DDvsKKR: Captain changes Delhi's fate, Kolkata by 55 runs

This is the second win in seven matches of Delhi, while Kolkata has faced fourth loss in seven matches.

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New Delhi: On Friday night, Delhi Daredevils defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 runs in a one-sided match of IPL 11, winning their second win in the tournament. After the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir, the new captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 93 and Delhi Daredevils won the best performance of their bowlers. Delhi first scored a huge score of 219 runs on four wickets, and chasing the target, Kolkata managed to score only 164 runs in nine overs in 20 overs.

This is the second win in seven matches of Delhi, while Kolkata has faced fourth loss in seven matches. For Kolkata, Andre Russell scored 44 runs with 30 fours and four sixes. There was a 64-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Russell and Shubham Gill. For Delhi, Trent Boult, Amit Mishra, Invesha Khan and Glenn Maxwell took two wickets each.

After chasing a huge target of 220 runs from Delhi, Kolkata lost to their four wickets in 46 runs. After this, the team lost wickets at regular intervals and their goal from Delhi was gone.

Earlier, Delhi Daredevils made a huge score of 219 runs for 4 wickets, thanks to the best half-century of captain Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten 93 and 18-year-old youngster Pathanvi Shaw.

Kolkata decided to bowl first before winning the toss. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 93 in 40 balls with three checks and 10 sixes. This is the third half-century in IPL 11 of Ayre. Along with this, he has 1000 runs in IPL. Between Shaw and Ayyar a partnership of 68 runs for the second wicket.

Captain Iyer also added 73 runs for the fourth wicket with Glenn Maxwell. Glenn Maxwell scored 27 runs in 18 balls with two fours and two sixes. Maxwell's wicket dropped to a score of 202. Delhi scored 29 runs in the last over, including four sixes. In addition, he scored 76 runs in the last four overs. For Kolkata, Chawla got one wicket for 33 runs, Mavi scored one for 58 and Russell took one wicket for 28 runs.