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Kolkata: Yusuf Patha 42, off 24-ball and Piyush Chawla picked four wickets as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 13 runs at Eden Garden on Thursday.
With this win, KKR remained at the third spot with 13 points from 11 games.
Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bat first, as explosive batsman, Yusuf Pathan played a quickfire knock of 42 off just 24 deliveries to propel KKR to a commanding total of 171.
He made a change in the form of Sunil Narine coming in for Ryan ten Doeschate. Delhi Daredevils skipper, JP Duminy made a couple of changes with Manoj Tiwary coming in for Mayank Agarwal and Albie Morkel coming in as well. Live Blog: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2015
Following KKR's innings, DD openers, Manoj Tiwary and Shreyas Iyer were off to a slow and steady start, as they brought up the opening 50-run stand in 7.5 overs. They together put-up 63 runs, before Manoj fell for 25 to leg-spinner, Piyush Chawla.
With just eight added to the total, it was Iyer, who was going good, but fell for a healthy 40 to chinaman, Brad Hogg after being bowled by him. However, earlier he was dropped on 32 by Gambhir off Hogg at point.
The next pair of Kedar Jadhav and skipper, JP Duminy put-up 25 runs, before Jadhav fell for 10 to Chawla again. He was soon followed by Duminy, who too departed after scoring 25.
Out came Yuvraj Singh, but his woeful innings continued as he was dismissed for an unfortunate duck by the same man in the same over of Duminy after being caught by Andre Russell at deep mid-wicket, as the score read 96 for the loss of four.
Out came a fresh pair of Saurabh Tiwary and Angelo Mathews, as they put up a healthy stand of 32, but it was too late as at the end of 19th over, it was Russell who bowled out Mathews for 22. Out came Albie Morkel and the final pair put up 15 runs.
Brief scores
Kolkata Knight Riders - 171/7 (Pathan 42, Uthappa 32, Tahir 2-46)
Delhi Daredevils - 158/6 (Iyer 40, Chawla 4-32)
Result - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 13 runs
Points - Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Delhi Daredevils 0
MOM - Piyush Chawla (Kolkata Knight Riders)
