New Delhi, April 17: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) picked up their third win on the trot as they beat Delhi Daredevils (DD) by 4 wickets in the match 18 of IPL 2017. [Match Scorecard]
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Batting first Delhi Daredevils posted a humble total of 168 runs for the loss 7 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. Pant scored a quickfire 38 to help Delhi reach their total. [Match Report]
In reply, Kolkata chased down the total with two balls to spare losing 6 wickets. Both Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan scored half-centuries.
Here are the highlights of match 18 between Kolkata and Delhi:
# Sanju Samson and Sam Billings opened the innings for Delhi Daredevils
# Delhi Daredevils were 53/0 at the end of powerplay
# Sam Billings was dismissed by Nathan Coulter-Nile for 21 runs in the 7th over
# Sanju Samson was dismissed for 32 in the 8th over by Umesh Yadav
# Delhi were 83/2 after 10 overs
# Shreyas Iyer got out for 27, run out Grandhomme in the 14th over
# Karun Nair was dismissed in the 15 over for 21 by Coulter-Nile
# Rishabh Pant scored 26 runs off Umesh Yadav's 17th over.
# Sunil Narine took Angelo Mathews' (1) wicket in the 18th over
# Rishabh Pant got out for 38 off 16 balls
# Delhi Daredevils were restricted to 168/7
# Nathan Coulter-Nile was the peak of KKR bowlers (3/22 in 4 overs)
# KKR once again changed their opening pair, Grandhomme accompanied Gambhir at the top
# Grandhomme was dismissed at the very first over for just 1 run
# Robin Uthappa (4) was dismissed in the 2nd over
# Gautam Gambhir departed for 14 runs in the 3rd over
# Yusuf Pathan reached 2800 runs milestone in IPL
# KKR were 49/3 at the end of powerplay
# Manish Pandey reached 2000 runs milestone in IPL
# Yusuf Pathan reached his half-century in the 14th over
# Chris Morris dismissed Yusuf Pathan for 59 in the 15th over
# Yusuf Pathan and Manish Pandey stitched a partnership of 131 runs
# Manish Pandey reached his half-century in the 16th over
# Manish Pandey remained not out on 69 off 49 balls
# Pandey was given the man of the match award
# KKR chased down the total with 2 balls to spare
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