Bangladesh’s Mortaza snapped by Knight Riders for $600,000

May 20th, 2009 DURBAN - Kolkata Knight Riders restricted Rajasthan Royals to 101 for nine in their Indian Premier League match here Wednesday. Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals 101/9 in 20 overs (Naman Ojha 22, Shane Warne 18; Charl Langeveldt 3-15) against Kolkata Knight Riders.

May 18th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Kolkata Knight Riders captain Brendon McCullum has been 'severely reprimanded' by match referee S. Venkatraghavan at a hearing for showing dissent at an umpiring decision during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Deccan Chargers.

May 17th, 2009 CENTURION - Chennai Super Kings will look to climb a step up in the points table when they take struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League here Monday. Chennai, with 15 points out of their 12 matches, are next only to table-toppers Delhi Daredevils.

May 17th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers here Saturday. Kolkata Knight Riders Brendon McCullum c Suman b Harris 20 (18) Sourav Ganguly c Harris b Sharma 33 (41) Brad Hodge c Harmeet Singh b Harris 48 (41) David Hussey run out (Gilchrist) 43 (17) Wridhimann Saha c Singh b Symonds 7 (3) Mashrafe Mortaza not out 2 (2) Ajit Agarkar not out 0 (0) Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 2) 7 Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 160 Fall of wickets 1-27 (McCullum, 4.3 overs), 2-85 (Ganguly, 14.5), 3-117 (Hodge, 17.5), 4-152 (Saha, 19.2), 5-158 (Hussey, 19.4) Bowling Ryan Harris 4-0-20-2 RP Singh 3.1-0-30-0 Andrew Symonds 4-0-28-1 Harmeet Singh 3.5-0-40-0 Pragyan Ojha 3-0-24-0 Rohit Sharma 2-0-15-1 Deccan Chargers (target: 161 in 20 overs) Adam Gilchrist c sub (LR Shukla) b Hodge 43 (31) Herschelle Gibbs c Hussey b Kartik 28 (34) T.

May 16th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Kolkata Knight Riders have set a 161-run victory target for Deccan Chargers in their Indian Premier League match at the Wanderers here Saturday. Brief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 160 for five in 20 overs (Brad Hodge 48, David Hussey 43; Ryan Harris 2-20) against Deccan Chargers.

May 10th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Delhi Daredevils defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Sunday. Brief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 123 for eight (Sourav Ganguly 44, Ajit Agarkar 39; Amit Mishra 3-14), Delhi Daredevils 125 for three (David Warner 36, AB de Villiers 40 not out; Ishant Sharma 2-23).

May 10th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Knolkata Knight Riders scored 123 for eight against Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League match here Sunday. Brief score: Kolkata Knight Riders 123 for eight (Sourav Ganguly 44, Ajit Agarkar 39; Amit Mishra 3-14) against Delhi Daredevils.

May 5th, 2009 DURBAN - Delhi Daredevils thrashed bottom placed Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Kingsmead here Tuesday. Brief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 154/3 in 20 overs (Morne van Wyk 75, Brendon McCullum 35; Pradeep Sangwan 2/29).

May 3rd, 2009 PORT ELIZABETH - Kings XI Punjab beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in Indian Premier League (IPL) here Sunday. Knight Riders: 153/3 in 20 overs (Brad Hodge 70 not out; Piyush Chawla 2-29) Kings XI Punjab: 154/4 in 20 overs (Mahela Jayawerdene 52 not out, Simon Katich 34 not out; Ishant Sharma 2-27).

April 29th, 2009 DURBAN - Kolkata Knight Riders made 139 for six in 20 overs against Bangalore Royal Challengers in their Indian Premier League match at Kingsmead here Wednesday. Morne van Wyk (43 not out) and Chris Gayle(40) were the run-getters for Knight Riders.

April 19th, 2009 CAPE TOWN - Rudra Pratap Singh picked up four wickets to skittle out the Kolkata Knight Riders for a paltry 101 in 19.4 overs against a new-look Deccan Chargers in the fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Sunday. For Knight Riders, Brad Hodge was the top scorer with 31 at the Newlands Stadium.

April 4th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bangladesh pacer Mashrafe Mortaza feels turning out in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will boost his confidence. Confident about performing well in the coming edition of the cash-rich league in South Africa, Mortaza said his inclusion will increase the IPL fan following in his country.

February 8th, 2009 RAICHAK - In an apparent pressure tactic aimed at the Cricket Association Bengal (CAB), the Kolkata Knight Riders have now publicly floated the idea of playing two of their Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 matches in Bangladesh. Buoyed at the euphoria in the neighbouring nation after the country's leading allrounder Mashrafe bin Mortaza was bought by the Knight Riders at the recent auction in Goa, team co-owner Juhi Chawla said that two of the seven home matches of the Sourav Ganguly-led side could be held in Bangladesh.

February 5th, 2009 PANAJI - Little known Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza virtually stole the thunder in the second Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here. Even journalists were caught on the wrong foot after Mortaza outshone the established names in the 50-player list.

February 5th, 2009 PANAJI - By the time the final round of auction of players for the Indian Premier League (IPL) wound up here Friday, the name of relatively low-profile Bangladesh bowler Mashrafe Mortaza was on everybody's lips. The bowler-who-can-bat, a dark horse from Bangladesh, a country that gave the concept of innovative micro-credit to the world, was sold for a whopping $600,000 to Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders after an intense bidding, and the longest in the auction of players, with Kings XI Punjab.