Mumbai, March 12 — Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won opening match of IPL III beating defending champions Deccan Chargers by 11 runs. KKR scored 161 for 4 in 20 novers. Top scorer Angelo Mathews made 65 runs. Deccan Chargers made 150 runs for 7 in 20 overs.


Mathews and Shah put up an unbeaten century partnership for KKR with 68 not out and 58 not out respectively.
Mathews displayed spectacular five fours and four sixes in 46-ball innings and Shah struck three fours and three sixes in 46-ball that he played.

KKR Fall of Wickets:
1-0(Manoj Tiwary, 0.1 ov.),2-0(Sourav Ganguly, 0.4 ov.),3-31(Cheteshwar Pujara, 4.4 ov.),4-31(Brad Hodge, 5.1 ov.)
Deccan Chargers Fall of Wickets:
1-61(VVS Laxman, 5.5 ov.),2-99(Adam Gilchrist, 11.1 ov.),3-102(Herschelle Gibbs, 12.2 ov.),4-116(Andrew Symonds, 14.1 ov.),5-128(Rohit Sharma, 16.2 ov.),6-141(Anirudh Singh, 18.0 ov.),7-142(Chaminda Vaas , 18.3 ov.)