In the 13th match of IPL 2018, hosts Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a big victory for 71 runs against Delhi Daredevils (DD) at Eden Gardens (Kolkata) on Monday night. KKR made a total of 200/9 in 20 overs, DD was bowled out for just 129 runs in 14.2 overs.
The visiting team decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Apart from the opener Sunil Narine, the other top-order batsmen provided the good starts which carried down by the top middle-order batsmen. While opener Chris Lynn scored 31 runs, no.3 batsman Robin Uthappa scored 35 runs off 19 balls.
Later Nitish Rana played a brilliant knock of 59 runs off 35 balls, while Andre Russell played a furious innings of 41 runs off 12 balls with 6 sixes. These knocks helped KKR to put 200/9 on the board at the end of 20 overs.
Among the Delhi bowlers, Rahul Tewatia (3/18) claimed three wickets while Trent Boult (2/29) and Chris Morris (2/41) picked up two wickets each. Also, Shahbaz Nadeem (1/43) and Mohammed Shami (1/53) earned one wicket each.
Chasing down that big targets, Delhi lost their top-order batsmen very early which took them away from the victory. Apart from Rishabh Pant and Glenn Maxwell no other batsmen reached the double-digit score. While Pant scored 43 runs off 26 balls with 7 fours and 1 six, Maxwell added 47 runs off 22 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixers. However, those attacking knocks couldn’t help the Delhi team to reach at least the close of the target as they were bundled out for just 129 runs in 14.2 overs.
Among the KKR bowlers, Sunil Narine (3/18) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/32) grabbed 3 wickets each, while Piyush Chawla (1/16), Andre Russell (1/25), Shivam Mani (1/14) and Tom Curran (1/21) claimed one wicket each.
Nitish Rana won the Player of the MAtch award for his superb batting performance.
Now we will look at some twitter reactions of the match:
Wowwww what a match😍😍😍😍 KKR again back in form💃💃💃💃 good going 😎😎😎😎 Narine Narine 3 wickets for 18 run💃💃😍😍 nd Russell u r a champ 😍😍💃💃 nd Rana very well played 😎😎😎😎 #KKRHaiTaiyyar #KKRvsDD #IPL2018
— M@H@ 👻👻 (@maha_mrc93) April 16, 2018
DK following odd-even policy of Arvind Kejriwal. Tom Curran on even days, Mitchell Johnson on odd days.#KKRvDD
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 16, 2018
Andre Russel hurting Moh Shami more than his wife.#KKRvDD
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 16, 2018
Very impressive…..Nitish Rana. #KKR rate him very high and he has delivered today. That partnership with the merciless Russell means we are looking at a second big run chase for #DD
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 16, 2018
Normally, Players Who Weren't Retained By Their Team Used To Express Their Anger. Tonight It Was Opposite. The Team Showed Anger To The Captain Who Disowned Them. 😂 #KKRvDD #KKRvsDD #IPL2018
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 16, 2018
Young paceman Mavi is marvellous!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 16, 2018
KKR’s inns:
1st over – 0 runs
20th over – 1 runStill they have posted 200 runs on board!#KKRvDD
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 16, 2018
Russell mania at the Eden. Giving him a life may have sealed Delhi's fate
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 16, 2018
Shami’s wife to Andre Russel.
#KKRvDD pic.twitter.com/7TDF9hZCww— Kaju Katli (@kaju__katli) April 16, 2018
* toss *
* dd won the toss *
gambhir: sunil narine jaayega mere sath opening karne.
dk: bsdk tu dd ka captain hai abb#KKRvDD
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) April 16, 2018
Andre Russell Removes Mask. It's Mohammed Shami's Wife. #KKRvDD #KKRvsDD
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 16, 2018
What is Silence?
Me- The way KKR haters behave after the win of KKR. 😂😂#KKRvDD
— 🅁🄸🅈🄰🄽 (@SRK___SRK___SRK) April 16, 2018
DD or RCB fans to DD or RCB #RCB #DilDilli #IPL2018 #MIvsRCB #KKRvDD pic.twitter.com/Mljz7mChES
— Hamid (@mai_b_Engineer_) April 16, 2018
