BANGALORE: Kolkata Knight Riders have given an improbable target of 223 runs in 20 overs to hosts Bangalore Royal Challengers in the inaugural match here today.
Rahul Dravid, captain of the Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss but opted to field but his decision went wrong when the Kolkata batsmen severely punished his bowlers to amass a huge score of 222 runs for three wickets in the allotted 20 overss.
However, this was one man show as Kolkata’s opener Brendon McCullum hammered an unbeaten 158 off just 73 balls with 14 big sixes and nine fours.
This is the highest individual score by any batsman in Twenty20 cricket.
No other batsman made any significant score as Ricky Ponting (20), Michael Hussey (12) and captain Sourav Ganguly(10) went back to pavilion one after another.
Mohammad Hafeez from Pakistan was unbeaten on five.
Zaheer Khan, A. Noffke and Jacques Kallis claimed one wicket each.
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