Kevin Pietersen injured, Jesse Ryder hospitalised, Morne Morkel yet to
arrive and then Virender Sehwag pulled out last minute for back spasm ~
Delhi failed to turn up against Kolkata in this opening match of the
2013 season and defending champions scored a dominating 6 wickets win at
home..
Electing to bowl first, KKR were given a roaring start by fast bowling coach and cricketer Brett Lee who uprooted Unmukt Chand's off-stump off the very first ball of the tournament. None for one, captain Mahela Jayawardene tried to rebuild the platform with David Warner and 44 runs came pretty briskly as well but once this partnership was broken by Sunil Narine, rest of all batsmen returned with single digit scores. Jayawardene held one end while Narine snatched away four wickets from other end while Rajat Bhatia got two others. Delhi were bowled out off the last ball of the inning, restricted to a below average total.
Gold and Purple team too lost star of final of previous year, Manvinder Bisla, early on but captain Gautam Gambhir looked in ominus touch, finding gaps at will and even going over the boundary once. captain Gambhir would probably had finished up match very early but Johan Botha claimed his wicket to slow down the scoring. Jacques Kallis and Manoj Tiwary got out in twenties while Eoin Morgan and Yusuf Pathan finished the match unbeaten. Kolkata won just 8 balls remaning, which they'll feel could've been better.
Sunil Narine was named man of the match for his four-for.
Electing to bowl first, KKR were given a roaring start by fast bowling coach and cricketer Brett Lee who uprooted Unmukt Chand's off-stump off the very first ball of the tournament. None for one, captain Mahela Jayawardene tried to rebuild the platform with David Warner and 44 runs came pretty briskly as well but once this partnership was broken by Sunil Narine, rest of all batsmen returned with single digit scores. Jayawardene held one end while Narine snatched away four wickets from other end while Rajat Bhatia got two others. Delhi were bowled out off the last ball of the inning, restricted to a below average total.
Gold and Purple team too lost star of final of previous year, Manvinder Bisla, early on but captain Gautam Gambhir looked in ominus touch, finding gaps at will and even going over the boundary once. captain Gambhir would probably had finished up match very early but Johan Botha claimed his wicket to slow down the scoring. Jacques Kallis and Manoj Tiwary got out in twenties while Eoin Morgan and Yusuf Pathan finished the match unbeaten. Kolkata won just 8 balls remaning, which they'll feel could've been better.
Sunil Narine was named man of the match for his four-for.
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