Maxwell comes back to dismiss Chawla. KKR 146/9Avesh cleans up Russell for 44. KKR 144/8Fine over by Plunkett. Just 2 runs from it. KKR 143/7Mishra (2/23) cleans up Mavi for duck. KKR 141/7Gill, who scores 29-ball 37, falls short of the crease. KKR 141/6Gill and Russell put on a fine 64-run partnership for the sixth wicketAgain a six and a four from Russell. KKR 140/511 runs from the over. KKR 129/5 in chase of 220Russell whacks a six and a four off Boult's successive deliveries. KKR 118/5Russell clobbers Avesh for two huge sixes. KKR 104/5Russell hits a four off Plunkett. KKR 89/5Mishra strikes to dismiss Karthik. KKR 77/5Shubman Gill hits Vijay Shankar for a six. KKR 76/4Mishra starts off well, gives only five runs. KKR 66/4Karthik hits a six off Plunkett. KKR 61/4Avesh unleashes a short ball to send Nitish Rana back. KKR 46/4Rana takes his eyes off the ball while trying to pull and Avesh holds an easy return catch.Good start for paceman Plunkett. Only six runs. KKR 46/3Seven runs from it. KKR 40/3 in chase of 220Boult strikes again, after being hit for two successive sixes, to get rid of NarineKKR 33/3Boult strikes off the first ball to dismiss Uthappa. KKR 20/2Maxwell fights back, after being hit for a six and a four by Narine, to clean up Lynn. KKR 19/1Six runs from the over with Lynn hitting a four off Boult.76 runs from the last four overs with Iyer remains unbeaten on 93 with the help of three fours and 10 colossal sixesAnother six as DD score 219 for the loss of four wicketsThis time it's a fourSame bowler, same treatment, Six from Iyer off MaviMaxwell gets run out for 18-ball 27. DD 201/4Another six from Iyer off Mavi and DD score gets past 200-run markIyer starts off with a six off MaviMaxwell joins the party, slams Johnson for a biggie over short fine leg. DD 190/3Narine is being hit for two sixes. 18 runs from the over. DD 179/3Iyer hits two back-to-back sixes off Mavi. DD 161/3skipper Shreyas Iyer hits 29-ball fifty to lead DDUthappa drops a tough chance of Iyer at long on which cost six runs to KKRJust three runs from Chawla, who ends his four-over spell conceding 33 runs with a wicket to his name. DD 143/3Skipper Iyer on a roll, smacks a four and a six off Russell. DD 140/3Russell gets rid of dangerman Rishabh Pant for duck. DD 129/3Chawla strikes to dismiss Shaw for 62. DD 127/2A fine knock comes to an end. Shaw hits seven fours and two huge sixes in his 44-ball stayFour from Iyer and six from Shaw off Johnson. DD 118/112 runs from the over. DD 106/1Shaw hits maiden 50 off 38 balls. DD 89/1Shaw hits a four and a six off Johnson. DD 77/1Just five runs from it. DD 64/1Mavi cleans up Munro to give KKR breakthrough. DD 59/110 runs from the over. DD 51/0Shaw and Munro hit four apiece off Mavi. DD 40/0Chawla is being hit for four boundaries. DD 31/0Munro hits first six of the match. DD 13/0Good start by Chawla as he gives only three runs. DD 3/0Johnson replaces Curran in KKR side while DD bring in Shankar and Munro in place of Gambhir and Christian: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss, elect to field against Delhi Daredevils Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Mitchell Johnson, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep YadavPrithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Glenn Maxwell, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Trent BoultStruck by the crisis emanating from Gautam Gambhir's resignation as captain, a beleaguered Delhi Daredevils face a herculean task to revive their IPL campaign when they clash with Kolkata Knight Riders under young skipper Shreyas Iyer at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Friday. CLICK TO READ MORE
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SIX! If there is one danger man still there, its Andre Russell, he is one wicket Delhi desperately need. He deposits one into the stands from Avesh, still a lot more needed though. He hits the next one as well from Avesh into the stands. Can he change the game? KKR are 104/5 after 12 overs.
Match Recap
The Delhi Daredevils unleashed a leather hunt at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi, posted the highest total of VIVO IPL 2018 and then restricted the visitors Kolkata Knight Riders to 164-9 in their run-chase. Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 55 runs. Outcome: DD ended their three-match losing streak and lifted off from the floor of the eight-team standings.
The Daredevils had hit the reset heading into this match; Gautam Gambhir had relinquished captaincy and Shreyas Iyer was handed the reins of the team. The team made the perfect beginning in their bid to turn things around as the new opening pair of Prithvi Shaw and Colin Munro added 59 runs before they were separated. Captain Shreyas then joined the teenager Shaw and the second wicket pair added 68 runs in seven overs – with runs flowing from both ends. After young Shaw was dismissed, Shreyas carried on and batted to the end; in all, the DD captain plundered 3 fours and 10 sixes, and finished unbeaten on 93 from 40 balls.
