Kolkata: Gautam Gambhir’s homecoming ended in defeat as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 71 runs at Eden Gardens on Monday. Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav shared 3 wickets between them to take their team to comfortable victory. Narine also became the third bowler to pick up 100 wickets in IPL history.
Chasing 201 runs for victory, Delhi’s run chase started on disastrous note as in form Jason Roy was dismissed by Piyush Chawl in the very first over. Shreyas Iyer too did not last long at the crease giving away easy catch to Nitish Rana at slip of Andre Russel’s bowling. Gambhir’s stay was short lived as he was bowled by Shivam Mavi leaving Delhi’s run chase in trouble.
Rishabh Pant and Glen Maxwell then put on 62 run stand between them. Once Pant (43 of 36 balls) and Maxwell (47 runs of 22 balls) were dismissed, no other batsmen put up fight as wickets kept tumbling like pack of cards. In the end Delhi were bowled out for 129 runs in 14.2 overs to hand KKR a comfortable win.
