DD crush KKR by 40 runs

David Warner's century help Delhi Daredevils to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 40 runs in the Indian Premier League contest at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Monday night.

Knight Riders lost wickets in regular intervals thereby failing to establish any momentum in their run chase and scored 137/9 in their 20 overs after Daredevils set a challenging 178-run target.

Deciding to bat first, Delhi was blessed by Warner special as the left-hander hit nine fours and five sixes to score an unbeaten 69-ball 107.

The scores: Delhi Daredevils: D. Warner (not out) 107 (69b, 9x4, 5x6), V. Sehwag st. Saha b Gayle 8 (3b, 2x4), G. Gambhir lbw b Langeveldt 1 (2b), D. Karthik b Ishant 0 (1b), P. Collingwood c Hussey b Langeveldt 53 (45b, 3x4, 2x6), K. Jadhav (not out) 4 (1b); Extras (nb-1, w-3): 4; Total (for four wickets in 20 overs): 177.

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-21, 3-38, 4-166.

Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Gayle 4-0-38-1, Langeveldt 3-0-35-2, Ishant 1-0-17-1, Hussey 4-0-24-0, Mathews 2-0-11-0, Kartik 4-0-26-0, Agarkar 2-0-26-0.

Kolkata Knight Riders: C. Gayle c Mishra b Bhatia 30 (21b, 2x4, 2x6), S. Ganguly b Nannes 5 (10b, 1x4), Mandeep Singh st. Karthik c Mishra 0 (4b), M. Tiwary b McDonald 0 (3b), D. Hussey c Gambhir b Yadav 29 (32b, 2x4, 1x6), A. Mathews b Yadav 24 (32b, 2x4, 1x6), W. Saha (not out) 20 (17b, 2x4), A. Agarkar c and b Collingwood 17 (13b, 1x4), M. Kartik st. Karthik b McDonald 1 (2b), C. Langeveldt b McDonald 0 (1b); Extras (b-2, lb-3, nb-1, w-5): 11; Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs): 137.

Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-20, 3-21, 4-50, 5-85, 6-102, 7-134, 8-137, 9-137.

Delhi Daredevils bowling: Nannes 3.1-0-15-1, McDonald 4-0-37-3, Mishra 4-0-18-1, Bhatia 4-0-28-1, Yadav 4-0-27-2, Collingwood 0.5-0-7-1.