KKR bowlers hand DD ninth successive home loss
Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers set up their third win in four games, restricting Delhi Daredevils to 146 for 8
Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers set up their third win in four games, restricting Delhi Daredevils to 146 for 8
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
11.35pm: That's it from all of us. Do join us for tomorrow's game, and keep sending in your comments. Until then, bye!
Umesh Yadav is the man of the match. "I'm just focussing on my line and length, that's it. I had a lot of confidence from the World Cup. I just wanted to use the pace and skiddy bounce on this wicket. If I'm bowling length in the last overs it's very easy to hit sixes, that's why I was bowling the yorkers."
Gautam Gambhir: "A lot of credit needs to go to the bowlers, especially Umesh, he's been unbelievable, especially that last over he bowled. It's a luxury to have Morne, Umesh and Sunil in the same team. All that matters for KKR is how many points we have. It doesn't matter how many runs I get."
Krish: "I think DD have to look at a couple of matches, bite the bullet and drop Yuvraj. There are much more people who are talented and in form, and it's waste when he's coming in at 4 and scoring 25 off 20."
Shah: "If current form continues, it looks like the top three teams are certain. The remaining 5 teams will have to fight it out for the final spot." -- Certainly looks like it at this point.
Ris: "The responsible way Yusuf Pathan has batted in the last game and this one and not throwing his wicket away in search of big shot must be the biggest positive for KKR I guess."
DanielAlexander: "DD are batting Mathews way too low in their batting line up and paying the price tonight "
JP Duminy: "We had a pretty dreadful start, losing as many wickets as we did. I still thought 146 was defendable on this wicket, but we didn't put the ball on a good spot consecutively enough. We'll eventually get there. We know we were well below par today, but there's a long way to go in the tournament, and I'm looking forward to the challenge."
11.20pm This has been such a low-key game, with Delhi Daredevils not threatening at any stage to make a contest of it. They had a bit of a sniff when Domnic Joseph picked up two wickets in one over, but Gambhir, Suryakumar Yadav and Yusuf Pathan slammed the door shut in their faces. In the end, they simply didn't have enough runs on the board.
Tendo.
G Gambhir b Imran Tahir 60 (88m 49b 8x4 0x6) SR: 122.44
Daredevils entered the match on the back of successive victories and spoke about building the winning momentum. But for that to happen they need to have a settled plan
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Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers set up their third win in four games, restricting Delhi Daredevils to 146 for 8