Delhi disappointed; Gambhir-led KKR win

KKR made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Shakib Al Hasan and Iqbal Abdulla made way for Eoin Morgan and Lakshmipathy Balaji.

DD made (Bot)half-a-dozen changes to their playing eleven – Virender Sehwag, Ross Taylor, Venugopal Rao, Pawan Negi, Sunny Gupta, and Varun Aaron made way for Unmukt Chand, Manprit Juneja, Johan, Irfan Pathan, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Ashish Nehra.

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

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a couple of wickets.

DD’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Chand, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was dismissed by Brett Lee.

David Warner, whose 19-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 21. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Jacques Kallis. Sunil Narine, the player of the match, broke the 44-run stand. 

DD scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). KKR had conceded three extras at that point.

Juneja, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Eighteen balls after Warner’s dismissal, he was caught by Laxmi Ratan Shukla. Balaji broke the 15-run stand.

Naman Ojha, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Lee. Rajat Bhatia broke the 20-run stand.

Botha, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bhatia, who broke the nine-run stand.

Irfan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored four. Twelve balls later, he was caught by Manoj Tiwary. The West Indian broke the N(ar)ine-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). KKR had conceded four extras at that point.

Andre Russell, who faced eight balls, scored four. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Narine, who broke the 16-run stand.

Mahela Jayawadene, DD’s skipper, scored 50 off 46 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries.

He eventually scored 66 off 52 balls, which included eight boundaries and a six. Seven balls later, he was caught by Narine. Lee broke the 12-run stand.

Nehra, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Shukla. Narine broke the three-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Nadeem, who faced eight balls, scored four. The (Nari)next ball, Manvinder Bisla and the West Indian ran him out.

Umesh Yadav, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded five extras. DD were dismissed for 128 off 20 overs.

Shukla, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Kallis, who bowled three overs, conceding 23.

Balaji, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Lee and Bhatia bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 23.

Narine, who bowled four overs, conceded 13. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 46, and lost a wicket.

Bisla, who faced nine balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Ten balls into the chase, he was caught by Chand. Nehra broke the five-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). DD had conceded an extra at that point.

Kallis, whose 20-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-four balls after Bisla’s dismissal, he was caught by Chand. Nadeem broke the 47-run stand.

Gambhir, whose 29-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 41. Thirty-five balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Botha, who broke the 41-run stand.

Tiwary, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 23. Seven balls later, he was caught by Ojha. Nadeem broke the six-run stand.

KKR scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). DD had conceded an extra at that point.

Morgan, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Yusuf Pathan, who scored 18 off 16 balls, which included a six.

DD eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. KKR, who scored 129 for the loss of four wickets off 18.4 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with eight balls to spare.

Irfan bowled two wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 15.

Russell and Umesh bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 23.

Nehra bowled three overs, conceding 20. He picked up a wicket, as did Botha, who bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 22.

Nadeem bowled four overs, conceding 22. He picked up a couple of scalps.