Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders - IPL 5 - Delhi hold on to 153 - 1st innings – Live Score and Update
Delhi Daredevils 153/9 (20/20 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat
Monday, May 07: Delhi Daredevils after winning the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders have managed to post a meagre total of 153 runs on the board after suffering a late batting collapse, restricting them from going on to post a stinging total on the board at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
With the match between the two top teams in the tournament, the stakes are higher than ever before and both teams are out there to prove their superiority.
On winning the toss, Delhi Daredevils’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.”
Delhi’s batting line-up has received a big boost by the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301, who can rip apart even the strongest of bowling attacks on a given day.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, the skipper of KKR hoping to give fans a nail biting contest said, “It is going to be an even contest, hopefully we can just go out there and give 100 percent. It is always about being number one in whichever competition you play, so we just want to win here and be number 1. We want to play well as a unit.”
Coming out to bat, Delhi openers, Sehwag and Warner hammered an opening stand of 40 runs before the skipper became the first wicket of the day, falling after bolstering an innings of 23 runs.
Nine runs later, Warner became the second casualty of the day, perishing after belting 21 runs off 19 deliveries.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 who moulded a stupendous innings of 30 runs while later Pathan jammed an innings 36 runs, which prevented the side from steeping on an extremely disappointing total after their lower-order failed to counter the KKR bowlers.
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