De Grandhomme experiment doesn’t work as he is caught by Sam Billings. Cleaned up without making an impression.
We are in for some fireworks now as the teams approach the business end of the innings, 1655 hrs IST: Gambhir persists with Umesh Yadav. All rights reserved. Another surprise pair for KKR. He will be expected to continue his heroics when his team takes on DD on a wicket that has some assistance for the spinners. After opening the batting in the last two matches, it won’t be a surprise if Sunil Narine is demoted in the batting order and plays as a spin bowler who can score some crucial runs towards the end. Enroute his unbeaten 69, the 27-year-old also crossed the coveted landmark of 2000 runs in IPL. Zaheer now has Gambhir caught at covers. There was a sound and the umpire made a very late decision on that. Yusuf Pathan and Manish Pandey are at the crease for them and they need rebuild the innings, 1811 hrs IST: WICKET! IPL 2017, DD vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders finish first at Kotla A clinical all-round performance against Delhi Daredevils propels Kolkata Knight Riders to the top of the IPL league table. Almost had the fourth but Gambhir made a mess of the regulation Morris catch in the ring, 1728 hrs IST: WICKET! Chris Woakes is doing a fantastic job for KKR in the death overs by picking some crucial wickets. KKR getting a move on They are 88 for the loss of three wickets after 10 overs. Mishra to bowl the last over here for Delhi with KKR needing 9 runs to win this one. He has bowled 11 dot balls in the powerplay with an excellent dot ball percentage of 45.83%. Daredevils’ captain Zaheer Khan had aimed at Yusuf Pathan’s blockhole, which ended up being a low full toss. By the time, Pathan was dismissed for 59, the duo had stitched together a match-winning stand of 110 runs in 12 overs. Over the years, the powerplay has been an area of concern for DD. Infact, every time he had threatened to make his way into the Australian squad, he would inexplicably break down. He has also been quite unlucky. Mathews takes a good catch, 1805 hrs IST: WICKET!
This might be because of their constantly change in DD’s batting order as except Aditya Tare (Opener), none of DD’s Indian batsman batted at a same batting position for 2 consecutive matches this season. Still a decent 13th for KKR as DD collect only six. KKR's score reads 109/3 in the 13th over, Mathews into the bowling attack and first ball traps Yusuf on the legs and goes for a huge appeal, but the umpire is not interested. will eye something in excess of 170 now, 1721 hrs IST: SIX!