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Dubai: JP Duminy held his nerve towards the end and finished with an unbeaten 52 to help Delhi overhaul Kolkata's 166 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
This was DD's first win after seven straight losses.
In a match dominated by Indians - and on a day that saw six Test players fail to open their accounts in the IPL - it was the cool headedness of JP Duminy that shone brightest and secured Delhi Daredevils their first win of the tournament.
Set a challenging 166, Daredevils rode on Dinesh Karthik's brisk 55 but ultimately had an excellent unbeaten 52 off 35 balls from Duminy to thank as victory was achieved with four wickets and three deliveries remaining.
The match had started terribly for KKR with Jacques Kallis edging his first ball to first slip where Ross Taylor held a good low take and Gautam Gambhir bagging a second consecutive pair, turning Nathan Coulter-Nile to a well placed leg slip. KKR were 11 for 2.
Pandey carried on from where he was cut off on Wednesday, producing a solid innings with an array of crisp drives and pulls. He ran well between the wickets and was quick to use the depth of his crease to work the ball into the gaps. Pandey dominated a stabilizing partnership of 64 with Uthappa with a 42-ball 48 which ended when he missed an arm ball from Shahbaz Nadeem in the 11th over.
Uthappa, who got a life on 7 when Taylor spilled an overhead catch at short midwicket, was on 15 off 19 balls at this stage and opened up with a flurry of boundaries. Favouring the leg-side, Uthappa hurried to 55 before he swung Jaydev Unadkar to Taylor at deep midwicket. The final over of the innings veered both teams' way, as Coulter-Nile bowled three superb yorkers in between a wide and two boundary-balls.
A target of 166 pointed to a close finish and that's how it turned out. After propping up KKR with the bat, Pandey gave them an early boost when he nailed a direct hit from backward point to run out Murali Vijay for 0. Mayank Agarwal batted in only one gear as he sped to 26 off 14 balls before top-edging a quick rising delivery from Morne Morkel to square leg, leaving DD at 39 for 2 in four overs.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and opted to bat.
Teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (Capt), Manish Pandey, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Vinay Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav, Sunil Narine, Shakib Al Hasan, Robin Uthappa (w), Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel
Delhi Daredevils: Mayank Agarwal, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik (Capt. & wk), JP Duminy, Ross Taylor, Manoj Tiwary, Jimmy Neesham, Shahbaz Nadeem, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammed Shami, Jaidev Unadkat
Brief scores
Kolkata - 166/5 (Uthappa 55, Pandey 48, Shakib Al Hasan 30*)
Delhi - 167/6 (Karthik 56, Duminy 52*)
Result - Delhi won by 4 wickets
Points - Delhi Daredevils 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
