IPL: Best match for each of the current team 

#4 Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Night Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 2008

18th April 2008. The day when the best league in the world started. The day when a revolution in the cricketing world took place. Yes, on 18th April 2008, the Indian Premier League commenced. The format was new to many of us. Yet, we were all going mad to watch the tournament. Even those who once used to call T20 as mickey-mouse cricket were eager to watch the tournament.

After the huge opening ceremony, the first match of the championship was to be played between the Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders and Vijay Mallya's Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Sourav Ganguly and Brendon McCullum came out to bat for KKR. What happened next is unforgettable, especially for the bowlers of RCB. Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in 73 balls cracking 10 fours and 13 sixes.

The ridiculous ease with which Baz was hitting the RCB bowlers, ask any of them about that innings, "Either he had spring in his willow or that wasn't a willow it was a magic wand!" is all that they'll say. The brutal power of which he was hitting the length ball was dreadful and awful from a bowlers point of view!

With the help of such a vivacious knock, KKR posted a total of 222 runs in 20 overs. RCB were not able to handle so much of pressure and were bundled out on 82 runs. Apart from Praveen Kumar (18 runs) none of their batsmen were able to touch the double-digit mark. Even the likes of Rahul Dravid and Jaques Kallis got out on the score of 2 and 8 respectively.

The league had a beautiful start. The best league in the world literally commenced in the best possible way!