Kolkata Knight Riders:
17th over: 146 for 3. Kolkata are just eight runs away from win. 12 runs comes from this Aaron over. There is still something for the bowlers, maybe couple of wickets earlier would have done the trick for Delhi
16th over: 134 for 3. This might be the turning point for Delhi in this match. Yadav takes two wickets in successive balls in the form of Kallis and McCullum respectively.
Brendon McCullum c Sehwag b Yadav 56 (44)
Jacques Kallis c †Ojha b Yadav 30 (27)
15th over: 128 for 1. With Kallis in the middle, it will be steady and balanced chase. The visiting team are scoring at a decent pace without taking much of risk.
14th over: 118 for 1. Not that a bad over from Yadav but for Kolkata an useful one. Yadav is clocking good pace at the moment and running in hard.
13th over: 107 for 1. Pathan continues to leak runs for Delhi and concedes 13 runs which included two boundaries.
12th over: 94 for 1. Nadeem's spell of four overs comes to an end with the figures of 32 for 0. Kolkata take eight runs from this one.
11th over: 86 for 1. With Kallis at the crease, the run-chase will be more organised but a decent over from Pathan.
10th over: 80 for 1. Now Delhi really have chance to slow down things for Kolkata and apply more pressure with couple of wickets. Nadeem gives four runs in this over.
9th over: 76 for 1. A wicket under his belt has done Aaron a world of good as he seems to have settled down to a good rhythm.
8th over: 72 for 1. A wicket slows down things for Kolkata. Just four runs comes in this Yadav over.
7th over: 68 for 1. Varun Aaron returns to action after an injury layoff and dismisses the in-form Gambhir. Fifth ball flies off the edge of Gambhir to Umesh Yadav at third-man and he drops. The next ball Aaron goes wide off the crease and Gambhir tries to make some room but plays on to the stumps.
Gautam Gambhir b Aaron 36 (21)
6th over: 60 for 0. Kolkata openers are now playing in their zone and this time Umesh Yadav faces the onslaught. 10 runs from this over.
5th over: 50 for 0. To counter Gambhir, Morkel comes from round the wicket and fires in a yorker but the Kolkata captain digs it out for a four through the covers.
4th over: 37 for 0. Nadeem goes for 16 runs in this over. Gambhir's good run with the bat continues, as he hits two fours and a six.
3rd over: 21 for 0. Morne Morkel right on the money from ball one as he gets the ball swing back sharply into McCullum.
2nd over: 14 for 0. Sehwag turns to his successful bowler of this season, Shahbaz Nadeem. The left-arm spinner also doesn't disappoint his skipper and bowls a tidy over.
1st over: 10 for 0. Irfan Pathan starts the proceedings for Delhi and gives away two boundaries in successive balls. Brendon McCullum slaps one over the covers with complete disdain for a four.
Delhi Daredevils:
20th over: 153 for 9. Looking for quick runs, Delhi lose four wickets in the last over. A late surge by Pathan helped Delhi to a dependable total. For Kolkata, Kallis and Narine took two wickets each, while Lee and Sangwan chipped in with one wicket each.
Varun Aaron run out 1 (1)
Morne Morkel run out 0 (0)
Irfan Pathan st McCullum b Narine 36 (22)
Naman Ojha c Tiwary b Narine 2 (6)
19th over: 141 for 5. Lee concedes 13 runs and these are crucial runs from Delhi's point of view. Moreover, the home team has the bowlers to defend.
18th over: 128 for 5. Just five runs from this Narine over. Delhi still have two overs in their hands to put up a competitive total for their bowlers to defend.
17th over: 125 for 5. A good over both for Delhi and Kolkata also. Two boundaries come in this over, but Lee bowls a beautiful yorker to clean up Yogesh Nagar.
Yogesh Nagar b Lee 10 (7)
16th over: 114 for 4. Presently boundaries have died down for Delhi and need some quick runs to put up a decent total on the board to defend.
15th over: 108 for 4. Sangwan dismisses the out of form Taylor. The Kiwi batsman goes for a wild hit and top edges to the long-off fielder.
Ross Taylor c Bhatia b Sangwan 16 (27)
14th over: 100 for 3. Irfan Pathan comes out to bat and needs to raise the tempo as boundaries are hard to come by at the moment.
13th over: 95 for 3. In a terrible mix-up, Jayawardene gets run out while going for a second run. Gambhir is sharp and hits the stumps directly from an under-arm throw.
Mahela Jayawardene run out 30 (27)
12th over: 89 for 2. Again a tidy over from Kolkata. Sangwan looks to have settled down and bowling a tight line.
11th over: 84 for 2. The scoring rate has slowed down for Delhi but things are under control at the moment with Jayawardene at the crease. Though a decent over from Bhatia.
10th over: 79 for 2. An excellent spell from Kallis comes to an end. At the end of his four overs, Kallis returns with the figures of 2 for 20.
9th over: 75 for 2. The idea of bringing on the miserly Rajat Bhatia backfires, as he gives away 11 runs. Jayawardene shuffles a long way across the off-stump and swings it over deep square-leg boundary for six.
8th over: 64 for 2. Kallis is running in hard today and getting some help off the pitch. The second last ball was a cracker of a delivery, as it swings a bit to induce an edge and a diving Brendon McCullum drops it.
7th over: 62 for 2. After the wickets of Delhi openers, Sangwan comes back and again goes for runs.
6th over: 50 for 2. Another successful over from Kallis. Warner makes room to launch over the covers, but edges to the wicketkeeper.
David Warner c McCullum b Kallis 21 (19)
5th over: 43 for 1. First over for Sunil Narine and gives only two runs. Jayawardene and Warner find it hard to read the variations of Narine and don't want to lose their patience.
4th over: 41 for 1. Gambhir's decision of bringing on the experienced Jacques Kallis pays off as he removes the dangerous Sehwag. The Delhi opener looking to work the ball on the onside gets trapped infront of the wickets.
Virender Sehwag lbw b Kallis 23 (9)
3rd over: 34 for 0. After bowling a maiden first over, Lee goes for runs and gives away 17. After looking shaky initially, Warner gets into the groove and hits a towering six over long-off.
2nd over: 17 for 0. Virender Sehwag makes up for the first over maiden and takes Pradeep Sangwan to the cleaners. Gautam Gambhir makes the folly of bringing on Sangwan too early and goes for plenty. The over consisted of two fours and one six.
1st over: 0 for 0. Great start by Brett Lee and gets through a maiden over. The Australian bowler is spot on right from ball one and gets the ball to swing both ways.
7:30 pm: Delhi Daredevils' skipper Virender Sehwag has won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Delhi have made two changes in the side in the form of David Warner and Varun Aaron. While Kolkata have also made two changes as Brett Lee makes a return and Pradeep Sangwan has been included.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Brendon McCullum (wk), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Shukla, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Pradeep Sangwan
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (c), David Warner, Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Naman Ojha (wk), Morne Morkel, Shahbaz Nadeem, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav
7:15 pm: Hello and welcome to the 51st match of IPL 5 between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. With both the teams through to the playoffs, a win for either will assert its supremacy over the other leading up to the knockout stage.
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