DC disappointed; Gambhir-led Kolkata triumph

DC made three changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Christian, Bharat Chipli and Abhishek Jhunjhunwala made way for Cameron White, Ishank Jaggi (An)and Rajan.

KKR made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper, chose to field.

Rain delayed the start of play.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, and lost a wicket.

Kumar Sangakkara, DC’s skipper, scored a dozen off 15 balls, which included a boundary. Thirty-five balls into the match, Lakshmipathy Balaji broke the 37-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 7.2 overs (44 balls). KKR had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 44. Parthiv Patel, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-five balls after Sangakkara’s dismissal, Jacques Kallis and Rajat Bhatia ran him out.

White, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Debabrata Das. Brett Lee, the player of the match, broke the 14-run stand.

Jean-Paul Duminy, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten.

Shikhar Dhawan’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 49 balls.

DC scored 100 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Dhawan eventually faced 50 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Nine balls after White’s dismissal, he was caught by Das. Bhatia broke the five-run stand.

Jaggi had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored three. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Brendon McCullum. Sunil broke the N(ar)ine-run stand.

Ankit Sharma, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Five balls later, he was caught by Gambhir. Balaji broke the four-run stand.

Although his three-ball innings included a six, Dale Steyn had no reason to be in seventh heaven – five balls later, he was caught by Manoj Tiwary. Narine broke the eight-run stand.

Amit Mishra, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

DC scored 126 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Yusuf Pathan and Kallis bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 16.

Bhatia and Lee bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 15.

Narine and Balaji bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 22.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a wicket.

McCullum, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Seventeen balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Steyn, who broke the 16-run stand.

Manvinder, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Twenty-five balls (Bis)later, Mishra broke the 28-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). DC had conceded five extras at that point.

Gambhir, whose 28-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 30. Seventeen balls after Bisla’s dismissal, he was caught by Sangakkara. Rajan broke the 20-run stand.

Pathan, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Five balls later, Sharma broke the eight-run stand.

KKR scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DC no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Kallis, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-four balls after Pathan’s dismissal, he was caught by Patel. Steyn broke the 33-run stand.

Tiwary, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. He was unbeaten, as was Das, who scored nine. His eight-ball innings included a boundary.

DC eventually conceded nine extras. KKR, who scored 127 for the loss of five wickets off 19 overs, won by five wickets with an over to spare.

Duminy, who bowled a wicketless ball, conceded a run.

White, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded eight.

Veer Pratap Singh, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 35.

Rajan, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11. He picked up a wicket, as did Mishra and Sharma, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 27, the latter conceded 19.

Steyn, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up a couple of scalps.