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Shaun Pollock led a stand-out seam-bowling performance as the Mumbai Indians notched up the most convincing win of the tournament, and their fifth in a row, handing the Kolkata Knight Riders an eight-wicket drubbing

Scorecard | Bulletin - Kolkata shot out for 67 | 'You have to get going from ball one' - Pollock | Lowest T20 totals | IPL monitor

Shoaib leads Delhi drubbing

Scorecard | Bulletin - Kolkata win by 23 runs | I have no point to prove - Shoaib | Batsmen look to rip the manual | IPL Monitor

Sparkling Ganguly inspires victory

Deccan v Kolkata scorecard | Bulletin | 'We are pretty much out of the semi-finals' - Gilchrist

Charged-up Kolkata win fierce battle

Kolkata v Bangalore scorecard | Bulletin - Five-run success ends losing streak | Ganguly and Dinda sparkle | Plays

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IPL Features

The best IPL team, and the most effective hitter

The Numbers Games crunches figures from the tournament

Twenty-four from the Twenty20

Sambit Bal: A couple dozen thoughts on the revolutionary IPL

The lull after the storm

Sriram Veera analyses why totals have come down in the IPL

Twenty20 is cricket too

Peter Roebuck: The IPL has provided its own dramas

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Records
Highest totals	Most runs
Highest strike rates	Most wickets
Best economy rates	Most dismissals
Most catches	Highest partnership by runs

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About Team
Owner: Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Jai Mehta Franchise fee: $75.09 million Most expensive player: Sourav Ganguly - $1,092,500

Brendon McCullum hits behind the wicket, Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders, Bangalore, April 18, 2008 © Aneesh Bhatnagar

Results

38th match: Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai - May 16, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets (with 87 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 67 (15.2/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 68/2 (5.3/20 ov)

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35th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata - May 13, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 133/6 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 110 (17.5/20 ov)

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32nd match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 11, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 204/4 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 181/7 (20/20 ov)

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29th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Kolkata - May 8, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 129/7 (16/16 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 124/4 (16/16 ov)

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22nd match: Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohali - May 3, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 9 runs. Kings XI Punjab 178/6 (20/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 169/6 (20/20 ov)

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18th match: Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders at Jaipur - May 1, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 45 runs. Rajasthan Royals 196/7 (20/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 151 (19.1/20 ov)

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16th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata - Apr 29, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 137/8 (20/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 138/3 (18.4/20 ov)

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11th match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai - Apr 26, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining). Kolkata Knight Riders 147/9 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 152/1 (17/20 ov)

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4th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers at Kolkata - Apr 20, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining). Deccan Chargers 110 (18.4/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 112/5 (19/20 ov)

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1st match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore - Apr 18, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders 222/3 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 (15.1/20 ov)

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Fixtures
Sun 18 May	41st match	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Tue 20 May	44th match	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Thu 22 May	47th match	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun 25 May	52nd match	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

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Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Bangalore	10	2	8	4	-1.577	1410/195.4	1644/187.1
Chennai	10	6	4	12	-0.203	1725/197.0	1659/185.1
Deccan Chargers	10	2	8	4	-0.380	1589/190.0	1632/186.4
Delhi Daredevils	10	5	5	10	+0.331	1576/187.1	1607/198.4
Kings XI Punjab	9	6	3	12	+0.458	1496/172.2	1465/178.1
Kolkata	10	5	5	10	-0.014	1471/195.0	1339/177.1
Mumbai Indians	9	5	4	10	+0.658	1267/153.1	1307/171.4
Rajasthan Royals	10	8	2	16	+0.876	1558/184.4	1439/190.2

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Home Ground

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Along with the MCG, the Eden Gardens remains cricket's answer to the Coliseum. It first hosted a Test back in the days of India's cricketing infancy, with Douglas Jardine's team easing to victory inside four days in 1934. Since then, it has become something of a place of pilgrimage for most international cricketers, a chance to strut their stuff in front of the most passionate and vocal crowd in the game. At times though, the fervour has spilled into excess, with riots disrupting matches against the West Indies (1966-67) and Australia (1969-70), and a shameful exhibition of boorishness causing the World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka (1996) to be called off with the visitors on the threshold of victory. There have been other, better, times too when the verve and energy of ... More

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