Kolkata vs Delhi, Match :13 of IPL 2018, Kolkata won by 71 runs.

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Today, Match is Kolkata against Delhi from Eden Gardens. Kolkata first match won after lose 2 matches and Delhi first lose 2 matches and last match won. So here, Dinesh Karthik who new captain of Kolkata vs Gautam gambhir who new captain of Delhi. Who won the battle ?

Date - 16/04/2018

Time - 8:00 p.m.

Venue - Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Toss - Delhi derdevils opt to bowl.

Playing XI of Kolkata

Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (C/WK), Andre Russel, Shubham Gill, Shivam Mavi, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav.

Playing XI of Delhi

Jason Roy, Gautam gambhir (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer, Vijay Shankar, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammed Shami, Trent Boult.

Kolkata's openers Lynn & Narine are comes at crease. In first over, Boult start as maiden over and first maiden over comes in IPL 2018.

In 3rd over, Narine gone by Boult - caught by Maxwell and made only 1 runs. Score at 7/1.

Robin Uthappa comes at 3rd number. In 6th over, Uthappa hitted 2 firing sixes & 1 four and 18 runs comes against Nadeem. Score at 50/1.

In 8th over, Uthappa caught & bowled by nadeem and made 35 runs - 19 balls including 2 fours & 3 sixes. Score at 62/2.

Nitish Rana comes at 4th number. In 11th over, Lynn gone by Shami - caught by Roy and he made 31 runs - 29 balls including 4 fours & 1 six. Score at 89/3.

Then Karthik comes to crease and he gone by Morris and catch taken by Boult and made 19 runs including 2 fours & 1 six in 14th over. Score at 117/4.

Russel comes to crease. In 15th over, Russel hitting 3 sixes against Shami and he looks like firing shots moods. Score at 145/4.

In 17th over, Russel also hitting 3 sixes against Shami and total 20 runs comes in over. Score at 177/4. He and Rana completed 50 runs partnership.

In 18th over, first Nitish complete fifty then Russel bowled by Boult and made 41 runs - only 12 balls including 6 firing sixes. Shubham Gill comes to crease.

In 19th over, Rana gone by morris - caught out by Gambhir and made 59 runs - 35 balls including 5 fours & 4 sixes. Tom Curran comes at crease.

In last over, first gill gone, second Chawla gone and third Curran gone by Rahul and he take 3 wickets in last over.

Kolkata made total 200 runs in 20 overs. Delhi back to chase the target.

Openers Gambhir & Roy comes at crease. In first over, Chawla thrown a wide ball but Roy outside the crease and Karthik stumped out and Delhi lost an early wicket.

Shreyas Iyer comes at 3rd number. In 2nd over, Iyer gone by Russel - caught out by Rana and made only 4 runs. Score at 13/2.

Rishabh Pant comes to crease. In third over, Gambhir bowled by mavi who got first wicket and Gambhir made 8 runs 3 overs thrown by kolkata and 1 wickets taken in each overs. Score at 24/3.

Glenn Maxwell comes at crease. In 4th over, 14 runs comes against russel, in 5th over, 7 runs comes against Mavi, in 6th over, 11 runs comes against Narine. In 7th over, 13 runs comes against Chawla  and in 8th over, 12 runs comes again Curran. Score at 81/3.

In 9th over, pant gone by Kuldeep - caught out by Chawla and made  43 runs - 26 balls including 7 fours & 1 six. Score at 86/4.

Rahul Tewatia comes to crease. In 10th over, he gone by Curran - caught by Russel and made only 1 runs. Then Vijay comes at crease.

In 11th over, Maxwell smashed 2 sixes then gone by Kuldeep - caught out by Uthappa and made 47 runs - just 22 balls including 3 fours & 4 sixes. Score at 113/6.

Morris comes to crease and he gone by Narine in 12th over. Shami comes at crease and Shankar lbw by Narine in over. Score at 117/8.

Nadeem comes at crease. Shami gone by Narine - caught out by russel and made 7 runs. Score at 128/9.

73 runs needs in last 6 overs to win the match and 1 wicket left. In next over, Boult caught & bowled by Kuldeep and Delhi all out and Kolkata won the match.

Kolkata beat Delhi by 71 runs.

Brief Scorecards

Kolkata Knight Riders

N. Rana - 59 (35) 5×4, 4×6

A. Russel - 41 (12) 0×4, 6×6

R. Uthappa - 35 (19) 2×4, 3×6

C. Lynn - 31 (29) 4×4, 1×6

D. Karthik - 19 (10) 2×4, 1×6

Total - 200/9 (20 overs)

Total Fours - 14 fours 

Total Sixes - 15 Sixes

R. Tewatia - 3 - 0 - 18 - 3

T. Boult - 4 - 1 - 29 - 2

C. Morris - 4 - 0 - 41 - 2

S. Nadeem - 4 - 0 - 43 - 1

M. Shami - 4 - 0 - 53 - 1

Delhi Derdevils

G. Maxwell - 47 (22) 3×4, 4×6

R. Pant - 43 (26) 7×4, 1×6

G. Gambhir - 8 (7) 1×4, 0×6

M. Shami - 7 (6) 1×4, 0×6

S. Nadeem - 6 (8) 0×4, 0×6

Total - 129/10 (14.2 overs)

Total Fours - 13 Fours

Total Sixes - 5 Sixes

S. Narine - 3 - 0 - 18 - 3

K. Yadav - 3.2 - 0 - 32 - 2

S. Mavi - 2 - 0 - 14 - 1

P. Chawla - 2 - 0 - 16 - 1

T. Curran - 2 - 0 - 21 - 1

Man of the match - Nitish Rana (59 runs)

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