Pune: Kolkata Knight Riders continued their way of success in Indian Premier league (IPL) as they defeated Delhi Daredevils by 18 runs in the 1st qualifier of the tournament played at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune, India and thus qualifying for the for the IPL final.
The Delhi Daredevils failed to chase a target of 162 runs and ended their innings at 144 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Jayawardene who scored 40 runs remained the leading run-scorer from Delhi accompanied by Ojha 28. The other batsmen failed to cross 20’s.
The Kolkata bowlers successfully restricted their opponents on 144 runs and took eight wickets in the inning. Kallis and Narine who took two wickets remained the leading bowlers in the inning followed by Balaji, Shakib al Hasan, Abdulla and Bhatia who shared one wicket each.
Earlier blistering innings of 40 runs from Pathan helped Kolkata to set a target of 163 runs.
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