell first ball via a run out . Lou Vincent and Adams steadied the ship and clocked 60 runs in the first 9 overs. However Vincent fell to the vicious circle of run outs and three quick strikes from Yusuf Pathan rocked the Auckland ship. The slower bowlers for Kolkata proved extremely handy as Rajat Bhatia and Yusuf Pathan squeezed the run rate and only parted with 66b runs in a total of 14 overs. With 22 needed of the final two overs, Andre Adams lofted a huge six off Jacques Kallis to get within sniffing distance of a victory but Brett Lee bowled a superb final over to hand over the victory to Kolkata .