The Daredevils innings had the perfect finish as Shreyas hit four sixes and a four in the final over and 29 runs were added to the total. DD finished at 219-4; they had scored 57 in the first six overs, added 83-3 in the middle nine overs, and added a further 79-1 in the last five overs.
Faced with a demanding asking rate of 11, the Knight Riders had to go hard at the bowling from the get-go. However, that approach didn’t yield as they lost their top four batsmen within the sixth over. Andre Russell played a lone hand and tried to salvage the cause for his team, but even his 44 from 30 couldn’t take them close. The only noteworthy partnership in the KKR run-case was the 64-run stand between Shubman Gill (37 from 29 balls) and Russell. KKR, recovered from 46-4, to finish at 164-9.
Standout batting performance
Shreyas Iyer couldn’t have asked for a better first day in the office as captain of DD. After coming in to bat at number three, the 23-year old started slowly, scoring 7 runs off the first 9 balls he faced. He then switched gears, and dealt mainly in the currency of sixes; he hit ten of them in his 40-ball outing. Shreyas got to his half-century off 29 balls – reaching the milestone with a six off Shivam Mavi, and thereafter added 42 more runs off the next 11 balls he faced. He was dropped twice en route; when on 45, Robin Uthappa put down a catch at the edge of the long-on boundary, and five balls later Nitish Rana grassed an opportunity at the same position.
Shreyas’ main scoring zone was down the ground; all his ten sixes were in the arc between extra cover and wide long-on. He did not hesitate to muscle the ball when there was width on offer, and when the bowlers landed it a little straighter and closer to him, he got his left leg out of the way, created room for bat swing and gave the ball a proper pounding.
Still just 18 years old and playing only his second T20 match, Prithvi Shaw lit up the Kotla with a batting exhibition of the highest class. The DD opener hit seven boundaries and two sixes in his 44-ball inning; he drove with panache – through cover and down the ground, and his treatment of Mitchell Johnson was a battle not to be missed. Young Prithvi scored 24 runs from 12 balls off the Aussie pacer, which included two boundaries and two sixes – one six coming through a sweetly timed pull shot to a ball that sat up and the other a whip off a full length ball on the pads. Among the several delightful strokes Shaw played, here are a few that stood out: the backfoot square drive off Shivam Mavi, a straight drive off Andre Russell and the whip (helicopter-like-shot) off Johnson.
Notable Support Act – Batting
It was the returning Colin Munro (33 from 18 balls) who set the tone for the Daredevils innings. The Kiwi batsman, who had been benched after scores of 4 & 0, announced his aggressive intent when he latched onto a short delivery from Kuldeep Yadav and deposited it into the stands in the second over. In the third over, he collected consecutive boundaries off Piyush Chawla. In the fourth, he drove one past Shivam Mavi. In the following over, he drove Sunil Narine through cover and then deposited one deep into the stands at midwicket. By the time six overs had been bowled, Munro had raced to 32 off 15 balls; he was dismissed off the final ball of the seventh over – castled by Mavi.
Standout bowling performance
Amit Mishra was the most impressive bowler in the match. The veteran leg-spinner bowled three spells, did not give any pace on the ball and bowled smartly – often bowling full and wide outside the off-stump. His returns for the day were 4-1-23-2 – an economy rate of 5.75.
The Daredevils pacer Avesh Khan (2-29) bowled impressively too; after two excellent overs in the powerplay – during which he collected the wicket of Nitish Rana – the young man came back and bowled a fine 18th over in which he outsmarted Andre Russell repeatedly, eventually dismissing the batsman with the perfect middle stump yorker bowled from round the stumps.
Stat of the Match
At the age of 18 years & 169 days, Prithvi Shaw became the joint youngest to score a half-century in the IPL. Earlier, in 2013, the Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson was the same age when he scored a half-century against RCB.
29 runs were added to the Delhi Daredevils total in the final over – that would be the most expensive over of VIVO IPL 2018.
Brief Scores:
Delhi Daredevils 219-4 (Prithvi Shaw 62, Colin Munro 33, Shreyas Iyer 93*) beat
Kolkata Knight Riders 164-9 (Shubman Gill 37, Andre Russell 44, Amit Mishra 2-23, Avesh Khan 2-29, Trent Boult 2-44, Glenn Maxwell 2-22) by 55 runs.
Man of the Match:
Shreyas Iyer, for his unbeaten 93 (40 balls, 3 fours, 10 sixes)
