Match 1 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils
Date – Wed Apr 3, 2013
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets

In the first match of DLF IPL 2013, Kolkata Knight Riders registered a 6 wicket win over Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens Stadium. KKR who earlier won the toss and elected to field first did a splendid job to restrict Delhi for a small 128/10. The lone fighter for Delhi was captain Mahela Jayawardene who scored a brilliant 62 off 55 balls(4×8, 6×1).

Chasing 129 to win, KKR lost Manvinder Bisla in the 2nd over but J Kallis and captain Gautam Gambhir then played sensibly and took the score past 50. Kallis was the next wicket to fell as he got out after scoring 23 runs. But Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary took the team close to the target but both fell when the team score was in nineties giving some ray of hope to Delhi. But E Morgan and Y Pathan then took their team to a comprehensive 6 wickets win.

Match 1 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard