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Delhi Daredevils defeated Kings XI Punjab by 29 runs in a massive run-fest as 433 total runs were scored in the 40 over spam of the match. Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Delhi to bat. But Delhi Daredevils went to a flyer as both openers Virender Sehwag and David Warner scored 77 runs each off 35 balls and 48 balls respectively as they gave a record opening stand of 146 runs. Venugopal Rao (28 runs off 15 balls) and Naman Ojha (19 runs off 8 balls) also contributed as they scored a massive 231/4 in 20 overs. Kings XI Punjab also gave a blazing reply as Shaun Marsh (95 runs off 46 balls) and Adam Gilchrist (42 runs off 33 balls) scoring rapidly though the rest of the batsmen could not do that well as they ended up with 202/6 in 20 overs. Ajit Agarkar took 2 wickets for the Daredevils while the much hyped IPL debutant Varun Aaron took a wicket too as he also hit 147.6 K on one occasion and was 140K + most of the time. David Warner was awarded the Man of the Match.

Delhi Daredevils won their first match of IPL Season 4 as they defeated Sahara Pune Warriors by 3 wickets in a closely contested high scoring match. Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and put Sahara Pune Warriors to bat. Jessie Ryder scored a blazing 60 runs of merely 27 balls and Yuvraj Singh played a brilliant innings of 66 runs off 32 balls as Pune Warriors reached a mammoth total of 187/5 in their 20 overs. Ashok Dinda and Shahbaz Nadeem took two wickets each for the Delhi Daredevils. In reply, Delhi Daredevils went off to a flyer as David Warner (46 runs off 28 balls) and Virender Sehwag (37 runs off 23 balls) scored 75 runs in just 7 overs. After the opening partnership, they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals mainly due to a brilliant bowling spell by Yuvraj Singh (4 wickets for 29 runs) but they managed to reach 190/7 in 19.2 overs mainly due to some last minute efforts by Venugopal Rao (31 runs off 20 balls), Aaron Finch (25 runs off 12 balls) and James Hopes (13 runs off 4 balls). Pune skipper Yuvraj Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant all round performance though he had to be on the losing side.

Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi Daredevils’ captain for the match won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Sourav Ganguly (44 off 45 balls) and Ajit Agarkar (39 off 29 balls) top scored as Kolkata could only reach 123/8 in 20 overs. Amit Mishra (3/14), Ashish Nehra (2/29) and Dirk Nannes (2/15) were good for the Delhi Daredevils with the ball. Delhi Daredevils cruised to 125/3 in 17.1 overs guided by useful knocks from AB de Villiers (40 off 32 balls) and David Warner (36 off 23 balls). Amit Mishra was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) lbw b Ashish Nehra 6 3 0 1 200
Sourav Ganguly c David Warner b Dirk Nannes 44 45 1 2 97.78
Brad Hodge c AB de Villiers b Ashish Nehra 0 3 0 0 0
Morne van Wyk (W) c Rajat Bhatia b Dirk Nannes 0 2 0 0 0
Yashpal Singh c Rajat Bhatia b Amit Mishra 13 20 2 0 65
Wriddhiman Saha c Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 0 1 0 0 0
Moises Henriques st Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 2 8 0 0 25
Ajit Agarkar c Mithun Manhas b Pradeep Sangwan 39 29 3 2 134.48
Murali Kartik * not out 11 10 0 0 110
Ishant Sharma
Sourav Sarkar
Extras: b – 0, w – 5, nb – 1, lb – 2 8
Total: (123 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 123 Run Rate: 6.15

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Brendon McCullum, 0.3), 2-7 (Brad Hodge, 1), 3-9 (Morne van Wyk, 1.5), 4-45 (Yashpal Singh, 7.3), 5-46 (Wriddhiman Saha, 8), 6-56 (Moises Henriques, 11.2), 7-88 (Sourav Ganguly, 16.1), 8-123 (Ajit Agarkar, 20)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashish Nehra 4 0 29 2 0 2 7.25
Dirk Nannes 4 0 15 2 0 2 3.75
Pradeep Sangwan 3 0 32 1 0 1 10.67
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5
Amit Mishra 4 0 14 3 1 0 3.5
Rajat Bhatia 1 0 13 0 0 0 13

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir (C) c Brad Hodge b Moises Henriques 18 24 3 0 75
David Warner c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 36 23 5 1 156.52
AB de Villiers not out 40 32 5 0 125
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Moises Henriques b Ishant Sharma 1 2 0 0 50
Dinesh Karthik (W) not out 17 22 0 0 77.27
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 2, w – 6, nb – 0, lb – 5 13
Total: (125 for 3 wickets in 17.1 overs) 125 Run Rate: 7.28

Fall of Wickets1-53 (Gautam Gambhir, 6.4), 2-66 (David Warner, 8.3), 3-69 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 9)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 23 2 0 2 5.75
Moises Henriques 4 0 35 1 0 2 8.75
Ajit Agarkar 3 0 19 0 0 1 6.33
Sourav Sarkar 1.1 0 19 0 0 0 16.29
Brad Hodge 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Murali Kartik 4 0 20 0 0 0 5

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It looked like an easy game for Delhi Daredevils as they were the most consistent side of IPL T20 season 2 while Kolkata Knight Riders were going bizarre since the start of the tournament. Brendon McCullum won the toss and decided to bat. Morne Van Wyn (74 off 48 balls), Brendon McCullum (35 off 29 balls) and Moises Henriques (30 off 24 balls) helped Kolkata Knight Riders reach 154/3 in 20 overs. Delhi Daredevils reached the target quite comfortably as they made 157/1 in 19 overs. Gautam Gambhir (71 off 57 balls), Tillakaratne Dilshan (42 off 34 balls) and David Warner (36 off 23 balls) were all brilliant with the bat. Gautam Gambhir was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Morne van Wyk (W) b Ashish Nehra 74 48 11 0 154.17
Brendon McCullum (C) c Ashish Nehra b Pradeep Sangwan 35 29 1 3 120.69
Brad Hodge c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 10 19 0 0 52.63
Moises Henriques not out 30 24 2 1 125
Wriddhiman Saha * not out 1 1 0 0 100
Sourav Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 1, lb – 0 4
Total: (154 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 154 Run Rate: 7.7

Fall of Wickets1-58 (Brendon McCullum, 7), 2-98 (Brad Hodge, 13), 3-147 (Morne van Wyk, 19.2)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 49 0 0 1 12.25
Ashish Nehra 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75
Amit Mishra 4 1 18 0 0 0 4.5
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 29 2 1 0 7.25
Rajat Bhatia 4 0 35 0 0 0 8.75

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir (C) not out 71 57 7 0 124.56
David Warner c Moises Henriques b Ajit Agarkar 36 23 5 1 156.52
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 42 34 5 1 123.53
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik (W)
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Pradeep Sangwan
Amit Mishra
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 1 8
Total: (157 for 1 wicket in 19.0 overs) 157 Run Rate: 8.26

Fall of Wickets1-60 (David Warner, 7)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 43 0 0 0 10.75
Ashok Dinda 2 0 17 0 0 0 8.5
Moises Henriques 4 0 36 0 0 0 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 18 0 0 2 9
Ajit Agarkar 3 0 24 1 0 0 8
Murali Kartik 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5

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