Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils - Indian Premier League – Match Update
Kolkata Knight Riders 97/9 (12/12 ov) v Delhi Daredevils 100/2 (11.1/12 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils won by 8 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
The eve of the second match in the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) almost went awry because of consists showers and the match between hosts Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils was about to be washed away before the weather finally cleared and gave a chance for play to begin at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on April 05, 2012.
However, the match was reduced to 12 overs for each side to bowl, making it tougher for batsmen to get settled in the middle, before launching a batting onslaught.
Things went from bad to worse for the hosts as they were put into bat by Delhi on losing the toss, and with the wet outfield, KKR knew that boundaries were not going to come easy.
Delhi, gave the KKR fans jitters when with only 14 runs on the board, they dismissed KRR’s first wicket when hard-hitting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 who was playing so fell perished after playing a knock of nine runs.
Next to fall was South African all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, who failed to hit a high scoring innings as he departed after knocking four runs off the bat.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, then desperately tried to pull his team out of the pits of h**l they were in, but with each over passing by, KKR kept losing pace in their innings.
With Gambhir back in the pavilion after playing an innings of 16 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Debabrata-Das-c1353 was soon to follow as he collapsed after crafting an innings of 18 runs.
With all hope lost, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Laxmi-Shukla-c1829, smashed a resilient innings of 26 runs to avoid a major batting meltdown as KKR managed to post 97 runs on the board for the loss of nine wickets.
Chasing an achievable tally in 12 overs, Delhi raced towards the required target as the opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 wrecked havoc on the bowlers by forging an opening stand of 49 runs.
Finch was the first to lose his wicket as he departed on a tally of 30 runs, and later, the Daredevils skipper found his way back to the pavilion after amassing 20 runs, with his team on a tally of 57.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601, then played a blitz of an innings as he clobbered 42 runs off just 20 deliveries to steer his side to victory in 11.1 overs. The all-rounder was later named as the Player of the Match for his astounding performance with the bat.
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