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Overview Nikita Bastian
September 18, 2011
Match facts
Auckland v Kolkata Knight Rider, September 19
Start time 20.00 (14.30 GMT)
IPL Kolkata Knight Riders finished fourth in 2011 and after obtaining the qualification of the least favorable outcome in their domestic championship among the participating teams will be eager to prove they belong to the elite Twenty20. Damage to their captain Gautam Gambhir and Eoin Morgan and the inaccessibility of Brad Haddin - it is with the test team in Australia in Sri Lanka - will affect the quality and balance in the side. However, if a team with the likes of Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan and Brett Lee to write a big challenge.
Auckland, New Zealand champions, reached the finals of the Twenty20 national competition, four of six seasons. Batsman Jimmy Adams, Colin Munro, Lou Vincent, and Colin de Grandhomme were stable this year, HRV Cup campaign. Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey and Andre Adams, the team has extensive international experience, in front of the step. Concerns would be a lack of match practice - it's winter offseason in New Zealand - and the small shoulder and dental problems, Martin and Tuffey.
The format of the playoffs - two pools of three teams each, with the top three overall review - requires two sides to win two to ensure they are the biggest draw.
Team news
Jimmy Adams and Grandhomme is likely to open with Martin Guptill at No. 3. Auckland Cup VRC were flexible, with Vincent, Munro Anaru Kitchen and floating in the order. Here, the shape and power VRC Munro Robert Quiney to strike if the height of kitchen for points East. In Indian conditions in mind, they might consider going against the traditional strength and play two spinners, with Bruce Martin to join Ronnie Hira.
Auckland: (probable) 1 Jimmy Adams, Colin Grandhomme 2, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Colin Munro, Robert Quiney 5 / Kitchen Anaru, 6 Gareth Hopkins (captain and weekly), Lou Vincent 7, 8 Ronnie Hira, 9 Andre Adams, 10 Kyle Mills / Daryl Tuffey / Bruce Martin, 11, Chris Martin.
Kallis leads and absences Gambhir Kolkata socio Manvinder Bisla top. Manoj Tiwary may have to move to No place 3, unless they contribute to some how-hitter and Ryan Yusuf 10:00 Doeschate instead. Shakib Al Hasan, whose left arm spin proved to be convenient for an IPL, meets the fourth foreign player.
Kolkata Knight Riders (probable) 1 Jacques Kallis (CAPT), 2 Manvinder BISL (WK), Manoj Tiwary 3, 4 Ryan ten Doeschate, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan 6, Rajat Bhatia 7, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Iqbal Abdullah, 10 L Balaji, 11 Unadkat Jaidev.
Watch ...
Andre Adams is coming off a fine season in the English County Cup and VRC, which topped the charts for Nottinghamshire bowling and Auckland. You can reproduce this form in the sky, which is the stick of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad?
Yusuf Pathan be bitter after being overlooked for the India tour of England. Brutal batting side, which could cause problems with your offspin - Yusuf admitted a miserable 6.10 IPL has a course of 2011, while claiming 13 windows to finish second in the table in windows Kolkata.
Competition key
Iqbal Abdullah v Auckland drummers: A page of New Zealand may not be completely comfortable against the spin. Left-Arm Iqbal Abdullah has proven to raise and spend several international batsmen in IPL 2011 e The slugger Auckland Abdulla response to the list promises to be an exciting fight.
Statistics and trivia
Kolkata was the only IPL team to have four bowlers 2011 - Abdulla Yusuf, Rajat Bhatia and Chakib - with an economy that is less than 7.00 (minimum 25 overs).
Colin Munro has affected most of the six (17) to HRV Cup 2010-11
Quote
"Nothing worth playing in India. For some young players, it can be a great experience, [perhaps] a scary. The experienced players to help them."
Paul Strang, Auckland coach
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