Shoaib Akhtar’s debut in IPL match was indeed impressive where he crashed the top batting order of the Delhi Daredevils and paved the way for his team’s victory. The Kolkatta Knight Riders defeated the Delhi Daredevils by 23 runs. Kolkatta has now won in 5 matches outta the 9 matches played so far. Delhi Daredevils have won 4 outta 9 matches played so far.

Kolkatta Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat first. Salman Butt scored 48 runs off 44 balls. The team’s skipper Saurav Ganguly failed to play to his mark as he scored only 7 runs. David Hussey scored 31 runs. At the end of 20 over, the Kolkatta Knight Riders scored 133 runs for the fall of 6 wickets.

Chasing the modest target of 134 runs, the Delhi Daredevils started their Innings. Shoaib Akhtar in his opening 3 overs spell crashed the top order batsmen of Delhi Daredevils. He claimed the wickets of Gambhir (10), Sehwag (0), Ab de Villiers (7) and Tiwary (9). Dilshan and Mishra played to their best to reach the target but their efforts ended up in vain. In 17.5 overs, the Delhi Daredevils were all out for 110 runs. The Kolkatta Knight Riders won the match by 23 runs and Shoaib Akhtar was declared the man of the match.

Posted on May 14th, 2008 by Trix
Filed under: IPL Cricket