The contest against Kolkata Knight Riders was a great opportunity for Delhi Daredevils to show that they had rebounded quickly from the agonizing loss to Gujarat Lions. Meanwhile, for Gautam Gambhir’s side, a victory would solidify their position in the top two and keep their confidence intact.
Gambhir won the toss and went with his preferred option of chasing targets. Delhi got off to a horrible start as they lost both openers in the first over itself. But, their lower-middle order rescued the sinking ship and posted a hefty total. Despite Robin Uthappa’s valiant knock, Kolkata imploded in the end overs and fell short by 27 runs.
Let us take a look at the most fascinating stats from the captivating encounter.
1 – Number of no-balls bowled by Piyush Chawla in the IPL. He had delivered 2327 deliveries before finally stepping over the line and conceding the record to Shane Warne.
1 – Instances when Delhi Daredevils bowled out any opponent in this IPL. It is also the first time that Kolkata Knight Riders have lost all their wickets in a match during this season.
3 – England cricketers scoring half-centuries on debut in the IPL. Sam Billings joined the likes of Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood who both achieved this feat in the 2010 edition.
3 – Ducks recorded by Shreyas Iyer in this IPL which is by far the most by any batsman. In fact, no one else has been dismissed for zero twice in this season.
5 – Billings's aggressive fifty was the fifth of his T20 career. Only one of those half-centuries has come in international matches.
7 – Apart from Delhi Daredevils, every other team has scored at a run-rate of seven or more during the Power Play in this IPL. Delhi’s scoring-rate of 5.94 in the first six overs is comfortably the worst among all teams.
8 – Fifty-plus scores for Robin Uthappa from 36 matches in his previous three IPL tournaments. He had managed the same number of fifties from 86 matches in his first six seasons.
15 – Quinton de Kock's tally for the last three matches of this IPL. In contrast, he had a great start to the tournament with a century and an unbeaten fifty.
34 – Runs score by Carlos Brathwaite from just 11 balls in this innings. Though he took one less ball, it was exactly the same score that he had registered in the World T20 final.
68 – Karun Nair’s second highest score in the IPL from 30 innings after his 73* against Delhi Daredevils in 2014. It is also his second fifty in this season.
80 – Runs scored by Daredevils in the final six overs. Thanks to Brathwaite’s sparkling cameo, they ended their innings with a flourish.
100 – Sixes hit by Uthappa in all IPL matches. The Kolkata batsman joined a long list which includes as many as fourteen others.
105 – Partnership between Nair and IPL first-timer Sam Billings for the fourth wicket which is the second triple-figure partnership for Daredevils in this edition.
309 – Brathwaite’s strike-rate in this match is the highest by any Delhi batsman for an innings of 10 balls or more. It is also the second best among all teams in this season after Sarfaraz Khan's blitzkrieg against Sun Risers.
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