42nd match of 2015 IPL season 8 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata. Opting to bat first after winning toss, Kolkata put good totals of 171 runs aftwer 20 overs. RV Uthappa 32 and YK Pathan 42 of 24 balls were top scorer for Kolkata. Delhi managed to score 158 runs and lost the match by 13 runs. PP Chawla picked-up 4 important wickets for KKR and declared man of the match for his superb bowling preformance.
Earlier, Kolkata won the toss and decided to bat first. Kolkata made slow but steady start with RV Uthappa and skipper G Gambhir initially. Both added 38 runs before Gambhir lost his wicket scoring 12 runs. Uthappa played good inning of 32 runs before left the field. MK Pandey and PP Chawla got good start and contributed 22 runs each but failed to stood in middle for long. In later overs YK Pathan played quick inning of 42 runs of 24 balls and J Botha played super quick inning of 17 runs of just 5 balls and helps Kolkata to put good total of 171 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Following target of 171 runs, Delhi made very slow start with MK Tiwary and SS Iyer. Both played slow cricket and added 63 runs in 9.5 overs before MK Tiwary got out scoring 25 runs. SS Iyer also floowied him scoring 40 runs. Skipper JP Duminy came in middle and played quick and short inning of 25 runs of 16 balls. AD Mathews and SS Tiwary also tried their best and contributed 22 and 24 runs respectively bt not enough to reach KK Target and lost the match by 13 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Player of the match - PP Chawla (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Points - Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Delhi Daredevils 0
