Match: IPL Match 2 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils
Venue: Eden Garden
Date: April 5, 2012
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to field
Match reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain
Result – Delhi Daredevils Beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 Wickets

In the second match of DLF IPL, it looked that the game will be washed due to heavy rains but the rain god showed some mercy and the game was limited to 12 overs each.

Chasing 98 to win the match, Delhi Daredevils started superbly with both openers A Finch and Virender Sehwag. Both scored runs with ease and took the score to 49 in just 6.2 overs before A Finch got out. Soon Sehwag also got out but Irfan Pathan was not deterred by Sehwag’s wicket. He played a superb cameo of 42 runs in just 20 balls which included 3×6 and 2×4. Delhi required 11 runs off last 2 overs and they won the match by 8 wickets in 11.1overs.

Earlier Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first and their decision proved right as they got 3 quick wickets, Morkel took two wickets in a row leaving KKR tottering at 20/3 in 2.5 overs. Captain Gambhir was seeing wickets falling at other end as Yusuf Pathan also got out for a duck leaving KKR at 31/4 in 4 overs. Gambhir and Dass then took the team score to 54 before both got out on consecutive balls leaving KKR at 55/6 in 6.5 overs. Laxmi Shukla then took the charge and scored quickfire 26 runs off just 17 balls taking KKR to a total of 97/9 in 12 overs.

Match 2 DLF IPL 2012 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Highlights
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.2 overs, Extras 7

Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.3 overs, Extras 3
Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 11.1 overs, Extras 5

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