Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders - IPL5 - Qualifier 1 - KKR clobber 162 runs – Live Score and Update
Kolkata Knight Riders 162/4 (20/20 ov) - Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat
Kolkata Knight Riders managed to amass a total of 162 runs for the loss of four wickets against Delhi Daredevils in this season's first qualifier of the Indian Premier League, at Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
With the tournament heading towards its end, the qualifiers have taken the stakes higher than ever before and with this in mind KKR skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, chose to bat first after winning the toss in order to clobber a mammoth total on the board.
Delhi on the other hand, were hoping to make early inroads by grabbing a few wickets to keep KKR in check, however, their bowling attack was shredded to bits by KKR openers Gambhir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, as the duo launched an early charge, smacking the bowlers out of town.
Finally the brazen batting onslaught came to an end on the wicket of Gambhir, who was run out after smacking an innings of 32 runs off 16 deliveries, leaving his team standing on a tally of 48.
However, Delhi failed to make a comeback in the match as the newly arrived batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, forged a resounding partnership with McCullum.
It was then with 87 runs on the board when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 struck for the second time by grabbing the wicket of the KKR opener, who fund his way off the field after smashing an innings of 31 runs off 36 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492 then failed to amuse the audience as he departed after scoring only a run with his team on a tally of 91.
Yadav then gifted his side the prized wicket of Kallis who fell after knocking an innings of 30 runs, at a time when KKR had amassed 106 runs on the board.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/YK-Pathan-c2815 then launched a late but highly effective batting bombardment that in a matter of few overs snatched the game out of the clutches of Delhi, who had kept a check on KKR batting before KKR jabbed 162 runs with Pathan unbeaten on 40 runs and LR Shukla standing on 24 runs.
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