Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets

May 11, 2009

The Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field. This was a wise choice by the Daredevils whose precise bowling caused wicket after wicket to fall for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The first wicket fell in form of McCullum when the team score was just 7. It was evident practically from the onset who would be the victor in the match. With the exception of a small upset by Saurav Ganguly who scored 44 runs and, then later, Ajit Agarkar who scored 39 runs pushing the Knight Riders to 123/8 in 20 overs, Kolkata never recovered.

Brendon McCullum, though hitting one over square leg for a 6, was given LBW to Nehra who angled one across to him. Brad Hodge soon after chased a wide ball that he edged to AB de Villiers at slip. Morne van Wyk pulled Nannes straight to Rajat Bhatia at short square leg in the next over.

The Delhi Daredevils batsmen were fearless, with Gambhir and Dave Warner putting on 53 for the first wicket before the skipper scooped a wide delivery from Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques to Hodge at backward point. A strategic timeout was made just when Ishant Sharma dismissed Warner and then three balls later Tillakaratne Dilshan thanks to a well judged catch by Henriques on the deep backward square leg boundary. The Daredevils coasted to victory with 17 balls to spare. De Villiers made 40 runs (not out) and hit five 4s. Between him and Karthik, they shared a partnership of 56 runs taking the Daredevils to 125/3.

McCullum conceded their loss as due to inconsistency. “We have just been too inconsistent, if we bowl well, we do not bat well or field well, we just have not got all three facets of the game going well at the same time, but we will keep fighting and hopefully we will get that win soon.”

Amit Mishra bowled a good spell for the Delhi Daredevils earning him the Man of the Match title.

Some other game highlights include:

  • Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (57 balls), Extras 4
  • Drinks: Kolkata Knight Riders - 52/5 in 10.0 overs (SC Ganguly 27, MC Henriques 2)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 17.5 overs (113 balls), Extras 8
  • Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 123/8 in 20.0 overs (M Kartik 11)
  • Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (40 balls), Extras 7
  • 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (G Gambhir 18, DA Warner 26, Ex 7)
  • Drinks: Delhi Daredevils - 72/3 in 10.0 overs (AB de Villiers 7, KD Karthik 1)
  • Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (94 balls), Extras 12
  • 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (AB de Villiers 30, KD Karthik 17, Ex 3)

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