New Delhi: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders, led handsomely by captain Gautam Gambhir, tasted their third win of the tournament here against Delhi Daredevils (by six wickets) on Monday.
KKR 147/4 (18.1)
DD 146/8 (20)
Kolkata innings
Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa are out in the middle chasing 147 for victory.
Coulter-Nile and Mathews not able to disturb the opening duo of KKR. Gambhir has moved to 12, Uthappa on 11.
WICKET! Chipped in the air, leading edge, Uthappa departs for a run-a-ball 13.
WICKET! Joseph strikes again, Pandey has to go KKR 31/2.
Now Delhi are back in the game with two back-to-back wickets in the same over. Pandey goes for a duck. Imran Tahir takes a good catch in the deep.
But there is no stopping Gambhir. He flicks Joseph down the leg side for a boundary.
Pandey, who shone for KKR in the first match against Mumbai Indians, recorded his 10th duck in the IPL.
FOUR! Surya smashes Duminy straight down the ground, KKR 62/2
KKR sniff victory now, 147 ain't a difficult target to get. They need 68 more off 61 balls.
Gambhir batting on 35, Suryakumar Yadav on 24.
WICKET! Coulter-Nile provides the breakthrough, Surya goes for 24
Yusuf Pathan is the new man in. Gambhir close to his half-century.
HALF-CENTURY! Gambhir does it again.
Pathan has moved to 20 off 15 balls. He is placing the ball well.
Two back-to-back boundaries takes him to 32 off 21.
SIX! Big one for Pathan. KKR seems to be keeping the run rate in mind too. It will prove important in the later stage of the tournament.
WICKET! Tahir gets Gambhir. Left it too late. He departs for a well played 60 off 49.
Delhi innings
Mayank Agarwal and Shreyas Iyer - the Delhi openers - are out in the middle. Umesh Yadav steaming in from Old Clubhouse End.
Wide ball from Yadav. First runs for DD. Good first over, only three runs.
WICKET! Terrific catch by Yadav off Morkel. Agarwal departs for 1.
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Captain JP Duminy walks in.
FOUR! Iyer gets cracking at Morne Morkel.
A change in field, Yadav comes inside the circle. Iyer places it to midwicket for another FOUR!
WICKET! Sunil Narine bowls Duminy (5) round his legs.
Manoj Tiwary is now up against his old team. He played for KKR initially.
Gambhir has set an attacking field with two slips in place.
BOWLING CHANGE! Andre Russell starts his spell.
SIX! Iyer cutting lose, whacks Russell. He has raced to 27 off 19 balls.
And that’s a short one from the West Indian. He knows the T20 trick well.
WICKET! Iyer’s dream run ends. Chawla rattles him. He goes for 31.
This brings Yuvraj Singh on strike.
Narine back in the attack, and he troubles Yuvraj. That’s good captaincy from Gambhir, with a slip, silly point and a gully.
Yuvraj fails yet again. Falls to Chawla for 21. Stumped by Uthappa.
Angelo Mathews' late surge helped the home team accelerate in the death overs before he was dismissed for 28 off 21.
