DD v KKR, as it happened: Iyer, Shaw power Delhi to emphatic 55-run win over Kolkata

“A great feeling, especially when you’re leading for the first time. All of us contributed, not only me. Batting gave us freedom to express ourselves. Shaw’s been batting well since the start of the season, and the way he’s playins magnificent. Colin Munro, too, along with him gave us a fifty-run partnership,” said Delhi Daredevils captain Shreyas Iyer

“Credit to our new captain to put on a good stand. The wicket was a lot quicker than the other night, and against a man like Russell, you can’t be too predictable. Shreyas captained well,” said Purple Cap holder Trent Boult.

“It was a big target. If the dew came, it may have been easier, but no dew came and they batted much better than us. When Russell bats, it always gives us hope. But he’s a human, and we need to raise our hands and say we didn’t play well today. The spinners did okay today actually. We need to raise our fielding standards,” said KKR captain Dinesh Karthik.

After 20 overs, KKR 164/9
Delhi win by an emphatic margin of 55 runs. Superb all-around display by the team who are at the bottom of the table. Shreyas Iyer was the star of the night. He led from the front with a superb knock of 93 from 40 balls.

After 18.2 overs, KKR 146/9
WICKET! Chawla departs as Maxwell strikes once again with the ball. The Australian has had a good outing tonight. Munro with an easy catch in the end.
Chawla b Maxwell c Munro 2 (4b)

After 17.5 overs, KKR 144/8
WICKET! Avesh Khan bowls the perfect yorker to dismiss Andre Russell. The game is all but over for Kolkata Knight Riders now. They 76 runs from 13 balls.
Russell b Khan 44 (30b)

After 16 overs, KKR 141/7
WICKET! Amit Mishra strikes again. This time he dismisses Shivam Mavi for a duck. Through his gates as Kolkata are on the verge of another loss here.
Mavi b Mishra 0 (3b)

After 15.3 overs, KKR 141/6
WICKET! Gill falls as he run-out by Shreyas Iyer. A brilliant knock by the young man today. However, Russell is still out there for Kolkata.
Gill run-out Iyer 37 (29b)

After 15 overs, KKR 140/5
Russell showing is flexing his muscles out there at the moment. He has smashed Tewatia for a four and huge six. KKR need 80 runs from 30 balls. Gill playing the perfect anchor’s role out there. Russell has reached 43 of 20 balls.

After 13 overs, KKR 118/5
Russell is trying his best to help Kolkata chase down the huge score of 220. Gill is playing a fine innings at the other end. It seems a little too late thought. Kolkata need 102 runs from 42 balls.
Gill 28 (23b)
Russell 30 (13b)

After 11 overs, KKR 89/5
Kolkata are struggling out there at the moment. Gill and Andre Russell out there for. They shouldn’t let the pressure get to them. They need 131 runs from 54 balls.

After 9.3 overs, KKR 77/5
WICKET! The captain falls as Amit Mishra strikes. Karthik lofts one in the air as he looks to clear the boundary. However, he mistimes it and Boult ends up taking an easy catch in the end.
Karthik b Mishra c Boult 18 (18b)

After 9 overs, KKR 76/4
Kolkata are trying to rebuild the innings here with Shubman Gill and captain Dinesh Karthik. The duo are playing themselves in here.
Shubman Gill 18 (14b)
D Karthik 18 (16b)

After 7 overs, KKR 61/4
Karthik smashes a six as 10 runs come off Plunkett’s over. However, Kolkata need 159 runs in 13 overs.

After 5.1 overs, KKR 46/4
WICKET! Nitish Rana falls for 8. Brilliant bowling by Avesh Khan strikes in his second over. The short ball does the trick. An easy caught and bowled in the end.
Rana c&b Khan 8 (7b)

After 3 overs, KKR 33/3
WICKET! Narine also goes after smashing Boult for back-to-back sixes. He lofts one in the air as Shreyas Iyer takes a clean catch to dismiss the West Indies player.
Narine b Boult c Iyer 26 (9b)

After 2.1 overs, KKR 20/2
WICKET! Uthappa falls as Trent Boult strikes in his second over. Easy catch by young Prithvi Shaw. Kolkata are struggling out there. Out comes Nitish Rana.
Uthappa b Boult c Shaw 1 (2b)

After 1.5 overs, KKR 19/1
LYNN FALLS! Maxwell gets into the act with the ball. He dismisses Chris Lynn for 5. Not the ideal start for KKR here.
Lynn b Maxwell 5 (6b)

After 1 over, KKR 5/0
Kolkata need 220 runs of 120 balls. Five runs come off the first over as Trent Boult is on the money. Lynn and Narine have to play themselves in here.

After 20 overs, DD 219/4
Last 4 overs 76 runs. 29 runs off the last over bowled by Mavi. Brilliant smashing by Iyer tonight. Insane hitting. Delhi reach 219/4 with Iyer leading from the front. He remains unbeaten on 93 of just 40 balls.

After 19.3 overs, DD 202/4
WICKET! Maxwell is run-out by Mavi. However, the damage has been done. Iyer smashed Mavi for back-to-back sixes and then misses out on the third. Maxwell must be kicking himself.
Maxwell b Mavi runout 27 (18b)

After 19 overs, DD 190/3
Maxwell smashes his Australian mate Mitchell Johnson for 11 runs. Delhi look menancing out there tonight.
Maxwell 27 (18b)
Iyer 65 (34b)

After 18 overs, DD 179/3
Maxwell gets into the act as he smashes a huge six as Narine looks at the ball sail over the boundary. Dinesh Karthik looks clueless and has clearly run out of ideas. Delhi close in on the 200-run mark.

