Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 9 wickets at Eden Gardens in their opening match of this year’s IPL. It was a clinical performance by the hosts as they never allowed Delhi to bounce back into the game.
After putting into bat by Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi batsmen were completely outfoxed by the bowlers as they lost four wickets inside the first 6 overs. Andre Russell took the first three wickets and the spinners Brad Hogg and Piyush Chawla capitalized on it and stamped their authority over the batsmen. Hogg captured three wickets while Chawla accounted for 2 as Delhi were all-out for 98 inside the 18th over.
Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir got the hosts off to a flying start as they put on 69 for the first wicket before Uthappa departed. Gambhir in the company of Manish Pandey saw Kolkata home. HEre aHereome interesting numbers from the game.
7- Delhi Daredevils were all-out for below 100 for the 7th time in IPL, highest among all teams.
4- Zaheer Khan's score in tonight's game, the highest score by a captain batting at number 11.
98- the lowest score by any IPL team at Eden Gardens
3000- Robin Uthappa becomes the sixth batsman to score 3000 IPL runs
1537- Tonight’s Kolkata Knight Riders team has a combined experience of 1537 T20s among them
942- The partnership between Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa in IPL, the second-most runs as an opening pair in IPL. They overtook Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane during today’s match.
26- Number of times both Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir has crossed their individual 30 run mark while chasing in IPL. Only Virat Kohli (27) has more 30+ scores than them.
44- The number of 30+ scores for Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir in IPL. Only Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have more 30+ scores than them.
112- Amit Mishra has taken 112 wickets in IPL, the most by any Indian.
111- Piyush Chawla has equalled Harbhajan Singh's wicket tally in IPL. Chawla and Harbhajan Singh are tied in the third spot in the list.
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