Match Number 04 : Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata on 14.03.10 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by seven wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game providing the third occasion of a team inserting the opposition in the third edition of IPL

JH Kallis scored 65 not out in this game which was his 10^th T20 half century. It was also his fifth IPL half century. Others to score five or half centuries in IPL are – AC Gilchrist {07}, ML Hayden {07}, G Gambhir {07}, KC Sangakkara {06}, SE Marsh {05}, YK Pathan {05}, JP Duminy {05}, RG Sharma {05} and SK Raina {05}.

RV Uthappa completed 1000 runs in T20 games when he was on 11 during the course of his knock of 20 in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate stood at 1009. He became the 76^th batsman in the history of T20 games to aggregate 1000 plus runs

RV Uthappa became the eighth Indian batsman to aggregate 1000 plus runs in T20 games at the end of this game. Others are – G Gambhir {1570}, RG Sharma {1457}, Yuvaraj Singh {1450}, V Sehwag {1261}, MS Dhoni {1225}, YK Pathan {1094} and SK Raina {1004}

AD Mathews became the third Kolkata bowler to capture four wickets in IPL after Shoiab Akhtar and Umar Gul. The following table furnishes the performance of these three bowlers

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Shoaib Akhtar	4	11	Kolkata	Delhi	Kolkata	13.05.08
2	Umar Gul	4	23	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
3	AD Mathews	4	19	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10

AD Mathews became the seventh bowler to capture four wickets against Bangalore in IPL. The following list shows the performance of these seven bowlers

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	GD McGrath	4	29	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
2	JA Morkel	4	32	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	21.05.08
3	CRD Fernando	4	18	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.05.08
4	YA Abdulla	4	31	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	24.04.09
5	YA Abdulla	4	36	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09
6	A Singh	4	19	Jaipur	Bangalore	Centurion	07.05.09
7	AD Mathews	4	19	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10

AD Matthews returned with figures of 4 for 19 in this game providing the 24th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in one day games. The following list furnishes all the 24 occasions

No	Bowlers	W	R	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	GD McGrath	4	29	Delhi	Bangalore	Delhi	30.04.08
2	Sohail Tanvir	6	14	Jaipur	Chennai	Jaipur	04.05.08
3	L Balaji	5	24	Chennai	Mohali	Chennai	10.05.08
4	Shoaib Akhtar	4	11	Kolkata	Delhi	Kolkata	13.05.08
5	A Mishra	5	17	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Delhi	15.05.08
6	M Ntini	4	21	Chennai	Kolkata	Kolkata	18.05.08
7	JA Morkel	4	32	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	21.05.08
8	VY Mahesh	4	36	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	24.05.08
9	Umar Gul	4	23	Kolkata	Mohali	Kolkata	25.05.08
10	Sohail Tanvir	4	14	Jaipur	Mumbai	Jaipur	26.05.08
11	CRD Fernando	4	18	Mumbai	Bangalore	Bangalore	28.05.08
12	A Kumble	5	05	Bangalore	Jaipur	Cape Town	18.04.09
13	RP Singh	4	22	Hyd’bad	Kolkata	Cape Town	19.04.09
14	YA Abdulla	4	31	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	24.04.09
15	L Balaji	4	21	Chennai	Jaipur	Centurion	30.04.09
16	YA Abdulla	4	36	Mohali	Bangalore	Durban	01.05.09
17	SB Jakati	4	24	Chennai	Delhi	Jo’burg	02.05.09
18	SB Jakati	4	22	Chennai	Hyd’bad	E London	04.05.09
19	RG Sharma	4	06	Hyd’bad	Mumbai	Centurion	06.05.09
20	A Singh	4	19	Jaipur	Bangalore	Centurion	07.05.09
21	R Bhatia	4	15	Delhi	Hyd’bad	Durban	13.05.09
22	Harbhajan Singh	4	17	Mumbai	Delhi	Centurion	21.05.09
23	A Kumble	4	16	Bangalore	Hyd’bad	Jo’burg	24.05.09
24	AD Mathews	4	19	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10

AD Mathews’s 4 for 19 in this game represent his first four wicket haul in T20 games. His previous best bowling figures were 3 for 16 representing Sri Lanka against West Indies at The Brit Oval on 19.06.09

BJ Hodge scored 50 in this game which represents his 20^th one day fifty. He became the first batsman in the history of T20 games to register 20 fifties. He has scored one century and 19 half centuries in T20 games. MK Tiwary scored 50 in this game which was his fourth T20 half century.

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the 30^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the 11^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in IPL

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of Kolkata batsmen posting a three figure partnership in IPL. The other three occasions are – 102 for the third wicket between SC Ganguly and DJ Hussey against Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 11.05.08, 130* for the fifth wicket between OA Shah and AD Mathews against Hyderabad at Mum-DYP on 12.03.10 and 104 for the 6^th wicket between DJ Hussey and WP Saha vs Mohali at Mohali on 03.05.08

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the seventh occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership against Bangalore in IPL

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary added 101 for the first wicket in this game providing the fourth occasion of batsmen posting a first wicket three figure partnership against Bangalore in IPL.

BJ Hodge and MK Tiwary scored 50 runs each in this game providing the first occasion of both the openers scoring exact 50 runs in IPL