Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkatta Knight Riders - Match 31 - Kingsmead, Durban
Kolkatta Knight Riders disastrous run in the tournament continued as they lost yet another game and now have no hopes of making it to the semi finals. Kolkatta's batting display though after winning the toss was much improved than their previous outings and all the players chipped in with some runs. With the absence of Gayle from the team Van Wyk opened the innings with McCullum and both gave a solid start to the Kolkatta innings. For the first time in this series McCullum looked like his old self and played some brilliant shots before he hooked straight to the throat of Nehra who accepted the catch gleely off the bowling of Sangwan. Brad Hodge could add just 10 runs to the score but a wonderful partnership between van Wyk and Henriques helped Kolkatta reach total of 154 loosing just 3 wickets. Van Wyk played briliantly for his 74 of just 48 balls and showed his consistency in this tournament.
Chasing a total of 155, the Delhi openers Gambhir and Warner started off brilliantly with the openers adding 60 runs for the first wicket before Warner was out after scoring 36 of 23 balls. This was the only success the Kolkatta Knight Riders had in their bowling, as another major partnership between Gambhir and Dilshan took Delhi comfortably to a nine wicket victory. Gambhir who was adjudged the Man of the Match scored a solid 71 of 57 balls and Dilshan gave him good company with 42 from 34 balls. With this win under their belt, Delhi move to the top of the points table. The tournament is wide open for all teams except Kolkatta and we believe that it will get down to run rate when deciding the semi - finalists.
Toss
Kolkatta Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat first.
Brief Scores
Kolkatta Knight Riders - 154/3 in 20 overs(Van Wyk - 74, B McCullum - 35, P Sangwan - 2/29, A Nehra - 1/23)
Delhi Daredevils - 157/1 in 19 overs(G Gambhir - 71*, T Dilshan - 42*, A Agarkar - 1/24)
Result
Delhi Daredevils won the match by 9 wickets.
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