The former Bangladesh captain made an instant impact giving off a breakthrough His first ball When he had Rahane caught by wicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla for 19.
The second ball of Sakib's second over was tossed up invitingly and Dravid (28) went after it only to find extra cover Manoj Tiwary ending what could be His final innings at the famous Eden Gardens in His illustrious career. .
Sakib came back in the 17th over and conceded His first and only boundary in the over but he managed to take the wicket of Goswami in the process to finish with 3-17, His best bowling performance in IPL so far.
It helped to restrict Knight Riders and Royals to 131-5 They chased down the total in 19.2 overs thanks to cameos from Jacques Kallis three (31 off 38 balls) Bisla (29 off 29 balls) and Tiwary (24 off 18 balls).
Kolkata were in a tensed situation until Sakib, promoted up the batting order in ahead of Yusuf Pathan and Ryan ten Doeschate, hit a six in the penultimate over off right-arm medium fast bowler Amit Singh to bring the asking run rate down to six-run per over for the first time in their innings.
Sakib was out in the next attempted lofted ball When His drive ended up as a cover to catch and Ashok Menaria but it did not cause any damage to the team who reached 137-5 with Doeschate hitting the winning six ....
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