KKR beat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs in their IPL clash at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday and kept their semifinal hopes alive.

Chasing a victory target of 182 runs, Delhi managed 167/8 in their 20 overs. Virender Sehwag made 64 and captain Gautam Gambhir 47. The match turned on its head when Sehwag edged a Ajit Agarkar delivery onto his stumps after hitting 3 sixes and 6 fours in his magnificent 64-run knock that came off 40 balls.

Earlier, Ganguly's 56, Mathews' 46 and Chris Gayle's 40 took Kolkata Knight Riders to 181/3 in their IPL clash against Delhi Daredevils.

Ganguly's 46-ball knock was studded with 8 fours and a six.

Ganguly hit his sixth IPL fifty soon after Rajat Bhatia clean bowled Chris Gayle (40).

Man of the match : Sourav Ganguly.

Standings (Top 4)

	Mumbai Indians	9	7	2	0	0	14	+1.118
	Delhi Daredevils	10	6	4	0	0	12	+0.287
	Rajasthan Royals	11	6	5	0	0	12	-0.139
	Royal Challengers Bangalore	9	5	4	0	0	10	+0.428

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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.

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