Ross Talyor's heroics takes away the match from Kolkata Knight Riders



SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa
May 12, 2009

Ross Taylor smashed an unbeaten 33-ball 81 and won the game for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Batting first Kolkata scored their highest total of the tournament 173 runs. Captain Brendon McCullum who is out of form scored an unbeaten 84 runs in 64 balls. In reply, Kolkata are in the game till 16th over of the innings, but Taylor's hitting at the end won the game for the Challengers.

Kolkata Knight Riders: 173/4 (20.0 overs)
Brendon McCullum 84*(64), David Hussey 43(27), Vinay 2/33

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 176/4 (19.2 overs)
Ross Taylor 81*(33), Jaques Kallis 32(34), Murali Karthik 2/28

Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 6 wickets with 4 balls to spare
Player of the match: Ross Taylor

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