IPL 2013: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils - As it happened...

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Delhi Daredevils at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.

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==================================================================================== Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» | REPORT» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== DD innings: Over 17.5 || Score 137/3 Yusuf Pathan comes into the attack. The fourth ball is short and wide and Rohrer pulls that over deep midwicket for a SIX! Rohrer plays a paddle scoop off the next ball and Delhi Daredevils have won the match by 7 wickets! David Warner 62* (41b) Ben Rohrer 14* (4b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 126/3 Lee into his final over. The second ball was full and wide and Warner clobbered that over long-off for a flat SIX! Lee banged another short ball and Unmukt went for another pull short but this time was caught by Balaji at deep square leg! Rohrer is the new man in. Lee ends the over with another short ball, Warner gets an edge that runs past fine leg for a boundary!12 from the over. UBT Chand c Balaji b Lee 37 (39b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 114/2 Balaji into his final over. The first ball is a short one and Warned pulls that towards midwicket for a boundary! The second one is short again and Warner smashes that to deep square leg for his consecutive boundary! That boundary also brings Warner’s fifty which has come under a crucial time for the Daredevils. There is a collision between Unmukt Chand and Manvinder Bisla and the latter is on the ground and required some treatment. The moment the play resumed, Chand shimmied down the track, hit the ball high as it went to third man where Sumit Narwal got under it and then grassed it at the last moment! A lot happened in that over as Warner cleared the man at mid on who got a hand to it, a single scored. 14 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 100/2 Narine into his final over. Four from the over. Warner keeps the strike with a single off the last ball that also brings the 100 for Delhi. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 96/2 Kallis comes back into the attack. The first ball once again is bowled on the pads and Unmukt Chand guides that towards fine leg for a boundary! The fifth ball is bowled short and Unmukt plays an upper cut that runs past third man for a boundary! Eleven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 85/2 Narine into his third over. Warner gets some room off the third ball and he works that past point for a boundary! Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 78/2 Bhatia to continue. Unmukt gets one short and he pulls that for a boundary at deep midwicket! Bhatia goes full off the last ball and Warner launches that over midwicket where a fielder gets under it and then spills it at the last moment. 15 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 63/2 Balaji into his third over. Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 56/2 Bhatia comes into the attack. There was some on offer off the fifth ball and Warner guided that past the fielder at short third man for a boundary! And then Bhatia manages to deceive Warner off the last ball but Bisla misses a stumping chance! Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 50/2 Narine into his second over. Just one from the over. It was an excellent over by Narine and Unmukt Chand isn’t reading him at all. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 49/2 Kallis into his second over. The fourth ball is short and Warner pulls that over deep square leg for a SIX! Eleven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 38/2 Lee into his third over. Unmukt was lucky on one occasion where Lee fired a short ball and Chand attempted a pull shot that went high over the keeper’s head and landed in no man’s land. Four from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 34/2 Sunil Narine comes into the attack. Just two from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 32/2 Balaji to bowl his second over. The first ball swings away from Mahela who nicks it to Kallis at first slip! The openers are gone and KKR are right back in the game. In comes David Warner. The third ball has the invitation for a drive and Warner drives that through covers for a boundary! Five from the over. DPMD Jayawardene c Kallis b Balaji 5 (8b) ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 27/1 Kallis has been brought into the attack. There was some room offered off the first ball and Sehwag timed that well past the fielder at point for a boundary! Kallis gets the breakthrough as Sehwag edges one to first slip where Yusuf Pathan takes the catch in a second attempt. Unmukt Chand is the new man in. Kallis greets him with an excellent bouncer. But then Chand drives him through the off-side off the last ball. Eight from the over. V Sehwag c Pathan b Kallis 17 (15b) ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 19/0 Lee into his second over. The third ball is bowled at the pads and Sehwag flicks that over square leg for a boundary! The next ball is pitched full and Gambhir drops a sitter at short covers! That could prove to be very costly. Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 12/0 Balaji to bowl the second over. The fifth ball is short and on the leg side, Sehwag works that towards fine leg for a boundary! Nine from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 3/0 Brett Lee to bowl the first over for KKR, Mahela and Sehwag to open for DD. Mahela gets off the mark with a single off the third ball. Sehwag gets off the mark with a single on the leg side. Good over to start with, just three from it. ==================================================================================== KKR innings: Over 20 || Score 136/7 Nehra to bowl his final over. Two singles came off the first two balls. The third ball is short, Lee charges down the track and clobbers that over deep midwicket for a SIX! Nehra follows it with a full and wide delivery as Lee fails to make any contact with the bat. The fifth ball is fuller length again and Lee launches that over long on for a SIX! Two top shots from Lee have produced two sixes for him in the over. Lee works the