Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils - Indian Premier League - 1st innings update
Kolkata Knight Riders 97/9 (12/12 ov) - Delhi Daredevils won the toss
After long and tiring showers at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, the second match of the current edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) finally kicked off on Thursday, April 05, 2012, but the game was shortened to a 12-over-a-side event.
Thanks to the ground-staff, play was finally possible; otherwise there was a chance of the match being called off due to consistent rain.
After winning the toss, Delhi Daredevils, chose to field first in the wet outfield on which hitting boundaries was extremely difficult for the batsmen.
Kolkata Knight Riders would definitely have wanted to field first as well, nonetheless, forced to bat first, they failed to get off to a belligerent start as with only 14 runs on the board, KKR suffered the loss of their first wicket with opener, Brendon McCullum, who was hitting the ball so cleanly lost his wicket after scoring nine runs off seven deliveries.
Top batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 was the next to falter as he departed after playing a meagre innings of four runs, leaving his side stranded on a tally of 20.
Delhi then made inroads by grabbing a couple of more wickets in quick succession, placing KKR under immense pressure and while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 tried to inject some resilience in the batting line-up he was losing partners on the other end sooner than expected.
Gambhir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Debabrata-Das-c1353 then forged a small resistance but, with 54 runs on the board, KKR lost the services of their skipper when Gambhir perished after crafting an innings of 16 runs.
Later, Das fell on a tally of 18, leaving his side on 55 runs in 6.5 overs. With the match still being far from over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Laxmi-Shukla-c1829 belted the highest innings from his side by scoring 26 runs off 17 deliveries, helping his side amass a decent total of 97 runs in the shortened T20 game.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umesh-Yadav-c94625 (2) were the ace bowlers from their team.
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