Sidelights:
After losing the first game quite convincingly against RCB there must be a feeling that DD has done nothing right to ensure that their fortune gets a turn around, but then it had to turn around in style as they managed to chase down a good total of 166 set by KKR. DD tasted the sweet taste of victory after 7 matches. Thanks to their ‘acting’ captain Dinesh Karthik who was on the course right from the first ball and the new entrant JP Duminy. KKR on the other hand would feel that they have hardly done anything wrong, but yet they lost the game. Perhaps the only wrong thing they did was to score 10 runs less which might have tilted the result on their side.
IPL 7 | Match 6 | KKR Vs DD
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss: KKR and elected bat first
Playing XIs:
KKR: Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir, Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, R Vinay Kumar, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel
DD: Murali Vijay, Mayank Agarwal, Dinesh Karthik, Ross Taylor, Jean Paul Duminy, Manoj Tiwari, Jimmy Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat
Mini Score Card
KKR 166/5 (20) Run rate: 8.30
Robin Uthappa 55 (41) | Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/27 (4)
Manish Pandey 48 (42) | Jaydev Unadkat 1/25 (4)
DD 167/6 (19.3)
Dinesh Karthik 56 (40) | Morne Morkel 2/41 (4)
Jean Paul Duminy 52* (35) | Sunil Narine 1/18 (4)
Result: DD won by 4 wickets
Points: DD 2 (2) , KKR 0 (2)
Man of the match: Jean Paul Duminy (DD)
Umpires: Aleem Dar | Vineet Kulkarni | AK Chaudhary (3rd) | K Srinivasan (Reserve)
Match Referee: Graeme Labrooy
How they played the game
Powerplay: KKR 31 runs, 2 wickets | DD 49 runs, 2 wickets
First 50 runs: KKR 48 balls | DD 37 balls
50-100 runs: KKR 37 balls | DD 39 balls
100-150 runs: KKR 26 balls | DD 31 balls
Best Partnership
KKR – 3rd wicket 64 runs off 56 balls between Pandey 45 (37) and Uthappa 15 (19)
DD – 4th wicket 58 runs off 45 balls between Karthik 31 (23) and Duminy 24* (22)
Fours and SIXES
KKR – 16 Fours (6 by Uthappa, 5 by Pandey, 2 each by Shakib and Yadav and 1 by Pathan) | 2 SIXES (1 each by Uthappa and Shakib)
DD – 13 Fours (5 by Karthik, 3 each by Agarwal and Duminy and 1 each by Taylor and Tiwari) | 6 SIXES (3 by Duminy, 2 by Karthik and 1 by Neesham)
Important facts about the match
- This was DD’s first win after 7 consecutive losses in the IPL.
- Jacques Kallis’ ninth duck is the most by any player in the IPL.
In the PIC: JP Duminy and Coulter-Nile celebrate DD win
Picture Courtesy: ESPN-Cricinfo
