Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets
| Pos | Team | Mat | Net RR | Pts | Last 5 |
| 1 |  KKR | 12 | +0.600 | 17 | |
| 2 | DD | 11 | +0.880 | 16 | |
| 3 | MI | 11 | -0.143 | 14 | |
| 4 | CSK | 12 | +0.013 | 11 | |
| 5 | RCB | 11 | 0.333 | 11 | |
| 6 | RR | 11 | +0.144 | 10 | |
| 7 | KXIP | 11 | -0.453 | 10 | |
| 8 | PWI | 12 | -0.134 | 8 | |
| 9 | DC | 11 | -0.557 | 5 |
Jacques Kallis contributed with both bat and ball as Kolkata Knight Riders displaced Delhi Daredevils at the top of the IPL table with a six-wicket win at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Monday. With their eighth win in 12 matches, the Kolkatans take the top spot, while Delhi go down to second with their third defeat in 11 matches.
Chasing 154 to win, Kolkata stitched a solid opening partnership with
Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum taking the Delhi bowlers to the
cleaners. Both added 68 before Varun Aaron, playing his first match this
season, removed the Kolkata captain who chopped the ball on to his
stumps. Kallis joined McCullum and both played with a lot of care to
make sure the visitors got closer to the target. Umesh Yadav turned the
match on its head when he sent back Kallis (30) and McCullum (56) in two
successive balls with 128 on the board in the 16th over. But it all was
a fleeting moment of joy for Delhi as Yusuf Pathan (7 not out),
Debabrata Das (1 not out) and Manoj Tiwary (8) saw the visitors home
with eight balls to go..
Earlier electing to bat first, Delhi openers Virender Sehwag and David Warner, who took Kevin Pietersen’s place, were off the blocks straight away. Sehwag led the charge after Warner played a maiden from Brett Lee. The Delhi captain took 17 off Pradeep Sangwan’s over to set things in order. Warner, after the ignominy against Lee, got his own back on the fellow Aussie before long. He scored 17 off the fast bowler’s second over - the innings’ third - to further boost the hosts. It indeed was a dream start.
But then South Africa allrounder Kallis took the ball in the fourth over and accounted for Sehwag with 40 runs on the board. The ball nipped back to trap the Delhi captain in front of the wickets. He made 23 off nine balls on his way to the ownership of the Orange Cup with 468 runs, going past Rajasthan Royals’ Ajinkya Rahane. Kallis struck again in his next over as Warner (23) edged a rising ball through to wicketkeeper McCullum.
Mahela Jayawardene and Ross Taylor played with a lot of caution and added 46 of 42 balls before the Sri Lanka captain’s grubby innings of 30 came to an end with a run-out. He was lucky on two occasions: first the umpire didn’t declare him out after McCullum took a simple catch off the bowling of Kallis; the second time the Kiwi failed to pouch a relatively difficult chance, again off Kallis. Taylor failed to provide the impetus Delhi needed and he also departed soon for 16. Thanks to Irfan Pathan, who in a rearguard action, hit 36 off 22 balls with the help of four fours and one six that Delhi managed to post a fighting 153/9. Kallis and Sunil Narine returned with two wickets each. The innings’ last over bowled by Narine saw four wickets fall, two of them being run-outs.
But then South Africa allrounder Kallis took the ball in the fourth over and accounted for Sehwag with 40 runs on the board. The ball nipped back to trap the Delhi captain in front of the wickets. He made 23 off nine balls on his way to the ownership of the Orange Cup with 468 runs, going past Rajasthan Royals’ Ajinkya Rahane. Kallis struck again in his next over as Warner (23) edged a rising ball through to wicketkeeper McCullum.
Mahela Jayawardene and Ross Taylor played with a lot of caution and added 46 of 42 balls before the Sri Lanka captain’s grubby innings of 30 came to an end with a run-out. He was lucky on two occasions: first the umpire didn’t declare him out after McCullum took a simple catch off the bowling of Kallis; the second time the Kiwi failed to pouch a relatively difficult chance, again off Kallis. Taylor failed to provide the impetus Delhi needed and he also departed soon for 16. Thanks to Irfan Pathan, who in a rearguard action, hit 36 off 22 balls with the help of four fours and one six that Delhi managed to post a fighting 153/9. Kallis and Sunil Narine returned with two wickets each. The innings’ last over bowled by Narine saw four wickets fall, two of them being run-outs.
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | c Brendon McCullum b Jacques Kallis | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 110.53 |
| Virender Sehwag (C) | lbw b Jacques Kallis | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 255.56 |
| Mahela Jayawardena | run out (Gautam Gambhir) | 30 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 111.11 |
| Ross Taylor | c Rajat Bhatia b Pradeep Sangwan | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 59.26 |
| Irfan Pathan | st Brendon McCullum b Sunil Narine | 36 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 163.64 |
| Yogesh Nagar | b Brett Lee | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 142.86 |
| Naman Ojha (W) | c Manoj Tiwary b Sunil Narine | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Morne Morkel | run out (Brett Lee) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Varun Aaron | run out (Brendon McCullum) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Umesh Yadav |
| Extras: 14 (b - 1, w - 11, no - 2, lb - 0, penalty - 0) | |
| Fall of Wickets | 1/40 (Virender Sehwag 3.3ov.) 2/49 (David Warner 5.4ov.) 3/95 (Mahela Jayawardena 12.4ov.) 4/100 (Ross Taylor 14.2ov.) 5/125 (Yogesh Nagar 17ov.) 6/146 (Naman Ojha 19.1ov.) 7/152 (Irfan Pathan 19.3ov.) 8/152 (Morne Morkel 19.4ov.) 9/153 (Varun Aaron 20ov.) |
| Bowlers | O | M | R | WKT | NO | WD | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 4 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.75 |
| Pradeep Sangwan | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.5 |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sunil Narine | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.75 |
| Rajat Bhatia | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon McCullum (W) | c Virender Sehwag b Umesh Yadav | 56 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 127.27 |
| Gautam Gambhir (C) | b Varun Aaron | 36 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 171.43 |
| Jacques Kallis | c Naman Ojha b Umesh Yadav | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 111.11 |
| Manoj Tiwary | c Irfan Pathan b Morne Morkel | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Yusuf Pathan | not out | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 63.64 |
| Debabrata Das | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Laxmi Shukla | ||||||
| Rajat Bhatia | ||||||
| Brett Lee | ||||||
| Sunil Narine | ||||||
| Pradeep Sangwan |
| Extras: 16 (b - 4, w - 7, no - 5, lb - 0, penalty - 0) | |
| Fall of Wickets | 1/68 (Gautam Gambhir 7ov.) 2/128 (Jacques Kallis 15.1ov.) 3/128 (Brendon McCullum 15.2ov.) 4/147 (Manoj Tiwary 17.2ov.) |
| Bowlers | O | M | R | WKT | NO | WD | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan Pathan | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.33 |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Morne Morkel | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.75 |
| Umesh Yadav | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Varun Aaron | 3.4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.45 |
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