After 17 overs, DD 161/3
The new captain smashes Mavi for back-to-back sixes as he brings up his 50. Superb innings this by the young man. He is leading from the front. Ricky Ponting will be a happy man. The change seems to be working for Delhi. An expensive over by Mavi as 18 runs come off it.

After 16 overs, DD 143/3
Glenn Maxwell and Shreyas Iyer out there for Delhi. With four overs to go, they will look to clear the boundaries now. Kolkata needs to continue bagging wickets and restrict Delhi to a score below 170.
Maxwell 3 (6b)
Iyer 44 (27b)

After 14.2 overs, DD 129/3
WICKET! Russell strikes to dismiss Rishabh Pant for a duck. Not what the doctor oredered for Delhi. Easy catch for Dinesh Karthik.
Pant b Russell c Karthik 0 (1b)

After 14 overs, DD 127/2
FINALLY! Chawla strikes to dismiss Shaw. He was looking dangerous out there. Brilliant change of pace by Chawla to dismiss the youngster. Shaw failed to read the delivery as he looses his stumps.
Shaw b Chawla 62 (44b)

After 12 overs, DD 106/1
12 runs come off Kuldeep Yadav’s over. Wickets are the need of the hour for Kolkata. Shaw and Iyer are looking dangerous.
Shaw 55 (40b)
Iyer 18 (14b)

After 11 overs, DD 94/1
50 up for Prithvi Shaw as the youngster reacehs the mark in 37 balls. He smashes Andre Russell for two boundaries as Delhi close in on the 100-run mark. They are clearly set for a huge total and will be eyeing the 200-run mark.

After 10 overs, DD 84/1
At the halfway mark Delhi have the upperhand. They are on 84 with nine wickets in hand and 10 overs to go. Kolkata need wickets. They need to restrict Delhi to a score below 170.

After 9 overs, DD 77/1
Shaw tears into Johnson as he has smashes the Australian for a brilliant boundary and then backs it up with a huge towering six. Brilliant batting this by the youngster. He isn’t intimidated by Johnson’s presence.
Shaw 40 (30b)
Iyer 4 (6b)

After 7 overs, DD 59/1
Shivam Mavi finally gets the breakthrough for Kolkata. A superb yorker to get Colin Munro who was looking dangerous. He has gone for a brilliant 33 of 18 balls. That delivery clocked 143kmph. Out comes the new captain Shreyas Iyer.

After 6 overs, DD 57/0
Mitchell Johson gives away six runs in his first over as the powerplay ends. Brutal fast bowling that by the Australian. A vicious bouncer to Shaw who clearly didn’t see that coming.

After 5 overs, DD 51/0
This has been a solid start from Prithvi Shaw and Colin Munro. They have played spin without any real difficulty. Both openers are doing justice to their role. They bring up the 50-run partnership as Narine is smashed for a six and then a four.

After 4 overs, DD 40/0
Shivam Mavi delivers an impressive first over. But nine runs come off it as Munro steps out and smashes him for a boundary.
Munro 21 (9b)
Shaw 19 (15b)

After 3 overs, DD 31/0
Munro smashes Chawla for back-to-back boundaries and then takes a single to give Shaw the strike. Then Mumbai lad then does the same as 18 runs come off the over. Delhi are off to a flying start here.

After 2 overs, DD 13/0
Munro smashes Kuldeep Yadav for the first six of the match. Not the ideal start for Yadav here. Kolkata need to get wickets here otherwise Munro and Shaw have the capablity to take the game away from them.

After 1 over, DD 3/0
A tidy first over by Chawla as three runs come off it. A cautious start by Delhi here as Gambhir watches from the sidelines.

New opening pair for Delhi as Prithvi Shaw and Colin Munro walk out to the middle. Shaw scored 22 runs fo 10 balls in his last match. Dinesh Karthik opts for spin as Piyush Chawla opens the bowling for Kolkata.

DD playing XI: Prithvi Shaw, Colin Munro, Glenn Maxwell, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Liam Plunkett, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult

KKR playing XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Mitchell Johnson, Piyush Chawla, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav

Toss: Dinesh Karthik has won the toss for Kolkata Knight Riders and opted to bowl first. The due factor will come into play later on feels the KKR skipper.
KKR: Mitchell Johson replaces all-rounder Tom Curran
DD: Gautam Gambhir replaced by Vijay Shankar and Daniel Christian is replaced by Colin Munro

“We still have the ability. We haven’t clicked in all three departments, and that’s hurt. Gautam’s an IPL champion, and it’s motivating that him and Ponting are mentoring me,” says Delhi’s new captain Shreyas Iyer

Team Head-to-Head: Matches played 20, Delhi Daredevils have won 7 while Kolkata Knight Riders have won 13

07:05pm: In a huge blow for Delhi, Chris Morris is set to miss the remainder of the IPL due to a back injury. He will be replaced by compatriot Junior Dala. Morris was one of the three players retained by Delhi this season. Read more about the injury here.

07:00pm: Gautam Gambhir’s resignation as skipper has put the onus on Shreyas Iyer to lead the Delhi Daredevils. With three losses on the trot, Iyer needs to revive his side’s fortunes if they are lift the title this season. Iyer will want to win a few games on the trot beginning with their encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders. Read the preview here.