last ball straight down the ground for a couple. So Gambhir would be happy with the total they have managed to reach. Rajat Bhatia 26* (26b) Brett Lee 16* (6b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 120/7 Yadav to bowl his final over. He begins with a delivery that’s full and wide and Narwal clears the fielder at point to score a boundary! Yadav follows it with a short ball and Narwal hit it high towards midwicket and Unmukt Chand runs to his front and completes a good catch! Yadav ends the over with a slower one that has some width and Bhatia plays a cut shot that beats the man at point for a boundary! Ten from the over. S Narwal c Chand b Yadav 23 (15b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 110/6 Morkel to bowl his final over. Just four from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 106/6 Yadav to bowl his third over. Sumit Narwal smashes the first ball straight down the ground for a boundary! The second ball is banged short and this time Narwal pulls that for a boundary at deep midwicket! Two good strokes! Narwal takes a single off the third ball that brings the 100 for KKR! Bhatia flicks the fourth ball towards deep square leg and runs a couple. Bhatia once again flicks the fifth ball towards deep square leg and the batsmen run three this time! Narwal pulls the last ball for a single at deep midwicket. 15 from the over. KKR need a few like these. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 91/6 Nehra into his third over. The third ball was a bouncer and Das went for the pull but is caught behind! Sumit Narwal is the new man in. He gets a top edge off the fifth ball that goes high over fine leg for a boundary! Eight from the over. DB Das c Jadhav b Nehra 18 (26b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 83/5 Morkel into his third over. Bhatia survives as the ball hit the top of off-stump and the bails aren’t dislodged! Bhatia smashes the last ball over covers for a boundary! ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 75/5 Nadeem into his final over. It was proving to be another economical over before Das charged down the wicket off the fifth ball and went straight down the ground for a SIX! ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 65/5 Pathan into his final over. Five from the over and Pathan ends an outstanding spell! 4-0-16-1 ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 60/5 Nadeem into his third over. Das charges down the wicket off the last ball, hits it hard straight down the ground for a boundary! Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 54/5 Morkel into his second over. Just four from it. The Daredevils are keeping things tight at the moment, Bhatia and Debabrata Das should be looking to play the 20 overs. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 50/5 Nadeem into his second over. And that’s a maiden! ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 50/5 Pathan into his third over. Kallis tries to clear the fielder at point off the third ball but Rohrer takes a blinder! It was high and Rohrer timed his jump to perfection and takes it with just one hand. One from the over. JH Kallis c Rohrer b Pathan 12 (15b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 49/4 Spin introduced, Nadeem to bowl the first over. Morgan pulls one and mistimes the shot and Umesh Yadav takes an easy catch! Seven runs from the over. KKR in big big trouble. EJG Morgan c Yadav b Nadeem 10 (9b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 42/3 Irfan Pathan brought back into the attack. Morgan advances down the track off the fourth ball and goes towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 37/3 Morne Morkel introduced into the attack. The fourth ball is pitched full and straight and Pathan launches that over long on for a SIX! But the next ball is again hit high in the air, and Irfan Pathan takes a good catch running backwards! Eight from the over. YK Pathan c Pathan b Morkel 20 (16b) ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 29/2 Yadav into his second over. The first ball is short and wide and Kallis plays a cut shot over the fielder at point for a boundary! The third ball is bowled on the pad once again and Kallis works that towards fine leg fence for a boundary! Nine from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 17/2 Umesh Yadav brought into the attack. The second ball is pitched full and Bisla is beaten for some pace and Bisla is bowled! Jacques Kallis walks in and he will have to steady the ship. Just two from the over. MS Bisla b Yadav 4 (7b) ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 15/1 Nehra to bowl the second over. First ball is a fuller one and Pathan launches that towards deep midwicket for a couple. The second is bowled on the pads and Pathan guides that towards fine leg for a boundary! Pathan hits the third ball back to the bowler and it gets deflected and runs past the fielder at mid on for a boundary! Nehra ends the over with three dot balls. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 5/1 Bisla and Gambhir to open for KKR, Irfan Pathan will bowl the first over. Pathan begins with a short ball and Bisla smashes that towards deep square leg for a boundary! Bisla works the second ball and runs for a quick single and Gambhir is run-out! That’s a big blow for KKR! Yusuf Pathan is the new man in. Five from the over. G Gambhir run out 0 (0b) ==================================================================================== TOSS: Gambhir has won the toss and he has decided to bat first. Both the teams have been struggling to find their form in this season so far and KKR who have a huge fan following are under pressure to make it to the semis. The Gambhir-led side has a balanced team but the stars haven’t been able to live up to the expectations. It is hard to believe but KKR have won just three of their nine matches. The team management would want Kallis to use his experience and put up a good show both with the bat and the ball. Delhi on the other hand are second from the bottom after winning just two of their nine matches. David Warner who has been sent down the batting order has played some good knocks in the last couple of matches and only if Sehwag and Mahela can get them to a good start, with some fireworks from Warner, Delhi can make the job easier for their bowlers by posting a formidable score.