KKR vs DD - M2- CLT20-2012
Kolkata Knight Rider vs Delhi Daredevils - Match 2 - CLT20-2012 - Match report:
In a line-up consisting of some of the most powerful strikers of the
cricket ball in modern-day cricket, it took an impressive innings from a
19-year-old to set up the match for the Delhi Daredevils. After being
put in to bat, the Daredevils posted 160 for seven – thanks mainly to
Unmukt Chand’s impressive 40. They then restricted the Kolkata Knight
Riders to 108 for seven to register a thumping 52-run victory.
Despite
a quiet first over, the Delhi Daredevils recovered well to get to 36
after five overs. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene hit four boundaries, while
Virender Sehwag helped himself to two hits. Mystery bowler Sunil Narine,
introduced into the attack in the sixth over, struck for the Kolkata
Knight Riders when he pegged back Jayawardene’s off stump with his first
delivery. The DD skipper made 21 off 19 balls, while Sehwag, who was
caught behind off the bowling of Pradeep Sangwan, made 22 from 17 balls.
Kevin
Pietersen walked in to bat at No.3 and was put down twice – both times
by Manvinder Bisla off the bowling of Narine. However Pietersen couldn’t
capitalize on his good fortune and would soon be dismissed for 14. With
DD at 64 for three at the half-way mark, KKR certainly held the edge.
But
the teenager Unmukt Chand and Ross Taylor wrested back the advantage
with a 63-run partnership. Chand, who led India to victory in the
Under-19 World Cup recently, timed the ball well from the word go. He
played some handsome strokes in his 27-ball knock; after getting off the
mark with a sweetly timed extra cover drive, the teenager also hit
three other boundaries and two sixes – including a massive hit over
midwicket and a cut over point. Taylor too played a useful hand and
scored the bulk of his runs on the leg side. After hitting Balaji for a
six and a four off consecutive deliveries, an attempt to dispatch him
over square leg yet again landed in the hands of the man on the
boundary. He was dismissed for 36.
Chand too would go after
Balaji in the same over; he upper-cut Balaji for a six over cover and
then followed it up with boundaries through thirdman and fine leg. DD
would score 30 runs from that particular over from Balaji – the 17th of
the innings. Despite a collapse at the end, when they lost Chand and
three other wickets in three overs, the Delhi Daredevils had done well
to get to 160 for eight.
Sunil Narine was the pick of the KKR
bowlers; he returned with figures of three for 21 from his four overs.
Brett Lee (1-19) and Jacques Kallis (1-25) too bowled economically,
while L Balaji came in for a lot of stick; he would concede 61 runs in
his four overs.
KKR had a horror start to their run-chase when
they lost skipper Gautam Gambhir and Manvinder Bisla in the first over.
It became worse when Brendon McCullum was dismissed in the following
over and when Jacques Kallis was forced to retire hurt after being
struck on the index finger of the bottom hand. The scores of the top
four batsmen would read 1, 0, 0 and 0. When Yusuf Pathan dragged one
onto his stumps at the end of the fifth over, DD had knocked the wind
out of the run-chase.
Manoj Tiwary and Rajat Bhatia tried to
resuscitate the innings, but they clearly had a mountain of runs to
score and too few deliveries in which to get them. Both batsmen were
dismissed attempting to take on the bowlers; Tiwary made 33 and Bhatia
made 22. KKR would eventually finish their twenty overs at 108 for
seven.
The Delhi Daredevils seamers were lethal on the Centurion
Park track, which offered lateral movement and where the bounce was
uneven. It was good to see Irfan Pathan swing the ball and bend the back
into the right-hander; he would finish with figures of two for 20 from
his four overs. Morne Morkel (2-25) bowled quick and was able to extract
sharp bounce from the pitch, while Umesh Yadav (2-13) and Ajit Agarkar
(1-21) got the ball to skid off the track.
Delhi Daredevils win by 52 runs
Brief Scores:
Delhi Daredevils 160-8 in 20 overs (Unmukt Chand 40, Ross Taylor 36,
Sunil Narine 3-21, L Balaji 2-61) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 108-7 in
overs 20 (Manoj Tiwary 33, Rajat Bhatia 26, Umesh Yadav 2-13, Irfan
Pathan 2-20, Morne Morkel 2-25)
Man of the Match: Irfan
Pathan, for his bowling spell of two for 19, which included the wickets
of Gautam Gambhir and Manvinder Bisla in the first over.
- Jayawardene: "We wanted to be aggressive and start this tournament well, we wanted to keep wickets in hand and we probably should have had someone go on to make a bigger score, Unmukt Chand was brilliant for us. The way we started the second innings was brilliant and we never let them go as we kept the pressure on. It's a very good start and we need to make sure we keep the momentum going."
- Gambhir: "This is what this format is all about, we thought we were in the game at the halfway point but sometimes these things happen. A lot of credit needs to go to the Delhi Daredevils and the way their fast bowlers played tonight. Hopefully we can respond in our next match and turn things round."
Related Links:
CLT20-2012:Kolkata Knight Riders Squad and ScheduleCLT20-2012:Delhi Daredevils Squad and Schedule
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